The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-09-21

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would not stay" n
i con, but you cannot control the wind
and weather, you know"
j "And the boat--the yacht, I mean--is
so SMALL
I. "A nasty, fitting, topsy,turvy thing"
readily acquiesced Mrs Sand. "What
pleasure the Captain can find in it. is
puzzle to me. But as to his running into
danger, you need not fear that. He is
an experienced sailor, you know"
"Shall you sit up for him, Mrs. Sand %
"Where would be the use of that ?"
cried Mrs, Sand, pushing back hersmass
Of golden hair in surprise. ''They can't
come now by sea or by land. The sea is
too rough, and the last train is ia.
shall go to bed when I've bit more of
Young Bailey" Tah@ G1
Leaving her to Young Bailey, we went
out again. The wind partly met us
now, and drove us back with every step.
| Our house was at the far corner Of the
terrace; and the. wind was booming
round that corner "a though it were so
many cannons. We got in somehow, by
help Of the iron ratings.
would you like me to sleep with you,
Mrs. Whitnall?' 515 3-toegear
mo, thank you, Dorothy When /
have to bear suspense or pain, am best
alone"
Her room, over the parlor, had one Of
those large bay windows, very charming
by the seaside when the weather's calm,
but frightfully shaky in q gale How she
got through the night don't know. Her
eyes were little heavy in the morning
her face pale; but there was no other
lsign to show e-..i,,as o+s,..f. ~
Inc sea was calmer, but very rough still,
and there were reports of its having been
q most fearful night further out at sea-
An old sailor who sometimes brought up
shrlmps for sale (but he had none this
mornlng), sad, IN answer to inquiries
from Mrs Whitnall (she threw 10 the
widow to'speak to him), chat it was zone
J O. them there sudden storms as nobody
couldn't guard against" The children
no fear OF danger in their light hearts
ate as much breakfast as usual, and said
; what nice long adventure Of it their
papa was having, and wondered which
harbor Capt. Sand had put into.
as the day wore on, the sea went down
gradually. But there came no sign OF
the Margaret Ann None of the trains
had brought them,and we concluded they
/ were yet in the yacht. Mrs. Whitnail
scarcely left her post at the window; she
= sat there, straining her eyes over the sea
Mammals looking for the yacht" said
Kate, in a half whisper q.r.',.-...,..-
"Why, mother, it's of no use to expect
! them day." remarked Alex. "The
wind is dead against the course she took
and pretty stormy still. Old Sands sal
couldn't blow him back here"
eff you would go to the circus with us
f Mrs. Whitnall, it might amuse you, anc
take your thoughts out of YOURSELF"
], whispered to her when the time foregoing
drew nigh,
Don't tease me, Dorothy" she answer
ed, rather sharply, as it hope deferred
j, were trying her patience sorely. " can
not think why Captain Sand is keeping
Robert out all this while"
g 1t is the storm that has kept them"
should like to have said, but did NOT
Tho circus was wonderful more tina,
wonderful to the young eyes gazing at ii
The riding was daring, the saWdust fresh
the ladies dresses shone, the clowns wer
> Iaughably amusing, Amidst the specta
, tors sat Mrs. Sand, enjoying it as much a
! anybody-evldently there was no fear il
t her heart. All the way home, after tn
e drums and trumpets splayed US out, tn
7 children Ia rapture of delight, could tall
q OF nothing but the performance. Ale
|, made just one other remark, thatthe win,
was chopping round. At the window i
a the old place,sat Mrs. Whitnall, watchin
e still in the dusky night. I wished to m
heart that Robert would make his appear
T ance, and put an end to the suspense.
Il con, mamma" cried they, bursting in
0 to the parlor, you should have come
5. You never saw anything so good Wha
a thing for papa TO have missed it ',,
r With the next morning, the wind ha(
e chopped " entirely round, and blew di
IS rect in-shore. lj ''E o|
They'll be in to-day" said Mrs. SAND
y nodding to US as she went by the window
g to market, a small basket on her arm, an,
t her golden hair tucked in net. behind.
g But that day passed like the rest, an,
they did not come. Is .oarl.a-
AS IT to mock us for what had been, til
,. calmest and most charming weather pos
It sible had set in. The sky and the sc
were alike blue and still the tide ripplin,
7. up with a low and still murmur tina
h soothed the ear and lulled the senses t
peace. Gazing at the sheet of blne glass
I in which the vessels at rest reflected them
IS selves, one could scarcely believe it to b
the same turbulent and dangerous sea 0
g some three or four days before.
Where could the yacht be? Even Mrs
Sand began to ask the question, and sweep
p the horizon to look for it with the CAP
r tain's powerful glass. s,.. ,.,..4 ..
o "He has often been away as long a
this" said she to Mrs. Whitnall. "Tire
I some things they are. those men Thau,v.