The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-09-17

! nearby kISScS--Uf ~ SalutoS, as IN,
sailor called them-rained alternately OF
their lips.
What, hey! running down man-o
war full rugged, and tight little clipper
ship III my wake :" shouted gleefully
the confronting figure whom they had NJ
difficulty in making out as /" brother
Andy - then he released them, anC
stepped aside to reveal in his wake sale
"clippcr ship" which proved to be nc
less a g craft" than a little bundle OF
smiles, bushes and curls, enveloped in
the neatest of linen travelling dresses.
whom Andy gravcly presented as J." Mrs.
Andy Overbury, and first mate of the
fast sailing ship kate Stanton which
Capt. Stanton had kindly presented bis
scapegracc son-inlaw Oh his wedding
day, as reward for his taking Katie Of
his hands !"
And the smiling, blushing "frst mate
came forward SO swcctly and timidly to
greet her new sisters with kiss, that
both Emmy and Mamie forgot their
dread OF rich Capt. Stanton's daughter
and Andy's mother, after her escape
from the regular fashioned &C sailor kiss
to which Andy persisted in treated her
welcomed her new daughter with a
warm, motherly embrace, and secretly
took her into her ample heart as " one OF
the Oyerburys."
And five minutes after, Capt. John
Ovcrbury stood in the kitchen door, in
his shirt sleeves, and extended his sun
burnt hand, which the young sailor per-
sisted In calling ga flippcr," as he gave
1t so hearty grip as almost to bring
tears to the old mans eyes.
And, early that summers evening, old
friends and noighbors dropped in; for it
was known far and near through Green
meadow how "young Andy Oyerbury
had got home from sea, and brought his
wife, rich Boston sea cap'n's daughter,
and the prcttieSt crcctcr alive" as
old aunt Hannah Miles said, after
scrutinizing the fresh young face through
her Spcctaclos; and such family group
as that was which gathered in the old
west room, brothers and sisters, to grasp
returned brother and Il new sister bv
the hand, and Il host of others to vel
come " uncle Andy and aunt Katie"
There was JOHN and Robert, both
bronzcd by their summers toll, but well,
and hearty, and forehandcd," as farmers
have it; and Sallio followed, with her
stalwart husband, who seems the impcr-
sonatlon Of the !yilage blacksmith -
whom Longfelow describes, then came
Debbie, {" Mrs. Susan Rice" leaning on
her merchant-husband's arm; and, later
III the eycning-tor s'she had waited for
the doctor to hasten home from a CALI
came i'll our old friend Sue, accompanied
by no less parsonage than " 4. Swell,
N. d." successor to DIR. Reid, and tie
physician Of Greenmeadow.
Then, in quiet corner, Emily kept
up a cory whispering with her a1iaace,
young Prof. Leeds, Prcceptor OF the new
Greenneadow Academy and in the
wide, inoonighted, front entry Mamie
proved one Ola trio of pretty girls.
Mother | say it's too bad Nan can't
have a beau, when everybody else is
provided tor,' exclaimed Andy, returning
from the entry where he lad been "to
tease the girls" g say it's downright
shame. shall have to get Sydney
Wclla--my second mate, and as good Il
fellow as ever trod quarterback
down here to make love to her Hey
Nan, how'd you Ike to 20 voyage with
us? Look here I've splendid little
sandal-wood fan in my trunk he sent
{ that pretty little sister Of mine I've
told him so much about ~
OF course little Mamie blushcd, and
poutcd, and hid away in the shadows all
that evening; and Of course it would be
placing too great a tax on the readers
imagination to ask him or her to look
forward that day, three months, when,
III very truth, sweet Mamie d.d sail from
Boston harbor with her young husband
in the good ship I" Kate Stanton" bound
for the Southern seas, while " Our Andy
and his own little g first mate" stood
on the deck beside them!
And, MOTHER" Andy said, smile
and tear struggling in his eye, "you
nave ioi given lhe, long ago, Iof running
away that summer night to become a
sailor9 There is room enough in your
heart yet, though | ocould'm be a minis
ter, or lawyer, or doctor! Your other
sons will bring professional honors into
the family | was born for wild, rattling
sailor, and | certainly never could con-
scicntiously lay claim to the title the
genius Of the family p"