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V T H U R SD A Y , JU L Y 22, 1897.
u n » REASON SILV ER TO N , O REG O N , I H l R- > _ J ---------------------—
h i - TOR< h U f REA*
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shall
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.»...n be
v.. safe. I f I Ho not survive,
mV last resting-place will 1« m h.s
..I
h l - m a nilarim roams alar,
Ixi' e ll .hew every changing star,
that which you believe to la for And
waU4»e» every
» dower
arms- b et n.e read th is lett
O O LD EN TH R O N E
your honor an<l li*»eit> .
«»«>
a g a l„ -
ROMANCE by samvei . I-. e. TNAM.1
Yours lovingly, C h a r i « .
a..d " .u g h .
ghe read .he letter, and
roam.
,
, :*
ber litis, and then >h
furuisbHd M„r,„n
,
dSllcUdolligcr or G,,,,eh
o^ „ d pieces and
,,w htC M I
M d
U into a thousand pieces and
The more he thoug d
'
re(, of witb an india-rubber casket in powder,
w j ^ heard th a t go„
like a tiro.^ flung them fronj
song g) a9
as ‘fit
from her window,
wmdow a and,
d,
th e more easy the e
to inclose the swi,„
letter and t ie p
. bjr), ¡, crep, and then
e»
n
floVa, ((f gnow, they sauk into
accom plishm ent. W hy .....
. .........a n d m i.es,
„ they d-d, they like Hakes nl snow, they
accomplishment.
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• „ _ t „gt it
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iog „„es had already P - ^ .....<iy,,u
d
nto (.a„ , Y
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.
, a l, 1B little realized its m eaning,
“ Hold these thoughts, 0 sea,
can get these into her h a n d -, all
R ,;nk « h e n b y tw
a „d trUst
well That is for y o u -oaccom i.lt- .
|a lked, in spite ol the
™
Q love, f will seek
He could do it »l*o.
and I .....St say you a"- a v*‘ry (
in,pedim ents which the 'ugntry n
i
darkness and d eath .”
„„.»licatew
ith
Blanche,
ee,
vvvi»
—
- —
h u tto c o m m u n n a t
,d I"’ « ' if b°y ‘c x p '.n n ’ent. 1 know the one and the rascal., y J “
|be
powdel. wh,te
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know
m
e
o
u
r
a
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She
looked
at
the powder
" ‘i t
—this was the next step, an
. ¡ x x
. k ,..,.
..... I « yiiatv11*
. 1 ^ ■ , ■ , 5 m n s ? l » , w ^ .
«he dare to give herself u,, to the
This little powder is strongei
awful and trem endous en.hiatet ■ that it is even more potent •h»n «m- J .... ^ „ s p e e c h , it v o te - itselt
th a t
th a t m onster whose arm s cue rcl
jere is n fillin
o th in g th a t H ta
« an
* la n g u a g e of f it8
its own.
ow n.
llia n t,lt
keep me from thee,
n -
continents and in w h o ^ h r - t w e ^ enc(
^ ^
-
- x
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ten thousand vorac
*rnlieg.
man? ........ - •
an d then
poured
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? » in
nut
V y I I v i i n i v v -------
1 it with water, —
" vel " " ‘ 7 h0; quickly it detached itself, and ,h e sp ark lin g pow der and stirred
iny, whatew-er
Whatever i ,t t ts, he ... , .)( nger # wildernegg.
,Wernw<. It has borne the
he ^ med to 1)e the only m elody m
the m ixture, and held up it to t i t
s ; : g
r
,b: ' ^ ^ 0 , 0 ^ , , w i „ e ,o ,i q .
it was a th in g of hie
X h ^ u d
» ‘ d° ," , v
and
deserve
death-
hi n
^
^
^
ofL c-dom lo Blanche, hero.
r
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o
v
^
s
the
He descends
X
^
d
nb. saviorl . d rin k to my iniu.or-
tbe billowlng signal of a rtut- tai l « t ^
,
| || |i„ d me clim bs to heaven.
>••
,ering h an d k e rch ief
11 1 a '' ‘
her narrow window she looked forth
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11V sthin, and toucneu i..v ------
*ui?.ir, will O stars! You are
, tba; h u will touch
.
. .he hand
.........- of
1 you,
“ r
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sry p en h ”
kigs .................
llnd > w h ,s p e n d ,|
Fan«
...... .. Gi am , b at
H e w r o .e a . fo n o "s
.
f,)r, ¡f
|„ v„ her m>- !1Cl,„ragK:-, and left in itscl.n g .n g , s „m u g |
Q
' X o u X m v has woven a th in g can keep
h u r,d „g fingers ‘he
anftiy sounding sea. I long for your
on.
.
‘ ^
„ " ’ w ithout thy
em b,'aCel T hy X
” S
trange web, and we m ust resot. to
eunnin„
and A lenin oi H
a shall
h d l enve
give me
me new
new hie.
life.
lesperate measures to r e ”
‘ _
heart of love.
,in j ¿ j j n«»t rise to the s
W ith th a t, she w rapped
the
How careless 1 have ..... ..
"by
k,,»’ •11'Ul
CHAPTER XXV.
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did I leave voul Forgive me, and
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e
,
.»Hl
ts
t/liis*.
T
h
•
lay
down
to
pleasant
dream
s.,
T he sea was still as glas*.
tru s t me for all th at m ortal m an
Klars'sl,onc above ; and, .lew llc.l k ,1(,w„ th a t .her.- "i^ i‘' " ; nC
e" " 1'ad" .
“ 1 have accom plished it,” said
can do to save you from the e.n t its
to the deck
of this fiend. Yon are aware of the r X
^ £ 7
: " X c h T s i u i k hack in m her bed, C harlie, as he leaped
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of the “ A lbatross.” “ Now it «le
p,,„cr he professes to have o v er you,
,)er
w ,ll she
am i with w hat cunning h - w.-ilds i th in k that beneath the shining sur- a „ d pressed lln- packet
\Ve were on board your slop P'-day. face there were bn. beauty and , | , (. ,ast tew days h.
e to
10 d<>
u*’ jl?
in n
n d ago..}
uNcver
Never fear th a t.”
t,” said the docto.
doctor.
0 a - ,y - v ..........
I asked to see you and d e m a n d e d g|„ry, lustrous halls where the spirit m u 01 'd e sp a ira ...-—
"'¿iu'foreve",'
revel in
in delight.
delight.
• , a r~-,s«vAAv rpvpl
hom e h herself with wonderful cot.r- “ W om an is braver th an m an ...
your liberty, h u t was denied on the
Morton d ro p p ed into the sea. He agB a „,| patience.
such circum stances. They are afraid
ground th a t you were the legal wife
.
1
dw victim 01 ^oin« » u v u v i . i -- 1
.W
k t pts,
k t L2 ’ ’
g th
a ls
th a a t ts she
»e was
" • the vt , deacon of nothing when love ......
prom
ol Gooch. I d o not know bow he was a strong swimmer, and could v va|
scheme, 1
,
o j suppose I ought to go to bed
m anaged to possess you. I Ins wi easily m ake his way from the ‘'A l diabolical
kept her helpless and in a w a n d ^ ^ J H v ^ d
j
i,c discovered hereafter, h u t to out batross” to the “ Betsy .lane,” which
1 calVt, I am so agitated. I must pre-
„m ans of escape. The way seems was lying only ball a mile oti. It „ „ and
was m idnight when
u n d e ito o ’ ,jie use ot p° e
, .h i^to r- pare for to-morrow. We can t de
perilous, and yet with courage
J
entirely upon tbe sp irit. The
0 ,ink there is no doubt of success his perilous journey. 1’hcre was k n ew th a t she com« «-’ «M•» •
» ‘
gt be
its best condition
A, any rate, we m ust dare late, if hardly a sound on hoard the ^ ' P ^ u r e only by s ile n ^ «n
for such a trial as th is.”
we would win freedom. 1» Hits as he neared it. He was p re tty indifference, and si c l.a I . u
-
everythil,gdepends on your
letter, v»t> will find a powder, la k e certain as to where Blanche was lo- a „ her fortitude to the
not s|(.adinW s am i nerve. T ake this
it, and it will p u t you into a deep ca.ed; for in his intense w atching, th a t now th a t her m .n
hour by hour .luring the prevm us aliv<d
clear.
G
„ ig not so gtro„g as the
g,cep, s.. like the ..........................
th a t it will be taken for death and d a y ,
had caught the flutter of a deeIlied „ necessary «
,,tber; blll y „u will not wake u n .tl
•
* n(K>lb and then you will be refresh-
you will be hurled in tin- sea " , l>o w hite handkerchief, and, whether on hoard the slop, a
ed We m ust all go to lied.”
you shrink from this? 1 shall be (rig h tly or wrongly, had interpret.'! „ „ „ his b u lw a r', <> •
of sem i-insanity, u , • in . ( ln a # luU
in»... his m istre-s.
little e wnue, Morton with
— the
in the sea to bear you to a | ,1‘‘CC 1 this as a signal from
Silently, he floated under the dared
d ared <»r
or perhaps not
im « < w h .,t he ; rest was in profound slum ber. •
safety. There is a doctor with m«
•at genius an»,
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M orning came, and still the calm
of great
ami learning;
-m< ¡,oWs of “ Betsy Ja n e ,” and in a 1<>", HUlt her woman k »« k .
a9 invented sea-arm ors, in 8<)ft voice began to sing, - s o h '"’ w anted m ainly was >e
? re8ted upon the waters,
he > has
a n c clothe
lo th e ourselves
o u r-lv e s and
^ ft (h at t||e superstltl<»us sailor a „ a , h,s he was wtllii g
At ten o’clock, C aptain Furge-
I,¡eh h w we e c can
w
through the sea, «ml rem ain m ight iinrtgine that it cam e out <>f by any casv-going <‘i P ‘ *
8O11 rtnd W ill and Paddie
walk
four hours. 1 • ,|,e
he (lepthg
of
e sea, fr<»n. the lips
lliertsur«-.
her
to
the
Ja
in it from
from three
tnree to
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depths
o. ,h
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eii-i"e
with
her
u.
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B,a „ c |,e slept al
)Jo(ich- all „« u su al excitm ent on board.
satisfied th a t we can use them . gHng w a s ,h e wild S c tts l. melody n)..ld, who w a-a pant "
“The deed 1» done said Furgeson.
The doctor himself is bold la-yond
him by Bianche, and th e Thig a tle ,ria n t was
preparing for a b u rial.”
m easure, a.1.1 will accom pany ■»« ( wordg were of her own composing. f„ „ „ d slum h. r, am
.
S(K.kdolliger greeted them with a
in my ocean journey. Mich is the
re,„eiiibered them : and t te Hgtht of a can.l e
■
ful countenance
countenance,
most 9orrow
sorrowful
outline. On our part »her. Will be notes a n d a the
m e w vi
ords
u - held
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in his to
vu ^ peruse
r .ts e the letter.
el ter.
«We need not quarrel an y more,
OUVUIIV.
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, he gaid; uit-H a |l over, tb e lady .»
no ...................
failure. I will not u rg e, to r it IS heart b u rst forth beneath the win-
a fearful und ertak in g . N "»r lover (>w of Bianc,le’s c a b i n : -
“ and tins is t h e -
#ny_ dead ..
is ready for anything. It .voU d ° ulxjve tosses on a <larklin>r sea,
1 «m not afraid
Henth«
“ Dead?” said Furgeson. ‘H«»w
‘X n t u r e this plan, km .a tb s , I
„’»¡M w n e H t ^ ^ d - -> »"> • |b i „ g. , had ra ther be tn .b e depths J . ,
take t u ' e'
sh all foll<»w y»»u unto d. hv.uance
................. ted with ..............-
b ra v e s t h ea rt
and
Im p-,
" 'd
T " ' ,
d o . " here u
hegaine within its breast;
.
of the sea than hen , <
.b e th e r e .h c will be there, and I,
“ It’s a
dispensation
of
provi