, 1869-05-02

two put IN irpns 70 oe Kept tasre ttli st into
,nd sa'a e n 5ees e ny ssss n. Eanr M e1a ga
FOR me, my lads, % lese make the best OF thlnsh.
md get better ship As soon as We can" sam
weut on With what was SCI % TO do, and made Is
little trouble Of II q. we could.
But there Wa one chsr aboard ~ tae Captain
shameful lie wns thin, wtly fellow, rs yellow |
a. guinea, and looked as II he'd black blood IN !
He'd gol sort OF Dutch name, Van Haish. bur |
hailed nomewhcre out Of one Of tho West Indy !
Islands, and had Knocked about almost every !
Hhere- Car1ous.lookinG chap he was looSe8 ~ II |
he'd always got his paslor-hlinds half ruei down,
and he'd recp at yoo sideways nom underneath
swell sort Of fellow IN bis way, Only dirty ns
could be and that dldn do nothing towards setting
on .he bs silver stnss he hsd IN Ills ea1s and vas
Van ior short and Against this chao the skipper
nlwa,s seemed 70 hare spite, bullying him aboat
have thought hIs life would live been m.serlbIc-
t1t not It; he sl~syB showed his white teeth and
er1nued, peekeunS sli both the skipper and the
1aate gave him, Till them pockets OF his n1uct have
been full nigh unIo barsttrg. Once the Captoin
knocked him down with a raa:tias7ikc, but he
Hcsea Inn nm M md lod him I'm to s'fE Get A ua s lie oais
ETinne;l, but II was WAS 2 queer sof' OF grin and l
These son Of rows used generally to take Place
when the passengers had gone down 9! night.
Of before they came on deck Of 4 morning. While
before the cabin lot Captain Harness quite the
r ntieman and i, seemed to that he had sor:
of hanIcTing after Miss Ncll like some :sosc Of
them, Or else he wouldn't have tcen 70 wonder.
here and there, and wanting him 10 take wine, and
things TINT Mt Ward said he was better witnolt
tut abors n III TIC sane as torc-passesseEs mostly DO;
i asEed every day whether We were nearly there,
played ehips billiards, and bit or two OF music;
| tast 70 much work as they WAS obliged to. No
t,ouht there Their little bits Of sluahhllng n1d
ccutr,ng, and 90 on going on; but my eyes were
/ 1v hfrrrffnr.
cross ell tic line, couldn't help thinking how veEJ
! Sky MD seycny matters had Erowed Instead OF
he,wecn MI Ward nua the l,ells, for Inc sick man
vas as jealous could be, and 1t was plain eaeugh
tEat he downright hated the doctor. IA for Miss
Eel!, es fnr "a could see, Ehc never even bowed
10 hin, nnd lie aud Touut used to waK MP and
down the deck together, Is y tncl were the
q ss ey aua s
tay IN M hammoel. Why don1 you MIND youl
own business and SO to siecp-' says common
sense; End as wns too tired to ntgutF, lEade nt
answer, but went on sound 17. -
Now that I'm going 70 tS so5 6.sn aad IN ha
lookout for II, OF, II 1t had CONC on wce1
inter; INT, Ike many more sncn thing, It can
/ when 1t wasn't exrected, and my sails were tool
Things I'D been going on more 1 pcasshS.y S H. H.
Tafef. with stnnsails set alow and nlolt. tn
heat haA made the Captain sleepy, aad he saowc
precious sitte on deeS Wne W. ioe NAE se, IN IN
: 10 give m order CT TWO and then make himself
I comfortable Us he could.
+ II vas ny watch one night with Sam Brow
+ D;li Smith. and couple more. Hot It was OF
i OF The hottest nights ever knew, and we we1
5 telling about over the SIDES looftng on the go!d:
- 4 rrrrn water as II gently wished hy the bows as
=, lship to ansEer her helm Dni Smith hsd SCI
afe MS cs as S tas Wnee nss aaa ,o9sS ns r. S1 "a
y hy the binraclc lamp shining up and around hi
There Was faint glow, too, up from the cab
II Geshed On Iae Eater, else il ~as thick dsrkne
y y everywhere, and us sailing through H. and sSe
~ leg 10 rct nearer and nearer 70 some E!eas nsa
D, @Sun 10 bake en- down below, SAN" IS
tSeI fesn nfe les Coming and ns
~ ire 1ecs, where IT'S cooler"
"a Int You can breathe, l Baya-
Z. "WelL yes Eays the other; "yon can get n
Then we we're quite still asnin for r:e.c, vi
,r Sam gave INC asove, TO call MY attention
a. enS;ee mWeM ewhas now ~ sayh
Tc ..TheT n a-cnruing On deck" satd Sam.
on .ThcIrr in the rtEnt Of I'LL saya: 4'anh Il
no os Il. tSe ,nsle pex
ine In an up-aun-down stroegle with eomc oac,
not 10 hard but that heard Sam BroTn So q q
,u.. | IKE d bullock upon the ttccI; and then sh
'oss toveell free, ran to the mlZzen-shrouhs
ST rapgun Them Ike cat: and, as soon Is
, NJ out Of reach, leaned down and listened: .,+
~. been taken With hardly 20 much as scuf:e,
~ w. though could not eec more ftan nEate
The a hafsce y ,r, ijne secured, and men po
" trcre: and fnr minute felt sure that We
luin a tccn boarded In the darkness and tnat l. on
thsn Itosrout. Directly after, though, there came
K " more scunlng and an oath M o. tTo, ahd nea M
voice that knew for Dtl Smiths, Hhn sne
r ~ fr}lf1
theJ - g. nntycar thcre wus an enemy In the ship
And ns n meh ~ haTc ISg !, fo- TIT fecnr snrc
aau ~ must have known cI IT: bat was oh',~ed 10
~ "1i IT, forI heard next IN tne dafxaessn ;na na1a
,he m Ing to be let out and then came me ,s
a tne ,nE lin up; then rl.:ol shot q two sna sne
sasa a erofen; md then came van.s snr,ll voec,
iHne orsic:s and threatening; and from nc Va
psa SS 5as aeS IN snones, @ sna M spa
g sS Nv ~ sooa could pun E,ysclt toss,ser, .
sIt W and cct to think got out my bof oTfns II
men nv tpiie, GUS fresh III Of baccr, and ttei
onan ine food hold oi .ne stay Was on. hessn L
dsF y. VA. sssn or &c ep int Il nn
snct great while before s,ayhrcaS, and
,e sick snsx sscy wnu!d @ use se @ o ie,t sure taa
rpIeh Fad done for Ey two poor mate !of Sn1
ra1 n,s hear sound OF hem and seeing tnS: so'ss
~ s1e4' enemy below vas out OF the 1ucstict1 y
eacts hsd to do was to get to them In The cabin
how.
especs x.ff1 swinging scntiy to nrd fro aud Est17t
close and hose wanted 70 }on tnsEs was me-, tne
Is he. ten nasarh h,,a nn 80 y. w Was m thc mut,cl
rs the LILLE IN hcsr,; ne,nI snapped to tae Id
:; :, steei f,o1 hal IN M hand, AMI In the sill
her gns s11 sIa III 70 1se and
t,r ~ closer the mEst. for the voices neow
y @ l1cn' and two r!s,olhu1cts came wh!stnE thsos
5FgnS5 mnsn ses .se5s w19 We7e nnt
o. u. move. ior It world have been like drecs:r
Shs5s a s.e Tnsn I'm sSs down. xnns AnS GGss sSc
,o,... ttc WY tn which tue rigging trcrubled sna
iUA W. Of the Gocmy were coming up the snrouds
~ Mr "asH ant ana mlaS XII oserooar, he WONT st
s9ans shouted Van and set my teeth as nGa,
lis hut there wes no tins t9 fpa5 ama !een t aH
s5 ;s Io 60 felf out clear, md hang quite stu VI,
o1h. my PASSED noit and then " for sons hiati
sf sssS s$ss !s;s ssss Il
but letting xm ny isss Sr sr1nS a4.. 6:
"a ~ ~ ~ n thing. when MY heart gave great nouI
csItn. ne'' -
/ course "u mny come to nght though. aftev :
AZ yoi, p.,cS viii keep Eome Of them st-a DIST
a0 alter says to myself nad Setang G M ~ pn,fe NM,
e Ii Tine viii ny teeth. before mailing use Of tae
friends thai had shown !tsel. o,o xho tnovs
krSw fS,ngs wind sa IS 70 20 iii ten yon its coasrva
s VII nreat capsas stocking. six or scren re
); and wenty q sa,sy ySrs:h 3Sn ri he " csbin
interst stynghs, aud haE1ng the otncs nowsGu in
~ wtv T5clng you have lie great open ptpg r.,
X 50 that Stn dow u Eesnlos sa'ea ~ WV >~'-
a5ss apa SaW il vss Just against the top eod Of
, ns..' .n,i lad hrushed: and AZ II seemed 70 nc
looking 20 do wns 70 sip ~ w, nrnnnEst fent
l5 good II rot safe should eena! ,ashsns sn1