The Coming Wave

a sort of desperate determination, Leopold had been saving every cent he earned about the hotel, or in his boat, in order to purchase this new craft, or one like it if she

had often discussed the project together. But now Herr Schlager had advanced the sum he needed to make the purchase, and the boat was bought. For two hours the young man had haggled with the

ite a spacious cuddy forward. She was a fast sailer, and her late owner declared that she was the stiffest sea-boat on the coast. Of course Leopold was as happy as a lord, and he wanted to hug Herr Schlager for his considerate loan of sixty-two dollars;

d invited him to take a sail in the sloop. On their way to the boat they stopped at the hotel, where Leopold told his father of the purchase. He did so with some misgivings, and took care to explain the uses to which he inte

of Holt (Isle-au-Haut) this afternoon," added the landlord. "I was just

over myself, fath

They want to go righ

down now.-Will you go with me, Stumpy?"

go, first rate,"

w boat lay, and in a few minutes more t

he began to feel the boat bearing on the tiller.

't look much like your old boat," replied Stu

ilroad speed. We haven't been us

. What's h

. We will think of

tory; and on her return the sloop was moored near the old boat, which was now used as a tender for the new one. The young boatmen went home to get their dinners and made preparations for the trip to the Isle-au-Haut. Leopold

the sloop was fast. At four o'clock Leopold had landed his passengers; but it was eight in the evening when the boat reached Rockhaven on her return, for the skipper was obliged to beat back. The five dollars earned

as four o'clock when he awoke the next morning. When he went out, he found Stumpy waiting on the piazza f

aid Stumpy, as L

o tired I didn't wake u

go down the river since I stoo

much to-day. Folks have fo

point, they saw that all the craft which came out of the river w

skipper started the sheets, off the light-house. "I don't fee

t of any name yet

mething to

as no

No-Name, till you fix upon

rig

ed a large catch of mackerel, he knew where they came from. But the vicinity of the reefs was the usual place for catching these fish when they were to be had at all; and as soon as there were mackerel in the market, the fishermen and others knew where to go for them. In a few moments Leopold had joined the crowd, and the fish bit as smartly as before. The No-Name was more fortunate than most of her companions, and got about four hund

orning there were no mackerel off the ledges, or if there were, they would not bite; and the No-Name made a profitless trip. When she returned, Leopold found two gentlemen at the hotel who wished to sail over to Rockland, as there was no steamer that day

Harvey, after Leopold had named the price

and he certainly did not promise to be a very agreeable companion for an excurs

r. Barth?" asked the landlord

ith his usual hacking cough. "I feel better this morning, and I think I can stand it to move towards home. Those men don

nd that,

n pay wha

ughed the landlord. "We don't cha

been here ab

more at the same rate, if yo

a dollar apiece to the employes of the hotel who had been kind to him, but not one of them would accept the gift. When Harvey left the room, the two passengers for Rockland asked the landlor

where I am not wan

o with us," said one of the gentlemen, a

pense, if you are really wil

; and as to the expense, we will ar

ntlemen resided in New York city, and volunteered to assist him in recovering the cherished volume. When they arrived at their destination, Harvey was not permitted to pay any portion of the expense of the trip; and the gentlemen insisted upon his accompanying them to the best hotel in the city, where

n the geography, climate, people and institutions of Cuba. Then, in the description of the wreck, Harvey was indignant when he found that all his finest passages had been eliminated from the manuscript. Adjectives and fine phrases without number had been struck out, and the poor steward felt that he might as well never have been a schoolmaster. The truth wa

t it was all wiped out by the first of October. All the summer visitors had left the place, and it was a "dry time" at the Cliff House. The landlord counted up his profits, and felt rich when he realized that he owned the hotel, did not owe a dollar to any man, and had twenty-five hundred dollars in the bank, or otherwise available for i

nected with it. She was a plain-looking woman, well, but not richly, dressed, and her speech indicated that she was not a cultivated person. There was nothing remarkable about her, except her knowledge of the hotel, and a certain excitement in her manner, which indicated that she had come to Rockhaven for a special purpos

ally give to ladies, and we can do b

it don't make any difference

e it, if you want it,

iged to you if you w

as Leopold, who often conducted guests to their rooms,

of him in the hospital three weeks before h

r. Bennington, startl

died about a f

ere," added Leopold, who was even mor

ntinued Mr. Bennington. "I'm sure I didn't think he was so

s, and died right off. I went with his body to the place he was brought up, and he was buried a week ago last Thursday, from the house of his uncle. He had g

d her valise in a chair, and saw that the w

Harvey Barth had?" asked Miss Live

. "I used to stay with him a good deal, when I wa

You are Leopold, I suppose," added Miss Liverage, who appeared

's my

Miss Sarah Live

oman glancing around the chamber, and then be

old, as he moved towards the door

he boatman, I believe; and

arvey Barth left the house.

only he said you were a great

to say anything more, Leopold left

hat she is, Leopold

was a good deal interested in him. She seems to know

landlord, whose curiosity, as well as that

t a relation of Harvey, what is s

n't t

you think sh

rty, I sh

ed to her, or anything of that s

years older than he was, I sho

itself, and Miss Sarah Liverage h