George Martin, a wealthy yachtsman, puts in at a small port to have his yacht repaired. It is at the ship-carpenter's home that he first sees Marie, the carpenter's daughter. He takes her ... See full summary
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George Martin, a wealthy yachtsman, puts in at a small port to have his yacht repaired. It is at the ship-carpenter's home that he first sees Marie, the carpenter's daughter. He takes her on many little strolls and excursions, protesting his love and pleading with her to come with him when his yacht puts off. She consents at last, and steals away from home. He soon tires of her simple beauty, and cruelly abandons her. Like the true, good girl she is at heart, she returns home. But the girl can find no rest. Torn between her shame and the love she still bears the man who was the cause of her sorrow, she grieves day after day and declines to almost nothing; her strength and spirits seem to be at their lowest ebb on the night of a terrific storm at sea. The storm subsides, and the carpenter and his older daughter go out to see the effects. The girl, peering out over the waters, perceives a human form being tossed about on the waves. Being a hardy swimmer, she jumps into the water, ...