Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 25: what you’re looking at

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stern, and he longed to go above to see if his dear ones were safe; but he would not leave his post until the fire was out, and all danger from that foe was past. Then he learned that the shock had doubtless been caused by haying run into another vessel of some description, although no one had seen any sign of one, When hereached the spot where he had left his wife, he found her lying senseless on the deck, her arms empty, and no sign of their child anywhere. Almost frantic, he demanded of the other pas- sengers some tidings of it; bunt all that they could tell him was that there had come a great wave, then a terrible shock, followed by a piercing shriek from the spot where his wife lay, and then they had heard nothing more. Of course 10 one had seen anything, for the densest darkness prevailed. Sir Henry felt sure that the wave and shock to- gether had wrenched his boy from his mother's arms, and it had been hurled into the depths, The next morning the disabled steamer was towed into port, and Sir Henry took his wife, who was ray- ing with delirium, to quiet lodgings, where he de- voted all his skill and energy to battle with the ter- rible fever, Which threatened both life and reason. Tt was a long and fearful struggle, but he con- quered, and at the end of two months Ada Harwood was convalescent, but, alas! only a wreck of her for- mer beautiful self, for her heart seemed broken by the dreadful experiences through which she had passed, and the loss she had sustained. She grieved continually, and would not be comforted, and her husband feared that, after all, she woulc wear her life away mourning for the dead. ear ge cee ae