� to say good bye more my heart s delight the captain with a countenance of strong emotion r my lad what with the young husband at one window and the young wife at the other the captain hanging on at this door and holding fast by that the coach obliged to go on whether it will or no and all the other carts and turbulent because it there never was so much confusion on four wheels but gallantly her point she keeps a smiling face upon her mistress smiling through her tears until the last even when she is left behind the captain continues to appear and disappear at the door crying my lad my heart s delight with his shirt in a violent state of agitation until it is hopeless to attempt to keep up with the coach any longer i when the coach is gone being rejoined by the captain falls into a state of and is taken into a baker s shop to recover and mr wait in the churchyard sitting on the stone of the until captain and come back neither being at all desirous to speak or to be spoken to they are excellent company and quite satisfied when they all arrive again at the and sit down to breakfast nobody can touch a morsel captain makes a of being about toast but gives it up as a mr says after breakfast he will come back in the evening and goes wandering about the town all day with a vague sensation upon him as if he hadn t been to bed for a fortnight there is a strange charm in the house and in the room in which they have been used to be together and out of which much is gone it and yet it the and son sorrow of the separation mr tells when he comes at night that he hasn t been so wretched all day long and yet he likes it he des in being alone with her and tells her what his feelings were when she gave him that candid opinion as to the probability of miss s ever loving him in the vein of confidence by these common recollections and their tears mr that they shall go out together and buy something for supper miss buy a good many little things and the aid of mrs set the supper out quite before the captain and old came home the captain and old have been on board the ship and have established di there and have seen the put aboard they have much to tell about the popularity of walter and the comforts he will have about him and the quiet way in which it seems he has been working early and late to make his cabin what the captain calls a to surprise his little wife a admiral s cabin mind you says the captain ain t more trim but one of the captain s chief delights is that he knows the big watch and the sugar and tea are on board and again and again he murmurs to himself ed ard my lad you never shaped a better course in your life than when you made that there little property over you see how the land bore ed ard says the captain and it does you credit my lad the old maker is more and misty than he used to be and takes the marriage and the parting very much to heart but he is greatly comforted by having his old ally ned at his side and he sits down to supper with a grateful and contented face my boy has been preserved and says old rubbing his hands what right have i to be otherwise than thankful and happy the captain who not yet taken his seat at the table but who has been about for some time and now stands hesitating in place looks doubtfully at mr and says there s the last bottle of the old down below would you wish to have it up to night my boy and drink to r and his wife oo m am the instrument maker looking wistfully at ike captain puts his hand into the breast of his coffee colored coat brings his pocket book and takes a letter out to mr says the man rom walter to be sent in three weeks time i u read it sir i am married to your daughter she is gone with me upon a distant voyage to be devoted to her is to have no claim on her or you but god knows that i am i why loving her beyond all earthly things i have yet without remorse united her to the and dangers of my i will not say to you you know why and you are her do not reproach her she has never reproached you i do not think or hope that you will ever foi ve me there is nothing i expect less but if an hour should come when it will comfort you to believe that has some one ever near her the great charge of whose life is to her remembrance of past sorrow i solemnly assure you you may in tiiat hour rest in belief solomon puts back the letter ca in his pocket book and puts back his pocket book in his coat we won t drink the last bottle of the old yet ned says the old man thoughtfully not yet not yet the captain no not yet and mr are of the same opinion after a silence they all sit down to supper and drink to the young husband and wife in something else and the last bottle of the old still remains among its dust and undisturbed a few days have elapsed and a stately ship is out at sea spreading its white wings to the wind upon the deck image to the man on board of 