ba OnH ROUGH FLOOD THROUGH A AND NI FIRE ak 1 4 ok V 01 or 1 temco tem cr doss closs ag one of the f great lakes in a night of A 0 sudden tempest was 4 p thrown helpless it the meley of wind ind lind wale into the trough of the sea by the bieak bleak ing of a bait M t of the machinery iud and it was feared by the pan c stricken pas and with just reason that the hour of doom approached they crowded the deck and impeded the action of the crew they screamed and sobbed and prayed one man who stood apart from the prayed sl st bently with a hopeless ha agony lony on his face A friend with him touched him on the shoulder cheer chet r up edgar we are not lost los t yet he had bad a si st iden contempt for the cowardice of the occasion at least let us die dle if lf de ie we must I 1 ke men it Is not for 13 self I 1 fear alter but for miriam sh b is so sensitive so loyal to those she lol loes es it v vi I 1 b cab cak her heart to hae laic her lover di drowned owned like lik this on the eo ell of her ber li nedd edling mg she could neer neier outlive such i it trag edy she would not be the only one loft left to suffer if we e go down all these thes e others perish with us third you they will leave none to mouin moui n tae r loss his ills friend waltel dick dickson son cespon led theirs ire not parallel lel cases miriam will be a widen yet no wife it will be a cruel disa of her plans for our lives it if you alone are saved tell her thit that she must learn to forget nc me her sweet young life must not be dail dal junod by ull happy memories me moiles promise me something I 1 ket le i aneel distorted 11 a al ter dickson Dick sons s face lie he aal all 1 11 niti nit it i 1 b itei emphasis you hive been blind mir blind as its a mole with eternity in view I 1 must tell you the come below with me it if we are to die in this storm I 1 shall ease your soul of its last fear if me I 1 ve sou cin clin prove the truth of my words he ire led his dazed and districted friend through the tempest ind coffus ion dragging him by main force to the uncertain shelter of the deserted cabin and find god alone inous s whether his mo tive wis that of i sincere friend or the madness an I 1 triumph of a s nister nature put what he told had at least the awful merit of truth on the same night bight on which the steamer with her precious human freight afas nas tempest tossed in the mid night blackness of the lal tat e a yo ing woman was wallins the floor of her room wringing her hands in impotent anguish as US he bile listened to the storm without her face was pale and worn her ber eyes gl gi tiered with a feverish ex ellement cit elt ement diery muscle was tense and at list the strain became able ani she rushed from her own room ind sought that of an older sis ter nl n 10 wis Ws sleeping calmly and pro 11 margaret she colled and shook the sleeper lightly what Is it not time to rise surely hill haie e you not slept io no no how could I 1 do you not hear licar the storm it Is awful I 1 cannot sleep the elder sister sat up and skinned th white face bend ng over her sou you have not slept and to morrow Is 1 your n div Afir miriam larn you will look I 1 ke i t ghost do you hear the storm cried miriam wildly it if it aiges 0 qa o on oil land how LOW much worse it must be on the water and edgar S crossing to n in the face of this storm I 1 miriam said 31 Mir giret gently kneel here and let us aay ay a prayer I 1 have been peiying prayed every minute this night I 1 hope god will hear me and send the boat on which edgar Is coming to the bottom bottor of pf the lake miriam sister you are crazed do you know I 1 what you are saying that you are asking god to destroy the boat that Is 1 bringing your lover to you yes yes that is what I 1 mean I 1 would be glad if they came and told me that he had gone down and I 1 was free free free her voice rose to a pathetic that blended with the wailing walling wind end and died out in a moin then it is 1 true I 1 did not would not believe you did not lafe tov M gar ryerson and you do love friend walter dickson I 1 I 1 but miriam turned away I 1 alef again my sister I 1 ana sony I 1 disturbed dl 0 you M li edding day Is da daurt ing and we shall soon know cheth god has answered my prayer A brief line in the mo morang riling paper the story the boat had gone down in midvale dudla le with all on board lears I 1 car S had pissed p assed had barned man led a y s toi lot and dinani spent pirt part of her time m ith all her a p ie le silent girl absolutely deo deno I 1 of inter est in 1 fe for wl mas w as she mourn ing she leplate I 1 tint thit it was not tot fot IN liter D cl son that it vis m as all a mis tal tale tint she hi ili I 1 cited for h in rive as 1 T I friend Alai garet good ai at d pric 11 was puzzled ei een en I 1 ei acute the i d I 1 not lead hei bet to believe that god hi hil I 1 ins 1 ei eiel e I 1 the m wild ild blasi he lie mo is i layer of a dazed crazed g il but qa 1 I e I 1 d her s apathy to lemoise oer over edgac s leith and nd loving the kill gill is she d 1 I a d tried in every 1 iv to interest and incuse her binam tool I 1 bait alt in these efforts but without heart neier coteel lot eel the wolds words of tl e I 1 atle song so often on M ill i am ams s hi his s how co il I 1 11 I 1 1 tow 1017 1 I would love thee afir when I 1 loved thee not anear they in would haie meint nothing to Alai garet but they vo ced the cra cr of stir am s soul she lovcy edgal afar the fan 13 1 mcl iding at nam was gibing a bouse house party before closing the r summer ummer home on the banks of the lake that lake of import where miriam found her thoughts going out dia di ind bigit big it As i cos ng entertain ment some one suggested a ade nde and a fire of driftwood as the evening was cool when the evern g of the masquerade came miriam wore a mask ana and dom doin ino on account of the temperature the driftwood drift nood fire was the first attraction 4 I iancu uttel c I 1 the prophecies while others fed the alime I 1 see he said a sink ing steamer two men comrades are with others upon its deck oh this Is shameful stop him cried if Mar giret but her husband whis wills pored something and she waited edg ing near marlim who in her attl fude might have been a statue the fueyd is tell ng him a he ile but ho he believes it and ahei they two are saved by a miracle ot of the waters he goes wit i hibi ind males no sign he bellei cs es that I 1 Is love is faithless the alime shot up blue and green ind the tho hindu looked about as it seek in ing g ration the false frend ins his just died he ire told the truth at the last but he nas is i ot altogether wion the woman they both had loved hid bid h id not returned the love of either I 1 can read no further I 1 the pretended II 11 nc un u turned away as a domino touched his am alra imara edgar I 1 ark jle i R joy soy never the recuperative power it brings w th it Is thenonie ph enonie nal mrs airs akl M L rayne in chicago record hera herald