Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-04-19
MY PASSENGER
Or ON Adventure with tue Bourbon Pirates
RY syLv ANUS coBB, JR.

My ship cleared from Liverpool. and
/ was bound for the indies. In the cab
rs had some dozen passengers. most Of
whom were army officers who had been
home on leave of absence. Besides
these had widow woman named Lee
grand. aad her son, whom she called
Walter.
Walter Lrgrand was. according TO the
register. five and twenty years o: age.-
He was very slight in his build. or
he eemed SO when compared with the
stout infantry officers who surrounded
hun; but there were no signs of feeble
ness about him. lie was of medium
heigh: and smaller than most men. Ills
hair was long and curly. and ds black as
night. His eyes were large and fall, and
burned like ofbs of night set in Jet
HIS countenance wss very pale and his
brow. which was higher aud fuller than
is often seen, aud was strongly marked
by the blu eveins which stood boldly out
upon it. His textures were emineu;ly
handsome anil Icgular-the nose promi-
nrnt and s,raigh'. ard the lips thin and
coioiless. His hands were small anu
delicate as ba be-. His whole appear
ance indicated the close. answering
student, and think he had the least Of
the animal men in his physiognony Of
any person HON | have ever seen.
Mrs. Legrand must have been married
When very young. for she could not have
been more than forty years OF age, and
wos as beautiful as ever. Her hair was
of golden hue. and her eyes seemed
made for the abode of smiles and love.
though il was now oftener sad and down
cast. Her husband had died in India.
and she was going out TO settle his estate.
she having an only brother still there
Her husband had been Colonel Of cav
airy. and brave and honest nan.
Mrs Legrdnd had one female servant
TO accompany her. and together they oc'
cupied small state room that she had
fitted up with my consent at her OWN ex-
pense.
We found Walter TO be very agreea
bic companion. though he was reserved
and sedate. He could converse freely on
matters of general interest. ana at times
he was star,lingly eloquent. For one |
enjoyed his company very much. though
| sometimes noticed that some Of the
military passengers were inclined TO
wear sheer upon their lips when he
went deeply into moral phllosop ply.
Matters passed on quite pleasantly for
several weeks. To be sure. at times,
young Legrand received treaimen, from
two or three of the other passengers that
| thought meant insult, and which
should have resented, but he took no no.
tice of it, and did not make myself un-
easy about il. One man in particular
seemed TO dislike the youth. 1t twas q
military captain named savage. He was
n profane. reckless man. and seemed 10
hate Legrand simply because he was uh.
like himself Legrand never laughed. or
or even smiled al any of his profane vul-
gar jokes, but on the contrary plainly
show ed BY his looks that he did no. like
them.
We had cleared the southern capes oil
Africa. and were standing up into the
Indian Ocean. One day at the dinner
table Capt. Savage allowed himself 10
become more profane than ever. Mel
Their of the females were present. and he
launched out into course of stories
and jests which were indecent in the ex.
treme. The wine circulated freely and
bis boon companions seemed TO enjoy the
sport hugely. Several times Legrand
cast rsproving glance at Savage. and
the latter noticed it. but instead Of be-
coming more decent. he only tried the
harder to displease the only quiet one OF
the passengers.
At length the infantry captain became
SO outrageously profane and vulgar that
Legrand would stand it no longer. anG
quickly moving his chair from the table.
he arose and moved toward the door.
Come back here" rhouted Savage.
But The young man took no notice of
him..
"Come back. say"
Legrand did not turn, but with steady
step KEEP. on his way.
At length the officers finished their de.
ser:, aud most of :hem went on deck