Y V
THE MOUSING HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 18SS
, 1
HE
INCOMING TIDE';
Or,
Flie Romance of
Hill
IUKT I.
Five feet eleven 'of agi'c, sinewy,
"weii-moulded humanity, its crown a
veil-shaped head of ''kins-like and ad
mirable poise," with an outward sulti
riencv of close-cropped, Indian-black
h.tir, and an inward plentitude of
biains, with an eye like a hawk's
gray, penetrative, cynical and u smile
mocking enough to drive wild the
most accomplished coquette. This
was Guillaume Renville.
An e.ve by turns all tenderness and
all tire; the frame of a young giant,
and muscles of ted ; a tigerWli, jeal
ous temper and a wonderful brain; a
jet black, silk coat; four tii-rce, im
patieiit teet, t-iat crawled or flew at
their master's bidding. This was
Karon.
The two we.e inseparable. Their
very names, therefore, came to be
linked logethe1'. People said, "There
go- (lulilaumc and Saron."
, This was behind I heir backs, SO to
speak. Somehow the quaint foreign
name-, caught and staid anions thc
sober Vun: Coddi-rs. To his face no
t had achieved anything- more la
miliar than "Mr. l!eii 'die."
I do not know why he had spent four
KUUitiR-rs in this out-of-the-way Cape
t.'od town. I do not think he knew
either. lie was restless at Newport,
bm ed at Saratoga, savage and moody
amons the mountains. Here he was
conscious of a strange expectancy
;nvu:'.i'ig for some one who was to
come, tor somethieg that was to hap-
pen.
.Now anil lueii m nis iocs ne-
!;a".ccd uiioii iiits ot scenery
that
were oddly f miilhir, and quite as if he
lt-d known them of old. I think lie
was muiei-going, just then, a strange
psycologieal experience not s.o foreign
to tiie human race as some well-in culling-
expounders of soul and science
would have us believe, without being
coM.-eioiis of it. All our experiences
i:: this lii'e. thank heaven, are not ex
piainabie from the standpoint of the
world of sense.
Il is necessaiy for us to outline, evt r
so family, our dramatis ersomc. e
will till in the coloring of the sketch
:is we g' on.
We i.nss hence, the:., over many a
a mile of hili aiidrhorc. to Felicie Ar
;;iure, sitting, of a chill, drizzly May
evening, by the oaring, open throat
of an old fashioned chimney, in the
old-fashioned house of all old fashion-'
edVuy street. The name of the ciiy
is neither h-re nor tueve. A nonde
sciipt room, the carpet a conglomera
tion of many qualil jr-.colo: s, patterns,
where the brightest piec-ol all adorns
Felieie's particular nook by the win
d iw-seat On the walls Raphaels tfid
(. orreggios jo.-tle ch.-.'.p prints and
chromos, framed clieapiy or not at all.
An old-fashioned piano in the corner
reflects the lire redU from i's wcll
poiishet! sides: a straight, hish. back
ed, cushioned rocker o' "ye oldei.
lime;' other c airs, whereof no one
resembles its neighbor, and all are
moreorhss dilapidated: and an an
cient. time-w:.rn table, standing oddly
beside IV.'.cie's prim, modem v-oik-1.
isket, compiete the incongruities ot
of t.ie room.
Yet they are p'ainly not th incon
"ritities of poverty. There is even a
detent woufan. asddd-i'a-diioiied as the
house., a very personified economy it
-one did but know it wlio takes upon
herself all household cares, lest Felicie
shal'. so much as soil her lingers.
ve are not portrait painters. Be
' sides, the tiie has died dowr, and the
- glimpses one sets of Felicie m the
t Uisht sivc only pleasant impressions
of youth! srace and freshness. And
are" not these beauty?
What is this shadow behind her.-'
this wiei-d. quaint, old - fashioned
shadow, ! quits in kcepins . V',lh J1.10
pl-tce ancient and smilms ot lace, thm
of' ti''ure. and. habited in a queer,
lowered dressin.s sown and absurd
bis siippers-' .
' ' Why. father! I didn t hear yen
. come in.'' .
"I chutr'Ttl mv coat in the entry,
answered "the st'nilins shad;w, in the
thinnest, weakest shadow ot a voice,
that has vet a cracked, thoush joyous
intonation, as of one in lush sootl
humor with himself and .d: the world.
ili- very tone seems a presase o!
.'ood news", lie sits down m the lusli
baeked rocker before the tire, ru'dnns
to"-eiher his sinewy, claw-iike ti users.
F.-l'cie watches him with expectant
wis'.fuliiess. . .
-So now so now; I see you waitms
and listenins for a word,' thoush joii
make believe notl" he says. sivb'.U" her
a shadowy little joke of raillery, "lou
are sure von must have new dresses.
Felicie r"
"I won't so dressed like a paurer.
father. It is not as if you couldn't
atlbid it."
Tile tone is wearily monotonous
wit if the fixedness of a ions-made de
cis'nin, whereat the shadow chuckles
in ale racked voice:
' "Felicie, how would a a new silk
do. my dear a hlacK one:"'
"It wwiiM be very nicc,"says Felicie,
still drearily.
"Felicie! and al--o a new red one?
another silk, mv ("ear?"'
"Why, vim know, father, it would j
please me" a trille of fretful incredul
ity tow in her voice, for she never j
owned a silk in hi.r eishteen years of
life before.
"And Felice! a vety dark blue one.
perhaps? Three of ".em to.sethei :
"I don't know, at all know, what you
inea)!. father"
The black 'velvet eves w ere brim-
:innjt"
glitter
over now. Larue crjsiai i.iops
r in the lireli.sht. hy will lie
tantalize her with toe unatlaiuabie :
"And still asain. Felicie. a- some
new muslins and s'mshams, perhaps".
They sav women wear such at 'he sea
side. And nv-iybe a new twj new
hats and a new shawl or cloak. Wliaf
do you say to these?"
'.Why, lather, what (to you mean ?
Am 1 to so or am 1 not?"
"The fact is. my dear. I have had
some a" peice of sood lu.k rare
ood luck. I have got some money
. that ne'rhans vou can have. Only you
must be" eeoromical economical.
Felicie- It is a sreat deal of monev;
tuite pile, my dear, and I don't
know as I better sive it all to you,"
with a little sesture of undecided
avarice. He held a small buckskin
bas in his hand, and tenderly patted it,
; s loth to let it go. "Are the blinds
tiht shut, my dear? And where is
Abigail?"
"She went on an errand at dark"
with! mechanical glance iit the dark
ened windows.
"Here, tlien;.no matter about count
ing. It's three hundred dollars,
Felicie thre hun-dred dollars." He
paused. "You mustn't think I can
iuve like that every day,- child," he
presently made haste to say, as he
noted her stupefied amazement. "As
I said, it'ij all alongtof apiece of rare
4-ood luck. I'm a very poor man,
Felicie. and we shall have to scrimp j
dreadfully after you come back; Dut
.you're a sood sirl a good girl, ray
iear. and you never had an outing in
Tourlife. -Only don't waste it at any
of those bis, extravagant hotels -how
an Old - Fashioned Towr.
well I know the ways' of them don't
mv dear!"
"Indeed, father, all I want is a quiet
place in the country, by the sea tin
real sea!" she said, all aglow row ith
joy, and a tumult of self-reproachful
gratitude. Sh- puts her anm about
his neck, and kissed many times bis
thin check and brow, worn ,with
the mvraid lines of many years' shuip
scheming ai d contriving; and he said
Hgain that she was a go()d girl and
bade her to so to bed.
The man was known on 'Change as
Fennel Arnuire, the miser..
Felicie went on lonely shopping ex
peditions she was usedjto. lonelines
held interviews with dressmal ers,
completed her ample, h.ippv prepara
tions; and on a fair June day wa.
translated or so it seemed to her
from this work-a-day world ol brick
and mortar, smoke and sordid living
to the fair, green paradise of woodc
vales and stic ims, and hiiis that lost
themsylves in purple misp-o'distance.
and Ions, blue lakes that nustlc
aiiioiig'the liases of those hills; and
happy, pastoral lives that found 10011
in l he wide freedom of nature to ex
pand. I t is so easy to fi ul an external par
adise when we carry one within us!
To the rumble, jar and clank of ti e
train she wa:, oblivious; her happy
eyes saw only the lovely panorama
I that uuroUed" i'sel in wide, sreen
country -and smilins shore-reaches
Country? she had never known it.
And the sea? save as its odorous am
disiolore-d waves lapped Mie time
stained city wharves, she had nt-ve
seen.
Yet. mind you, she was c-ity-brcu
Then- was no gaucherie about her
She might have traveled ail over Fu
rone with that quiet, hish-brcd wav 01
hers, for till you would havc-knov. n ti
th-; cop.'rary. '
But pardon, messieurs et mcsdames!
my pen. has c:.rried me away. That i
writes of Felicie must be its excuse.
Now to in- story.
i l'AKT II.
"Whom has Miss Comfort with her?"
wondeied Miss Clavering to Mrs
tiiiott, on the hotel piazza. "A:e'
look! . Istrt tliatGuillaumeai'dSaron".
It's about their time. I think."
'lo you time them exaetlv? Yes
certainly; that is Mr: Renville" re
plied the eider lady, with a keen Has!
of father sarcastic amusiMncnt !is
Clavering's iiil'ectatjon of f.iniiliant-.
in jirivate never imi-e stood the colil
scrutiny of Gui'lauine ilenville'
eyes. "A: d Miss Comfort has pieki-..
up quite a (li-tiiii-ue y.umg ladv". Car.
she be boardins dowu there?"
"In that wilderness! Fancy tin
queen of Sheba down at Harrowei:
bay, when if .is as much ,a one can do
o el'dure the quiet of this house-:"
with a little aileeted laugh, "hook,
look, Mrs. Dimott, isn't ne too n;a"
nitieenfe!"
Her eyes were suddenly, strangelv
drawn to this man who sat on his
powerful black horse by the. piazz..
railiiis. She scarcely heard Mrs.
Dimott's inquiry, if she" were boardiu
in town.
"Yes; on Harrowoll Neck. I sup
pose you know the place?''
"I some-times ride down that wav
Isn't it rather lonely there? You see
so little company?" susg'-sled Mrs
Dimott.
"Lonely? Oh. nevei !'" said Felicie.
with the sparkle of a sudden smile.
' To me. the ocean is the best of sood
company ''
And now she became suddenly con
scious of the covert scrutiny of Guii
laume Renville's eyes.
A strause pies ntitnent was it Dt
good, or evil? lay upon Felicie. She
heard, without 'understanding, Mrs
D.mott's polite speeches. As tie
man's footsteps drew near and paused,
one simple sentence aloue--of tin
many uttered by the lady's soft voice
- penetrated the con;Usiin ef he-i
thought.
. "Miss Armure, let me present to
you Mr. Renville."
Fvc v vestige of color left hi"-
cheek, and her limbs In-,,,,,!,,
rose. Her eyes looked into oilier :c'v'c.- ; fa-smnately tender and fiercely
lit with a sudden elect: ie tire (.f re-e ! SU;l:i 1 lis tirm-set. reiulute moutn
ogi.ition; iqion a faec that albeit rarely betrayed his emotion, but now
blanched aud thrilled with strong it quivered in a sudden, uncoil yo .-Life-cling
.-he knew as well as -he knew ' agi-ny.
tier own. 1 he pressure ot his onge!j
redde-iiei! he-is. iiw well she kl.ev. ;
me naiiii mi in in inai louen.
And yet reai me the rid.de win
can! she never before in this living
world
ville.
upon (iuiliaume Kci
wri'hen shapes. Af:,7 out at sea. th.:
pale, trau.lueent blue heneaih in,-lle,i
into tiie paler lihte above.' .War a!
hand, lung lines of sun" began to
gather aud creep shoreward, hi eakiiig
loam white over points und bars.
ihe title- was coming in. j
Feiicie scarcely broke " thc utter
solitude. It was rather enhanced by i
the slender, lonely figure in d;!i i j
dress that st. oiled In the wet verge.;
(.'lose behind, doglike, followed li. ;
Coiiiforfs wliite horse, tieiorated w'lh 1
Miss Comfort's aneieiit side s.uidii..
which, had not seen the light before ,
this many a year.
Of a sudden, with no sound in the
soft sand, (iuiliaume I.'enville, motion,
less, stood looking" at her from the op
posite side.
In tht pause, that followed her own
heart beat thick y-in her cars. It was,
the fuliiilment of a prophe-.-y that was
coining tii her. Ws it. for good or
evil? . ' i
The man walked down the slope
with a certain deliberation of purpose
that she 'elt even before she spoke,
came straight to her, took -her hand'
and looked into her eyes even as she
had done on the day before. !
"You are pale," said (Juillaume Hen-1
ville; "let us sit down."
"angers' .
FeHeieT complied. Sitting beside him !
the sunny, soliturv hallow, she took !
and sifted slowh "through her two !
i.aui ft'wuS .o. Le. utiei j
su angeis.
Felic
in the
up and sifted slowly through her two !
lingers the warm, shining sand. The j
plaintive "pee wee!" of the gulls over- j
head broke across the loud monotone
oi ttie tide.
"Do you know where we have be-
held each, other before?" said
Guil-1
laume Renville, at last.
"i'es said Felicie. trembling
He leaned one elbov on the slope of j
the bluffs behind them, and regarded i
ner lor a long time in silence.
"What is out-to say, then, of these ;
dreams or visions? i
1 know not what to call them," said
Felicie, with a "sort of restless un- j
certainty, at last.
A week ago, he answered her,' UI i
should have scoffed at them, as, I al- ;
ways have,.hov,'ever they might haunt j
inc niirm sunugtii lay upon in. -,' - , ' . faaii.i tun-id a e .... ..(..tiMu !t:ivi.lc. ;e - r- sfsm,
sand-dune,. In hills and hollows ; lie five simple Wonts. I ne smile r,:,.;,r;i , ,ilt! tl)!llll ;l, ....j,.,,..,.,. xjv - - - - UtifcSroSffiili&S
s.ojied the si.ver-grav sheen of ;! Ha ' scaiceiy left her lips it seen. en 1.':.;i:am.k u i: i-t i, Atti's-at-Law. f - ? FFSTilW
sand, sparsely tuiten wii !i h.-aei, gr:,s. imzei: the re--l.nt a mute horror -l're.! Merctrul God! Free a &0Mz , pfflMSMl
I ere aild here low hauls were ;.f a i grew an.igrevi ui tne deptiis of her nemth a-o!" WMtMM&k rmB
strange, (lull rl. Here and th,re lay , veivetv .-e-s. She stared at tiie gre fie u-r-s,, al-nust nt'i-.erin- as he i itfWypfe'NrW
pieces oi dn.ueooii. hea.eu h tl.e ! i.".. .,.) ..... ,,. B - , K 1 ,u V ' "
-ui-es into stran-e. stdiev,-,! . sc.uc-h eon- thrutt the letter back into his veSC- U Mltmkmmg-Smt
iv inward consciousness. Now" he ;
iLneare? '!:-"-ow ". !
nc.i, uu .- -uiu rencic, icsuiuiciv ,
seeing he puu:l
1 i..tve no jai.n t:i them now. as a
general thing. I think I am .i faithless
ort of person," he said, with a faint
.siniie. "I only know that some of mine
have come- true."
She looked at hi'.: without speaking.
"Here is the hollow, Jthere the red
bluffs," he went on, in an absent way
"I saw you standing precisely
where vou stood just now. I went to
meet you, as I came to day. The con
ventionalities of life were done away
with. I was conscious only of a great
iov th;it eiowned mv manhood ..s it
never was crowned before. It seemed
to me mat 1 had lolllid tile lit d of my
life!"
felicie could have sworn, as he look
ed up to her.that (iuiliaume Renville's
evesweieas bP'e as the skies. Vi'is:.
Clavering would have assured her they
were gray. His face was transfigured".
Felieie's own eyes were wet.
"Your dream was my e-wn." she
simply said; "but, oh, my friend,
uu ...usi 04k. mailer ui.ui ins ioi i
th-; life of vour lite." j
The tender innocence of her answer I
iweetly suluUiKd the tire ot his eyes, i
A humility ui worship crepe into j
them. Did I imply a loubt of re- i
lieie's iieaim ? Ar this in ment s!-.e ;
was beautiful a? a dream. In her eyes j
was Hie siiliiiesa ot a yreat j -V. t e- j
iieie was- not lile otbe-r eliis:. he I
Uil no" (UiHsT'.op. tins jtrange happi- !
nevs that 1 1 - 1 1 jine toherins- strnne '
a wav : she accepted it c .nu-nt
Stranger tnan any dream, wilder than
any romance, is this real lite ot ours
Sarmi. from the slant of tiie !i 11 iw
watched the two with wide, jeat- u-.
j es. His master had no wmd fur
mil'., no ear tor his low, appea
whinny. Do horses reason?
. Saron resented tiie neglect,
eauie softly behind and between
tin.
He
til. mil. He nipped viciously at Felicie'a
sleeve.
- "Saron!"
'i he uuiitious threat in that low
voice! His m.-isier had never so
-ipokeii.to h-.m before never thrust
iiim back wjpsuch an iron hand. A
dull rage began to seeih in his b ute
heart against this stranger who had
come between
Reuviiie's love.
him and Gulliauine-
I PART IV.
Jnne roses failed from Miss Coin
tort's cottage walls;-! uly 's tei-vid sun.
rose and set over Harrowell s.tnd.
aiul the quaint ol : boat-h-'U.-es on
tiie -siiingiy beacli; August's wither
ing heats, tHinpered by' tiie ubrqui
lioiis sea wmos, I urned .theinse. ves
out, and sit ii ! Ft-licie lingered.
i juiliaume and Sron. like unquiet
I .bo-ts. liAuiiteM M:s Imtili.l Js uoor- :
j yard
i ' .Seem s if them two was the fust
' tilings I sot eyes on in t.h.- . uioi nn , ;
an' ihe last thing a: ntght." roniarKeo
j .viiss Comroit lu the looking g ars ;
oyer the suik. "My whiti.- mart j
iiam't Inid - sieh exercisiu' for ten
years. Wal, I git my pay for't "
September brought many an east ;
wiini .-iiong with it. The tides on j
the bay shore ran fiercely and high ;
j alter a ween ot storm; but peittier ;
j east wind nor tides daunted the two j
j who rode slowly along the reedy
j margin iate on a gray, olowy aftcr
I noon, and fina ly, as was quite their
custom, disuiountod to stroll and
i pick up shells. Had it ever dawned
upon tne-in that the summer was end
j Kit'! T'j Guilluanie Re-uvillt, as leat,
j had wmi; that morning, a bitt-sr te
I minder, in a. letter with qu.v.nt. fi-r-i
eign clficography and a foreign i.nsr-
mark. He had cms lf:d it lino)ened
i injji his "vest pocket 'w'itn a look that
i outte startled the postmistress. That
I iook struggled over bis face new a
! they sat under a beach-plum t;h:cket.
j Saron, mail witli jealousy, stiioii afar,
i oil", ami tiie white- mare browsed ci.n-
oii the leaves.
,
-'Gudianme, what
la it?
s:. id F
licit-, softly.
She feit every change of his mood.
." i " .aKei noon lie i.a.l i.een, ny t urns,
Feiicie'"' iis s
a ni:une,l ,'liiU,r"
'I-Vi;
elicic: 1 am
u turned i i
1 it, . , i m l i i
iiiui i.'i'.ii a.m.- ni..tiiii jivi, ouri-.-o
his iac-e on her shoulder, and clung
! I" I" ' S"ake" ' '
t',C:,!1:,,'VI'l'''Cf;''W,,n-' , - .
' "i'" 1 h'-i t von? he asK.a. hr.-
kenly, at ie.th, ria.v.ug h,s el.isp,
a.- si,e drew a l.uu, snitddei in -
. i.reatj, . '
'T't is my sr.r.i that yet iiuft." she
answered, m a iow voice, withdraw
ing herself from iiis arms, p.ml stand
ing up.
''Listen," lie said. hoMiug to her
dress; ''wait o:t'ty a mouiei.t- Listen,
and forgive me if you eat:! Ten years
a-o I married, and was most bitter. -deceived
in the woman I coie.i wire,
whose habits were such that a '.eii'i
'ole hia'.hing took the pitiee of ;i,' :.-r-mer
reg-ird fir.' her. When .rbear
auee en my part had ceased t; he a
virtue, unwilling to connect the name
siie Lore with the scandal ,
di-
voice, I made arrangements f.o- i
r iier
mainteiiaiice aiid put tin: sea between
us. i came here distrusting all v.-(.
men. 1 met you, feeling (ioei knows
what strange boud between us! J
loved you, and drifted -madly with
the current, not knowing, nor "arm-.'
whither it drifted. Xuw U Cod'
my love! I have wrecked y.'-ur imm-
cent hte wish mine! I ...
cent me wish mine: 1 .-rgiVe n.e, if
ft Pf,alb!e! ' . ,.
1 V,U ,conie aSa,n. ' aiu-.s red.
vAf?el', Mr eyes still tixed on the
vf?uel. ntr eyes stni tixed on the
horizon line, as she drew her dress
hvm his lingers. "I want to think
now."
I
T,,...J J.-.i. i !
u- liftori h,v
u". "T" .. TJl , ' 'llR"surea i
i T tt ' oohu tne ;
"'"'"""5 niiiiseii prone upon i
nis lace, ami so remained.
Saron watched it all
A paroxysm i
ot jealous nate
seized h:m. He '
would tain have struck at her have
fastened his teeth in h- shu-ibb-r n
ms5wi i. --.i " "" ,," ,
wSih ki- "'""T I"1
u P 1 "1 ! ouUvf : oIkuwucc
to felicie; it was beyond the power of
LO coiuici tne brute hatred ot :
ilIS heart. He crept after her.further '
aud further along the beach,, now ami 1
I r rons sueere torcc oi nnoit her if. lot heaven: hat: . -'fss.:'---:"" - "aar - .:i:
1 hand droiyvd softly on his l.iuck. "it M ntsie-ir UynviUe .io.ns, sV.ll the!, - -sllj -"""" J?"'5
then turning a fierce apprehensive
eve backward at the prostrate, 1110-
4. r.t.it.ia tii-tire ol tits master.
Felicie could not think; she felt be-
numt'.ed and sore. I he light was
gone from the day, the charm from
the sea and sand. She thought now,
with a strange, dull Jiang, of tee
quaint old room at home, and the
smiliti" shadow that waited for her.
Ainfthe black horse, with stealthy
steps, and the white showing all
round his glittering eyes, stole cioser
and closer.
An old weather-beaten boat lay
high and dry among the reeds. She
stepped up on the gunwale and
paused to look, with a strange, me
chanical kind of fascination, npou the
twilight, the vast gray dullness o!
sea ami sky that typified the mono
tone of ' her own life henceforth.
Then she saw Saron and stretched
out- her 'hand.
He came drasgingly, step liy step
His brute hatred was overpowered
for the moment by the fearlessness
of her manner. He submitted to her
touch, wiith a sort of sullen endur
ance. Siie put her foi.t into the stir
rup and sat down upon the saddle
chnguig so, at that moment, to the
tie leire contact of anything that was
(niilluame Renville's.
In the tsepOia i f tier stricken, inno
cent, heart she fancied the creature
iiad followed her ii'om sympathy
, :i w shi-uid si:
sweet Soul! know
I aught of tne black depths of a hatred
i that oiilv yeanis for the annihilation
! if the- hated. Her hand strayed over
: his thick mane.
"lie
i Saron,
t be separated from you,
e said: "it will be summer
! tor v
1 'i,
ill aiwa . s. '
r 1 r.-ast heaved,' the tears stole
from her eyes.
ly some mysterious instinct, the
-I ute felt tiie change in her mood, j
Tiie tiger nature asserted itself: !:.e '
lurr.ed and bit viciously into her rid- j
mg-skiit; then, with a new idea m ins j
remi rselesss brain, he plunged sea-I
ward, ami struck out through, the
leepeiiiag shallows.
t.i Tr ri.ii.!. felt-' mi ihm
of terror ail lesser emotions were
swallow-5 up in the greater -she
kepi 'he' set 'mechaincalTy, and only j
-xperie: ted a -lull ort m " wonder at j
tin-strain o b--hayior of the snorting j
brute. ' i
A man with a nightgl,is3 on a hill
top haif a miie away got her in range
and loKowe-i in r motions tor a mo
ment, i
'It's tli.it pretty flower-faced li
gal down to Miss Hiiro well's, (j
emus heaven! And how come she ol.
' toat
nruiy brute, v ith tiie tide I
a most high, an a r.ig'h sea on! ;
The next instant he Was tearing i
Sown 'tlte slope, only pausing f-.r a j
word at a eoit.ige il or wiierrf three
f the weir-men were eating supper, j
All were oirectiy afoot and al ter him. j
Tin- cold iash of ' waves about her
feet brought Felicie to herslelf. Saron
was utterly unmanageable. With
the bit belwee:: his teeth he plunged
on into the l-jng, green swell of the
ne-a. A great tiirill of fear came ?vt:r
the girl. In one hasty, backward
glance, she could' sec nothing of Guil-
laume loiiiviiie. No crv of hers
could be .heard at that distance in the
roar of wind and water. The east
wind drove the surf into her face; she !
was drenched Sir n was swimming i
now. A heavy roller swept her troin .
her uncertain seat, overwhelming j
horse and rider. She saw the Satanic '
black head, with its gleaming teeth, j
turn upon her through the green ;
gloom of the wave. j
When Saron emerged he wis alone
only a little tmn glove dangled!
from the buck'e of the cuih.
was a biood-stain upon it.
-:
Guillauiiie Renville lifted
heavily at last.
"Felicie!" he said, with
lhere
himself
a ha'.f-
groan. ;
The white mare still browsed on !
the leaves of tin: beach-plum. Saron
was nowhere in sjlit. The unopened
letter had siippei fruin iiis noeket
and lay on ihe sand. He picked it
up with, a eiir.se. liow well lie knew
theq-ieir mean.ieriiig hand, the tor :
eigu spelling of American words. He'
nia-ie a m .Hon as if to tear it; then,
with an indescribable gesture of con
tempt., removed the envelope ain't be
gan to read.
G".i ,,f heaven! What! 1
!:."!: Uotiviltv tio.ies, sV.I! the ,
!e '.n.', hi -,v:t.;, iviio so h.tppin
:!-. ! i.v a: i;rii, lie iii.'crrcii in tiie :
i! e a e ..I ..hitiM!! Itaviili!, i.r
.he toniii ;ir e'-.-hiiiit
Hltf 'K'ck eye searched the i
'-'" N 1'eiice. no Sar.m. .A i
,! .ange. awful, creeoing fear brgau to i
th h?8 ,.,;ar ,ie
t-rust it tecl-
"Y,,...vt -.t... ,f...;.i, !
.. j ..t i v. u.:uwuioill'l
white maie was galloping in long !
stretches over the beach.' She had j
neve.- bei'i.ve feit the impetus of so i
: wi'd a rider. j
Ills eye ci-uiil'-'i'd to turn seaward, j
'!!at v.as that, black object vender !
! ill. ; Tt - i. i vr.ttir . -1 acr.itn.. in.. 1
two pbjeets no one? ilu drew the
mr.re .'iei cely 1 1 lie;- haunches. The
aiuMeii .check cut tiie poor animai's
mouth. Great drops of blood tl rip
ped t i her w::iie cheat.
e;.!i:e tearing, Oreathhss,
l Urea men
dowu the
"For k1
let her rule
tin; tirst.
s sake, sir, what did you
hat brute for?" panted
At tne sight of Guillaume Ren
ville's face all further wor.'ls died up
on his hps.
I'anting, plugging came Saron
shoreward through the foam; black
and dripping, his m.Tguitieeu t satanic
head clove the waves. Guillaume
Renville, standing on tiie verge,
caught the bridle, and found in nis
hand a little torn glove. Through all
the foam and splash of the seas it had
brought back'- that telltale stam of
cull red.
For an instant the man's terrible
eves sought those the. brute. Sa-
. r... ......
''on C0iverea' ltleniauj tiglit hand
sougni; uusteaaiiy tne orea3t-pocKec jr
his coat
The next instant the brute was
righting for his. lite. The others stood
for the moment, dumb, transfixed.
neither speaking nor offering aid.
Saron 's tierce teeth tore the nun's,,
garments. His plunging tote feet
aimed futile strok'S at tiie powerful,;
alert body of his beloved master. The
tiger had broken loose,
Ciiuging with one anft around the
brute s tuioat albeit shaken and
braised C'-uillaume Kenville's clasp
compressed the. windpipe. Saron
Hung up his Lead struggled gasped
choked.
In the half-pause that followed the
man's sharp clasp-knife did its work.
Tne blood of the faithful, jealoii3
slave poured over the feet of his mas
ter. Guijlaunie Renville stood still,
swaying slightly to aud fro. One man
veutured to approach. Having ap
proached some in-itinet warned him
not to speak, nd . he edged away
again.
"Why should you fear tne?" said
Guillaume Renville, stead' ly. '"lam
not mad." He waited a little, and
said again: "I am not mad, I am
sane. I am whole and sound in body.
I shall live a good ' many years to
come. Live!" with an indescribable
inflection.
He stooped, picked up the saddle
the girth had brcken in the. aniniil's
fall and rent it asunder as one might
rend a folded cloth. Having so done,
lie strode away down tiie darkening
beach m the twilight 'a more unreal
shallow than the smiling one that
waited for Felicie at home.
s-
F'lte was not. as cruel as the reader
might have, concluded ere this.
As Guiilaume Renville stiode sadly
along the wet sands, a glimpse of
white in the bre .kers caught his eye.
A moment; later the body of .his lost
love was borne toward lMm on the
crest of the incoming tide.
Me sprang forward into the surf
and tenderly picked up the little
body which now lay sileut at his feet.
Was she quite dead?
The anxious lover whispered en
deanng vords into the lifel.-ss ears
across one of which the rich blood
trickled from a tiny wound.
As Guillaume gazed into the beau-
tifcl face held now so near his own,
the eyeiiua buttered and a low moan
escaped from the cold lips,
Strong hands carried her homc.and
it was Guil!a:im".s )lea-aiit task to
coax her back to health again. I
A month later he showed her the !
letter lie l.tel received on that terrible j
day. when Saron died'1 instead of Fe-
licie, and when th j-iyous bells rang!
the Old Year out and the New Year
in, Guillaanie claimed her a his own.
Tlic Sell) Flouring Mills.
Edward Gobi, one of th" pro
prietors of the Red Crown Mills, of
this city, has pnrchj-d the IVnt
land flouring m;Hs at Scio and will
assume control of the same on
.January 1. The price paid for the
mills was sfOOfV). He lias sold his
interest in the well known Red
Crown Mills to the other proprie
tors, Messrs Lanninget fsoir. and
wnl remove t ' '"io to opor
tite tin; tniil iiun-hased -ai
that phve. It is his purpose
to supply the n.il; witn a
ft ill roller process making it
second to no 11. .tiring mill in
the country. Them 11 issnp
phed with iinprovcd t;tiij)s
and . a KM1 '. Irailoti reser
voir which supplies the wat
erworks of ! he cu v. A view
nt in" . millsis given in the
-New Years issue oi t:ie Hekai.d, as
ap joars bel.i'.v.
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ZEE, T. TOlNrS.
ENEEA C
Booisewsldef, Stationer,
-AND DEALER IN-
Text Books and
Fine stationery, miscellaneous books, photograph and autograph albums.
i inkstands, ink, pens, pencils, etc, etc.
kindj of musical merchandise. i
General 'News ifeepot.
"Mail orders promptly attended to.
A Kli;UiKISIt; Joii IKITKIt.
The Fine Work anal !. Kates
be !eciir'l of J. II. IJurkhui'l-
to
Below is given air illustration of
the power press used hr the jol
printing establishment of J. H. !
Burkhart in this city. He has one f
of the most complete anil thor-
ughly equipped offices in the
Willamette valley, and is prepaied
to do all kinds ol" job printing from
the plainest card to a mam moth
poster. He has recently added to
his assortment of type the latest
and most approved -faces and is in
.KISS V IIOtHSTKIUKII.
Vieiv f the Factory if
i:iilerrlsiiig Firm.
This
Situated on the hank of the Wil
lamette, as shown in the accom
panying illustration, obtained from
a photograph bv Crawford, is the
i -i e ' i i l
sasii ami uoor iai-iory aim paining
mill of Zeiss it I lochstedler. The
excellence of their work, together
with their Strict application to
business, has brought them a
thriving- business. They handle
' doors and sash made from the
famous sugar pine of Southern
Oregon, and during the past season
the buzz of their machinery lias
been very constant, tiie large
amount of building done in Albany
having kept them busy. They
employ a large force of workmen
and turn out a elass of work, the
superiority of which is recognized
by builders, and which has gained
for them a steadily increasing
business-
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-s.S,J-'i'
'Tl'T.V
all School Supplies.
Sheet music,' music books and all
all respects thoroughly wj with,
ilte time?, while his prices are
guaranteed to be as l.w as in Port
lami or San Fiancisco. With this
oppoittmity to obtain first-class
work promptly, and at the lowest
possible figure , there is no need of
ativ one sending awav for anv kind
of iob' printing, a fact which the
business men oi Albany are "fast
finding out.
His otiice is now located in Mc-
IUv.
,111 s
brick, but will soon be
removed into his new quarters in
Flinn's new brick block, wl-ere his
facilities for turning out fine job
woi'K vili be eveu better than at
present.
1IIK O. V '. OIWKlt STATION.,
The Ill-pot Hotel Where All Train
('filter.
The completion of the Oregon &
California railroad, giving a through
rail connection with San Fran
cisco, is causing a steadv increase
in the travel over this route, and
it is gratifying that there is an ele
gant hotel and depot at Albany,
where all the trains on the O. & (J.,
the Lebanon branch' and the Ore
gon Pacific center, the latter road
having built a switch to the depot
fur this purpose.
The Depot Hotel is
under the efficient man
agement of Mr. J. A.
Gross and wife, who
have won a deserved
popularity among the
traveling public - for the
superior style in which'
they are. dined and ac
commodated . Our artist
has obtained a very
good view of the depot
with both trains in. It
shows in some degree
the life and bustle that
characterizes Albany.
The building is one of
the best depots in the
state, and will probably
only be supplanted when
Albany advances to that
stage requiring a grand
central depot of all the
lines of railroad which centers
here and which contribute much,
towartl making Albany the lively
and growing citv that she is.
8
1! WHEN EVER!
i Parent eve. r-onsid-;
ering what kind of a
Ipiesent to Hve' their
i cheir children,
That ther may need I
soiiietliir.o- usei'ul such i
a a nice pair ofl)00ts i
i
or shoes. 'J liese o-oods j
can- l-e found iu the
highest qualify and
truest fits at the low
est prices at
Ilealldd sBrowceli's:
First and Broadalbin.
MRS EMMA O CONNER.
Fine IVIillinery-
Opposite Vxfv . - - .
Beat
Kslalc and EniuloiiMBt
Agency. T
PARTIES HAVING FARMS FOIt SALE
of about 100 acres, or those haviug Urcr
tracts which they would be willing to- divide
up into SO or 161) ae-re lots, are invited to call
at our ottle-e, as we have a -ew customers for
that class of farms. We crn also furuUh par
ties wai.tintf help, either male or female for
the city or country, with such help as the
desire on short notice; and we also have few
situations for both male and female in th
city and country. Call at our office if von
want helper want employment. Ve can'ceb
either for yon. Office No. 65 First street, adr.
joining . C. Tweedile's tin store.
F. A. BURKHART & CO..
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