The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-05

the men were az dinueT. There bciug nuthny
10 take care Of on deck, and the he's of couis'
getting greater, noe a soul staid up but my
eli; but ! preferred at the moment lighting
cheruo, aud going up ate TO sse clear Of the
awnings. No soouer had | got up ths stair,
however, than to NY perfect delight, ] Jaw
Violet Hyde was still sitting afL and the OLD
lrishwoman gone; ~ stepped TO The talrAil at
once, and, tor something 10 bo about, hauled
up the shark.hook from as'ern. The moment |
caught her eye, the young lady smiled-by
way OF making up, no doubt, for the old one.
How reTy lonely It is" said she, rising and
looking out; ",he ship also seem, deserted, eK-
ccpt by u.s." "By Jove, almost wish IL were,"
thonghtI. "a dead calm, malam," said, Grri
likely ~ hold -'he under. wells gone quite down,
and haze grOwms," Are We sure eCer TO
leave this spot them asked she, with sltgh'
LOOK Of anxiety. "Never fear il, fn,'am," raid
I; - soon as the haze molts again, we're near
a br,eze ! assure ysu-only by the Length of tho
calm aud the h. at together, not to speak Of our
beins 50 for t0 BASTARD, I'm afraid we mavn't
get rid Of II without gale al this enl to
mit,h.' "lndeedl" said Mis- Hyde. The fact
wa, wcstwood and had been keeping a log,
and calculated just now we were somewhere TO
south-castward Of Ascension; Whereas by tue
captain and mato's reckoning, she was mu'
further 20 the west. al never thought the sua
cOull appear 80 awful said sbe, "a + u herself
much more than in a s'Orm.' why ma
dam" sail !, you haven't exactly soon one this
NOydTt--0ne nfBuH To DE tlOse- ndulel OH inc
C.po for ihlt." somehow or other, in speak.
ing to A,r, ~ this time forgot entirely about
Keep ng up the sha n caGe and dipped lnO my
own way again; 80 all at once .feh her two
dark blde eyes looking AZ mo seriously How
why exclaimed She suddenly, aud then
laughing, "you seem 20 know all about it -
why you speak-hlyo you been studying sca
affairs 10 thuro' ghly, sir with your friend, who
but | no think. now, ono can scare " trust
80 wha. YOU have said - " Wrll-why-
well said l. fddliRg with the shark hook, 81
don't know how II j., but / feel a. If must
have becn at sea some time or other before -
You wouldn't suppose it, maam, but whenever
Tx my oye' on "a PARTICULAR rope, seem al
most tu know tho name Of II ~ g. AID J. : use,
too z asked she, morily. " | shouldn't won
der 10 sad ! "pcrhap | was borH at s'a, YOU
know, ma'dm z and gave a sidc-l0Ok IN no
ticc how she took ii. d" All p'rhrp' w sad
Miss HYDE lnughing " but do Won know ono
sometime, fanclc, these things aud now !
think oi IL, sir. ! evHu i'm .Einsi tlr moment
| hal seen yoVrscf before ~ con- sad |,
" that couldn't b. the case I'm sure, for my
part, | should T. collect clear enough ifI'd seen
"a iiiy any wucr,i lthnk you said ~omcthiag
Of the kind, mI'an, that night Of the last slidl
about Tire water and the clouds ma'am, you
rciucmtcty" The vouns lady looked away,
though notion seemed 10 flash through her
mind. "Ic'' ,aid she, chat terrible rain
yUi were washed mt, the lcc-.cupp'r,, "
said !, m'i,lUrc tlJ, FIR I didn't want her 10
su.pcrl e. was ! that that had kissed her hand IN
IN, dark o. carried her in. Il hop, Sir
Charles urd vour.ell ,o' in safe, mad an;
However, size ~t. watching the " ter tlrrg-
side, aud suddenly she excl imcl-'b Dear
what lrrt'y ljilr l-h =" by heavens sail
seeing The yT' .urc with H., sharp nose and
blue bar, Js 10 glanced about near the suffice,
and .hou swarm in below the ships Bulge again.
THAT one Of tie uld villains plots-he lying
right acruss cur keel ] wish | could Ctcr
that shark 20 ho pork was # no us',
for such an old .r-lawvcr, and cas-. q wi,tiul
eve On the lr-hw mans tu pus-duE stretched
asleep ON her shawl by tho bulWtrk she WIS
far gone in the family way, and, thought l.
d" he'd take that in a trico ~ | even laid out
some ma'lire from s'oun-lockcr, and motto II
how neatly one could pia- 'he hook under her
belly round 10 the tail, an seize her 50 snugly
on, muzzlcd ard all but II was no 20, with
the devil To pay Afterwards All Of a sudden
the CockatoO gave q h,p that lopscd the XII 70
magar's lubharly hitch, and sent him down
with his wings sprcad ON the water. At an
ether iimc'it wouldn't have cost me a thought
TO 90 h 'ad foremost after him, when | heard
his Young mistress excliiming ooh, poor dear
1pppo will bc drowned 80 but rocollecting our
hungry green friend on the other side Jump
ed down fro m the end Of rope 10 Zip myself
quietly alongside with. However, at tho very
moment, Tom ami the man .Of.war's man hap
pcning to come up from the fore'hltchway Ia
throw something overheard, and seeing MISS
Iydes cockatoo, OF went his shoes and Jack It
at once, and heard the splash as he struck
the winter. | had scarce time to think, either,
before saw Mick O'lloOneys red head shoot
up on deck, and heard him sing out,
MAN overheard, be the powers, boys. Folly
my lader llurroo!" and over he sprang -
llelcs Dip said another, and in half a min
ute every man that could swim was laundering
IN the smooth water alongside or his head
showing as 1t came up-pitChing the COCkatpO
! 10 each other and all ready To enjoy their bath;
though, Tor my part, ! made but one spring "a
the ships s'arboard quarter, to use the onll
: chance Of saving the thoughtlcss fellows from
! bloody fate to some OF them. | knew the sharl
would he cautious at first, on such a suddel
to-do, aud | had markell his wherolbluti
while the men were all well towlr,
tho bows and hang it," thoGght /
seeing the old woman's fat pug in IN,
way, "Dianny, or die all; bear no malice, but
you must 30 for it, my beauty !" As quick as
thought, | made one turn Of marlino round her
nose, took of the pork and dashed her fast
on to the hook all starding, in spite Of her
squcaks then twisted the lady's shawl round
the chain for a blind to it, and flung the whole
right over the larboard quarter, where guessed
the old fellow would be Slowing round astern to
have lockout before he went fairly, in chase
] watched the line sink slO sly with the weight
over the gunwale for half a minute afraid to
let him see my head, and trembling for fear |
should hear cry from one of the men; when
jerk went the rope clear Of a Behaving min as
he ran of with his bait took a quick turn
TO hook him smartly in the throat, and then
eased Oft again till the elects brought him up
with " surge fit 10 have parted the line, had
il not been good new threc-inch rope-thouth.
as II was, the big lndiaman would soon have
sheercd stemround 10 the force of it, il he d
only pulled fair The young lady stood noticing
what did, first in perpeXed sort of way, and
then with no small surprise, especially when the
shark gave every now and then tiercer tug as
he took sweep astern; by this time, however,
everybody was on deck in crowd, the pls.cn.
gers all in Hurry, and half Of the men scramb
ling uplrom along side to trail ON 10 tho line
aud run him out Of water. So away they went
with It full speed towards the bows, as soon a,
the ladies were out If the matchmaking tw,
or three cadets back foremost head ovtr heels
down the poop stair-till in spite of his tug
ging the shark round snout showed over th,
tilrail, with the mouth wide open under th,
chm, ms II We're, and one row of teeth laid II Al
behind another, like a comb maker shop. A
running bOwline passed around his hanlsom,
waist then another pull and over he came OF
the poop lounlcrng fourteen feet long. an,
ilourishing his tail for room, till the carpente
chopped it across, in lucky moment, with hi
axe.
All hands gathered round the shark t. s5
him cut up, which was as good as play T.
| them, bccalmcd as we were when, 10 m
= no small dismav, | heard Mrs. Brigade
. ! Brady loud voice asking where her dog was
v | and the Brigadiur himself who SCENE