The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-12

| and. Of course, al that hour, the pop above me
was quite Babel of idlers voices; while look
ed into the compass and watched the ships head
| falling gradually CT from north-east-by-north,
near which il had stuck pretty close since day
heaf.
The chief mate came handing q wonderfully
| timid young lady down the poop ladder with
great care, and a. soon A. they were safe on the
| guatter-deck, she asked with confding sort OF
lisp:
Ard whore are we going now, tsen, Mr..
| Finch7"
Wei, Miss" simpered he, "wherever YOU
please, III be glad 10 conduct you"
| oh, but the ship mean, replied she, gig
| ling mettily.
"Why," said Finch, stopping down to the
pinnacle, she heads duo south east at present,
| Miss"
~ am 50 glad YOU are going on again, said
the yourg lady; but chi when shall we sec
| dear LAID once more, Mr.. Finch 2"
mot for more than ~eek, fear, an'wo-cd
| the mate, when we arrive off the Cape OF Good
Hope. But there, Miss, your poetic feelings
viii 10 grati6ed, i assure you. The hills,
| there, nSlht say, Miss Brodie," be went on,
rot 10 speak OF tho woods are quite dramatic.
| You mustn't suppose the rough mariner rude
a. he seems, Miss B-odie, is entirely devoid Of
| romance in his sentiments, | hope" and he
| looked down for the twentieth time that morn
| ing a, his boots "a he handed her down the
cabin hatchway, longing to see the Cape, no
| doubt.
"Much romance, "a you call it, there is in
| ugly Harry, yonjol' thought I; and csmpar-
| ing this sort Of stuff aft, with the rnattor-of-
fact notions before the mast made me the more
anxious for what might turn up in ieg horrs
with this gallant first officer left in full chr 90
and the captain, as | understood. unable to Leave
bis cot.
A good enough seaman the fellow was, so far
"a your regular deep sea work went which those
| India voyag.rs had chiefly to do with then; but
| 4 aught out Of tho way, or sudden pinch,
| why, the peace bad just newly set them free Of
| their leading strings, and here this young mate
| brought his new tangled school navi CATION, for
| sooth, to run the Seringapatam inuo some mess
| or Oth'r; whereas, in a case or the kind, | had
no doubt be would prove rs help, IS Us a child.
BY this time, for my part, all my wishes for
| some ticklsh adventure were almost gone when
| ] thought of our feelings at the loss Of III, boat
as well as tho number Of innocent young cre5-
lures on board, with Lota Hyde hcr,elf aU )ngst
u en- while here had got myself fairly SGT
| down for raw griffin.
| Yet neither WCstWoOd nor l. unless it came to
the very worst, could venture 10 make himself
openly useful! | was puzzled both whI. to
think OF our exact case, ami what to do; where
as pretty short time in these la'ituics, might
fnish our business altogether; indeed, the VIII jlo
look Of things somehow or other, AT that mo-
meLt, had a strange unsettled touch ahoit it,
out OF which one accustomed TO those parts,
! The air, little ago, was quite sutfcltlnR,
the heat got greater; ana the breeze, though It
seemed to strengthen alCft at times sank quiet
" out Of her lower canvas like a brca Il drawn
in, and caught it again US quietly ere it fell to
the masts.
We couldn't be much more than hundred
miles or 80 to south ard ol St. Helena; but We
might he two thousand miles Oft the land or we
might be iiity. ! had only hoon once ia my liiu
near the coast thertaway, and cortaiuly my re-
coli ytions Of 1t weren't the most pleasant. As
lOr tie charts, 81 LITTLE was known OF II tnat We
couldn't depend upon them; yet there was no
couDt the ship had been all night long in a
strong set Of water towards northeast, right
across her course.
For my own part, / was as anxious as any one
else Ia rt6ch the Cape and get rid Of ali this non
sense; TOR since last night, | saw quite well by
her look that Violet HYDE would never favor
me- if | k,pt in her wake Till thc day Of judy
mont.
There was I, too, every time came on deck
and saw those roundhousc doors, my heart lrapt
into my throat, and | didn't know port from
starboard. But what was the Olis, that III
have kissed the very pitch she walked upon,
when she wasn't Tor moi-being deep ia love
don't sharpen the faculties neither, and the more
l thought Of matters, the stupidcr seemed to
get.
Green Hand :" thought |. ''as Jacobs ard
the laTboarl watch call me, il appcars-why,
they re right enough. A green hand ! came
afOat nine years ago and by JCve though |
know the sea and what belongs TO it, from sheer
liking to them, AS 'twere--it seems a green hand
I'm TO stick-seeing know so blessed little of
women kind, not 10 speak OF that whole con-
founded world ashore. With all ones schemes
and ones weather eye, something new always
keeps turning up 10 show one what an ass he
Is. There's Westwood without troubling him
self, seems to weather upon me, with her, like
a Baltimore clipper ON a Dutch schuy!
In short, wanted to leave the Seriugapltam
as soon as | could, wish them all good vOy-
age together away for Bombay, and then per
haps go and travel among the llotlentots by way
OF a change.
The chief officer came aft towards the pinnacle
again, with strut in his gait and more full Of
in portance than ever, Of course.
''This brecLe'll hold, | think, MlcleOd?' said
he TO the second mate, who was shuilling about
in Longing, unseamanlike way he had, as II
he felt uncomfortable on the quarterback, and
both hands in his jacket pockets.
"Woll, " said the Scotchman, "do We not think
il 5 too early begun, sir2" and he looked about
like an old owl, winkine against the glare OF
light past the mainsheet to larboaId; IN not
say but it will, though continued he, "but
odsake, sir, it's terrible warm
Cant be long ere we 6et into Cape Town,
now" said the mate, $50 you'll turn the mon on
deck as soon as breakfasts over, Mr.. Macleod,
and commence giving her a coat Of paint out
side, sir.
"Exactly, Mr.. Finch" said the other, "all
hands it'll I've, sir? For any sake, Mr.. Finch.
give thay lazy scoundrels something ado"
YES all hands, said Finch; and he was GO
| ing below, when the second mate sidled up t.
him again, ms il he had something particular tC
say.
THE captain1l he quite better by this time
no doubt, Mr.. Finch?' asked he.
"WeH-d'ye mean?' inquired the mate rathel
shortly; why, no, sir-when the surgeon saw
him in the morHing watch, he said it was fe
yer, and the sooner We saw the Cape, the better
for bin.
mo doubt, no doubt sir, said the second
, mate, thoughtiully put ing his fore-fnger M
his twisted nose, which noticed he did in sucl
cases, as If the twist had to do with his memo
ry--" doubt, sir, that's just it, The doctor
a sharp EdinbrO lad--did he see aucht bye com
l mon about the captain, sir?''
, mo" said Finch, except that he wanted
to go on deck this morning, and the surgeon
took away his clothes, and left the door lock
b cd
D did he thought" asked Macleod, shaking
e his head and looking a little anxious; 'dinn
Q he ask for aucht in particular, sir5'
, mot that heard OF, MIR. Macleod reple'
0 the mate; what do you meanl'
, 'Did he no ask for green leafl replied tn
4 second mate.
s "Pooh!" said Firch, what If he did,
o "Well, sir raid Macleod, ''neither you no
l.. the doctors sailed five voy ges with the captain
, like me. He's quiet man, Captain Weelum
s son, an well he knows his calling but some
| times warm weather dOesnt do with him NOR