The Sentinel, 1881-04-29, Page 6Loot, a Boy.
He went frorn the old home hearthstone
Only two years ago,
A laughing, rollicking fellow,
It would do you good to know;
Since then we have not seen him,
And we say, with a. nameless pain,
The boy that we knew and loved so
We shall never see again.
One bearing thc name we gave him
Conies home to us to -day, ,
But this is not the dear fellow
We kissed and sent away.
Tall as the man he calls father,
With a man's look in his face,
Is he who takes by the hearthstone
The lost boy's olden place:
We miss the laugh that made music
'Wherever the lost boy went;
This man has a surile most winsome,
His eyes have a grave intent.
We know he is thinking and planning
His way in the world of men,
And we cannot help but love him,
But we long for our boy again.
1
We are proud of this manly fellow
•Who cornes to take his place,
With hints of the vanished boyhood
In his earnest, thoughtful face;
And yet coMes back the longing •
For the boy we must henceforth miss,.
. Whom we sent away from the hearthstone
Forever with a kiss.
NO RELATIONS;
uncle invited her to converse with him for
a few Moments, she blushed a rosy red, and
her eyes lit up, and her lipsparted with -the
sweetest smile ever seen, for she thought
that Jack must have been with her uncle.
So he had, but the pride and splendor of the
second offer had, for the moment, com-
pletely driven the first out of the old man's
head.
"That is right, my dear," Stephen began
kindly; "sit down and be comfortable.
Because' I've got a thing to tell you that'll
make you jest jump clean out of your shoes
for joy; never had a. girl such a fine
chance."
"What is it?" she asked, thinking, little
hypoerite, that.she knew very well what it
was.
"I've always said to myself, Avis," he
began, with solemnity, having just thought
of a lie quite new and appropriate to the
occasion, "when I was considerin' out in
Carolina about my little maid here in Corn-
wall, that the time would come when a
husband Would have to be found for. her;
and I was glad -that she was bein' taught to
play the piannerbecause I was wishful that
she should have a husband out of the coin -
mon. • Therefore you were brought up to
full blow outs of duff, lie in your bunk as
long as you please; never ordered before the
mast, ruia about as you like, and all."
" Thattis quite true," said Avis, humbly.
"1 fear I have not been grateful enough."
"This is not the time," said Stephen,
with pride,"to talk about gratitude; I've
found the husband for you."
," Then he has spoken to you," Avis said,
with brightening eye. "He said he should
tell you as soon as he could,"
• The captain thought Stephen, for-
getting Jack for. the moment, must have
had a word or two first. To deny- it
showed a lack of candor; still it made his
own task easier. •
" He certainly has spoken," -Stephen. re-
plied. "Eke how- should.I be a tellin' of it
to you? So he spoke to you first, did be?
Well, he certainly always was a masterful
man, 'with' a way of gettire sayer 'pm rnost
surprisiif." • •
- WhY " asked Ayik, surprised, and not
quite understanding what was reeant; "how,i "1 don't know. nothing - about love, said.
do -Yon know. that ?"- . . ' • Stephen; "Look here,. lase;rn
.y.old ship:
• -
A story of To -day.
- —
. "You, cap'en? Marry my gell?" Here,
.• indeed, was condescension! The greatest
man then living in the world, the most per-
fect hero, the man who had set at defiance
more, laws than any other man. proposed
to marry into Stephen's faMily ! He for-
get that he had only an hour before received
JaCk's announcement without opposition ;
- he was dazzled by the brilliancy of the
prospect before him. The simple. honor of
the proposal took -away his, breath.. So
surprised and delighted was be that he even
forgot his.sorojeeted marriage settlements,
and never once thought of eveia suggesting
the subject to his revered chief. Probably
- he knew beforehand that the demand was
not likely to be well received. -Gentlemen
like Captein Ramsay, with a wide _experi-
ence of humanity, do not as a rule. receiVe
' 'statements which•eccorapanyblaims with a
.. leaning in the.direction, of eredulity.
'-"Look at me., Steve,' said the -conimo...
• . Yes, cap.; -'I ani•a-lookin" mylovel best,"
- Stephen replied,gazing hard.•
“ I arn forty yearsof age ; I am hard as
utils; 1 feel as ycimg -as a Ship just out of
dock ; there are dollars in theiocker and
,
more coining in as long as this providential
and: religioua war. goes on. And-tha.t gal
has . fetched me as I never thought to be
:fetched again : elle ie the kind of -woman a
man-wouldnot get tired of. Neat -handed,
-
quick, a proud.as Lucifer, and es beautiful
as it picture. I'rnwillin' to merry that ;-
we'll take hero -ver to Nassaii and marry
her there, if you like;-- or we'll. have .-- the
• marriage here, if you_ like :- or anywhere:"
• “ Have 'you spoke the gell?" For- -Ste-
pike recollected -_-'suddenly that- Jack had
" spoke the girl, and lie felt that there
• -rnii,s-ht bebreakers ahead.-
- • " No You -can tell her. Whatailie's got to
• o," sa,12.-d-the captain. When_ she knows,
•- will.betnne for Inc t come slang with
soft sawder;!'- _ • _
-Then Stephen remembered another thing.
W.ben I Saw Liberty Wicks he
said,- "and it was at-NOrfolk; port,. two:
year ago, he toldniethat you were married.
He'd seen yousemeWheres North with your
wife.- Said she Was a sweet and beautiful
young thing—black hair- and eyes—answer-.
- id to the -name of Olive. You can't marry
tv,fo wives, cap ; noteven you cant (10 that,
_ -less yon.keep 'em to different sides of . the.
sea. , • - - • • '•
• The captain's -face darkened.; Stephen
knew- the expression; it ineant. mischief for .
• soine one, _
capitals---"geao an out-and-out! straight
up and down man as you're goin' to have,
never occurred to me. Why, girl, if you
was goin' to marry it duke, I couldn't be
better pleased. Dukes haven't been in
command of clipper ships; dukes haven't
been chased night and day for a fortnight;
dukes haven't been chased day and • night
lay British cruisers, and yet landed their
cargo safe, and never a man or woman lost
all the way from the Gold Coast to Cuba;
dukes can't run a .blockade. • Why., he's
been put,in the papers, he -has ; they know all
about him in New York and Liverpool;
they point him out when he lands, and
when he drops into a saloon they crowd
around to stand.hirn drinks."
Avis clasped her hands to her head. Was
this a dream ?
"Pray," she said, "will you tell me of
•whom you are speaking ?"
"Why, of Cap'en Ramsay, to -be euro;
who else should I be speakin' of ?"
"I am speaking of Mr. Davenant. It is
he, not Captain Ramsay, who has asked
me to marry him. Has he not spoken to
you about it?" •
"I haven't set eyes on him," said the
mendacious one. "This is ft pretty thing
to be told, this is ; with Cap'en Ramsay—
actually • Cap'en Ramsay=holdin' out his
hand!" .
4‘ He said he would speak to you at once,"
replied Avis. -
"If he had a -come to me, I should ha'
turned him out of the house. Who's Mr.
Davenant?" -
"1 have told him I wouldmarry him."
There- was no mistake about the deter-
mination With: which the girl spoke.
Mr. Cobbledick replied in the manner
customary to the British sailcir. Then the
girl repeated that she had given' Mr. Dave-
nant her word. Then he -tried persuasion.
"But you won't, Avis; you won't," he
said, in a voice -which seemed calm, but had
in it that little tremor which sometimes
• .betokens a coming storm. "You won't, my
gell, 'will ye?"
" Oh ! .uncle,'' -she replied, "Ihave pro
naked him. And, besides, 'leis the only
man I could everlove."
and that he admired things
moralists condemn. She had
how -ever, seen him in the
rage which now possessed hi
shaking both fists in her fac
tered and swore, and then c
other words but more curses
meaning. His face was purpl
It was, perhaps, fortunat
because things looked much
would begin to act upon h
hich many
never before,
angovernable
. He stood,
i• he splut-
uld find no
o express his
with wrath.
for Avis --
if the pilot
s newly -dis-
covered principle for the training of- girls,
and -wallop her there and tlipia—that the
discussion was here interroted by the
arrival on the scene of Caritain Ramsay
himself.
"-Be off, I say. Out of tile house with
you." .
More spluttering. • Then h saw, through
the tears of his righteous in
very man who was the inno
all.
"Cap'en," he cried, hoarsowith passion,
ever man see
gell, since
and legs of
nothing for
ay—and she
' • “ Itow know tha,tr!. This in great
.contempt. - Have I get eyesr-_. Have_I..got
ears? Canrremember ? ' now, Avis,
-tell me 'net exactly what he.said." - ' •
- "'I can't," -she replied; "-I can .nea.-er tell,
any . one what be said, But I can never
forget What he said." -
“ don't want the Soft samder," said her
uncle, leaning back -mine chair. Tell me
noW"—he: looked -very cunning----" did ite
ask you anything about the money?"
"No-;,- what money ?" • - •
“ My money, .StrUPla 1. Dud he ask how
'Much I had, and *here it -wee stowed,.and
if was easy _to get at, and co.uld. you find,
your way to the place Where it was _kept?
No ? Well, that shows the_story.abaut the
little_ pile at Nassau -May be true." It
might also .be taken to.. show how deep is
the tryst reposed in each other by gen-tle-
nien of the-pilots_school- of honor. "Did
he-say.anything about gone -away?"
"We were to go. to London, he said."
London, eh ?- ! he told me Nassau:.
But • that doesn't matter;-- .and 'perhaps he.
forgot yeti was.a. sailor's gell, not to be
frightened with alittle blue water. London',
did he say? of all. the artfuleset—:--
Did be propaiseyoe anything'?" • ••
Only -only that he, Would make -me,
happy alwo,ys----" • •
- I know—.I know ; they always gay that.
Did -he prairtige to give up his garnblin'?"
- Gambling ? -Why, Jack does net-,ga,ra-
ble." •
" Jack," --too," the .pilot repeated. with
admiration. •- "What • a qn,an! ...He'll be
Timothy to one, and Jack to another., and
Julius Poser to a third. Net gamble, my
dear? Why there isn't --,not even in Mexico
nor Roosilia,--a, man' who will.begin earlier
or: leave offlater. Gamble? - While a red
cent is left behind. As for .liettin";
bet ren. anything.; it he was makire up u.
party to. go.out and be hanged, he'd lay his
meney ezi abet tokick longer than any of
'.enai Not •e, gambler? -iny dear,
.gamblin',- in it way, is a nice quiet- amuse,
inent ; it keeps a man, out -of miechiefi- he
Can't be shooting around, th.at's certain,
nor drinkin' cocktails' in a saloon, *beteg
Lel; quiet and comfortable Over a back Of
cards or apair of dice. No wthaaan of dense
-
need •be jealous Of ,her husband so long ati
he's 4 iiiefully occupied that way.' with his
friends. But, if I' was you, Avis" --here
Mr. ,Cobbledick, bent .his -head and Whig-
pered if I WEIS you, and going to 'marry
him; I'd begin by gettire all the money=
every. dollarin my -own hands first. Have
that handed over before the -parson bring
aboard the weddin'tackle. Let him gamble
with the next stroke a' pod luck if he
- - • .
"1 cannot understand ' it," . she . said.
" Ohl -I am- sure you -are mistaken." •
" I - am never mistakeu. How.sliauld
be. mistaken in such it 'simple -matter? As
for drink, I•suppese it.a.lio•gond askiia' him
to make promises.. They always: pronaisei
and they never. keep 'their word."
13ut Jack does not drink.".
••
'Liberty Wicks," he said softly, “ was
quite right ; I was married; But LIOW I'm
free."
- • :
.• Here his choler rose, and he:swore vehe-
: mently: -Against some unknown person of
the oppositesex, whom Stephen -.supposed
to be his late wife
-“Did die,; ca,p ? _Did you—now—
chuck
' her overboard?" .
He "made this abominable. suggestion as
if it were a most probable, and eVen praise,
Worthy.thing to have been done. - -
No ;- I wish. had. felind what
.- seemed a more artful _plan. I took her to
the state of -Indiana, and I divorced her
- "Oh, _Ymi di-vorted 'her. And how- did
she take that. Did take it quiet?"
" No, like wild oats.. Shefollowed rae
around ; last -thing, She came over to Liver-.
pool and found ma out. There she is now."
- Stephen sighdcl; "women. never
• kuow Whits good for them. When we act
for the best,- accordin' to our lights,- they
screeches for the worst You was to - kind
to her, careen, I doubt",
'• The words "which fell from his chief's
. lips proved that if he had ever been top
kind he was now repentant, and would 'de
so no more - -
It might be awkward mightn't it "
, ,
asked Stephen, " if that young woman was
to turn upatNassau: just when You'd " get
the littnambckeolung comfortable, and the
cabbages 'planted in the back garden; and
- the scarlet -runners 'climbing pretty over
.::the wall?" ' • _ t&
Th6-7.captain remarked. curtly that -if.. a
scene of --rural felicity, Ruch as that des-
cribed.by the pilot, was to he interrupted,
-Chuckino overboard -6r sonaetliing equiva-
lent, . and efficacious, would
-Certainly -
-•“-Then. said -- Stephen, • " here cornea
Avis, and if you'll kave her to Me, Cap, I'll
speak to her now, at once. Slin is a pod
•Or -Land her felines: jumps with her uncle's
and runs along the same lines._ A gay and
gallant always . promised b_er:',
-- but stich- ai honer- as -this was -beyond -her
hopes arid her prayers,. }'or which may we
be truly thankful!"
- CHAPTER VI.
NOTHING MM
COON' i1(-MI-l1'.
Rametty., as gallant a• sailor
as floats,:has asked nie to let Marry
nay:niece.. NbW,IhaYeiet::,got two.' nieces,.
but only.one; calasequ.ently,l•il I don't:: give
you to there's nobody tegive.".s-There,
lore, as my word is pagsed. Yon. must inarrY:
What's your word:compared to.mine?"
" But I Canna" said the girl.
-4.k.Bat yoU'roust, and you Shall--;" said her.
"ot. 1111know the:relit-gen why.. :lie
-don't let us hay -6 no Mere words- abciut. it.
This is it yeky prettystateOf things, when
it igeli•thinks-ehe'S golieto-lniarry-whe she
pleases." - • 1...1 . ,
Th-orIdid -not:burst -.intotears-,-eor did
she •faint,:nor clidghe- turn :-dea,thiy paler
Mar did her hands tremble,- :ies. they use in
novels. Not att.' she, only : -.repeated,.,
firmly standing.before her -
" I cannot :and- not. .' . •• - .
“,`,111en-," glad- Mr. .Colibledick„."-I1-1.1-6-ek
you in-yOur room till- you'cle.?: -
-.• "No,.. not,". she -Paid ; .“'becitiiee
if you are rough and Violefit,'I shall call
out of the Windows to the. -first-who",-pastiee
fetchkf. Davenant.' , • • -
, -The..enragedgnardian swore zen
Mr.; Davenante• 'should. 'not' -prevent „
frere. doing -What he liked.witn. own.
Was she:not-hie niece?. •Did she not owe
hini.Ohedience ?: Had -he not brought :.hei
111) with • his - own 'heeds alrebst ?'• What
.sort of a return•was this for all he had dbiie
for her? Where- wa.s-gratitude?.. Where
piety?. Where.- the reVe.renee due. to
-parents. ii4a-.guarldiane? As for Mr.,,Dave:-.
nett, be -should learn: ther-,strength,-ef :8.
British sailor's aria;* with a 'club at- theend.
of it, ;He eliOuid remember -the naine of
Cobbled ick life„; he She aldAae '-sent:
back to his own place with -broken •:neek,
brokenribs, broken arms, and broken legs.
-
Dad' -Avis think he wOuld.let.: a :Whipper-
snapper, :a conntef-juriapel!, • a niea,ely tiiie
..gelltieMaP, ft. painted% peacock, no
money -even; 'such as Mr, -Daveriant,-.stand
between'hinaself bt: -Avis, and a man who
Wag ?jiVIS, .:1 •,- . . -
jet fun pia without interruption.
Then lIshe repeated that she had:given: her
Word and site 1. •
By your own .shoWing;"--,...she s.aid; “ you
would- have Inc. marry -a man wha is a gam --
:bier And affrinikard, --whabreake laws- and
-lives ;tt-violen life. ;Instead :of bina I-heye
taken a gentleinen,Who sure a good'
and 'tree Main --. And he says that lae- levee
inc." The girls eyes softened. ,Then at the
Fight of this old::man in --Undignified and
foolish • rage they hardened:again.. Have-
yon:nOt 'often ebinplained- of the. expense,- I-
ha,ve been to you? Have you not told rae
to dook.'-aboutior work to Have•you.
not.- threatened -la:make:me it • bar -maid ?
-Rave you ever -show.n ract-I the Slightest
affection, :"...that • I ;should . consult :ybiir
wigh.es-1"- • • - -• ,
Thet!ii the way with .Stephen eat
down, ready to wee over the ingratitnde,
of womankind. "First you stint and spare
-
for - "ern, -then you give _-:"ena all they-.Wante,:
rituaiporI"-!em, 'dress"' "efai up firie,..and.- they.
turn -upon' You, . Gratitude? ,r- Not a: -
' ReSpecti? • Devil. a bit; - .Doi -what" -is 'beet:
-for lie -wivake think how to _Make
„'ena' happy, and this is:tbe end of 'Best
way a'fter all"—ho eliOokhis head as if this
conviction Were • forced' upon hinf="-to
:wallop 'emtilithey follow to heel -obedient,:
like thenr latackAnstralian gins, . the . only
women in the world truly and religioUsly.
reared,". . -•-".. •
-."-Yeli-wiabeIreagbnable !".AvieVent on„
-disregarding this attackliponherSex, -"Yen,
_
will relied_ that:fain- net bound to Consider
your v.eislies tit yenarechiellY anxi-
ous to get!rid the'; and that I haver seen
it great deal of Mr. DaVena,nt„While I lui,9W.
-nothing: of---.Captain.Rainsay- except - -what
, , , - .
yeti have told _me abonthirm which is quite
.feriaughto.make Inc refuse outright te marry:
gnation, the
nt cause of it
"look at this here. Say, di
the like? I've brovht up t
she was a baby, in. the lap
luxury; never asked her to
me but once—that was to
won't do it." ..
," What was it he wanted 3ilou to do, if I
may ask ?" said the commod re, gravely.
"He asked me to marry y iu," said Avis.
"And will you not?" H t spoke softly
and solemnly, as he had theught o.ut the
matter with gravity and li deliberation.
1
" Can you not? I am, lt is•ti ue, older than
you, and I may seem an uni t companion
for a girl so young and so P etty. But I
am not too old, child; I arapo steady as
t
i
ever and as strong."
"Always as strong," mina _ured Stephen
" Nothing -makes no diffe nce to him.
Not years,dnor Bourbon whit(key, nor Jam-
aica, rum, nor six-shooters a difficulty,
nor Englifill cruisers,nor Yen tee blockaders.
Here's a MAN for you."
"Can you not regard me with kindness,
Avis?" the hero went on. ,
"lam engaged to anothef man," she re-
-plied simply. •
His manner was beautif
Male respec:tful to himsel
young lady; his 1/01CC was
Cyeg were soft ; he looked al
- Life had be.nora_e.tsudderily deligb,tful to
AVis-.- - Wonderful it isto note the difference
made by a little -stinshinein the.. heart..
Deliyerancc had coide to her in the :shape
considered by paaadens - the most desirable,
narneiy; lover. What Were past anxieties
now? No _more 'worth :considering than
the earache she might have had when a
child; - She ?-c felt kindly disposed, and
even affeetionatd; towarda her uncle—the:
Mere so, of Course; .becanse she Was ping
to leave Odd, that parting, should
produce -much the Same' effect, an 1 the
mind .towards the people- you lave and Of officer in charge of a 'gentlemans yacht
those you do not. Therefore,: when her but such 0; MAN "-he put .the word into life- On makimidisliked- in certain- circles,
•
• •• . . .".
, •
engagement, I should have been the last
>,
" Oh ! yes, yes," said Avis; "but I am
nearly driven npad by this man's talk and
violence. Let me go."
"Yes, let her go; &common Pick -me -Up !"
Mr. Cobbledick waved his arms and
shook his head, with that well-kn ow u gesture
of contempt, chiefly practiced by ladies of
the lower rank, which consists in tightly
pressing your mouth and closing your eyes,
while you shake your head.
"Stay, Stephen." The captain pfislied
him gently back into his chair. "Wo must
not manage things in this way. If Miss
Avis cannot see her way—beieg already
promised to a happier man—she must not
be abused or ill-treated. lhough,no doubt,
you mean it.for the best."
"Anyway," said Stephen, " she knows
the truth now. And she can go."
"No, Stephen, she cannot go "—Captain
Ramsay stood between them like the guar-
dian angel, or the representathe genius of
benevolence—" things must not be managed
in that way. Miss Avis will remember
that, niece or not, ithe has enjoyed your
protection for eighteen years. You, my
old comrade "—it was remarkable how the
gallant commodore seemed to drop the
American. accent altogether—" you will
remember bow she has become a credit to
your liberality, and stands before you a
perfect as well as a, beautiful lady. And,
for such a lady, give me England."
., " have bearct you say, cap en, that
New York or Baltimore beats all creation."
"When I was there, old friend. But,
when one -is in England, one is bound to
confess that English beauty bears the
palm. Come now, Stephen, you were di-
appointed.You hoped that Avis ' would
take the offer of an old friend and comrade '
Of your 'Own. - Well, she can't. Perhaps
if, She had not been engaged, there- would
have been a chance. But we are too late.
:y-ery good, then. I withdraw, with an
apology. Since you cannot think of me,
4.Virit,- Jet me only say that I , shall never
arry, or think of another worn again."-
rfa
; it Via.S' 'at
- and. to the
entle; and his
ost good.
am very unfortunate "_ he said, -
-" Oh, Lord 1" cried -Stephen.
- "Because your ifnage . never be
obliterated from my heart." This :was
very noble and grand. It seemed to. -
,good to; all alike. '4•‘I had hoped," • the •
Commodoreavent Op " tohave settled dowia
after this run, to that beautiful life lea by -
the • Southern planters, cheered by the
affectioig.of an English, Wife _and the dev.6,--
Men of ihy faithful blacks.' ,
" With a rattan -And a -cow -hide," Stephen. -
interposed by way of illuetrating the'depth
Of negro: affection, and its , deeplY-routed
nature. • .:- _
.“ Since that is not to. be I •naust give up
the thoughi
t. of t. -Meantime, my dear •
Young lady, this has been • a painful scene
for all concerned.. - I -am.stire you will agree
with Inc that at is best forgotten, 'And if
our friend hero, whose heart is.Cast in the
!truest -mold .otiriendship,, has fOrgotten-,,in
Ihis zeal for Inc, what is due to a -delicately _
brought up. woman,:,yon will, 1 enc. -Pure, ,
forgive him:" Steplaen stared afia 'gasped.
Whitt could Iadtlie meaning of this? «You
lhave a:perfect right,"_ -Continued..
itain., "to -inar•ry whona you please, "It will
ibe laetter, however, for you to have- your—
,
POIISOLA:, andif 'Mr. Davenant;
as I dOubt not he -will proves to be a Moral -
'sort of Man, of sound principles,ne opposi-
tionWill be made,- and all shall be as you
wish." - ' • ••
I "Lord -murmured .Steplien; not know-
ing What,tuanalce -ofctIliti. Never had be
eeen'the Captain so silky, ; so polite; -
considerate. - • " • .
" My deaf," the Captain went on. taking
:Avis'. „hand in his, and • pressing it in
paternal fashion,. ani -sure 'We Shall all -
part. friends: - Stephen, you used hard
words to your ward."
did," Said Stephen, perceiving, that .
the achnission was .expected of liiiii.
.0 Tell her you are sorry." '
1 am sorry,"- said Stephen,' Obedient t�
-Command.'
- ". And that you did not inean 'them?' z
Never Meant 'em,'? he repeated. .
• "Is it true,' asked Aids, •" about -the
raft ?"' -
"That," said Stephen,.“ is Gospel :of St. •
-.11a,tthewtruth.' Wrppped pp you were in
four red silk bandanners. Latitude about
twenty south; and; us for longitude,why it ;
might- have been ' anywhere northeast_ of -
Ceylon: Pity we were -in such A. hurry,
because else we , eh -Quid have seer-ched for
papers and letters. Well, I'm sorry I fold
you, thats.a fact." '
' "And all the 'stories about tny mother
being a Rnobling--" •
• •
-''Go on, let ane have it," said Stephen:
“And her dying' at -Jamaica ;. -and iray
father and the shark ; and the -cousin who -.-
wai transported--" -
"All lies, my gell .;' lies and base decep-
tions; invented to pit- you. off your guard, •
and not to suspect them bandanners.”
- "What ant -I to call myself; then?"
said Stephen, "since things are .
smoothed over. I don't greatly mind. if You -
go on laein' Avis - Cobbledick. No Ione:
needn't know; 13-o. you otto go on a Alain'', ,
.ouf.rour chin with.the :same pride in your
• fariaily as you always have a. Stnek at out.".•
The face of her guardian was reStOrea. to ,
its usuul epreesion of joviality -mingle*.
With cunning ; the Captain, ..seatediii a.
-
chair, Was nursing his. -cifiri iii Iiis-Intud;;
thoughtfully and Sadly. .
- "1 will go now,--Ithink,-"-ghe said. si•Mr.-
COlabledicli„ -I thank you for your tare --or
me; As I am •not -your niece at all, I will •
—I willask Jack if we -cannot -soniehoW
sailors - spend our lives apaiit item:the. rnTo-
t
fineent 'of Wenien ; we 4 re apt -to. get
rough and coarse --I know!it _at ;• and when
I saw yen first:-. Miss Ayis,:. you looked f so
sweet and godd that I said t paysell, ' jfere
is Wgirl who would a '' 'an to 'heaved,
even a;gaitist his will.' And'rybu are really
i
engaged?" -T - . ... -T- ". 1 -:',..- .-,_ . - - •_ -
"-"- I eannot break it," she• aid. • "_I would
pet -if I -could.:! I.-. - • 1- . - .. ' - , - .•
-,- "No: ' teed then to eay ,-,i at -1 hipped ', to
say ;.....that all nay : dollars nd my.. estates':
areyours-• if you, will tat* me.' :Stephen
. began to"wonder What est:-teiiwere these.'
-0 'rlier6 are itardens---and P laces, ::flew.ers;
r . 2
fruits, luirsee ate:I earriage , and a fait
. hful .. . .
servapt:tp commanilinya lf."
. Ile siniled.eadly asheep ke:
-- Avis, Shook her head,'
• - 'It is impossible," . elle. g Id.
- Then Stephen broke out.• gam. -'
“ Come," ' he -cried, " i:16 !t le:t us Waste
li
time ;' get out, andlet ' mei odyour face no
More. -.Come; cap'enial-on't take on ; 'there's
lots Of better -girls' than la. r-. : La her .' go.
-I give you five nainutes:' -- ; e braced 'hina- .
self iip as if for atremenclels-effort-; : "And -
now yell-hal:re drove inc totit., i'veanote; to
tell- you
Eisy, Stephen'," 'Said ti_P-PliPtain.
. . , . .. . '
•.- ",Lucky for her." the o1i rinan:..gtoWlea;
oial4ou-came in. But.,-' he Shall hear it.
I thought to die with thel ecret. Nobody
ehouldiet k90*-riothinva eut it, only me.
-Fine airs- you've ,gave'yeti gelf al1.7 along,
Pride that Wits-apride in hem' a- TGabble,
f
dick; , hat'e whatImadeli i Stick out het
chip and held up her pea' uts, Wasn't ; it?
car ! And all for nought, for now Ili' tell
ybil,inadarn, that you're nmofe a Cobble.
dick than the cap"..ereherei-not e, touch, of
the Cobbledick about- yob,-, as. naight.:be
knew' by yont. canduelid. 1.'or,_wliereaS a -
true born Cobbledick eVe '1oVei it . sailer,.
and 'weuld never ,marry,.e1' aid she see_ 4-110,
way out of it, any but Slob here We see you,
to the . shaine ata disgr4ce-ot . Boseistie
port -:-which- is proud - of glie-.Cobbleclicks,
little -thoughithe—reffis rig- a Nero, -tii-id
takin' . up? - :with -a mere 1 landlubber ian-d
counterskipp.er." • ' -. , i• -- • r- - 1' - -• •
la
. '..“ If-. I ern mit of your fa" ily,". a,ekedi the
girl, as peen- as she -could ' et -.9. word, "*.ho i
ani 1?" ' .: ..r.
You are -nothing hut- 6. cbm MOLL kleit-
r0-up..",..-Stephen -pronae ' ced these. Words
With • peculiar erephasiti,. a as to bring Out
thelull Measure of the e
. . .
" 4 dotampri.Pick-ine-up,:
., t'NVIa,t is that2"...
f "" You .was found.(bY nre,
j3iy of Bengal.; picked 0
raft. You was :in the
Indian ayah. -.Therewal three -sailers on
that raft- who was Also i dead-. You I wad
wropped UP i in toni silk ,, andennere when
we carriedyou off to:the -' hip, 'a baby of .
year bld or ;thereabouts,
„
negresti to nurse, You a.0
.-aillaft.a-YailitliViet mr°iPdigetfejint
"D-oesn't . he?" The --;pilot ;- laughed..
" That's what be has been tellin'- you, , I
suppose:. Not drink? Pee -.Been him drink
it three -decker full o' Bourbon, ' and Wen
-h .
ask for more. No,"- e 'continued reflec:.
" think:al:put -the- drink. yoU'd-
better _let hina -I'in,tryife to _ advise
you for the_best,_Avis -my gell, because yell
are butts; young thing, ..and you know noth-
ing of the world;though you've been brought
-
up in -virtne. and .rnitxums_ of your uhcle,
think- you'd best let tbewhiskey
Only, IShouldsay, when ho is on the burst,
and pretty certain to comdhonie at night
rag"around and clangerou6 in a peaceful.
house, I would contrive to let.laini have the
Cabin- to himself", even if you had-. to
sleep cm the bare boarda," . - "•.'
Gnud.heavenel" cried ' Aids, wbat
does --this metin.?", "--
"As for jealousy, now,.you Must reineM,
ber lie's. not a con:in:ion mad. They run
alter _ him wherever- lie goes. Wherefore
You_ keep your:oyes ithut and your tongue
_quiet-, whatever you may see or _hear. '; And
then, my dear, you'll have a -peaceful 8.11(1lovin' -.life; with Such it husband as. all the
-word • might envy.. But let him -Else.
' ..• - -
Avis- shook her --bead in sheer= bewilder.-
;`,`- I; never thought,"- the continued,
" that so great an honor would be (lobo You,
To me you owe it all. Some lioneWsitilor
lad, 1 thought, skipper -; maybe:.of a coaster,
"e'•
"1 know him " interrupted Stephenvvith
rising Wrath. " Isn't that enough! Now,
I will have no more talkin'. Will yell
'marry the -cap'en ?"
“- No, I will not." •
I` Then' pack—put up your thinge, and
pack. Go, I say: Leave the house.Pack."
1
Avis esitatecl a moment
“ Go to your lover: let him take care -of
This was bringing things tea crisis in-
_
deed. . The plain speech of which the
helmet --sailor prided himself -had never
been so -plain before. -Mis had seen .hina
grumpy, -greedy, lying, and drunk, she
knew that her uncle based his conduct of
-
tempt involved.
ou were."
I
.on a raft in the
•by me) offithat
•rms - of a dead
nd gave yen, to a
bbledick '2 .Witil
ndann(rs. • '? 01).4
e starved sailors!
Nursed:by' a tegress. A ommon Pick -mel
up!" : . , - „_, . - . - -• 1
it
—The pilot. spoke as Ili the recovery of
babies in tine reanner wa sd common as to
eritail disgrace upon all a 1:found " 1
1
,- youfindnothing ore about me ri
"No. The men ,eearbh d the.poCkets ef
the -dia. sailors for thei 'Money, . Then
they chucked them overt? • rd and'broke n
the raft, because such th lags is dangerous
You're nobody's daughtert you are." -
"At all -events," said m ' vis quietly, for
t
even a worwill turn, '! t is some kind of
relief to know that' I ani ot yours, or th '
daughter Of anybody con ected with You..-
,
.. -" As for your nameta,..he went on, "T
S because it wag
dick because i
em- names bac
esture as of one
other and dashes
now you've' go
r back. Cobble.
gave you the name of A
my mother's, and Cobb
was my own:, Gave me t
Avis "-.--bere he made tt
who takes_ a, thing from a
it on the giound—“A14.13
-no Christian -name .t�y
dick "=here he -made a- similar gesttire
'
“ Cobbledick>„now you've got no surnam
to your back; and now, my Lady No Nam ,
you may pack. You an your Mr. Dave-
naTilht.e' capain stepped fo Ward. -
"Pardon me, Miss Alm , are you engage
to Mr. iDavenant, the Yp ng gentleman at
the hotel? I am sorry 1 deed that my un-
fortunate -aspiration"— e smiled eadly-i-
" should have led to the s disagreeable con-
sequencd. Had 1_ bee aware of yolit
'pay something of that heavy debt which I
9vie _ you. Captain Ramsay, I - am 'deeply?' '
grateful for your forbearance," _
She -held out her hand, he stooped r: and-
kissed'it:
"Indeed," he said," I have done nothing. .
I hope; however, that I -may win your trust
And perhaps, your friendship." _
As -Avis walked slowly away she aried,
but in vain, to reconcile • the picturedrawn
by Mr. Cobbledick Of hishero, the drunkard
and gainbler; With the man himself, So -mild;
so gentle; and se beautifully spoken;
rTo be contintled.1
A parrot hidden In At- cage behind aboi
containing -a-eoffin rn a Centralrailrea,dcar,
the other, day, greatly frightened a, baggage
man When it cried: “Let me out; it'abot."''
:It was sometime before he could be -con-. -
vinced that the deadman had not come to
life.,
Bayadere poke bonnet is in fAvor. •
Pronounced " Buy4-aear poke bonnet."
When spoken with propef effect :the old
man rarely:fails to come . down with the
cask. , .