The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-14

my life hasn't got TO q close yet
| 'Ohl' said the lady, "no sea casuistry for as;
besides am aware OF the sequel, you koow!"
why, ma , am ,. answered the Captain, lowing
half afterwards that IL settled, you know!
"Do you meau me 10 tell you all that happened
| in that time, about the Frenchman and what
befel the schooner in the China seas1 'twould
last the voyage home; but II you'll go back
with me I've no particular objection, row I've
20 into the way" "No, no, my dear Captain,
said the lady, 1--WE have hal enough for the pre-
sent Of your nautical Details beg parlon-bLt
tell us how yeu succeeded in" "Well," inte'-
rupted the narrator hastily "twas somewhat
thus / was at home at Croydon, being by tina.
time first Lieutenant Of tho Hebe, but she was
just paid of. One morning, at breakfast, tho
letterbag from the village was brought in as
usual, my mother taking them out, reading off
all the addresses through her spectacles while
Jane made the coffee. My mother handed Jane
a ship-letter, which she put somewhere in her
dree, with a blush; ~ that knew in a moment
II must be from Tom Westwood, who was in
the Company's civil service in India, up-coun-
try. None for me- mother" asked I eagerly;
for the fact was had got one or two at different
times, at Canton and the Cape of Good Hope
during the two years. eyes, Ned said my
mother, cycling Il again and again; anxiously
enough, as thought; there is--but fear il Is
some horrid thing from those Admirals the
Admiralty, she moant-"and they will bo send
iug you of immediately-or n war, or some.
thing. Oh dear me, Ned, exclaimed the good
woman, quite distressed, ''won't you do as
wish YOU and stay altogether Il was letter
from Lord Frederick Bury, who had succeeded
20 his eldest brothers title Will, we were out,
saying he had the promise Ct a commandership
for me a. soon rs a new brig for the West India
station was ready. Il shan't have TO go Tor six
or seven months at any rate, mother, "stid l.
"by which time shalt DO COMPOUNDED tired Of
the land, | know" She wanted me to buy a
small estate near Croydon, shoot, fish, and dig,
! suppose; while Jane said ought to marry,
especially as she had girl with money in her
| eye for me. Still they saw it was no use, and
began to give II up.
Why mover heard at all from a certain auar-
ter | couldn't think. Till that time, in fac,
had been as sure Of her proving true "a | wa Of
| broczes blowing; but now couldn't helm fancy
ing all sorts of tyranny on the Judges plrt and
hcr mother, not TO speak Of Toms uncle, the
| COun, hlOr. ! went down the lane for tho twon-
| ucth time, past the end Of the house they had
| lived in, where the windows had been shutterod
| mp and the gates close over since / came. All
Of a sudden, this time, | saw there were work
men about the place, the windows open, and
two servants washing down the yellow wheels
Of a travelling carriage. | made straight back
| Tor our house. went up to Jane, who was at her
piano in the drawing-rOom, aui asked quite out
/ Of breath, rho was come to the house over the
park behind US. "pid you not know that old
! Nabob wascoming back from India1 said Jane.
Ellis face was getting too yellow, suppose;
and besides, his wife is dch ircm his Gro ,snes,
no doul t. But the young lady is an heiress, Ned,
and as meant TO tel you, from cool authori-
! ty'--hcrc the sly creature looked away into her
musc-"passonaiel fond of the sea, which
means, you know, OF naval oficers'-'Thc dew
| II she H., janet broke out; what did West
| wood mean by that?-but Uhen are they COM
inc, for heavens sake2" "Why," said Jane, 81
| ichsye from what heard our gardener say.
they arrived last night Then my dear girl"
, said !, ON tell you a secret-and mind, count
on you!' My little sister was all alive in
moment. ran to the door and shut II, then set.
tied heuclf on the sofa to hear what had to
say, as eagerly as you please. SO told her
what the whole matter was, with the sato OF
Things wnen we Left Calcutta. Jane seemed 20
reckon the affair "a clear as die and you've
no notion what lot of new ropes she put me
| up to in a concern Of tho kind, ~ well "a ways
to carry |. out ship shape to the end, in spite of
the Judge--or else to smooth him over.
The long and short Of II was didn't leave
till about seven months after when the Ferret
was put in commissions but by that time 1t was
all smooth sailing before mo. The Judge hal
got wonderfully softened; and, you may be sure;
! continued TO sec Violet Hyde pretty often be-
fore | went TO sea. YOU scarce believe It., but,
after that twelve months cruise, actually
didn't Icdre The land for t,co years:
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