Children of the Sea

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An absorbing story of the Breton coast. One of the coast guardsmen loves pretty Felice, but she loves Jean, a sailor, whose ability promises presently to advance him to a mate's berth. The guardsman is persistent, but Felice will have nothing to do with him and is a trifle afraid of his importunities. But the guardsman is not to be discouraged by repeated rebuffs. He watches his opportunity, and five years later he is still as eager as ever. Five years have made some difference in Felice. She finds the long periods when her husband is away more dreary than she had supposed they would be, and she is not averse to a mild flirtation with the handsome guardsman in his showy uniform. She yields her lips to his kisses, and he follows her home to press his advantage; when she realizes what she is doing, the thought of her husband oppresses her and she dashes from the house, followed by the alarmed guardsman, who cannot overtake her before she reaches the top of the cliff and throws herself down its precipitous sides.