, 1870-05-01
THE STORY or TIE, 6ECDhD
NATE,

| strahVe'; aasst began to show his damon
senget. 1Cfratinn foz our pretty fclloW-pas-
attanG2e z Was Disk Halliday who called my
to il = capital joke rhile xe ~ vase se
. NeHo had sailed from Lesho1n- We two
. duaAaning on tho Qua1tar-ran .just beforo
! tho c&en MiHs Ills came On deck. HTha1a'a
J sec tho" said Dick, "anu presently you'll
ninutes VI Ii tho course Of ths ne1s five
; u,er from Jones, our Second Mate. lonnged
younc Iady onuiInaiad conversation With tho
IL lesst We jui4 interesting topio Of sharks.
we're put in sucb 80 by her questions, which
wind. 10th to part paE, sweet voice, thss tho
creetly carried thA the musical tones indis'
"He's u sort Of dc4A within our hearing:
] ]neithsl too 1sa ugly nor tsSfriend; '.but he's
comfortable singeiug." I'd to suffer N un-
I had . half-formed idea
!. the Second Mate, and yezy :! Eather liked a:
that particularly admired sain eonviGmoh 1s;,.a
As dialiked to see the mani AaIy Ens:
himself or tho gisl appear il tdss iGoi a =,
dc theory annoyed me: ! 1thcseSosanasa-e:asn,s ~ A.
liberty Of totally tisbeuovins it, aneok ne
hare continued to do so hal not the anoala
gradually become too plain to be mistalGseace
There were only four Of Us in tho c.,
l-Eiek, Miss Ella, Ler fatl,er and
Leghorn to New York in sloW-saiIing
mafble-laden ship, instead of retutnin;
home by quicker and more fashionable route
doSa ros pertain 10 the ps1sent story As ths
only lady passenger. Aias Ella naturally Wa
myself. Her father was old, II. md unable t,
play whist, and was consequently an e1tremni,
uuinteresting fellow passenger, Fortunatel,
he kept his room pretty closely, and ne say
vefy little Of him But lis daughter was tn,
brightest and most bewitchiDg little womal
| m In n I1ris Nof
durable, bnt delightful. She was twenty-five
as che frankly confessed, and had spent tlt
LAST three years III travelling With her inralit
father. She YVES never n-sempered, navo,
dull or dispisitcl, aud though frank md brish
quite .waso Of lie ffsc. int aho vss ~
extremely pretty, md she had an irresistible
tendency roVErl innocent Irritation. Had ]
been younger man, or had Dick not possessed
wife and quantity of children at home, enc
Of both Of Us would certainly have rehearsea
the world-old drama Of idle love, with Mary
Ellis in the leading female rolc. IS the critics
| would say.
As for Mr. Jones, he vas the last m,n
whom any one would have deemed capable Of
sentiment Of any sort. He WIS old-for al
though be said he was only thirty-tivo, rough
him much older than his yoars. His com
| ple1ion Was nearly the color Of mahoeany
when it is thoroughly oiled, though it licked
the poGshed surface which ia Generally ~
sociated with that article in its naunfao-
tnred state. His hair waa grizzlcd and
unkempt, and an ugly scar, whch stretcla-
ed across his forehead-the memorial Of des-
pe11te fight with q mutinous crew-sddcd
nothing to his beauty. Still, his .eves were
clear and piercing, and his figure athletic aud
manly; suppose there are women who might
possibly have fallen in love with him. The
kfFfriJa9G .5HEIRF1a 1rf-
When one came to scrutinize Jones spiritual.
as distinguished from Jones physical, it was
still more difficult to understand how he could
Lave had e amazing self conceit to imagine
tlat Miss Eilis could regard him with any
thng but the barest toleration. He waa
,nand the refuse Of humanity that mans our
merchant vessels. He WAS hhrd and cruel to
the lazy and ignorant, and, ,s = swearer,
echEsed any one whom had ever heard in the
dev1lah intensity Of his innumor1ble oaths. He
WIS totally nitorate man, and his want Of
knowledge il navigation made it impossible
Tor him to rise aboye subordinate station
in his profession His conversation
hAd = certain spice OF shrewdnss
nd homely good sense, but was porpetuat
defiance Of lindley Murray and all his works.
His code Of morality WIS summAkily compEe-
handed in the two rules-never to BE- drunk at
sea, and always to obey orders. This was Ger
tainly pretty sort Of fellow to take fancy
to refined md delicate girl. To do him JUS
uce, he was brave and manly in his station; !;
infinite distance, 1t sweet Mary Elliss
It would have been amusing, had it not
made ne indignant, to note bow the man
watched for bel. appearance. At every atop
that sounded from tho companion-way he
would turn, with = look Of expectation in his
face that the duIlest witness could not fail to
understand. When she did appear, be would
would never be Absent from her side, OK
cept for few moments at time, while tho
two were On deck. He was perpetua11y bring
ing mattresses for her to rest upon, aud shar1s
70 wrap around her. I have known him 70
Keep sailor IN the mizzen-chains for hours at
time, catching hoatng bits Of sea-woed and
stray iel]y-fsh, for her amusement What
Maa more czeditable TO him, he never abused
the men in her presence, and rarely gNors
while sho was within hearing. More than
once. st tho warning touch Of her band upon
his srn, he dropped his raised hand and sup
pressed the half-uttered oath about to be
launched At some unhappy fellow who had
committed An unusually irritating offeuce
against tho laws OF good seamaushp.
This moth-Aud-candle business Ment on for
several weeks. Mary Ellis was, or affected to
be, totally unconscious Of the conquest she
bad made. Neither Dick nor mysolf felt Vt
Liberty to remonAtrate with her on behalf OF
the peace Of mind Of the Second Mate did,
however, venture ono day to wa1n 3Ir, Jones'
Of the attention that his conduct had at-
tIacted. We had grown quite friendly By this
time, and fancicd that tho kindly intercat 1
took in his welfare would rather a1tter him
than otherwise. He listened to what had to
Say, with his hands thrust into hin pockets,
and his gaze directed miles away toward the
distant dis horizon. 70 - And 20, Mr. Jones, I con-
won't do. The lady is quite out Of your sphere,
and either don't suspect that you caro- particu-
larry for her, or else is anuaing heruelf at
your expense"
he turned and looked at me, silently. mis-
ter, said he: at last, slowly and redectivcly,
like enough you mean al right, 50 I won't
s--est fool oi yourself! TslGn' to
@ man, oo' .ine xGsf r. iPnsFesl xad WhT' rlto a%
man, too And she's woman, amt
she? What'1 yar. spheres got to do With
pect she gets tired Of your infcrnM jaw sou,e~
times know I do, .anyhow-and ahe don't
mind 1isteuin' to me Bit for hea1thy change,
What think Of her ain't your business. nor
yet nobody else's bat I Amt agoin' to let any
man say that ahe's playin' It On nc. Nov
don't allow no interferin' from passengers, nor
nobody And be walked AWAY
After this failure, I tried him with no more
advice: Gradually I becamo convinced that
,ss ~, .us was ~ tesny nSaru ruees coqoette,
W. NV ~ w ~ nnunIg neE1en "a,h conquest 60
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