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Queer: .
know a woman who bath bou.
of this world'sand w
gay, . •
:With not a care save to bedeck.
In finest silks and satins every,
--For her is s 'read the daintiest or• are;-
- Oa her co •• ands. the deftest e4vants wilts;
;So sounds of childish romPlug0 '0,!X her ear
When, to receive. her friends; she site in state
.. Goat, She abroad. a:carriage satin4lned .• -
Beare her Wherelr She chooses that it Should;
wee she
or their.good.
unshide fade,
her hoarded
Cue share
o is JOTIng an
e of
•
•
And yet to neitt4i-r friend nor ki.
-Aught td eiihvra.e their pleasure
•_ Moths Inay destroy, aud want of;
•- She part0 with .uothing from
' --__ store;„,.
Vn-poverty he lopks with scornful. gaze,
• And rfe'er to beggar la unbarred l door.
, .. queer,
•. Unit it, dear?
• . ., .. .
-
'' I know e - - ' .{
xtoer : very poor is she
• And
though not tild her brow is marked with
• _, - bare u . . _ . 1 ' I-
Eight Children c 114ster round her, and 'tishard• To find them 1-.00.1 to eat and *theta to weak.
Sometimes the ni.piLl she serves is scant, indeed;
'
Always heibt..tits of sleep. and rest are few; -
Shehath naheip but little, willinghands
.. _That, thoul.h J.; -Ili, guides: them; can but little
- do.clt . - . . .1
„ And yet if p 'rer triet-Arseel her, that friend
With Ontstractied hand and,bri' tsome sMile-
_- - 18 MOO, . _ . " '..;_'' ' --
. While; with the best the -Cottage can afford
- •
In kindly haste : the humble boar4 kiset.
-And from her Upe! -.1-14, beggar turns away
Without scan° hekp, if but a .bit oflbread ;
. And even hanasks1 'logs about it thong
In simple t Ust: that_there they Inay be fed.- - -
Queer,
• - ,,_ _ Is 't itr'dear ? '
c'
•
:ems has done something -atlast ;. he's to
•rr
y_ft lailit wi' a timber, and that's BMW -
lin' in a kind v.' way. But when . I get
out Mysel! Ill ken- better What to dam-,
ir the time being there's. nae need to fish
pers..: rin Obleeged toiyou, a' the same,
ty-On Wire tight enough to tia,y that he
vt ,1.,..ld satiefee meyet."' -...
.0 What is al/ this abut, mother'?" broke
.10-Cargi1l, who Very nnitih -disliked being:
hi-LEjed "-atoms" at all times, andespeoially
AC:* -: . -.' .. . ' ' :- • • : I - - .- -
Never :yeti • heed, • Jeerns. You may
k.syOur frien' Belo,' that you didna ken,
boot it afore note ' ' ,. .•
.ain sure 1: am • extremely obliged to
. Rots for any kindness he hasbeengood
, ugh to 'do Me, but -414 - ' • .- • - - - -
Will. ye- drap'. that, ye fool, andspeek
li . an -.9ecl'nar body ?'-' atmest screamed
B 0- -. .-- '• :. - - . -
ut -Ishould like - you . to explain," he
on stolidly: ' .• - . - '- ' i • • - '.4.'
rthere'll.be nag need to explain. . What
hen.I'll tiO .explain- • nee -thing_ till I'm--
You.marry Skipper Duncan's .dochter,
e gam to be -after next; Bob?" '• : -
am to take the :tMerraaid'• to Peter-
• , next," Was -the quiet answer, but nOt
t. out a motet, feeling Of. satisfaction that
tild give this ruh.tO Cargill. . - • - .
wadi - more than a rub it was a:blow.
'll's pluffy cheeks and inaell protrud-
ark eyes -'-fish's. eyes—were incapable'
pression; • but. they 0001 ,, 'oho* the
P of biliousness, and . at . this. moment
lcioked, very. bilioUs. - His Voice, hew-
expressed-neithet passion nor Surprise
said -:7- . - , --
h, you are to take the !Mermaid 'r on
ext trip?" . ' - ' -; • . '
y, I believe so. _Bat I.have to g
ess, as you are AO needing me. -
,Mistress--rgood,day, Mr. Cargil
d to escape, he 'sprang down th
e had not gene Many 'steps *
a plethoric, vines behind him,:
Z:: want to speak to you, Ross."
Ise Cargill who had . followed him
tly. - , -•.
;pi in: rather - a hurry, Mr. Cargill, as
(ht to have been home two hours ago,"
an walk With you.. :The matter is-
gteatimportanoe to you." -
hat is it ?" inquired _Ross, slackening
testi. that the other might with More
-id dignity _keep up With hina.-..
at- is to say, -1 think it of great Mi-
.
ortrgice to yofir-poesibly you May think
.. t
11
au
ar
he
wi
_A S.Cotti:-411 tove torv
•
BY .Clika.tES GIO/30/41.:'
, . • ..
'
His letha gip: leoure ' was not capable .of
• burning int ,a. 11 .-1,ttia; but iliespark whiOh
She had thrown- into it .by themention of
Bob Ross liao- stirred the enibets into a
-glow. and this li•-6 tr shaft elicited fa spark.
• - • "You know quitg, ielleanint ' er,.I have
, pressed pia- oltion wpm& to leave this
• - I'
• place ----'I i : . • : - au' -,.•
• ' "Leave this 4)19.cp 1" she oiled angrily,-
`-` where everiithink-was won---ncillikely." -
• "Very. _well. . I •dlu'it. try .tolorce. you;
• and I don't thinh. it is fair that gen should:
• grumble at me ttz,eanse :you are here.'_,-
. ' 1 "It's beeaUes ,t you that I ameke But
lit
, wait_ till I get- !,11:1 /1.11c1 I'll settie.y, , '. . • .
-- "Well, well, let that be. I Waribt ;to talk.
•:..to you abou phis, arrangement ;With the
- '
•
- "Ay, ay," • ta Uttered the old WOinin With
_ .. captain:" .. : : .•f_. . • 11 . -... .
_..
greedy eye, her whole Manner -to him sud-
denly changing 943 -if. she •were -about to•
-• Make a bargain with hini. " ataboot
that? Whiittaboot that?"
"-He has /10.° objection- to the in, _toll Pio,
- - . Vided we can "how mciney..enoegli toistart.
With, and he will -'• settle verythit.g. upon
Tst.
his dattOter.' • : . • • , . 7. _ •
. . .
." That's eapital;" ' cried . he old woman
gleefully and [ quite -teconoiled tohereen,
• forgiving-. in -that 'moment all. his ; extrava-
• gances._ "But the lass—what did•the lass
• - 4342" ' -- ' : i. • . - .• ' •
•
_ ' illiave not asked her yet." -.1.• 1
' Ball Cargill leaned back -in -her �hair and
Stared at her son, gasping.
• •I
"70 idiot— oyouno ken that -Wail thefirst.
. thing ye should hie dune?"
',. "1 shall have -plenty of time ter that,"
was the placid answer. 66 Bititray la' egot a
. ,
cargo for Peterhead and I am going with
him; • and she Shall be there of coOse:. Bat
• .in anyeaseilhei would not stay- no When her
• ."-itither.said yes;•-phe is incustomed tos_the-
•
, - . ,
'word of oGrap:and.7• - . , Is , ---
* The mother 1+01ced at her senadmiringlyi
. . ..
•
lreoet for the first time.. . , .
, -,..,Weel," oh! said chuckling, ." there's
some 0! my hi id in " ye 'after a'-, That's
just fine. You II hae her a' to y tied',
and a ha - o' ny metal can mak' a
• • agree to _tinything. when that's the-- await
t
lees
,
'hojnet speaks pretty enough?' --• .
Old_Dick Baiter. put his head in-atr-the-
- "Here's Bob loss no°, Belt. Do ye want
doer; - . _ - _ . -. . .
-•- • • ., .
• ,•. ., .
him to come up 2" he said.-• : ' •
.1
CRAFTER V.
Y IN THE WIND.' .
. -
•- en But
. •
..
• . "Under ordivakv circenistanisee ;,.ROsit
Would never have thought of. Waiting at the
• . foot of the stair until he learned whether
•- - or not Bell *int d him, . He., would have
' walked up and entered the .roona -with no
other.oeremony thin the unnecessary qiies--
tion-4.,• _ . - . : • - -
- "Are ye at ham -_,-Mistrese ?7 • •.
• - On the present ?ccasion, lioweve 'teat,
ing.that her on -.was• with her he ,shrank
• - .back, and would have been_ glad to 'ekoSpe
from hispromised -visit altogetbet. Cargill
. and he hod • never gen :friendly, although irteve
. _ there_ Was no', open' enmity • between -1, hem. great
• But. 'now. he felt atil almost unconq ' able oanee
dislike , - I
. .o meet thtternen. - At any rate -see hi
•- there was 110 need • to meet' him . except a -fool
. when_necessery, and thatneoessity Was to that t
arise seen enough. - ; - -. . .:- •._ _ .. his-- d
-
Their o relatioeti to each other•-weie now : - But.
-_. elearly defintid ; they were both fighting 'matte
i -
for the Same prize—ttie one with his Money,
the other -with his love. Cargill, the dandy
• elephant,. regarded- -Bob Ross, the 'pilot,
..
with contempt, that mi. , t ,,,, zily.-d velep
. .
into hatred—if it ha 12, al aOy dl _go ;
_Ross regarded hina v0 th *1 .. a dislike and
a -desire to avoid nini
•--There could be ud pleasant szincir) tap
• betw.een two men -.-licilclizig suoh a po itiozi
- toward each other., . ••I - - -
• -That was why R)ss sent Dick to _ kif
he Were Wanted, _Much ' to the surprise of
Bell, who was nuapoustoined to such
_ opillfil@• - ' , ,L . . •- - V, -. ,
- ,. ,
-" Cry to him to-ooede tip," washer qtholr
• answer to. Pick; "-he could hae come him -
ser to speer." ' _ -- -. - '. • .- .- . • :: -, I -; s.
'Cargill for a inome4 hesitated: whether
or not he should leave; but, -dear-one, :0
--., disecivering what -his mother had wanted
...with Row decided to remain:.
He nodded with lyMphatie placidity to:
. .
the visitor as he. butete0,- - . s •
"How are you to .day,- Mistress Cargill?"
. asked Rosa - -he_ _.was. -lithe.: only one a
• ogled her. Mistress 'Cargill ; to everybody
... else about the place te was still Bell,- or
' Bell Cargill, - , . ,- .. - = •
"Brawlyes bra„wlY thank ye for speet
• . , a, -
. ing: Ill:sune be nO and aboot nOo. Ant
- l• - - ,
, I'm no gann - to fash .syou this afternoon,
Bob, nor the lawyers' either. . I'nfgann to
tale your counsel, and let he thing ''',;'''
I'm real lad tohe ' t ,
7 .
„_, ,,.
ottrfer ; it aftW
- • - . ... -I
yet.... ROWS* r
Bi
he
now,
Good -
If
stair.
n he
ot
fir
th
hi
th
sh
•ui
th
heetAse." : - ...-.- •
bat lit it ?",
ave a friend whO is the head of a
ni shipowners, and end., -he told me that
ay , e in wiit-of a min .•_who should be
in f a pilot; to take general Charge of all
O 4angments with the pilots for -their-
ip 1-,,,Ee would have a petnianent engage:
en. t t a good • salary, and it etruokine
at 4 Were ' the Yety• man ' for the post:"
.ei 4iehtbei" was phe reply with a sub-
' ,pti Would be. ' WhYthould:.you waste
j4
ed #mile, whit*. Cargill Aid not observe.
urtitime in such - ferry -boats as - the
erm;itid ' when you have_such a -Ohanoe
thil? For. you have only to say - the
ta-ito- 1., can:, Lilixiost _promise that you
11 ip .the Man chosen." : .:
' when would Lb° 'wanted ?"-'" .
1, as I understand, you would have
be .' the &nee in twe Or three days."
I ubt it cannot opine my way."
not?" - - . -
use .-I have' to go with the 'Mer.
to
Si
Mai
gag
• for
to r
• do r
you
vice
not
ray
R
Carg
after
Oro*
dark
unpl
exped
the
lieve
the e
he h
natur
Well,
him -o
trip.
He
Yo
011 oan easily get out of that en-
_
I will undertake 'to arrange it
k you, bue I promised to go and I
go - :-1$1oreoverl I like to manage my
b iness."
T ' you retain, ?"
I ar not ".olear...that 'there ieanything-
. ,
ef ezdePt..to, break. my word, and I
e to &that." : - _ :- .*„ • .
ery well," said Cargill-leftily,'" as
e. I. thought to render you a ser-
.
, , , I oantesute you'eui42 a Chancels's
HMI. - to fallin your way agein.", ..
Th I must just try .to do' whit, is in
po or to get on without it."
oss ave a parting nod and went. on
iil Oted _ abruptly .and Stood "looking
as Ling as he was in sight. .
plini4loatatthileehemaainy.bthironwkiiipogy.earb:huet small,
op suggested that his thoughts were
eagaist ones :He had tried a harmless.
6 if meld " and hid failed. • He . be--
Itt
0 for preventing Ross going with
d_ 14 t ' he could have eectured for hiin
ngti 'meta he had - spoken about,but
ad - mewhat ;metamorphosed its real
.,
: i re were • other ways of - keeping.
e • order to. suit his puipise.
7, t the ".Mermaid," atleast for this
* d see old Murray (that was the
way in which he thought of the
-Of tain Duncan 1) and get him" to
i I te engagement ,.- Yes; he woUld-
tia .a-,ftire the night was out, What
old skipper must be not to see
t-4elloW was after his money and
', -.. - ' - -. : ..` -,..
k4ou1d see him and put that little.
i t . After all; it was the easiest
n Re hadionly.been wasting time in
.an4ther. 4 ' ' ' . -- -
CHAPTER- VI. .
A WILD- MORT-. '
au
liji
t
way, a
trying
• You wOuld have been
wattle."
Ire no sure o' th
Alth
into a
minter
sun set
and ol
which
rose, a
(donde
Sweepi
singing
waters,
and th
the mo
silver g
- "It'll
fisher -to
of wind
" I do
again, wi
They
milk the after.noon had brightened
ud the: evening, changed to
; wly :the. sky .darkened as the
in -misty-. glory behind the hills,
(Rut gathered:. The, restless Wind,
h 1 ly abated during the day, again
•
t : in, a loW menototie moving the
slo but- loY•Andrby itoame'
ng the -Firth .ie - great gusts and
astv*ild duet with the heaving
the• Clouds hurried -bitter
it with increasing rapidity, and.
on 'could only 0000BI-6001y send a
lea through the darkness: .
be2, gey blew ..the -nicht," :said the
.1kgts- -whom every sound andsign
, r; and elotids had its Meaning.-
the'll win --out": they. said
niceins looks at the angry -talry.
ret$ redto the fiehing.ifteetwhich
sta4ed on its perilous • _adventures.
re Was. ii.O. fear the manner
gethering,etertri4 only lm
ttn ordinary-, -fatit their
. _
ei tjt#11 pdasiblYtOtneS.OnsePtineens.
,atip iOsiv-' due .to. tbei:preeetit.- state,
ideko to -7 .-Thexivaithirdiaiiittoi,
ulteliOntink antAiiife „off the'(Vs tliertP7itith
**Suited. By moat it was
Is a sort otenrioug 48.1
. .
nightly
But
• Mauling
reoognit
dark live
venience
of the.z
-in tbe lit
WOO tar
looked u
elyr
Po
the weathar-box," said some, as if tempest'
and cahn were looked. .up in it. They
looked to nature herself- tot guidance in
their calling, .. and seldom thougbt when;
theyM wentefrout7 that they might :never
00M0 tack; a bleeteC esnadition,.ef the
Mind' Which enables us 14s.;o do oricdtity in
•the teeth -ofdanger. ')
aa Men takkilkeir lives
in the same way; never `a thought of what
may .ocine ; and only: a eliOrt,,sharp!ory
the heart with an outward dumb 'torte*
when the worst befalls.; - Then to Work
again.; not a- boat or 'a Man leas goes out
to ilea ; not • a woman this- less:ready to do
hem work on 'shore. The; lite goe • -just
as if nothing had happened, whe er i be a
single smaok or a fleet that found re. There
are more triouths to fill and therefore more
Work to do. There is no ticrie for outward
*ailing. „
'What gees -On. within -0:0d knows..,
-In the parlor of Anchor Cottage the. cap-
tain was comfortably. emoking his pipe and
drinking toddy; seeted in a " big, - high
backed armchair, a cheery . fire: burning at
his feet. Annie at the table Was busy with
account" which she was anxious to dispose
Of before going to bed..
The -Wind made a loud: moaning _round
the walla, but never a window or door shook,
everything had been made. so truly Arm.
This was house built to stand and not to
sell:: - • s
-Neither father nor daughter paid _any.•
heed to the storm. He was busy with his
pipe and his toddy; delighting, himself in
watching her.silent diligence in work.
- So they had been occupied for some time.
Thenheshowed symptoms Of. restlessness,
and at length; he spoke.
"Will you be. soon done, Annie? I -want
to Speak to you." - • -
Ithappened that, she 'had a very clear
notion of What, he wished to speak to her
about; ancl-Aleo that the did not wish
hear it. So she answered— " • 7
"It Will. take me a long While yet, father ;
:maybe, till bed -time." ;'• ' • -
• She ptoceeded. With renewed energy to
exiinine books and papers :and to -calimlate.
figures, and he remained silent, respecting
'her task and: vatting iteresUlte.- -
By-anO•by he becamerestiess again.
"Are yew) nearly done yet ?". he inquired
impatiently.:
Pll Make tome stupid ibltincler if you
keep outpeaking, father. .1! • • j
"Then stop afore you -mike a blunder,.
beeanse Inosain speak to you about mut.
ter -that has been runiblin!. in My insides a'
this afteknoon." • • - ;
Thus oonimanOed 'she' knew that no fur-
ther .-evieithf..cif the disagreeable subjectpoisible Without getting her father into .one
- his passions—and they *eta- frequent
enoagh attd, furious, enough to Make her
Willingto-sectifice her„own-.9oinfort in any
way to avoid one of theta.. eihe laid -down
her Pen,. tinned her . chair. toward the fire
and said quietly—
‘!"-Now, father, what .is your will ?" -
He took the pipe frottt his Month, care,.
tuliy examined its contents,- then pressed
them -down *Uhl* fieger ; -next tookahig
gulp at: his toddy, and -;finally _replacing the.
Pipe betWeen his teeth *sort ofehy
way—. _
• • - .
" Ivroanted sPeir at ye something."
"What it, _father?" 'she replied pini,
although Much tenipteditojanghi at
his droll:behavior •-• •
He felt that incipient- laugh; and some-
thing of the, fun. of the position touched:
himself, for he grinned as, he said—
Just this, my lass-;; would ye like to be
maer.rit?".. - • k •
6.6. That would - depend . uporl'• the man,
faithet,"--she answered- with a Merry laugh.
"Roots, lassie," he, said, with a _comical
mixture of .ireitability . and sense Of humor
in his -voice and -manner,•!, ye dinna mean
to tell me that. ye are Olin to think about
the rcian When it's his oilier contierni ye."
Annie became serious; looked in the fire.
.tts if. studying some grave problem which
was. -exhibited _ to . her there. 1,; Pretently,
without -looking up, she
am -wondering, father; if My mother
thought o'-thenian or the tillet_Iniost• when
she took You;" • ; . 1, _ • . - •
.
That was almost a:6nel -stroke, althongli
-thee& did not ,know . When Duncan
Murray_ wedded her 'nether he had obtained
with her a toolier :Which had . helped him
'considerably in • his fight with fortune.... So
:the burly little -Man moved: uneasily in his
ohair, his .tuddy.fatte betiamie ruddier, paid
he took soiria Mote toddy;
That's :no the . question) Annie. hae
nee -intention o' 'forcing your will in the
matter; but X just want to talk it ower wi'
you in a itensihie -Ott way.' Ye see yOu
should think- both _the -mad -and his tiller,
for there are -loony lade that wouldbe glad to
take you. from me, no:fOr yonrser, but -for
what bring you. iSae it be-
hoves us to,donsider;" - _.
- Annie was -still staringinto the,fire ; but
now she Was also listening to }the Wind
sough, : ,toughing round the Ileum and
Making. strange noises in the 'chimney.
Maybe,. toe, she was listening to a voice she heard that day at thegate and think-
ing Of its meaning; whilst hearing the_ echo
inter own breast. • :
." rthOught you said you .wonid never
part with and Merinsid,"tather."
- The :voice was -sci soft and the look she
turned upon him gentle that he:could
not be. angry. Nevertheless, he . tried to
appear as one injured, _boo -Anse- he felt so
keenly that he deserved the • reproach ex-
pressed so quietly. . .
Lam no ter, -part wi' 'either O.' you. I
was Jnet putting the..queitien-to You,. and
there was Rae harm in that". =
"Oh, no.•• •
Weel; the ling and -the short 'o' it IS
this: ..therefs. a Mau canie to Me the-day—
I'm no gum to. tell you.vilia.". (She smiled
Tas if, elie did not know' who! Poor old
father 1) Ancl-he says -that if you will
take him and I will gip -my content he'll 00
you a' your itiii.way and make ower to yeti
at once a fortune,1- . I eitid to bita,-4 You
Mann spier hestier,-..iny map." He said.
he would, and.he's .gann to doiti-and that
wanted token afdrehand what yeti Would be-
likely.to seq.:, But you are free to do ea
-
sts. you mean Mr: Cargill; father."
' Eh 1—h90 didyeken that ?" dxolaimed
the 'old captain; !}ftirgettidg, in-rhielAinane-
ment even to emoke.i, - 1.• .
P,Paaili- Anon& ; SintY , 'Man
here to4layiexcept--,1!-!•% ,
"VefitliltnerelraUtialAN
feta sidilteonothe old ni 4fifei
treieftivetzt--iiriftW
xcept
what You say _the other -offers to do. 1, But I
am atrai'd that Mar. Cargill is not the man
:
for Me, with his _wealth and your eon -
sent" '•••
. Oh, then. you mean that you'll hae
•mebody 01-0e 'without my consent."
She got tip, toOk the empty pipe from his
hind and -proceeded to fill is with an,expe-
4194-hand..- ..81,8 gave'it back
. •
" fl.no talk any more havers to -night,
father: Yen -kaki well enough that I' wi 1
nevertalsealnan. that, you -Bey 110 t(4.4611
Will never take - one that say no :to,
though you shquid ,eay yes. Now, that's
all settled." 1 - • •
"Ay, ay, and Atta that way, is't," mut-
toted. the -captain to himself, but quite
loud enough .for Jug to bear. "It's that
way, bet?. We mann see aboot that. We
mann iee &Wet that An einpty Parse
against a weel-Alled Tone—we ,maun see
?boot that:" • . • •
- Annie was a little..-fldgety as his loudly
expressed refleetions proceeded, and( was
'glad when they were interrupted by a loud
ring at the bell of :the entrance -door..
Wha can'thatt be at this hour? Hope:
there's onaething wraeg• . wi' -tho Mar-.
maid." •- • • -
"Kirsty will SQ011 tell us," said, Annie,
'arrangingher papers for the night.
"Meister Cargill," said Surety, the dont
serVingMonian, - opening the door for the
big lymphatic tome to. enter. „
'I I hopeyou wi1 eXCUE113 me for dropping
in upon -you so late,"' he said, in -What be.
thought *as -a grand manner; "1 intended
to be here four keine ago, but was tinex:-
peotedly detained in the town. Sorry now
I -did not come. straight along from the al
owe ; but was obliged to make a call first,
and thefiusiness Occupied me much longer
than 1 expe3ted?! •
" Never heed that, .sit doon—and get :a
glass, Annie. • Oh; but pin like wine and
seegars. Very Wee13 though I never meddle
wi' thtte thing -at -mull' I hae some wine
that was gi'en me in a. present that folk
wha ken say there'll nae better in gdinbro'.
Ay, and I has seegOs to match. Get them
Out, Annie."
Annie obeyed quickly, and then excusing
herseltap she was required' elsewhere left
the .roism. :
- The Wine Was good and the' " iieegars'
were good, as the 'captain had Said, and
Cargill -evinced the appreciation of both.
"And nco," - said :the captain when they
were settled down,"how did.you come out
on sic a night ?"
" Oh, the night ie not so bacricili'close
iieb with a good horse and a eareful driver."
"And is the man waiting foryott ?" cried
the captain, his eyes .starting, "and you
never thought of seeking a dram for him 17
"1 do not like to enfieurage • tippling in
'p,eOple of his class.," coolly; answered the
loutish sybarite, as he sipped his wine and
smoked his cigar. -•
There Was a movement on the .captain's
lips as if he repressed some words which
were•no doubt of. a ,:very emphatic aerate
ter: Herang the bell fiercely ,and called
loudly for Kirsty Whilst he filled a glass
with whiskey. •
- "Hey, take -this t, the cabman' tokeep
hina warm While he's waiting." -
" He has jist cam' for a, light tee his lamp
and's at the door," i.replied - the woman;
puir man, he's sair drookit,"
Then the captain walked sheik to regain
his temper.- Oaegill had not marred diming
the whole of these Proceedings. He
smoked and drank &sadly as if they had
nothing to de wtth him, and if these good
people chose to concern theinselves with
a mere cabthati who Would receive his full
fire and something ,,Ovet,.. that was -thcir
business.
The Oilier stood s4ivering at the door,
the lierie guilts Of wind -threatening to•tear
the *cost from 1118 ba*, Whilst _the horse -
stood shivering at the -gate. -
• - ." Thank yeoneni; ; Wish the puir beast
could hae a dram tae cn sio a night. Here's
your very good health," said the man as
Lie gratefully'aceeptedlthe captain's hospi-
tality. • • :
. The captain sat down -again and resumed
the conversation. . -
." And now," he said; 46 what has brought
you here at this hour ?I' 1 -
• "Two things, • eit,1' rejoined Cargill
slowly, or lazily; but 4id not protteed.
And what mayt has twa things be ?"
There was again that carious movement
on the captain's lips •which had first- ap-
peared when he learned that therewasa
poor min out in the 'odd •for . whom his
employer had not the least consideration.
•'"The first thing, captain ---and it could
have waited till to-morrow—isto tell. you
that all the conditions I Mentioned will be
faithfully- carried. out. -1 -My mother is do-
„lighted- with the ideal of the Match, and
says she Will agree to enything in order tit
bring it about. She has a high ()deem for,
you, captain.” - .
The man actually could not refrain from
attempting to. ,patroniap even in ouch a
position as this, • -
"That's very guid 0' her to -say sae, and
very gude o' yOu to tell Me. But there was
nap need o" saying it,"fq Bell and me are
amid acquaintanceteand,. we hae aye nispeckit
-ane anither."
Cargill -felt- sore; it *as Bie great weak-
ness that he did notlike to be reminded of
the origin of his fortune pr of himself. He
would have done anything to remove his
mother from the midst of her old associa-
tions ; *but she would net molls, and in
spite of all his efforts they were oontinually
dashingin his teeth as it were.
• "She is a wonderful 'Woman," he said
vaguely, as he looked- at the ceiling and
sent a greateloud of smoke up to it.
"She Is that," Captain Duncan said
heartily; ," and sae far .eyerything is sates --
factory. - Noo, you hae naething mair ado
'than jist get the lass to gie her consent"'
"Yes but you will help me with your
authority;" ••
-
"Undoubtedly; I promised that afore—
a' things ban r bl
•
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‘,1 Do' you Mean- to Say; ca.ptain, tha
&Oleo what is going on ?"
"1 pee a heap a' things that are goin
a‘ nd going . Off too: Bat' what partei
thing are you meaning meaning?" '
you like to see your dp.0
married to It -man like Roast" -,
"No, if she could get a better. 11
decent °hid., Do•you seeiMythipgpite
lat,wriing with him?" •
`f I have nothing to say about him.
altheugh -de not doubt' myself, I w
rather you 'did not take hurl with 1.;
beard the., Mermaid" , • •
it was the captain's turn *to smoke
tew ascends in elience.,.. Then, deoisi
ss he had been arguing the whole q
tion out in his mind-
• " The matter is eettled and calm
shingefi.'
"But don't you -tee, captain," urged
gill- in his heavy waY, trying to be pe
sive, "if he goes with i us .you are den
me &lair chanee,with Miss Murray. If
are left to ourselves, all will go well; b
we are interfered awith there is no sa
what may happen." ,
• "There is -naething can happen
shouidna happen. Annie kens what eh
doing? and Ross is a decent lad. If
doesna do onything to disgrace &miler
he says thatI -OM to part the M
Maid' anct her, then there is nae mair t
said abeut it. We'll just hae to do
You hail, gotten -my Weed ---03 hams;
you maim take your chance. 14t the a&
ilia: I should say .that you are
eared. What, man, you hae the eiller
he grand ways. DO you think ony WOM
in her sena" would hae a doubt as to -
man she should take? Fie, I'M stirpree
t
"That's true."'
."13ut when he went away Cargilre mi
as more in keeping.with the storm th
hen he arrived.'" On that black dr
batik to Edinhurgh the wind -seemed
histle weird suggestions to his brain;
orilsainoholy e 7liaor4lir:eofw•-aptoessrsibsieleitmieesa
hi& he mightvrove himself' the worilii
an, of, the two; and the ugly; slue
ads, crossed hare and • there t
astly light of feeble lamp, seemed
fleot'his mind.,
All. the weak 'vanity -- of the man -w
irred. passion; and thepassion. whi
rings from such a source is always t
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(To -1•:1! continued.)
It AlivaTe Works Just this Result.
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•
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A.• ready-made oinder He—" Yon
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• Then _that beteg: -the 4gise we mall oon-
t if
eider the matter as. good as _settled, _for I
amno raid of being able to make Myself
sufficiently agreeable to lier,during-the=1*-
;sage to_Veterheadtb weatrOt you in telling
her that you have chosen le for your 8On-
in-laviprovided onifeend;tion is complied;
*1th by you." • 5 •
mind what may -that be?!' ,• •
.tfiroltittoiti-s4g :400,voji
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find t�! Dri
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meditatively ter a few worlds before reply-
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More than WV Sister i of Mercy; whom
the Parts liftulicupal Council /Eddy ejected
from the hospitals in favor of lay mines;
are going to Panama, white they Will min -
liter, to the sick in the hospital sheds
erected- alongside of the canal
Many a sickly woman, whose- dad- experience
had demons tratod alike the failure of conceited.
doctors atal mtotia,dr neyr
d4,eks;
leasefor life for a feir,dolluars' has
°btai
mo bat "412 of the Vege..
riI one wa-
t
ma:11.pilittlillif.ra.., ydit
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She neglects her heart who studies her
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