The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-19
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IN the Worldi Condeu had secret infon.
nation that the Shannon was In bad
repairs, so he bad advised his friend @
insure her heavily. For the same real
son he declined to underwrite her
freight himself. -. [
With respect to those ships, our read.
era already know two things, Of which
mdruIaW himself, stotn be1te, had no
idea, namely, that the Shannon had
sailed last, instead OF first, and thai
Miss Rolleston was not on board al
her, but in the ProserpIne, two thoti-
sand miles ahead. i5ss.5.S -. 49, 3 \
| 10 lhats your superior knowledge,
we, posters of the sea and land. are
about TO make a large addition. and
relate things strange. but true. While
that anxious and plotting merchant
strains his eyes seward, trying hard
TO read the future, we carry you, in a
moment of time, across the Pacific, and
board the leading vessel, the good ship
Proserpiue, homeward bound.
The ship left Sydney with q fair wind,
but soon encountered adverse weather,
and made slow progress, being close
hauled, which was her worst point of
sailing. She pitched good deal, ard
that had a very i'll effect on Miss Roll
lesion. Sheiwhs not sea sick, but thor
oughly out of sorts; and. In one week,
became pereeptibly paler and thinner
than when she started.
4A0 CA6A y Aa4Ls 44AL6lf
watched her with respectful anxiety,
and this did not escape her feminine
observation. She noted quietly that
those dark eyes of his followed her with
a mournfnl tendernesSs but withdrew
their gaze when she looked at him.
Clearly, he was interested in her, but
had no desire to intrude upon her at
tentIon. He Yould bring up the soNabs
for her, and some of his own Wraps,
when she stayed on deck, and was
prompt with his arm when the vessel
lurched; and showed her those other
little attentions, which are called for on
board ship. but Without a word. Yet,
when she thanked him in the simplest
and shortest way, his great eyes flashed
with pleasure, and the color mounted
to his very temples.
Engaged youngladIes are, for various
reasons, more soclable, with the other
sex, than those who are still on the
universal mock-defensive; ship, like
q distant country, thaws even English
reserve, and women in general are dis.
posed to admit ecolesiastics 70 certain
privileges. No wonder then that Miss
Rolleston, after a few days, met Mr..
Hazel half way; and they made ac-
quRintance on board the Proserpine, in
monosyllables at first; but, the ice once
fairly broken, the intercourse of mind
became rather Tapld, -,-1s, I'm. .,-srt.--
tat first II was q mere Intellectual ex-
change, but one very agreeable to Miss
Rollestoni for hne memory, and om-
nivorous reading from his very boy
hood, with the habit OF taking notes,
Hazel a walking dictionary, and a
walking essayist II required.
But, when 1t came TO something,
which most of all the young lady had
hoped from this temporary acqualnt-
anCa, viz; religious instruction, she
III.
on other topics, bnt cold. and devoid of
junction; SO much SO, that one day she
said to him, II can hardly believe-you
have ever been a missionary" But at
that he seemed SO distressed, that she
was sorry for him, and said, sWeetlYt
Excuse me, Mr.. Hazel, my remark
was in rather bad taste, 1 fear.n
mot at a1l,' he said. "Ot course I
am unfit for missionary work, or
should not be here" 81
Miss Rolleston took a good look at
Hun, but said nothing. However, his
reply and her perusal of his coInte-
nance satisfied her that he was a man
with very little petty vanity. and petty
irritRbilfty.
One day they were discoursing of
gratitude; and Mr.. Hazel said he had a
poor opinion of those persons. VINO.
speak of "the burden OF grAtitude,"
and make fuss about being "laid un-
O6E hu ODllEhLlOu.
,tAs for me-" said he, 'sI have owed
such a debt. and found the sense of IL
very sweet. VI
but perhaps you were always hop
ing to make a RETURN" said Helen.
THAT was hoping against bope."
"Do yop think people are grateful, in
"No, Miss Rolleston, 1 do not"
"Well. / think they are. To me at
least. Why, / have experienced grati-
tude even in a convict. It was poor
man, who had been transported, for
something or other, and he begged papa
to take him for his gardener. Papa did,
and he was so gratefnl that, do you
know, he suspected our house was 10 be
robbed, and he actually watched in the
garden night after night; and, what do
you think 2 the house t0ds attacked by
q whole gang; but poor Mr.. SeRton con-
fronted them and shot one. and was
wounded cruelty but be beat them on
for us; and was not that gratitude 2n g.
While she was speaking so earnestly,
Mr.. Hazel's blood seemed 70 run
through his veins like heavenly fire,
but he said nothing, and the lady re-
sumed with gentle fervor, "Weil, we
got him a clerks place in shipping
Office, and heard no more Of him; but
he did not forget us; my cabin here was
fitted up with every comfort, and every
delicacy. i thanked papa for 1t; but
he looked 80 blank, saw directly he
knew nothing about it; and now, 1
think of it, it was Mr.. Seaton. am
positive 1t was. Poor fellowl And i
should not even know him If i saw
him."
Mr.. Hazel observed, In a low voice.
that Mr.. Sessions conduct did not seem
wonderfoI to him. ''Still;' p said he,
zone Is glad to ind there Is some good
left even in a criminal"
Aoriminsli' =, cried Helen R0lleston,
firing up. "Pray, who says he was q
criminal Z Mr.. Hazel, once for all, no
friend of mine ever deserves such a
name asthat. Afriend OF mine may
commit some great error or impru-
dence; but that Is all. The poor CRATE
fol soul was never guilty ofany down
right wickedness: that stands 70 req
son."
Mr.. Hazel did not encounter this fem
mime logic with his usual ability he
muttered something or other, with a
trembling lip. and left her 80 abruptly,
that she asked herself whether she had
Inadvertently said anything that could
have offended him and awaited an exc
PLANTATION But none came. The topic
was never revived by Mr. Hazel; and
this manner, at their next meeting,
showed that he liked her none the worse
that she stood mp for her friends.
The wind steady from the west for
two whole days, and the Proserplne
ran four hundred and fifty miles in that
Then came q dead calm, and the sails
Tapped lazily, and the mastg described
an arc and the sun broiled and the
sailors whistled and the Captain
drank; and the mate encouraged him.
During this calm, Miss Rolleston fell