The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-30


dusk, and next minute Tom Westwood swung
himself on board, with the midshipmin and Old
Rollock the planter following in his wake--'the
last, to my surprise, carrying two hat-boXos and
an umbrella.
why, Ned Collns!" broke out wcstwood,
what is the meaning Of all this-what wind
has blown YOU hcrc2"
My den fellow" shouted the planter,
almost jumping on top Of me, never
in my life saw the Ike of you--thc very
same Internal schooner, too Come, let's
hear; have YOU taken EN- all then, head and tail;
have you'-2 For heavens sake, Mr.. Rol-
lo,k, said !, steering out Of his way well as
! could, ''come below, sir, II must answer all
these questions 80 yOd are actually In CONE
mandi' said Wcstwood; and hercupon / gave
him the bearings Of his own affair, with the fact
Of my falling in with Lord Frederick Bury, Of
cOurse; anil Of all men in the world, | believe,
the "IIonorahc Bury" was the one Wcstwood
could feel CON Portable under, as his face showed
at the time. Whether lose you or not in
the lloogy, Tom said !, II darcsay you'll
find yourself in the end aboard the llcbc in some
shape or other! and meantime shall be glad Of
YOU here for first mate "Well, well, put
in the planter again. impaticnly, after having
kept questioning me every now aud then for tho
last ten minutes, which | answered without
well knowing what he aid" then you hung
him. ul course p " Hung whom asked !.
obliged to attend by Mr.. Rollo,ks pcrscycr-
lucc. Why, II Americana to be sire--'he
I,nkcc-Supu said re, tryng to lynsthcn
NJ. face for the news. Hung him-np g. aid
J. laughing " when saw him on de X thorc,
last, hc was lively enough. and auNiou, to got
those images OF his uut ui the S'rin sIpltam.'
The planters rosy ellis turned a shall or two
palcr, and he started oir hi scat. " God bless
me !' said he in low voice, aud looking over
his shoulder, you don, mean Ia shy you've
brought the man hack on me Idr,hrt tbyJu |
lost few pounds Of my wei Sht here before by
his actually conccving friendship for me
Old Rollocks dismay was 90 lnrIl that could
scarce lind in my heart to ease him mnl a.
did.
"Wly, my dear fellow. said wcsiwool with
q smile, II assure you, that disappearance Of
yours took ne by surprise. Indeed ] only
guessed, from something Captain Fin h let drop
afterwards how II came about; and TIL the very
moment the brig-OI-wur got under way, ! fan.
cicd you had some other plan in view, or else
you never would have carried II out. Tho
Tact was Ned, If your heart was bound for In
da. mine WIS ashore in Old England, and Id
rather have run the rick to 20 back y Here Tom
caught my glance, and looked shyly into one
waisicolt pocket, then into another, flgcting
IN his chair, poor fellow in way that brought
my sister Jane gray eyes, and her demurc lit
tie arch face, distinctly before me- thousands of
miles as there were between us and Croydon.
The thought Of the S'rngipatun being near,
on the other hand, somehow rushed on me at tho
Sam9 time, and felt wonderfully nil toward
Tom. "llnng it Tom said /, "ncyer mind
thinking ofit-mlx your grog, man, AMI corr
found all care to the bottom of the sea. You're
well off For my part, said |, 81 had no no
ton at all how hdi case stood, so ! made a ours
ell mistake in the matter-but here's luck e.
" However" said h' saw your drift by
that time and the Young lady herself was IN
the forc-Caln when told her father the whole
story, not long after you went of. Twas no
"A. -. ~. 4.
only carrying out the joke 10 screen mo, AMI
nmuse yourself at the same timc-hc was sure
you were after some srhcmc and all the while
Miss Hyde sat sewing on the sofa behind us, as
quiet and careless as ii she didn't hear u word
or trouble herself about the matter. When |
came upon your vanishing so suddenly in the
brig, however and said | was sure, by that
time, YOU did 50 in or,ler to let me clear of, /
had my eye on the looking-slass opposite the
young lady AMI whatever you may
make cf It, Ned, | can tell you she
started and glanced up at that point. -" Well,
aud what of that = Iaskod. But eastwood went
on" II was all one to Sir Charles, nevcrthe-
lcss, whatever way turned II. According to
him. this was just OF piece with tn rest OF
your dongs, which showed the BAD effects of
The naval service. Twas no use my standing
up for you, saying how fast YOU had risen. and
would rise, if You hal thu ri ,ht thing to do
for the old gentleman allowed overythu, E, add
ing II was so much the worse for such fellows
10 lie set loose. / tell you what, MI.
Wcstwood,' said h., looking round sharp
~, ms it he were speaking az some
buh olsc, there Is a soul Of mischief
in dai young man that nothing will root out,
uniting him for everything else, however ad-
mirably II may he suited TO maritime pursuits
or savage warfare. I'm short, aided the Judge
drawing himscfup 1T is my conviction he will
either be- drowned or knocked on tho head"
"Thc precious oil Curmul econ ,. | raped out,
hetwiNt laughter and rage ~ the thought of her
hearing all this pretty character Of mo. So And
must say, my youn. friend, said the Judge, i
felt much relieved at finding Councillor West
woods nephew 80 different AN individual-2X-
cecdingly relieved BESIDES that you cannot,
of course, continue in the navy Just at this
moment, continued Wcstwocd, II saw the young
lady gather up her work behind us with sparkle
in her eye rise off the sofa, and walk straight aft
through the cabin-door.' " Was ms dl
said |, biting my lip; Az you .-athcn =
you havci III be bound the Judge didn't
mean all that for my use, my dear fellow.
But the worst Ut 1t was, that next day. when
me. | or with the Brgadcr's lady on the poop the
young lady passed mo With IA scorniul an air
rs possible and for "A week or so whenever the
Judge happened to ask me into the roundhousc
clhins either she wasn't there or took AN OPP
portunity of walking out-the most got was
bow or u Good morning; 50 you see the real
Simon Pure didn't prosper half 50 well as
the false one - Pooh ~ said /, sloomily,
thinking Of the little ground had
made, myself "all contr4dictiou--the fact is,
you r. too simple for womcn's ways, WestwOOi.
Westwood looked down and gave queer smile
AS much rs to say suppose, the case stood
just the contrary and must own il struck me
he must he rather knowing fellow that could
fathom my sister, seeing that, for my part, |
understood her no more than my mothers house
| maid did, with her high.lown music and poetry,
| and all that sort Of thing.
However, said Westwood, 81 contrived
| by degrees to get over all this, and for the
| last week or two We were rs good acquain-
| tances AS bcfore-n fact, the Judge was evil
IDENTIFY bent on it. And ! tell you what 1t is,
| Ned, as charming girl, in her way, rs Violet
| Hyde cant well iancy-hut one moro hopeless
| 10 deal with, for a fellow that hasn't got hold
| Of her heart, believe doesn't breathe. Why,
young as she is you'd feel her playing you
round her petty iore-iingcr as a woman would,
looking at YOU all the time under her soft eye
lids with those bright eyes of hers, as it you
could fancy her falling in love in moment with
some one else, but never with yoursclf!' by
Ioyc--Ncs' said |, feeling MS dismal as | dare
say looked. "Do you know" Wcstwood
went on, cher figure and walk always re-
min me ola liudoo girl sail oy cr English as heI
face and hair are, with a touch of the tropical,
Nou can't say where, about flowing 10 her
being horn in India, as | lelicye she was aud
altogether Ned, I'm glad to" Here West
wood shrugged hi, shoulders aud poured my
self out another glass OF gros in pure despair.
The truth is, said l. " | wish | had never
HtH that conlouuded Seriugapalam ! Didn't she
,ay any--oIdn't youth fact, Tom, what do you
.hnk Of the matter, plump and plain, sem and