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Show " f' Tlt IRSVcAit0UJ!B V SOttBi -" u ,"T ( gotog ib bo si wild night on , tho wnj (iod lichl tho.poor ealfow, and with tho' words qulvbring on hef lips Mrs. U'wis, "tho. pretty -little matron of 'Cliff Coltftgir Urew together thtj snowy" curtains cur-tains that draped her windows and turned with a sigh to tho'fireslde . Piling on tho driltwopiV that. Jay heapcti in genereos nbnmlatice;' beside it, she soon had a fie'e'ry. laie'vTitshlng' ! the- chlmucy; fhile a ammci--Vrfnth pervaded .eery 6riicr .,of. tlio little 'room, nnd brilliant lashej of firc'light; crlmsoiicirtho stllng vith a "sunset gloyf. i - J . ' ' "ft IdoKi pteaiant' here now. 'im i SiTsii WHIfnrri would come. ' tdt wo jake m6thcr;l66k' .6ut,w odd ,&ho opened,, the 16or; f'0 dear-tho.tvihdli rising fast, indtbVwave tOni tcrrPjiyv"'J, will tnke Hie Iantcrfi nndrun 16, meet lilm 1 cati't ; jit he'ro tpitetIy,i.;.whUtt, he, 17 tbart galhcrcd Ju her eyes, aod' futlheir speech i w'dR gyallowtitip b soM..' ' V I Ilni'tiog on hcr.wdofeii'si wwl and winter hood, and' taking: ijoftr;,thb;Iantern, Uie started .out., ' . , ? - i It liaii bceu, affull, dreary. Xovember; afternoon.' Gray clouds had beer) $cpwi lug ill the Ijcavcus - all luy ; aud. 'non as the evening j,ctin so' early,' they gathered; lqt'onp hrOad' black 'pall,- shutting' out! ilippato iDonijlight entirely, att$ inaklitjrn; pitcft darkness.setlle o.vct a.U thingsThe' wjjiid,' which had been- whistling ,1-itieiil upon, was .i.'our raving , in"!, wild, tempest toupsj'tf.p -jicft was'rdHiugln. huge; angry' hillbwftf -tfie'.whito, pVay- thowotiug, the; loftiest rocks j'htayy tjjnudcr;.waa tjooni': fng ln'tliriilistaitce, vivid streaks of lightning light-ning flushing heir ,golin Ifglit up and doVt)tho sky,;aiid great., pejtfng, raln-Urops raln-Urops paltering jterp.nud. there, as If td give a foretaste, of tho drfnehing. slurm that wdtilil sooii llood'thqjbcaejn 'A ptouttT JtCart .and stronger JTrnme than" thojo.of "tlia " litlle wife miglif havo quailed, beforo tjio fury of the hlast$. that cpiii? shrglngiii from.tha ..wildl.irfleof wntersj but (irmly ihV . kepi on her. way, nnd dnrtlug'dowu tho prccipilous footpath that lc,roiii..'thclifl' AO tliej'shprbj she ran hurriedly fdorig Hhe, 'ilaiup and. till' Blip, reached, at ths distanee of fialf a mile, pr so, a little p(er whieli lu?d .hceii Jjtiilt.lii a. snug, core for the aecomihojution of the fishernicn'of the coast. -, ' Jiv vain he lopked for. llip -expected boat; iiV rain she stfahicil her eyes to .see into thftdarkucss thiit" brooded, ovcrithc tea. Mdly she wuvesJ the little lantern, runtdny to the extreme edgp. of the tim jcrs,: Three yuies she ,.s)yng It- (a- nnd 'roj tlnin drops-It. lVcitenieritt for rts ng ahove.the ,no:sbpf 'thektorm tOmea a oud,.glaahouti.njld in a few tnqaiouti i pair of strong arms havji roVed tlio Kiat iulo the cosy harbor, irMe it fn3t to ho slnrily piies, and' caught the llttlp touinniu a ila&n ciabiace. "Thank God, joVrc safe, WTjlfianv" , uYe4, wife, snffe; hut. an hoar jaterand . should have tjcen food for the. Gshcs. L-jimst hurry and get out Jny hamper and. eVhomo with ft too, for when thi storm ircalcs in tnrui-st, it will tear all before t. Grand good luck I've had. tc-rlny hough, y. Wp; shan't starve ,for awhile (eti-.lf salted fiahwlll,kecp lisalivcT And io lifted tlio hea,y basket from tho ljodt to tlio pier. 'Let the help you, William; I'm in a tmrry tosco you haujcd,falid yenr clothes innstbe whi. through by this time. Come4 let, roo.jUko. hold,!' ttud, sjia seized, one lundlc nnd turned m tho beach. "We must take tho road, wife. Wo can never get this lo,d up the path. This way. There, now" we'll go.it', deario. I'm glad I ain't a sailor to-u!ght. - Many a poor honest felionrwill go. to 1)avy Joacs' locker before morula." "Aud this puor wives nnd children! 0, the whloxvxand orphans that are made with tvpry storm I JMy heart aches for them now. ..Thank. Ood. you'rQ quite snfe, Williann" - It wui3 twlious .work getting up to the tot tage with .the heavy hamper, nnd before be-fore the-fairly reached it, the storm was upon them, marly throwing them' from! their feet. But it was warm nnd. light and pleasant iu-doow, tho fire hitvmgj burned down to n mass of ruddy coals, winch boon lapped up the fre.di wood which the. husband tossed on it, nnd filled the fireplace with brilliant jets. l4mp clothes were exchanged for dry onc-t; the Ua-kcltle p,u oyer;, the gridiron ! set down and one ol the fresh fish laid, pn to broil, and the table set. Very spry wcra.the movements of tile wile, and in h'ttle (Wle tho frugal inenj wus ready for the tired uhd hungry husband, tie frugal meat; yen; for It was truly so; a cup of weak tea with milk, but rto sugaiynu'd rye-bread nnd. -butter but thoagh pluin, it.tfns neatly prepared, and an epicure might hnvp relished the frcih fish, broiled to a turn and floating In a rich cream gravy. "1 wasn't a moment loo soon, was T, wife?1' a tho incal over, Mr. Lewis peered through the curtnhistiut into the daikness. "Bless mo.l but what a. storm it Is.' Heaven grant that no fbip. comes within guushot vf tho Uijgc to-night, for ns note as one docs, the llnhcs will have n feast. We-ought to tx thankful wo have a home us snug mid cozy as this when tuch nights come,aiid Ju ienttd himself before tho hearth and tOated his feet or, the warm (lags. VAnd' l am, William and thankful, too', that I have such a lear, gPod, kiud, husband to make life like a summer day to me," nnd tho wife laid her hands ca-retslngly ca-retslngly an the dark muxsi-s of huir and swept them off the .high forehead. He drew her to hls.kuee, nod then cud j there, while the.torni ihook, us it teemed, ' the very cliff ou whleh tho cottage was1 built, tf osc two young hearts drank in fresh cujw Of love and Joy, cups filled to the brim, for though the putt had been durk und titiublcd ond tho future wa wrapped iu a. cloud, the prescut was arched with raiubaws those pure, vivid colors, too, which cor?npt tho plighting of hearts. "Wo had better golo hei nowleario," ;aid Mr. "Lewie, ns the dock struek'teu. fng,up Will, avail ttothing4o nnybotly. U s a terrible storni, I know, and I fonr there' will be many wrtckji along thp pst, bbt wa could b'ot bear, signal gnris to-ntght if thoy fired ever; eo m9ny,.or iielp the: poor sailor if1 wo did, for ud lishermhu'a boat could, '6utrjde"; these neavy: naves, ,Wfl. .wUI' gp . to .-bed nnd rest To-tiorrow, iaftyhi, put- suceor wilt .betjeedqd' arid laying hlu head, Ppo hfsf pillow, the w.caticd ,.mttri Was soon sound asleep, ' Not, so withrIifs wife. Trne shejlay tiitvtH quietly besidphim, but her wakeful eyes-saw every streak' of lightning', that darted, through :Uio- bedroOnt Window; hcr ltsteoiiig' ears heard' pvcryr.pcal ;pf thunder ahd every throb of the wild 6ea ns it bent', its lofty, ffuvea against, the rock," iler vfoman's heart ached for the pobr:w'ivcr ltiothcrs .andchildren of tho adjoinliigirlH.ige, for; invtry, family that dwelt'therp, there w ope or w'orp seafaring sea-faring member; Well-'shp 1cuc)r ;hoiv long, tho. November night, rbust. eem' tq thenji, cfditehiftg jksfde .theft' heaVthstonc or covferiiigori their threshold, yearning for the. darkness to.be gone, and, yet. fcari iingfor-theda.wn' And; as sho, thought of thf egpny that musfc'rewl som' .hearts o'ntlip mUfrow, shp; clung .Impulsively Id her sleeping' jhusband and .tunrmurcuY iliRnk.Gwl you're a.ftV'.; Wlllhvoil.ejiwpqt n fislierman, (liotigh he owned a lidat ihd oecasfdoalfy' Went dut;n i-hrt'.distaiica.with 'il'i.whch a liolidiiy riiif graiit'ed hini;,pr wlieri hi trade failed' tp. supply, theui with tho ue-cesariesof ue-cesariesof Hfcl Ills, fortuiw'antil the lajtyear-OFSo;;hiid been hard enough to have iifscouroged one. less pnefgetie; "it had been ii' rdugh-atid-ttrwblti world to hin,'JhosaId, "bat he had found' a- little haveti 6f rest at liistand-with God's help, hia.two StrdughaniLi. would; keep It iiited wlth;sun'shlnei - The' death of a dlsMpalcd father and. -ii poor sickly mother had cast him upon thp charities or the.world rit'tho tender "gc of eveu; cold eharfiieiv tliejr Tttrt:tm: piratically" to Ittoi, heibj such as theinho Louse, grridgingiy glv?std orphan' bdy-i hood. Yet a' llower was throitn fn his.: pathway oven ihe'rt.' little Ella Wayne;; the grandehild of the podr-raaster, a fair-1 haired, blue-eyed baby-girl was put In his caie, ho belug the gentlest of the motley! ere.w iliai pavcrly und distress had driven' llicre,,. He soon, learned, la love the little crcattirev a ho would toddle bewde :htm till she was vearyoud' then lie dowiiT in hM awn .nudrbp8ppg to sleepbysomBoid-faehiohed sleepbysomBoid-faehiohed lullaby; And that Jure-tfecpi-tneU ririil broarJentd'till it filled his whole heart ;d .wheni ht.'thd. age: of fourteen; he ivas hound out to aparpenter and left tho home of seven yeany hd resolved to gpback toJt again ,sph0' day ondt win the little Jilla, aow n lovely girl of hiup, to be. his. little wife., "vKvcry Sunday btonght hhn there With .some-boy fsh1 gift; a doli's bedstead-or tnble,'fas!iloned in cvenIiig.lu,-ByT)iii owii hafids) a biiitch of wild flowers, prc&jed 'sen-wceds, crystal pebbles, or pearly - shells! Atott lslfa Itarned tpon' to wittch fpr it ig coming, first With i;lilMiih,pagerne6s, a gbd light dancing danc-ing In Iter eyes as slid received his pretty gifts, and al'terwards,. with girlti'h bash-rulneo. bash-rulneo. "soft;b!uiJi tinting bcfTalr cheU as their' fitigera met, in the giving mid taking of the Sunday offering, . But not tiutil ho was twentypno did ho icak of love to L'sr. But tftcft; ah they rambled ,ou thb' .rpTot scashdreiu', looking so jminly in his glossy Jnrpdonj suit, and she io fair nnd lovely to. her simple robe of inull he. drew her arm within his own, and white he'presscd her -llttla hand iu hfs, bent' his' hVnd nnd: whispered or the hopes that he lmd cht r-: tshed through all f hosd wenry years, uod when Ihfy iirtr"d lortlie night, lt,'was. iis lovers part, with'nu embrnca andikfss. "I have my trade," he. 'fnld "to her, "twostroug hand and a willing' he.Vrl; that is all, dearie; lint in two p'r three years, if I have my "hfealth, they will have earned mean humble home' 'Bat I can work, too. "Wiltiau and I Will. I will do uty part towards jfiltiug up'that little cottage," And she did to, going out lo servico tho next week, and saving every dollar to purchase snowy bed and table linen, pretly counterpanes, soft blankets, and warm comforts. Jler grandfather, from his frugal saving gave her a dozen sliver spoons ami u neat tea-set of ironstone Chiun, nnd her grandmother, a pretty bridal suit apd a conplo of downy leather beds, with pillows to mate them. As for" the young lover, bo Idled ndt a moment. A capital workman, steady, industrious nnd prompt, ho soon wm-mauded wm-mauded constrnt work nnd fair wages, every -cent of which, above his bdard and coarse clothe swas savcl up towards that wedded home. Purchasing aifccro of land about two miles from thp-village, he proceed at once to fence it iu ami plu'nt shade ayd fruit trees and pretty flotverituj shrubs. And litre fjd bud I21la;Votld pome often , of an evenfogf'tiiMl-phu therr littlo Vritttigp; nlid Indulge in iwx. 'love-dreams and fanfcles. Three years, froai the day ho first wore his freedom suit, hu linkpd tho n'na of Ins little bride wiihtu his arm, and led her to CHft Cpttago and mstal'led her there ;as Ite happy mlstreits. The cottage was only a tr-ii thing, with ono room nnd bcilroom and, puirtry hdovr, and tn.o little chambers above; but it was ueat and tasteful aut eveu beautiful in mid-sumuitr mid-sumuitr tim?, draped as its wludows were with clinging Vines, its pretty porch embowered em-bowered in roses and its graveled . garden piths bordered with fragrant flowers. A cow, a couple pf pigs, and a littje yard of poultry Savc it a. rannhouso look of comfort, whilp the brightly painted boat promised to furnish them with seafood sea-food whenever craved. A year uf quiet happiness, of peace nnd plenty, had glided by, but with the opening open-ing of the fecund camo their first trial: William was out of work. Thp titucs had suddenly grown lurd and pressed terribly upon the inmates or that small sea-faring sea-faring towu. But the husband aud Vf 1ft? kept op good courage. They had their home and garden and a hundred, dollars in the bank, and worked on, cheerily at whatever their hands found to dp, deter-! imnhtg wilhin theuiEclvci not to thuch; their illUe dcoMt unless sickness came. An occasional jobjlnrlug. the summer and early autumn had irpt them in groceries i a. -fortnight' .without employment, aim ikeir littla .pantry stock had, rati low It-deed. It-deed. ' ' 4 . v- - , ' Townrds nio'rning ,the '.stbnri 'abated; and.Wca'ry vvith- herviriidriight vigils, .tbd wlft rested hcrhend-upon, her liniband'rf arms noil' fell info a quiet, sleeps -Tim suit was shlniilg7 btfghtly lri"tho windoVr;paiitf8 whtti she awokei ItHlid not' -otti find hef with sleepy ieycs,ffor she' was atiine; tivd' little' body nnd-iisuntly' up' at' 'day-brVak 'day-brVak nud;wftlchirtg.rfor','thn Grst vgolden bcuiiia' thatishoi itp fro'in the'asjterri'- sky, She arose do w hastily; but srf qnie tly -1hat the dccirslum W of her husband1 4) it not tronbleil. D'ra-sinj; herself tii her' dspnl tjiot. biotnlrig ,'postumet she dj;'Ded the door, ririd jookcil dnt pjion the pea, Orie ttlanec'phiv ehe? craveand then tt Wild fSCKcani pafted' her whitening liret nnd ;rustitn(j' lo thp' bbdside, she cried ''bUrrid ;lyi ''Wiltiiini, get" dji ' 'qijiclf tlifere"- Is a Vessel on-the fWgr-, Q, the lo.rjrsnilor?," dud she. wrung -her", hahd-v while teirs gatlitred Iwt'iiild thick n -her .bljio. eyes. ' "L'ctf me go, tooV' os throwing on1 lifi clothei, Mr: Lewis darted own the Tockfc ' " ' ' 'Ko, Jtiirie, bnt'makc 'up' ii vTdusliig Tiro and put on thp copper?, iaad get' blankets am comforts, irer'haps sdine jwdr fellpw jna"y-be rescued'' She, obeye'd(.'btit when the- tjlitmncy roared and thb kettles sung, she fpllowcd liiiri" td the.shord; , ."; h ; It "was njpltconij sight, .that vreckr sfrpVtj 'satidi-a'sighl'to'mfrve1 the. hafdeat licarf fb pity.' AH tip and. dowtHvit lay thc.siilibodt?s; 6T for'eigu sailo'rs, 'spnic strong;'--gray-bcarded; brdnic:ehcckcd itierr.and dlhers fairi-linlrcd, pale-faced !(!.; wKp had.left tlto'tbat'ched Ijotrict' pf Old -England to find a-grave on. that for off short. ' Qne by biiti' Mrivws; lifted Ihfcrdjiund while his wiKt. held thcjr drip pjrihehdst, he- reU'carcftilly (Ijeuj Wrists and hearts; aQil "thed iuourufulj'Iaid'ihcm in'a.rb.w 'together. - lMjUbwipg' the patfi sh'.e had trodden the nTgh'tYbtforCthey tvent on and oa till tliey readied the little pief;, ii;iheyncarcd it, theyiiW 'spine thing floating around, onq pf it?" cPrners and drifting townpU tltpm,-- tltpm,-- "A womatil'g'ood- heaveosl yes, it Is' and hcTpliingcd hito thp ycV unrgitig billows, bil-lows, .nnd, after baffling long with them, swam to the shore-with his drnt linked closely In tlicfdpts that had bound the deliehtftfp'rm .to;tho. oaken plank Tery corpsij-like. did -it lock us'hp 'tn'l it'tdbsc and, a cry-prjidrror rang from h9 wife' -llpj ns a 'ttny b'uby .figure , "whs then reVenled lying' in waxen" beauty Job tho woman's heart. She Idoklt eagerly, but tlif stiffened limbs anil 4ce-cpld fiicts told that, the storm 1md bcerr-1bo" much forit,.and she sadly.'put itdbwn,'ra'ppe'd lit' her 'sliawl, and tonied her vhfalp thoughts td the paid, thin mother. ' Thcfd ansa faitit, fluttwiug piotion to her breast, nnd vcryteuderiy did Mr. jletvilttikc hcrio IifsanriS nnd bear her : to" the cottnff( KHa fotlowlitg- With the dead baby on" her bosdm It was a wary" tusk, the bringing back of life to that chilled, soaked, brnlsed and tvprn forui. but they rtid not fultcr until ishe wiis quito restored, though so- vreak' !6n4. Hlp!ej that they fe&red vrctt thtn Jdeajh might cttsae. I A fever did set hi before yl sho had even cemcd to bo conrious' of her fate aiid that of her- hapless babe, aud for many auxioijaflys and nlglits tbd dvvfll-crsPf-ilid cottage seareely left-Iter bed; tde, 'Then, nature fallienl, .and she bc cirnie ndt-oiify c.bnwlescVnt, but even,. the jiliyslcun.' said, quite- well, tliPugir white and shadowy ns Vre .faitcy' pnlt5 look. .Yes, the ims well ngaiji, therjlo lady of tho wrcekf hut aluf, the light of reaspa shone ho more hi'her spft dajk' cypfs, und wheu slie'spbko in her slvvet 32ngllsh tongue, her wo.rds were rnftblltig ones of agrny did castle, a bljiek-cyed" lover, n .baiiy-boy und a rnlld night upon, the tea. But a harmless lu'uatie slib wus, sitting all day long, lit the quiet-jsunshine ot her chamber windotf, "pratUing- Ji'cr childislj talk and going fd her couch at eventide and Bleeping pcdcefniry lid motntug. Jly degrees, thoy gathered tip 'tho fragments frag-ments of hfcr-slory and wove them into a tele that ran like tllis. Sho was the only daughter of one of finglatid's lordi!, b proud and lianghfy man who seonied her lover, the younger son of an old-fashioned country havo.net, (ind would hnvp forced; her to marry a titled tnan, three times her age Hut trne to her young heart's vow, she clniig to her own choice and secretly wedded hhn. A discovery of- her wifehood was followed-by o father's raafc-dirtlous, raafc-dirtlous, and she fnutid'a Tefuge in the cottftgeiof her foster-mother, and was to wait patiently there till her ydnng husband hus-band should have found employment itl aland beyond the yen.' A babe' was born to her while in that humble lwdiv, and a' few Weeks after, with her young foster-brothel for an escort,- nhe. sailed from her native land td meet her toyed one. Some .hiud sailor had bound her to the. pknk, arid an p hp claEp?tl her "baby to her hwrtjlnisted her to the wavtsrraelj wave.8"tp htr, ila?hlftg PUt the baby's lie aud delhroiiing her own intellect l Jler linen, which vas pf that fine, dpli. cate toxture.thst bclittcd her high rank, was marked l-'l'u-c Margrave, nnd tho same Initials were traced on tho costly jewelry that they found bound about tier ' wnljjt. But there was no chin to her i former homp or to her husband's name, nnd ns she was the sole survivor of tho-wreck, tho-wreck, it seemed nnlikely, to her new, kind friends, that tho mystery which surrounded sur-rounded her would ever bo unfolded. Mrs, Lewis ofteh wept over her. while slip luy in her quiet sleep, ns she thoright of the expectant husband, and Mr. Lewis vainly strove, by advertising In 'their county paier, to restore her to those waiting arms. ' Bnt ns months passed on nnd no one came to claim her, they quietly quiet-ly took up the new burthen laid Upon them, and strove by gentle, kindly care to keep her well and happy, " I , JpOXCIA-tjtO J.EXT WK.J |