Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-09-20

way so much of the time sewing"
"You look like it," said the captain gruff-
ly. "What do you live on? Shirts at six
pence apiece ?"
"No, indeed 7" l cried, Indignantly. "I
sew on pretty things-robes and dresses
see this ~ and held up Rosy's pretty pink
dress. 1t glowed in the sunshine, its 1ounc-
es and frillings trembling about Ikea su-
perabundant growth of petals.
The captain eyed II approvingly. "Pret-
ty enough" he said. "Irs got all your col
or in II, little girl"
II was long since had heard any one ex-
press kindly interest in me, and the words
thrilled me with strange feeling, intense,
exquisite, allied to pain.
"You ought to have a change of air."
said the captain, seeing made no answer.
The pretty dress seemed freighted with
tho visions had had while making It. Ro-
sy glimpses out of the matter-of- course
drudgery, the dngy and ashen hue of my
habitual life, opened out of its folds.
"Captain," said l abruptly, as / laiddt
carefully away, show much does II cost TO
go to the West Indies2"
"By steam ?'
"No; in your ship" 80
"Oh," said the captain, "I am not fitted
up for passengers. A tight little craft e.
nough, but only to carry freight Why2
Know any one going?'
az am. Captain, let me be freight. Stow
me away in the hatch or any where, only
let me go | See, have thirty dollars to pay
my pa ssage !" and l held up my purse.
"Jim's quarters all paid, too.' .
'The moneys an immense temptation,"
said the captain, cycling the slim purse hui
morously-"immense. might lay by on
It after one or two more voyages"
"And, captain, you know I've cousin
out there somewhere-an engineer or some
thing on plantation"
GAY, that way blows the wind, does il?
Well, well, my child, I'll think about IL.
1t might do you no harm, and, rs you say,
you might marry the engineer when you
ind him."
NOW, captain, you Know never said
that"
"NoY well, 1t puts Dit OF color INTO
your cheeks, Lisbeth, ana thats good
thing to see, however IL comes. IN tnihk
ABOUT II, chlio' ts poor uHeilng III
freight vessel, ont many the "Trip tne wiie
anu look 'oSether "heii sue WIS living
Long ago tne captain hau ios' MS young
wiie' year OF TWO ai.er tneir marriage. 1
had never seen her; but the captains iaith-
iui remembrance OF ner was pieasaht' one
was sort OF SANITY recoiectoh 10 num-
Frightening and sweetening MS rude lie,
and Keeping her niche IN his heart forever.
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