The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-03
THE
SAILORS WooING
A SEA STORY.

Westwood and /, however, were oi opinion tha
twas the French brig, although by sunr c W.
lost sight Of her again L,cryou' iu 'hc cuddy
talkci " our uifortunatc .n,nd. and their ~ II.
sneholy fate; even FIrd and wluterton wer,
missed, white Odd NJ. Eollcck had been the |. q
q the Messenger
But there was naturally still more felt for IN,
poor girl fortcscue; i made all Of Us gloom,
Tor day OF two; though the fresn breeze, an,
the lndiaman's fas' motion, after our wearisom,
spell Of a calm, did great deal To brlnl thing
round again.
o Westwood was greatly taken up with my &C
count Of the brig aud her people, both Of us
agreeing there somewhat suspic ous ABOUT
her, though thought sbe was p'oiably neither
more now less than SLAYER, anal ne hai a no.
ton she was after something deepcE what that
might he, twas hard TO conceive, as they didn't
appear like pirates.
'"well. Tom said TO Westwoo1 one day.
IL wish these good folks mayntb lie disappointed,
hut do suspect this blessed mate Of ours wall
turn out to have run US into some lnc mes or
other with his navigation. DID you n itce how
blue the sky looked this morning, over to east
ward, oompircd with what it did just now where
the sun seii'
mo .ad westwood mo: particularly but
what of tbat7"
''why, in the Iris, replied l. I'VE u'oi al
ways to reckOn that sgn, hcroabouis, Of our
being near the land. Just you sec, nov, tomor
row moniEg, il the dawn hasn't hazy ycliow
look In II bclOrc the uruclc fails; M which case,
'tisNhe African uIst To- a certainty. PITY these
Hyson Nundungo m'n, a. Jack calls them,
shouldn't have their eyes about en- As we'll ~
on tho lo,, slate. | dlrcsay now" 60 tinnel l.
laughing, "you hcirl the inst mae bothcrlns
lately about the great Na,iii ons Of the cImpi,.
herel VIII, VIII 4 30 YOU SUPP 80 vas the rca-
son &C it-hut that sly devil II a ktmll:ar show
ing in his bl"ck for grind NJ curry, under the
feet of the b.nnAClc, every time ne was done
using 1t. | saw hin yet kick one morning
from the man at the ~ heel, who ca ipcrd 10 look
down and notice him. GoJd sold iron il j.,
though PAINTED aud polished like marble. ana
the citcumcised Grcd unluCklv considered the
whole pinnacle as u sort VI ,ocold Mecca for SC
curity.'
"Ilang the fellow, said wc,twood. ',hut
don't see much 10 laugh a., Net. why, if you
are rieht, We thlll all be- soikui ami fricd into
African fever before reaching tho Cape and
we've had mlsiUrtulcs enough already Only
think d an exquisite cfc,iure he Mics"
'Oh, interrupted l, i,ncying IN iscr Tom
begas lately to show suilicion, aim.raton Tor
her .-"in 1t an old hup,lrdm, and II conc tied
fool He hat, what cOull you cNpscil An |
ay isIry drarptrson, stind by fora pinch when
it coucs.
TVS beautifully fac night, clear alofi, and
the noon Vi iut large ON oar iarpard brw. out
Of a dliclt" pale sort OF hive, az the ship heal
cn SCUM hlu WIN lue hI'. fN' -, lore aii ait
the dicks were astir " tn rs AZ.
OF outsc, no suon,r had I caught sight of Sir
Chais Hyde, than Looked for his daughter,
and al last saw some one talking Ia "A young la
dy, satcd near the after l;ralings, with her head
turnd round seward, whom II diln't require
Inucigurs>ns 10 M % mann.
NOhay ny on her ut all sine the affair Oi
the bats, | StrOlled al, when was rather sur -
pri-" 20 ind that ncr comp irion was Tom
WehtNOd, Hui they seemed in tho thick Of an
inter,ing discourse. The instant 10. near,
hoNtNr, they broke IL ON.
Thccty moment bitter thought dashed in.
TO my tild--lUr to my far " she looked ycxod
at sceit me, and a co'or seemed moli'nl, IN
TO herherk, even through the fairy sort OF
glimm on il.
CoulUv,n Westwood have been acting no
more tbi the clerical near such a ere uur,Y and
II a iell like him took it in his head what
chance ~ l? The next minute, ACCORDINGLY
she roseo her seat. gave me a slight bow, in
answer toline, and walked direct TO the gil-
lery stair, here she disappeared.
I'VE we talking Of that unlucky adventure
the other @, said Westwood glanrng at me,
but rather Ken aback, as thought
Ayr 81 l. carelessly.
ayes, ciinuod he, Miss HYDE had no ide.
you and Mero particularly acquainted and
seems to thk me u respectable clorsymin; but
must telbu, Ned. she has rather a suspicious
opinion Cf urSelf
'Ob, indi !" said !, sulltnly.
Fact, N, said he, "sbe even remembers
having seeIou before, somewhere or Uther-I
hopes my d. fellow, it wasn't GA the stagc2'
"Ha, ha! Nv amusing, sid, with tho
best laugh build get up.
AT any h, Collins, he wont on, ''shc sees
through youeignei way Of carrying on, and
knows you'neither griffin nor land-lubber, but
sailor; for Ancy this is not the first time the
young lady met with the cloth. What do
b slaIt
"Oh, count guess, of course, replied |,
almost With neer pray don't"
why, sheqJired what could he tn design
Of one conceals his profession 81 carefully; and
actually appehg 10 be on a secret understand
ing with somt the s,ilors Directly sitter, she
asked, whethehat brig mightn't really have
been pirate, taken OF the poor general,
miss forteseuend the rest2"
to ask, what dsou-''
-, On, OF cours' replied Wcstwood, laughing
youiu oniy m my amusement, and profess
doubts, you kno Ned"
'Very good 10, Mr.. westwood, -" thought
TO myself, but least you can't weather ON
me quite 20 innontly, my fine fellow. didn't
think IL Of him ar ali.
BY the bye, llins, exclaimed Westwsod
In little, as he bit his eye as,ern, there's
ttomething away nder on our lee quarter that
We been watchin for these last ten minutes
what DO you thinlt may I've? Look Just in
me nh o. the moshine yonder,"
nhAt II might | cared little enough at
Inc umei but digiye glance. AMI saw a lit
.h ~ Ilick DOT, ns 1t ere rising and falling with
the long run Of u water, apparently making
way before the bre,e.
oHly bit of Nod, dare saw" remarked
Dut what, yer lis, al any rate the DRIFT will
mind. "
In ten minutes loIser he Ugh. swell in the
tlhtahce gave IL "A Ii up fair INFO the NEON
aih'i u glesmcd foa moment, and then seem
~ 10 roll across into he blue plm .ler OF the
by JOye, Collins" said Wcs'wool gazing
agerly at It, " Is more liz" bottle To my
sight.
We walked back nj forward, looking each
time over the tailrai till at lcngth the aiidr in
question could be sen dipping and creeping
ahead, in the smoon shining wash OF the sur
lace, just like to gt bobbing ac-oss our bows,
and be missed TO wndwarA
slipped down tie pDop-,tair and along TO
the iOreca,tle, vince | told Jacob; when two
OF hIee 81 the msn went out on lhe mlrt iurale
siays " tn the blight Of a line suI "A conpl5 of
docks la it, ready TO throw rOuni this h'ntin,
OF tity and hau alongside a II .urrcI paI7
Shortly after we had IL safe in our hands a
squai O. built old pufchman itwas, -sh. corAcd
with rcd rag round he neck, tut rr., ed over
with salt.
The men who had got Il en- II ain oi their
prize 30 WcstwCod and had ~ alii ulty ~
smuggling it away b. loS 10 oar uer,h.
Here Westwocd got u corkscrew, anil pulled
out the cork with true PrsonIk gnvItH a.