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Show WHEN TIDES LIFT j, : ; :. 1; Dy W. DERT FOSTER. : (inpjrljnlil - ' The tide wnlts upon no man. Therefore, There-fore, the fnroieMhthcrmen of ntock Islnnil rtatcli Its moods and fnncles dogalj: tor the t.cn, a fickle mistress, holds the Island In nn erobrnc wliieji 1 twlrty rnrcsslng, but may tomorrow bo nn the clutch of it ravejilns benst. In the spring and fall, when, the henvy titles bring In Ihelr burden of rtxt'd-weed rtxt'd-weed and other deep sa TPgettttlon, tom from Its roots by the ground; swell, the vtlnilrows eat up along te hore mint nerds he secured to feed tie sterile farms. v "Shore rights" nro Jenlmtsly gunrdrd ihen, for the vu'tnl, together with the sliacklcflsh from the trnp constitutes the Island's main' supply of fcitlll7.or. When the proprietors of these tlflcj water privileges hae stacked such weed as they need for tin year, their less foriuimtc neighbor are allowed to gienn as they may among the rock nnd along tho stretches of beach. And It galled Alirttin Middle mightily to be-clns.ved be-clns.ved with tin; glei.nrrs. The nitldle plnc. hail fallen to him henlly mortgaged, however, and nhun. be sold tjio "home lot" to Anson i.puigtiu the slmre rights went vlth IU It Is 111 for one man to consider Another An-other ."luokj." 'when he hiuifelf link been imfortuiiiitejlmt Abrum'H feeling-hud feeling-hud been jii!nse until tho day he miw Ansnn wnlhlng about the old farm wltn,. llnlle. '..' And so Alirr.tu. sore nud hetirtslcky went his vuy, and no longer lliiifcre' at the church door for Hello on Sun,-day Sun,-day evenings, or drove n rotindnhoilt way to the hnibor for the sake of passing pass-ing her futlitr's door. Ills gloomy eyes noted the tide Uft Ing among the rocks, henvy with Its. burden of brown and green wecdsS He turned his team at the foot of thfl hlufT, and then, with th fork In hls hand, warifd Into the water ami began ti draw the green masses of weed' shore. Suddenly the rattle of another wagon.' JWiste upon ks ears. He glanced swiftly, swift-ly, upward, to sre, Anson's span of. grays coming over the bluff. "Hallo, Ahel" yelled Anson. "GC bead f me, didn't yeJ" Abrw" grniUri and lifted a luife forkful of. driplae weed lnt his cart. Abraia kept at Ids wrk fever-' lslyn lie Tesred t spesk. He de-y sited t get Ids lead and depart,- "Them " bosses 40' ypttrn don't' draw wtich". do they?" shouted Anson., "Relle sild to nut she didn't think ye I was doln' as well as common." Abrani dropped the reins mid turned-on turned-on him In p rage that smothered In his1' ejes and whitened his lips. "Ko yon and she discuss me atween ye, do ye? Ain't e got nothln' hetterL to do?" "Oh, you'ip mud Ibis morning. Able." There was n hot mist In Abratn's ejeo. Through It ho saw the leering fncp of the tnnu he hnted, and lit this' he struck. Then Abrnni delivered a tnlght.v blow and his antagonist Ment down. Ans'in fell lint upon his back, his head coming In contact with a stone. A "Ingle gasp, ami he did not moe ngnlu. Abruui, unsoftcnod by the slght.i turned away.' ,Hi picked up his lelns' nuil chirruped' to the horses. , Ho rode on past the Allen house with hN head on his breitst, uol noticing 1 the girl who watched lilin from tho wliidnw. He was throning off the Inat weed In the barnyard when I'nelo Itor.rle puffed Into view. "Jes what I .lieeii tellln' em I" wheer.ed the old man. "Another slice of It gone. Some o' you boy "II ha a wreck over there ylt." Abratn looked at blm dully. "More of the hlufT gone.. Je' seen It myself." V'The hluff Vaved again t" gasped Abrani. "Wherrr Ahram shrieked sloud, and. lenplng from, the cart selred the Itrst lniile-ntenl lniile-ntenl to his hand a shovel and xtart- , cd for the shore. Uncle lUttr.W watched him breathlessly. "Wol, th' dem fool!" he ejaculated ni inn. Abrani plunged down I lie side of the hluff, his heavy boots plowing tleep furrows through the elny. Once upon the beach he began to dig madly Into the heap. "What In Inrnntlon ye doln' there, AU burrerln' like u ground-hang?" "Alison he's under llieie!" "(lit nout ! He nln't iiuther." "He Is. I tell joii, Allen! See his team along yonder? lie was dniwin' weed this tmirnln'." "Vn-ns. 1 know. An' he left thing- nt sixes nn' nevims. 'bout as us'nl. Ile fell an' hit his bend, he said, nn' got' me ter draw weed for him the rest ( the day. I seen titiu a-sinrln' olT for-the for-the iiarhor half nn hour ago. Jtul.-Inlly. Jtul.-Inlly. man: What's tlli (liitter o' jo?" 'He he ain't dead?" whispered Abinui. "Not M-ry. Hut you look some, as though ye might he. Ye're ntcherjy white, man! Ye're wenk's n Kill. Say, tluit remln'H me, Abo. Sister Hello wnnls ye (it stop ut the House ino?t purtle'lar. Guess yo been too busy with jer spring work Inlelj to do much euurttii', Key?" and young Allen fhucKled. Abrnin ellmhed the bluff slowly, passing the broken place In the path with averted gajse. And an he drew nearer to the house itelle's sweet, high tones fell upon hi cor once nio.j. She had begun an old hymn: "Will your anchor hold In tht trm f lift?" " |