The weekly sun., 1861-10-19

hand, since had the nonor e your company
here this morning, | have ecoleted--indced
find chat one Of my ssrvants hsd dOno the sane
that you are tle person that no 'ested my FAM
lily Ly vsrious uunoyances beside my garden at
CfOyd.n. sirl"
Indeed, Sir Chn'le.i" said coolly, for tho
Litter feeling bad m de mo cOOl; "they must
have been uniuten'iJua then, sirl But was
cntainy at Croydon, seeing my mothers house
bappeh. to be there"
"lou nut have had some design in entering
this vessel sir, continued the Judge, In pas
sion; CAD sir, the coincidence Is too curious!
Tell me what II Is at once, CT by
my design was TO go IN India, sir answer
], a, quietly as before.
I'm what cspacity7-who are vou7-whlt--
who--what do you want there, eli? raped out
the Judge.
'l'm not aware. sir, said I, what right
you've got to question INT but lin fact I'll
tell 50 much to any man-why, I'm an officer
in the navy
Sir Charles brought short up in his pacing and
tanping, ard stared at mo.
An officer in the navyl" repeated hc "but
yc.-why--'ow th nS, do remember ,onc-
thing In your dress, sir,-thoughit II was the D'Lce
that struck me. In short then, sir this makes
the case worse; you are here on false pcetence5
-alltciing the very revere, sir-sctting your
self up for model Of SIMPLICITY laughing
stOk indeed. 81 hal reasons for not W shing
my profession TO bc known, Sir Charles, " said I;
"mou SPECIAL reasons. They're now over, how
| ever and don't care i0hO knows ~ "Mav
a-k what 'hose wcrci said the Judge. "IhH
| III nsver tell to any man breathing | said,
| d, cfmihcdly. The Judge walked two or three
/ times fore and af,; then a thought seemed to
| strike him--re looked out IA II at the decks and
through below the awnings, then shut the door
/ and came back TO mo again. "By the way,
/ said he seriously, and changing his tone, ''snco
| tins extraordinary acknowledgement OF yours,
sir, something occurs 10 me winch makes m' al
/ most think YOUR presence in tho vessel, in ono
sense, oppoftunc. have reason to entertain "A
! hph rp nien Oi naval officers as technical men,
| pr, fessionaly educated in his Mijcstys regular
! sofVics, nnd-you look rather a yDuHg mat-
but have you hal much experience, may a'kI'
/ II have been nino or ten yca's at SEA, sir re-
phi d l. little taken aback, ''n vario
! parts Of tn world! II nave son su plcion
lately, be went on, 'rhtt this V, sssl /, not
| plvigttoO in AIN snort, that a. pc 80 A. pr IA
bly,, we NAV bc IN some DANCE 10 you th TX
50, siri' ono, Sir Charles, ! said, II don't
thuk she il, as matters stand-only in a trout
hlo sort Of quarter, which ia" sooner she 5
on. ,f, the bottcr." "Tlo com inler Is,
Ghd. d,nrerol-ly nwell con'inucd ne, ",nd
ol the Young man who seem, to have the chief
clt rf Iho vessel, have no verv hsh-Scli--
hat, # courc Now sir, said he, Ia. king
intc"tly at me, are you capable uf-n shOt Of
managing this COmpmy's vessel, should any
ad In the circumstances ! ical c'd- lcrahlo
alarm uneasinsss, at lel,' ,-Eh, sir2" DO.
psni up N t., Sir Charles ] said, stepping to
ward the door, in any matter OF toe kind
III do my best for this ship But none
. knows 70 we'll as q seaman, there ars ClSs'
enough where Nonr very lost cdu't do
much - The Judge soomcl rather star
lied by my mannrr--ior | lid fesl liutc
mse;"ing, from 80 oncth.ns IN the wcl her on
the whole At any rate ! fanciod there was a
cold.hlndcine-s ia every sharp corner e his
face Diliuus though his temper wa, that would
have let him see me 20 10 toe bottom thousand
times over, had | even had a chance with his
daughter hcrsclf ere he'd have yielded m, the
|, tip of hcT little finger; accordingly twas sat-
islactiUn 10 me, at the moment, just to make
him SEQ he wasn't altoge' her in his naboJ'
chair in Bengal vet, ON an elephants back
"Ah, though 7" said he. raising his voice 10
call me back, "to return for an ins;ant--thcrc
!, one thing | must positively require sir
which YOU viii see, in the circumstances, to be
unaN NOdille. As a mere simple cadet, observe
sir, there was nothing TO bo objected 20 in a
slight passing acqua'n'ance-but especially IN
THEM -hurt equlvocal-sir, | must request Of
you that you will OH no account attempt 10 hold
any communication with nay daughter, Ms
Hyie-h'yond u mere bow, tl course Twill
be- disncreelble, assure you. Indeed shall
"Sir," said /, all the blood in my bot 10.
ing to my face, "oi all things in the world,
if'N ~ Aio NfI9 bllllk Nutit your NlbNh anu
minu happen 10 square ~ and | bowed. The
| mans coUlness disguSted me, sticking such a
; thing In my teeth, after Just reckoning on my
services with the very tame breath,-ind all
wh'n IT wasn't required, too Ard 5y hcovon
thought |, bad she shown me favor all tho old
nlbubs IN Christendom, and the whole world
to boot, shouldn't hinder me from speaking to
her What Said apparently puzzled him, hut
he glvo me a grand Vow In his tu n, and had
my hand ON The door, when he said, ~ suppose,
sir, as "a naval officer, you have no objoC. ion to
give me your rame and rank forget what
2 Here r'm,mbcrcd my mistake with the mate
AMI on the whole ! saw must iii X by il Ill
, was clear Of the whole conceru.-as for sIyiHl
, nv name was WcstwOOd, that c,uliu', have
done at the time for worlds but quietly hand
od him another card meaning VI course q
give WestwOod the cue as shortly as possible
r for his own safety. The Judge started OF
seeing the card, gave me ono "a rs sa! ~
glancos and made sudden step toxlrls ms.
" Have you any relation in Lads, Mr.. Wust
wool Z said ho, slowly to which gave only
nod. What is be- ii may inquire =
asked he again. A councillor or something,
believe, said car lo,ily. " ThomB Vast
wood 2" said Sir Charles. "Ah" said I.
wcaricd oi ,ilg Thing and anxious to 90. "An
uncle, p.ubably from the Ago he still put in.
"FNacily, that's it - said. what-vha'
Why did you not mention this at first - ha
broke uut uddonly, coming close up "why,
Councillor WostwOod is my very oldest friend
ia India, my dear sir This alters the matter.
! Nhorld have welcomed nephew of his in my
hous'. 10 the utmost Why, how strange. Mr.
N'stw1Cd, that the iact should emerge in thi,
curious manner and with that he held out
his hand. - OF course, said he, " no sucl ro
rictiun as ! mentioned could for a moment ap
ply To nephow Of Councillor Wostwood -
stared at him for moment, and thon-" Sir,
stid ', conlly, "it seems the whole mat
! hxg lat
the devil, or tho apostle Paul, |
don't see how II can mako bit of difference In
me what's more, sir, said |, setting my eth
'Whattrer my name may be, depend upon IT,
Shall never claim acqulintar CO either with yor
! er-oI-Mhs Hyde! With that flung straight
out OF the cabin, leaving tho old gentleman hol
2 upright ON the floor, aud as dumb as a st1chH, "A
whether with rage oI amaZeucGt never .t ~
: pc to think.
went right forward on the Indi,man's f,,c
a castle, clear Of all the awnings, dripp ID owe
= her head out OF sight of the men and sat viii
= my legs amongst the. open wood work hana,ti
the bow'prt, looking at the calm.-n.b,dy i,
sight but the llindoO figure, who seemed 10 b
= = doing the same Westrood! thought bitterly
then in a short time when tho mi.ako'. fuin,
!. out, and he got safe pl't the Cape, perhaps. -
:, it'll be nothing but Wcstwood He'll have
clear stage, and all favor but at any rate
. howe'eT ii may be, III not be here TO see il
= That councillor Of his, | suppose, is e1othe
nabob,-and no doubt he'll marry her, al
smooth Uncles be -. little thought, ,wber
I knocked of that yarn to the mate about ma
| unCle. but, after all its strln hog ,ftpn =,