The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-30

table a slap with nv fist that senf INV
gless crash TO the deck, :you beat everything,
! suppose if shed called me a fool and blessed
lubber, you'd turn 1t to my favorl But the
truth U.s. don't understand your niceties-I
want something broad and aboye-board, that
fellow can lay hold of-aud the short and long
Of it with that laid my face on my arms
down In the split grog on the table, aud fairly
groantd My head reclcd till scarce knew 1t
was myself that was sitting there, as all Of a
sudden one thought after another crowded on
me. Somehow seemed for a single moment to
be out and out in the open sea, the different
faces I'd seen along the ships bulwarks
rushing past me, with Jones's face and
the look If the Indiaman in the sunset,
through all sorts Of weather too, in that con-
founded moment. Then, ] can't say why, but
my hair Crppt as ! came bacd to the thought OF
the lndiaman and the schooner in the calm at
the time, and almos. finciod beard whisper
AT my ear. | looked mp, and saw Tom West
wood sitting opposite mc,with muslin, afraid
rather melancholy. The sight OF my wild stare,
with the grog | suppose tricklng down my
forehead and dripping ~ my nose, appeared to
starlg him. and our yes mot qugcrly enough
for half a minutc-tlll al once the notion seemed
to siikc both Of H. of the absurdity Of two fell
lows hub-nohbing aud hrkIdtsying away this
fashion in "a hole ui "a schooner cabin, Thousands
If mile. from Land; and Im blessed If W. didn't
burst At once into regular roar OF laugh
trr-lirsi unr brom,iIc, then bout ship rs il
were, to deliver the other, gun after gun. by
Gco.gc though, | i"l. 1t DO m, COOL. as q
something deadly went on with IT, "llolloa ~
sung out the planter blpcking up The moonlight
that shOuc misty white down the steps Of the
companion, to a blue glimmor A. the foot Of
them "boh surviving yt | declare .' AMI we
fell the scnt of his chcroot in the hot calm IA
he walked AFT again.
"Wcll, Ned. said Wcsl wood, still laughing,
al. -,
out, and it is certainly broad u,h to Ivy
hold Of, IA you say. DO You know, FROM some
hints the Judge let drop In course Of the pas
SAGE, after he got to know me, have rather
sharp suspicion hr ha, some one IN view for his
daughter already 2" At this | glsprl once
moic. whether she knows II herself or not,
I'm not sure, added Tom but, very natural
~, the gentleman ! mean was often enough
mentioned in Sir tharlcs's cabins-ior who 10
YOU imagine ol all p,r-Ons IN the world, IL is p
] m.dc no trial at guess, but sat cycling Wcst-
wool in perfect silence, AMI lac went on-"Who
but--dont look 50 fierce, my dear fellow
Just this-this said ualob Of an uncle
Of mine the Bengal Councillor Why,
you've no conception, said Westwool, what
presents Of pearl necklaces, fans, Cashmere
shaWls, and China ivory wOrk-bONc AMI 80 IN,
the Councillor must have sent home TO her at
different times, for the Strins lpatim to bring
back again. didn't see her wear any Of them,
but every now and then Sir Charles would point
10 something that lay about telling me IL came
from my uncle! lilo is a bachelor you know,
not ~ old ~ Sir Charles himself who isn't 50
old as he looks, and they seem 20 he sworn
friends ~ Course II, man! :" said !, bri yhtcn-
Ing bit, 'can't you zee he wants to adopt
hcri' 80 should have imagined, - answered
Mestwood; ''but the fact is two or
three times, as told you, Sir Charles
HYDE limited as much as that it was
an idea Of long standing between him
self and his friend the Councillor, so - ''1he
oil villain ~ roarcd-"bcg,ing your pardon,
Westwood--hut ] must say you are the pattern
of Jobs comforter, and no mistake ~ "Wcll!'
answered he, at you had heard the way in
which the Young lady mentioned my uncle to
me, YOU wouldn't be much afraid of your rival
Ned Why she said she thought she rcmem-
bcred him when she was little girl,
bringing her Indian swectmeats from the
bazaar in his carrriage-shc actually sup
rosod he must he older than her fIlher
when the Judge set her right eagerly enough
but you must know, he no more seems able TO
say a sharp word 10 her, than Jacobs yondcr
would. So what did she say next after appa-
rcntly thinking little, but that, now she rccol-
lcctcd, my uncle used TO have gray hair and
white whiskcrs, like Mr.. POLLOCK, which tor my
part knew no more about than the table, whom
her father broke out describing him as warmly
as possible and suddenly Miss Hyde looked at
twinkle in her eye, that set the old
gentleman fldling about his Collcc-cuP AMI
stopped him in moment rs II she hid been a
little witch ~
whats to be done, Tom ?" fatcrcd out,
after a long stop. elm sure ! don't know,
Ned said he grnvely; "l"t's 90 on deck at
any rate, for it's too hot here to sleep.
The moment the sight Of the calm burst upon
Us, however, with the two vessels together in
the midst of it, in the hay sort of moonl ght,
the same notion seemed to strike both of Us in a
different way "Ill tell you what, Collins
sad Westwood, halijokingly, half in earnest
''unclc though he bc, IL YOU can cOntrive To cut
out the Councillor anyhow, why III forgive
YOU, for one ~ How, thOuh-ho,r, replied
!, "if they 60 to Bombay in the lndiaman, by
the time they reach Calcutta, shall bc in the
Pacific" "Tis u difficult case" said West
wood, ''no doubt. And even suppose you had
the opportunity, 'twould b. hard to manage an
clopemcn' ashore in India, travelling dauk in
two palanquins. Seriously speaking, Ned, |
see nothing for it but to wait till you come bIck
from the Pacific "
A perfect calm il was, the schooner MI the
time living as calm "a if she were on pond, cX-
ccpt that by little and little she kept shifting
her hearings to the lndiaman, and things were
cunloundcdly like our both sticking together in
course of the morning, il the calm held. went
forward ON the forccastlc, and desired Jones to
towcd OIL to safe distance, seeing that the worst
of il would bc sure to fall to our share.
Hcing clear Off the ship, with the rake Of her
hull in our command ii chose, and free OF her
broadsdc at the same time, hailed the boats to
leave off towing and come aboard. 81 think
We shall do, Mr.. Jones 2" | said. "Quite safe,
sir" said he quietly; and at that moment
standing as we did out Of carshot, with the set
ting moon in sight past the lndiaman, shining
in a rusty yellow glare TO her hanging sails,
twas strange how the odds Of our different sta
tions passed off. We were foot to foot, in fact (;
| was fully aware, IL never before, what an enc
my Jones would makc-hc had hell : daring and
khowingness in him, and all the wrong side OF
the hedge for me, at the time, seeing ! had
such tcklish part to play with the lndiaman.
| caught myself on the instant, mcasuriul,
! youth and activity, not to say regular breed
! ing to the service and clear conscience
besides, against him and his thpws anl
sinews but as for turning and tystin
with the man before me, ! saw il WAS the tack
| likely to throw him to winlwarl of M.
| My voice changed, and | lowered it, n sail,
mir. Jones' happened to sail half The yoya q
as a passenger in that ship and I've no common
reason to he anxious about her getting safe idlO
/ port. There's one single hcing in her az This
/ moment Id willingly lose my lie TO save itou
anything like what one could tancy-ay, 50 h Il
me God, suppose III no chance OF ever sc'tlnl
ewes ON her again :" Jones never stirred a
feature, but looked past me into the CLEAN Of
| the moon over my shoulder
"Wcl, Mr.. Jones' | said "IIl acknOw'
ledge TO YOU frankly, ~ from one seaman tC
another, the question is, are you for me--or
! nat r 1--WE speak ms man with man, It seems
Mr. Collins p said Jones quietly; then | an
| for you !" and he struck his hand all at once
into mine heres hand that never lied