The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-03-23
The marriage pat or Ard yen going :,
lanrcan Why, In the name Of the dcaI

h Gc,1,,lir .'i nnGu lal?' rs.lrntd lie
'n,u' '\U ts ,rcts g., t.Iu dsuruy. ,.bic n
Wr.d' 's ia ttc , y's Hroah D.; the h.-,. o. a.
u"n r.Ea,cl love, aEi ~, mother acsri
too for .At IKE o' tho darA secrets ani
c"ur'c', NJ wiCk,I stranger, WIN
d.d SnI over ,cmo htJc?' she aIrstreph ~,
the irnC,cH, c.r,iiu. Who ~antrt YOU!
Where / you cone from? Why couldn't
YOU re IA your "wn bad place, wherever it u,
instead e disturb NJ the peace Of quiet unc.
iend't iulk ~ asi"
And what, soO5ci th. poor little Kitty
have ! ever done to you, yoU hard ANA crud
captain, that you should come and serve IN,
sol 7"
And then they botL began to weep most
pitfullv while the captain could only look
from the enc to the other, anl lay hold Of him.
sell hy the coat collar.
MAR saret said the poor Young fisherman,
On MS knees at kitty's feet, while KITTY kept
both her hands before her fearful face to shut
out tho traitor from her view--but kept her
fingers wide asuuder, and looked st him all tho
time Margaret, you have suffered - much,
50 uncOnpia nlng,ly, and arc always ~ careful
md considerate! DO take my part for poot
Hugh is sskel'
The quiet Margaret was not app.il-
ell to in vain. ~ will, Alfred, sho
returned, "and l do. | wish this gentle
man had never come near u.s." whcrcupen the
captain laid hold OF himself the tighter 'but
take your part for all that | am sure you
have some strons reason and some ssiiigicrt rea.
son for what you do, strange IA 1t is, and ewn
for not saying why you do IT, strange as that
Ia. And, Kitty, darling; you arc hound to
think so more than any one, for true love be-
licves everything, and bears cverythin.., and
trusts everything. And mother dear, YOU ara
bound 10 think 81 tCo, Tor you know you have
been blcst with god sons, whose word was al
ways ss good as their oith and who wcrn
brought up IN as true sens Of honor as any
gentleman in this Land. Aud am sure you
have no merc call, mother, to douht your liv-
ing ssn than to doubt your dead son; and for
the sake Of the dear dead, stand up FOR tbs
dear living"
"Wa'ai now the captain struck la, with en-
thuSIsIIi, this | say, that whether your opih-
ions ilattor mo or not, you are youn,: woman
Of sense, and spirit ami fculin,:: and I'd BoCnc'
have you 10y nv side. in the hour II Sln ,cr,
than good malt OF the men I've ever fallen IA
with--ur ,illcn out with, aythcr."
Margaret did not rctGru tue captains com.
pimeni, or appear fully ~ icCiproca'e his Goul
opinion, hut she applied herself to the console
ton of Kiu", and oi ku'Y's muthcr-In-Ia0
tha' was 10 have hrru uc>r Monday week, IuI
soon restored the uprl,r IL a guiet condition.
"kitty, my daring, su the yOuu; iishc
man. IL must 20 80 Nuur incr 10 Cu, rUst h.u
still tOtrust me III spite Gf t,Is wretchCd chan 9,
and pvstrry, aud to dsk hnr Tor some dircr
tious concerning Llnpsu. WIN you com,
homer VIII you come witt. ne kiuy?"
Kitty lus sercd not a word, but rose sObNu.. q.
with he cnis Of her sImgo ncld-dcGSi 1t hyt
eyes. Captain Jorstn followed the lover "ii
quite siIc, psnly y-plusn, ~ the shop to C'yg
un instruction to Mr. lctifcr.
~ IIprn ~ ~ slI1 tLp ElptlII- in IA IpIy
voice. Here. sumcth.ns IN your line. Here's
an old lady poorly am lus ia her spirits. Cher
her up hi,, Tom. Chccr en- all up."
Mr.. Pcttifcr, with brisk mol Of ILL.,
I tclligencc, immed itey assumed his stcw-
arl face, and went WIh his quiet holp-
, ful steward step into the plrlor, where tho
captain had tho Grca, satisfaction Of SceiuS
him, through the rlIS, dor, take the child il,
, his arns (~ho offered no o,jcction) aui bend
| over Mrs. Ray brock, dninIstering sdJ words
/ Of consolation.
Though what he finds to say, unless he
telling her that i'll soon ho over, ur that mos
peeplc is 20 at first, or 'Hat it'll do her l,o'
aftcrwird, ! cannot ina giue. was the captain
reflection as he followed tho lovers.
lie had not far to follow them, since it vi
but a short descent down the stony ways I,
tho cottage Of kitty'S father. But, short ~
tho distance was, it was long enough To enable
the captain to observe that Lc was last bcc0m
ing the village ogre; for thrrc vas not woman
standing working at her door, or II fisherman
coming up or going down, who saw founl
Raybrosk unhappy and little Kitty in tears
but she or he instantly dariol suspicious an
indignant glance at the captain, a tho foreign
or who mast somehow hc r,spnnsihie for this un
usual spectacle. Con,equunly when they cam
into Tregarthcn's little gar!tn-which formor
the platform from wh',h the captain had 'ccI
Kitty pocpnE over tho waii-iho cip'ni
brOu Sht 20, ana stood on u "a IN at the gate
while KITTY hurried 10 hide lor tears IA hc
own r1om anh Aired spoke M'th l., i1th'r
who~as working ia tho gLrdcn. lie was
rather inl!rm man, but '"Hii : sarcely lie Gale,
old yet, with an "grrI4"Ie lace, ami a pr om'S
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"lhc gentleman am gong away WIN,
said the young hsiermah T." lrrEarthon.
ON returned hitty iaiher, surveying
the unfortunate captain WIN look ol eNttem
disiavor' ,oliees thaI fah SLy All
glad TO .ee yon.
Me-" 'a'i the captain, "and to al
mlt the truth, that seems TO 'r the gene
raj opinion In these parts But don't h1 nasty
you may think letter "l me "y-and-by'
II hope 10, observed lr'Iarthcn.
"Waal hope -, observed the captain
quite at his ease more than that, l belicV
3o-though you '0nt Now MIR. lregafthei
you dnRt want to eNchmsc words OF mistruS
with me; and II you dii, you couldn't, becaus
lw-ult'nt. You and are old enoughto kno'
better than to Judge aE'ins' experience iror
surfaces and appearance; and II you haven
lived to find out the evil aud injustice Of sue
judgments, y"uHrc lucky man.
The other seemed 10 shrink under this r.
|. mara, and replied, 'Sir, hd1e lived to ieel
, deeply
, 'Waal," said the captain, mollifsd, ''thc
I've made good cast wi hout knowing Il
Now, Troglrthen, there stands tho lover {
, your only child, ard horc sand who kro
''rJ,t | warrant 1t righteous secret
and none ef hi, maxim, III ugn bound 70 bo {
his keeping. want tohc'P AIN out with i
. | and tpNyWlTfA that l~E