The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-26

Nitn me inst voyage, Mr. NJ q letEi Whan lot
some o. the passengers take a coat in calm,
and all Here he stopped, -eemingly over
come. There Wa one young creature am wa ~
EN-" he went on, THE age of my ovn
girl, Macleod-ty own ltule Nan, you
npw-end noy-npW l miss her--,nd.
al" The7 poor man gave great CUP,
CT itching the mates arm, and gazing him in
the face. Wasn't II long time ago ?" said
he very anxiOusly u II wasn't, | would 20
mad They wee all drorned-drowned Il
sec that black quail coming down on the .well
Dor, man, and the brig, and all or US lDokng
out 10 the windard !" :" m nd something
about il, " replied Macleod sioutly, Though he
looked away twas none o. your fault,
though, Captain Williamson hey vera lust
fig, sir and more than thai, IL ye mind, sir,
they tOVk he boat again ali Ordsrs-on the sly
may say" Westw0d was on the pint Of
s ar,ing forward to make known hos the case
sDud, on the strength Of our finding the
paper in The BOTH" when | pressed his
arm and whl.pered that II could only make
things worse, nd cheat the sick man # = NJ ion
rore likely 10 do HIM good thau otbetwiss.
rs q heavy charge, MI. Macleod, . heavy
c'arge !" said he falling bsck again; land one
NJ. Bcown needn't envy" "Mr Finch, sir, We
mind" put in ha second mate, setting him
right; tut keep up your heart, sir, for anv-
sake ~ II feel I'll last over the time ~ next
full tide. -aid tho captain solemnly ~ don't
want 10 know how far we'ro III, only II
there's an chance at all, Micleod, you
cont spare canvas y, carry h'f m, The
&C 'ehmip Iupoeu "nH m ms hsfu che p" mes
aver tho olher, am grumb'"d spne,hInE of
O'hsr IN his throat Ny way ~ agreement T1e
whole thing was melancholy 70 .ee after last
nights stir, with the dim lamp Or two twink
ling along the gloom Of the sirarlge the dead
quietnoss Of the ship, and the smOthered tort Of
slae unner inc caps ~ hHlng out the
m're iitter 90 thn no v, o. w" ve'y ockroich-
Is puulng 'neH ugly 'e"'er' "ut U me :" his
snoJ i. ~ co'ne' we snui ms eyes thI lay iM
minute " W. 1Fih'hes asleep only muir
nIi,ns goue'nnL ""., a nr"-1- 49, .nen
iAnH s I' W ~ w "ut .ns rhL lWs 70
-ISe. InS 'T"nn maze l"'k'n y" th9 ,n's"Dn,
VIM s.snsa ~ 1,mp =" W. ~ ~ " y u,dI "a .s
i i,.L, ~ " ' .L' u" CIV u,,n 'un
"'1 Tts W PnysN ~ W. ",N'ig, no.'
nv Iuu ,Ia sl was ~, n..ln' 70 Ing 20.
y p',o'o W. US" .at. W Wv .,N', ~ n1'
' .loho,s aru mn.s" Wv P't va opr.oa,
Wa 70 SUI o.hg I ,na yI1 ~ nv uie ,ue
.l7ui III '''o 'Holh, iIPpl'nN sous .'o S"uo's
70 lns copper upon nor pows-Iiatn' Pla1' am
up, up isP' nAe no otno' ear'nIy sou"l wa.
Hlan csn hear-ahu you even p"gan " hvUe u
on sometninR eise g0od Oit on, thcssh u
Seemeu W DO al qui'e dAfk Outp0aru. Inc cap
,Ans eyes opened by degrees, tn we saw then
looking AZ US out u the shadow OF the cot and
take only twas plain enough, by that time,
he captain kne,o the sound, haf raising
himtet up and listening. A lew early
mosquitoes came in, and, after dancing about
10 refresh themselves in the light and
warmth under the cot began to bite styagely;
every one u US had distant horn sounding in
his ear, and each was rubbing II or his nose, OK.
cept the sick man; but rot one Of them settled
on him. As the ,tarbOsrd port sluod gradually
nppCs ite "a the nearest shore, low, denp hum
was carried in over the water, ebbing and flow.
ing, and full of dim, cree ping noises, like thugs
turing in their s'eep As If tho little cabin had
h,en an car 10 the ahip At times IN. treo frovs
broke out in loud clicking chrrup; then, bs
tween the fits Of il, whom all seemed still again
for a mcmsut or two, YOU heard a low,
half smothered. small sound deepor down.
AZ il were, fill up the break with lis
tlrobbing AMI trill-triiling, as II lust one land
cricket or A gras,bopper did H. tilf IL came ont
!. clear as though Il were A child's rattle close
by, and all of a sudden stopped: whom back
n,ated the huge whispering hum again. with A
damp smell Of leaves on a cold breath of tho
add air, that died away as quickly as il reach
ed IA. The bew ildet,nent on Clp,ain William.
sons white ,ce for that minutes time wa, cru
81 to witness snd Macleod would certainly have
closed the port but for the captains Selling his
arm again, with a wild, que.tioning sort of a
look into the second mate eyes. ION, good
God !" filtered out the captain, 'its-it's land
--where-whore-" For goodsake. sir " said
| Macleod, don't ask me now-take bit o.
| sl.on III, Wa cnuId haar ono ano, har hr,,tIi,
| ,vhin tin,.tan,, vent Cour Le,Is on HI W.
| baa,J I, ro;r,, acr,ss % ,ha sLoro "a /, 49,,
nd "a, r,nman,s ,C,s, on, az ,ba h,,',nin,
r,r and ia aIonq, ,ha IonJ - as,,a ~,
.ound oc annth,, Iii 80, 49, ,oi' No soo,"
riocL s,r,kipg tba ~. 80. ~
,hen n tbirI . T-r tta.,.n
breton rirr,f. d, ,'...,r IT, ne al WkiiC IA,
4u. e. a. sal On ..-lA seemed TO swell 20 th,
ru-o a.. around, and the FLASHING OF the tide
made the ship heave her anchors, The m ,ts
shivered, Westwoo and started. but some ex
raordinary notion or other cleaned over the
captains face ~ he sat up. He was quite in hi.
senses, too, apparently, though il seemed u
I've neither more Lor less than sheer ioy that over
rame him, for he let out a long breath, and hi
eyes were glislening as If the tears stood il
them.
"James-James Macleod, said he quickly
with husky voice, you ouRhtnt to'ye decely
ed one you've sailed so long with but YOU
meant me good surprise and twas kindly don'
OF you! know the very run O. the clocks of
Greenwich Reach, man; dye think one could
mistake the sound OF Lon'on town, iidgeting
when it wakes, elther2-we 're--we'ro home al
readyl'
And he fell back in the cot, with the drops
running down nus cheeks, smiling happily al
| ne time at Macleod In way that went to on :
near'i whhe the Sco'chml m ttued hslplcssly u
tao S"seoh' VINO 'hpped 10 the port and closes
"uI Lro,v lao ,,o,r., ,,..,,...,--,,
moor man ,'yoy ,n,ss -, oa,n", eo u, W ,h
~ s Iaa", yJmI wan' t 70 soLa up 10 Virgin
.on y" gu, ~" puI o Jon sem iot an houT ye
e."i ~ nP sUu' =" y. , an. o,oiN " GU -wsd
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