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PIRATES.
Ffoai tis PIG Box 81 ran OIL Ship Master.
nY seLvA srs eesp. 5a
Mr. slip cleared FROM liverpool, and /
vas louna for the Indies. In the cabin I
had sofle dozen passeugers, most of whom
were officers who had been home on leave If
/ absence BESIDES these bad 3 widow we-
man naEpEa l.agrand, and her Son whom
sbe cal.ed Waiter Walter Legrand Was.
according H5 tile REGISTER five ard tweHfy
years Ct sgE. Hs was yery Sight III bis
build er3 III laast, he seemed 60 When COM
pared w1thtthe stout inf9ntry Officers WHO
/ surrennaEH lin hutsthere we're ua signs Of
fsef ltAesk tBout hin III d was If medium
f leiglst, abb sa Aller thar tie affiaary class
I=.of 4man liEs ltalr WAS loag and curly and
d hisek Is night His eyes wereiarge aid
full bafscl Like orts Of light set ID iet.
lfisj e6nAtehanee was very pale, ara the
brow WITCH Was much higher AID eli Ter
tAaa If often seen was strong marked by
the hlue Veins which stood boldly out npan
1T Ills failure 4 I'D regular ahd eminent
Ii hand orhe--tlie noae prominent ard
straight. hul lips eerysthiu and colsrless =.
His hanls we're email aud as aelicate 81
bahels Hill whole appearate u; indicated the
close unIweIfying stuatlt and I think Le
bad the lFa<1t If che spinlal manin his Thys
I iognomy fiaay person WHOM I have ever
seen Mrs. LegFand ipast haye leen mar
riea WteH very young for She could ro'
then haNS bfeu more than forty years Of age
and She vas still dis beautiful as e9ss- 4
more lovely woman Is seldom seem Tier
lair was qf d golden hpe. and hef eyes seem
ell made for the abade-of smiles aid soye.
though itIWa# now. oftepe1 sadsnd d9wncast
Her husband bad died III Indih and she
was going cut to settle bis estate she hay.
ing an only brother still there Her hus-
band had bfena colonel of cavalry, and
braye aud Inquest man
Mrs LFerEsua TAI pae fen1ale servant t.
acsetnpang Hcr. and together thfs occupied
small stat4 room which she bad fitted up
with my toasaut, At her own expense.
We FOUND Walter ID 81 very agreeable
domrauiehi though be val reserved ana So
4ate. It'll sdula canYcfso freely Us subj ets
Of geReral Interest, and at times be was
stattligglF eloquent Ear one / enjoyed
his eenYafsaiioo n.peh. Slough n sometimes
noticed Hat some IF tlIe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
we're ineiAed-t9 wear d Sheer upon their lips
vhea heifd9t deeply ii. . moral bbilotoptr
MatteFF nassed On qaite pleasantly FIR
several RFeks, To % sure, at times, young
LegraniE refsiyad treat aeut from one or
two oftllR other passengers which Thought
meant i14uia and which should have re-
sentea. hit lEe took 10. ndtiee Of ii, ana 30 |
aia nos make myself uneasy. zQne man IN:
particular seemed % dislike the youth. He
Was an, infantay captain named Savage He
was a protanRIsreekIess man, and fhe seemed
to late ltegfand sinllyIhecause ne was ~.
ualike himsesf4 Learand never laughed
nor even smiled II any ypf bis pFofane yul
Gar jokes but % tie Contrary, plainly show.
ca by hisElbdks that Ia dil not like them
We haA cleaFed the southern tapes Of Af.s
RIGA ana were Standing np intoSthe Indian
O6gan One day at thefdiunerEtable, Cap
tain s4Yase allowed himself to become mere
profape than usual q either Of The females
wtrs present, ard he lannchedlout into
course ofstoFies and jests which we're indie
cent il tile extreRe The wine circulated
freelyraad biz boon companions seemed to
enjoy the snort hugely. Several times lie.
grand cast j reproying glance At Savage
and the latter notieedit, but instead Of Be-
eonling mpredecent, BE- only tried the harder
to displedse and annoy tbs quiet passenger
AtlengthIths infantry captain became 50
outrageouSly. profaue aud yulgar that. Tn
grand wanld stand it DO longer. and. qaics
IL moving his chair back, ha arose from lie
table and moved toward the deck
Come back here. shouted SaFage
Bit the young man took no notice ofhim
Come back, / sag
Legraad dd not turn, but with steady
step be kept en- and went upon deck
Atlength the officeFs flushed their das
sefts and most eff them went on deck Sly
rye went up. and as soon as he saw LegFand
standing hg the weather mizzen Rigging, bs
passed over
sIr Leerand, be said 10 4 highly rom.
pnas tone, Why did yoa leave Tile dinner,
table,
Simply because / wishsd-so,i calmly re.
/ Piled the young man.
BIT Why did you wish to leave It 2
That ia question / choose not to an
swera
But choose that you shall
10 would answer i With pleasure, # !
I thought II would benz Ety ou any 10 know
but | fear lou woala pot improve upon II
/ eyeu we're Ito tell yoa
Allow nletto Be the judge Tell me-
Since Eon are ~ urgent. I win eonply.'
returned lsegrand,. In tone perfectly calm
and pleasant The truth Is, sir. your con
duct ard speech we're 80 unpleasant, that
/ saffared exceeding and - chose ID leave
/ ven with those Who were better calculated
/ "a enjoy 0rT pat Up with Il
Al ussered The eaptaia, while his cheek
/ flushed. and bis lip srenbled And NAV
III be s. hold Is 10 inquire what part Of ii ]
Conduct ysu thought unbecOnipg gentls'
| man Z
AL ofit sir
IDS you mean 70 say that / APP not j gel
ilemap
I hAxa said no such thing. 4 hare siu
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