FAITHFUL TO THE LAST.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3118, 9 July 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

FAITHFUL TO THE LAST.

' Be brave, Beryl."

The wind was howling fiercely through the cordage of a staunch, vessel as she dashed madly through the seething waters that stretched away from her on every side in desolate fury. Now poised on tho crest of a great green billow, and anon plunged into a watery depth that seemed to end only in the bosom of the earth, the good ship struggled bravely with the mighty forces of the tempest; but though her timbers might groan in almost human agony, there was no parting of the seams, no weakening of the bolts that held deck and bulwark together in so firm a clasp. It was Beryl M'Closkey's wedding trip. Two days agone she had been joined in wedlock's holy bonds to George W. Simpson, and her mother had conseated to" go with them on their bridal journey. It was her loving arm that supported Beryl nsw, her kindly voice thdt spoke the words with which this chapter opens. . " George cannot love me, mam ma," the girl said, speaking in low, mellow tones, " or he would be at ray sido now, when I need him so sorely." "Do not judgo hastily, my child," replied the mother. "George is pretty ,busy. Even now, see him leaning over the vessel's side." " Is he then so very, very sicl; ?" asked Beryl, " Quite very," said Mrs M'Closlrey. " Has he ♦.hrown up his situation?" " No, my darling." "Then," said the girl, love-light illumining her pure young faco, " I will never leave him.''