The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28
CHAPTER 7.
4 FAITHFUL CATASTROPHE.


A wild storm was raging upon the
Mediterranean Sea, near the close of
q dreary November day, and sky and
waters were black with the gloom of
the sudden aud furious tempest, be-
fore which a small sailing vessel was
scudding under bare poles. Her build
and rigging proclaimed her Sandman.
She was The GuH Captain Varino
master, on her way from Cagliari to
Palermo.
She had on board two seamen, and
two passengers
These passengers were Englishmen,
who had procured passage on The
Gull TO Palermo. whence they intend
ed to embark by steamer to Marseilles
the following day.
While the Captain and his assist.
ants we're attending to their duties,
and expressing apprehensions as to
their safety, the two Englishmen
stood apart, leaning against the low
bulWarks, and surveying the wild
scene around them.
These men were both young, appar-
entity of the same age, about three and
twenty, but evidently they were not
of the same station in life.
One, the more striking of the two,
was aristocratic In his bearing. tall,
slender and handsome, with frank,
smiling mouth, pair of fearless blue
eyes, set under q wide and massive
forehead and tawny hair blowing back
from his face Noble, generous and
kind hearted, he had an adventurous
disposition, and a dauDtless courage.
He was Guy Tressilian, the only
son and heir of Sir Arthur Tressilian,
Baronet, of Tressilian Court, Eng
land. a.
His companion presented a rem TX
able resemblance TO him, being also
tall aud slender and fair, with tawny
hair and mustache. but he had not the
frank smile. the bright, fearless look,
or the Joyous spirit that characterized
young Tressillan. Young as he was,
he had seen much of the dark side of
life, aud his experiences had been
such as to develop in him some Of the
worst qualities Of his nature.
He was Jasper Lowder, Guy Ire
silian's hired travelling companion
and bosom friend.
The meeting aud connection of the
/ Two had a touch of romance. Youug
Tressilian had spent four years at a
/ German University, whence be had
/ been graduated with honor. Ga leaV-
+ ing the University, in Gbediepc5 to
/ his fathers written command, ne had
1 undertaken a tour Of the countries
/ inolosinR the Mediterranean Sea. in
| company with one Of his late tutcss,
/ This gentleman being unexpectedly
promoted to a professorship, aban-
I doned Tressilian at Baden, leaving
/ him to find another travelling COM
/ panion.
On the evening of the very day af-
ter this desertion, as Guy TressiIian
was sauEtering through the streets of
Baden, he had been assaulted by a
trio of his own countrymen, all more
or less intoxicated. 1t was apparent
I that they took him for another, and
I him. Without allowing him to speak
they forced him to defend himself
Guy was getting the worst of the con-
hiet, when a stranger came running to
his assistance, and in a few moments
the two had put the rufhans to flight
This stranger who came so oppor.
timely to Guys assistance was Jasper
! LoWder. His resemblance to young
Tressilian awakened In the latter q
romantic interest. He questioned
Lowder, learned that he was poor and
alone in the world, and took him with
him 20 his hotel. Believing that the
similarity of features indicated a sim
ilarity of tastes and natures, he en-
gagged LoWder as his travelling com
panion, and tEe past year they has
spent together more like brothers
than like empl0ye r and employed.
This Storm is regular Levanter,
said Lowder .clingiDg with both hands
to the bulwarks. " Do you this K Chi
craft will stand it, Tressilian?"
Oh, yes. answered young Tressil
ian, Wiping the salt spray from BIZ
face. The Captain knows the Sicil
ian coast perfectly. In two hours o.
less, wa shall be in the bay of Paler
mo. In three hours We shall be dom
iciled in the beat rooms Of the hote
Irinacria. with the best supper Whiel
Messer Raguss can furnish, And TO
morrow, at noon, be added, w
shall embark for Marseillss In e Mes
sagerIes steamer.
And from Nsrseil 81 non viii pro
, coed % Englsuo and q Trsssiliai
J Court, sold L0wder. with eorna M
terness. And f-What Ia "a b-scein
Of me2 4 have had year IF noai
& Logged heppiness, and nov comes basi
/. the. drudgary. the hopeless toll, 30
anzielies Of the Wretohed old life
G You pioked ne up at Baden, S poo
Z ad7eafuFer ae-klng % gain a living b