The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-11-14
THE DEATh-SHIP az OF
TRESCAT1F.. r. COVE.
81 = :. L'rnx. LINTON.
CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER II. 81 =
Great ~.s .he rejoicing It Tres.,t
Cove that night, vixen Joss C.rne came
homo With Mary bJ bis side. I an
afraid many = man hsd : dizsy head
tho next noraisy from ths strength Of
the stuf Polvl lesle,, It 'ths sS.n, .sold
for good health. ',ad sla.1s round.
The fisher folk cling closely tossther, |,
and .re only hsppy amongst s.eh other.
Besides, Jose was !. general 'f.vor,te,
ard he had saved money. It u.
known that be had nearly to hsndt.d
pounds 10 the bank !; aud, = the good
luck Of one is taken very much - tho
good luck Of Ill, the return OF ono of
their young mon With few pence in
his p'ckets is q thing naturally much
delighted In; a. Tonight At Trescat
Cove when Jose Carns came back,
For DOW II was assumed thst, of course,
be would settle down among them qui.
city for life. Flo had served his ten
yssrs in the Navy, and hsuceforth he
would be ! fisherman like themselves,
if 90 be he did not choose tho coast.
guard service. And most likely he
would not, but would take to the seius
fishing, and build / boat Of hi. own,
marry aud h.vs shll ,1en, and be man
among men, .od UP bus native place
.lI he could. = -Asd more than ono
specu!ated ~ to which girl hs vsuld
t.ke; and some gave him tho "oficer's
daughler''-pretty, drsssy, flirting
Heu'ietss Allan, vho,. because s. her
tuther WAS .-ooastgu.rdsmao, gsve her.
self the airs Of lady; bu. she .vaa :
''sad, wi'a piece" they said, and not
fit to be au honest mans wife !; and
some said Mary Peard, for oil that she
was - poor and had to % OUT shrimp.
ing aud gatheriog in seaveed for hs,
living. But, in tho frst place, poverty
among fishermen is not disgrace, for
they are oil poor; and then Mary
was good girl, and had kep. her head
high and her name clean. So many
thought it would be Mary Peard snd,
indeed, some Of them got sudden on.
lighteument Of wits ~ to tho reason
Why George Martins saithad not pros.
pered. - ...-.'
George h,msslf came to know the
truth only tho next day. Lookisg ia
At Msry's cottage o. biz Wy 70 his
boat, thinking it wise to strike Will,
the iron was hot, and intending, there.
fore, to speak to her seriously eoee
again. and ak he,, y % often before,
70 b biz wite, hs ~ Jese Cana sit.
tioe b1 the 6rs. smoking, and M.ry's
oh.ir drawn close 70 bis, While tho work
she held in her hands Va held there
more in pretenoe Of doing something
th.o for sny amount really got through.
George entered il : pleasant fr,nsy Of
mind esoush-humble, if in earnest,
aud dssperssely in love-bst vhss. sAe
saw Jose sitting .ths,s, in that fa.il-
i.rity Of attitude which ssid 10 much
more than the familiarity Of their or.
dinsry nspnery among sssA. ether, bis
passion ross - his hopes fell, isad he
staggered Toward With sn indsseriba.
bic air of brsvado, Of mssts,hip, and
CUSTOM. ~ If hs had as' much right TO
tho girls society ~ the best of them
could claim. *~' 49,,
| Mary flushed to the roots Of her tan.
gied, curled black hair-partly from i.
womsn's natural anger at tho sffront
implied, but partly also from shame
aud conscience !; and Jose looked up
with good.bumored kind Of surprise,
a. : s.ilor would before knowing that
he had cause to BE- angry. ; '.%
"Fpu don't mean jose to out me out,
Mary :" sid George, with 40 unpleas.
ant laugh; ".Dd 'after yeaterd.y, too p
s'"Atter yesterday What nonsense
are you after, Georgel'', famed on,
Mary (she could only fass i. out. nov,
.he thought "Wh.. -. there. 10
yesterday that jose should not b cit.
ting here With NET" AID she laid
her hand on The SCARED and ftseklsl
hand of her lover. ...1., - - s.,s.s;
George Laughed again. R .Rs oil. that's
rare !" he cried. sneerinely. "Aad If:
,er III you said wben W v,re ssartipa
vesdp ..ss.-ss5s
aDon't believe bin. Jose, - dear r
pIesded Mary. .Georss Martins hi
iathers 500, aud 70 81 know wha'
Dsu's wora il wsrth when il suits hin
to sps,k With two sides to his tongue
sfe turned round again : shs sait
hi. aad hssd asofSs Martin aessely
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