The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-10

beeu making very great mistake, and
| ffancying you to be q woman grown, wher
you are only little girl"
"Girls Ofcoprse I am" was the reply
"But now that IS nice of youl How pleas
ant it would beif you were always like
.hisl There-there, they have got another
OILY look, though, how the poor thing
struggtes--how it is hooked!'
ayes" said Edwards, forgetting for The
moment his resolve; shut it is not the
only unfortunate that wriggles hard when
it finds itself caught."rayJIs
Eta Norris turned upon him sharply
snatching her, hands away as she did so
and her face once moro flushed. 40 if wo.
manly perceptions were beginning to
make themselves known, and usurping
the girlishness of the past and prese Mt
81 beg pardon" said Edwards. in low
tone. "Those words escaped nae inadver-
family. Ifppromiss never again to Of
fend, will you forgive fmee"d9@ f2'h pa
Eta was silent fer a. few moments be
fore she again spoke, and then it was in a
half pettish tone, as she exclaimed: "Mr
Edwards, you are always trying to make
me hate you.'' ''"4 ga - ''71 49, ''''. "'''
Then III never do SO any more, said
the young man laughing. i1ol bssaa91na
"But really, will you always be wise and
natural, and talk sensibly?'I ,.a., .4se.g
Indeed will. Eta Nerris,,' said Ed.
wards gravely; land when I speak of love
again, IL shall be at your invitation
sab, now we shall have pleasant voy.
age,and you shall see how I will snub the
next man who talks nonsense to me-" q
John Edwards did see, and hear, too
the various snubbings administered By
the wilful little beauty. Sometimes il
was with pleasure; but more often there
was a mingling OF pain, as he wished that
his fancy had been attracted by some one
more staid and quiet. i" m"1' s'1@'a'' ~
ut all comes of being shut up in 50
small space, with such fre-brand,
when one is composed of iDfammable
materials" he thought; and then once
more came quiet resolution; and to have
seen John Edwards it might have been
supposed that he was one of the happiest
of mortals.
The complement Of the Lord Give was
made up very much after the fashion OF
that of most East Indiamen before The
overland route was so largely patronized
4 There were yellow officers, returning
after long leave; commissioners and
clerks; young folks, like Eta Norris. go
ing back from the echools at, which they
had been placed; spinster sisters and
cousins. about to join other sisters, broth
ers aud cousins in the hot land where the
husbands arc said to be so plentiful; and
a fair sprinkling of young officers an6
cadets. There was flirting and loye-mak
ing going on adj lSb., in fair weather and
foul: music and dancing-the amusement
Epeculiar to shipboard; and under the pre-
sidency of a captain, jovlal, midi le.agec
and possessed Of the Happy knack o
making himself agreeable to both young
and old, the days flew rapidly by.
But q dreary time was coming On. 70
in trying to round the Cape they had t.
encounter series of bitter northern gale
so fierce that, day after day, the grea
IndIaman had to scud south under storm
Estay-sails, the huge waves chasing he
fercely as they 'ried to leap on board ;ant
at last, when fine weather once more
smiled upon the travellers, it was fo
them to find themselves far away to tn,
southwark, where the winds blew kee1
and bitterly, where mists we're frequent
and there was the possibility, day by day
of their encounterlng ice.
The light tropic clother were cast aside
and such lady passengers as were prepar
ed appeared ia thick wrappers and furs
while thosewho had been expecting sum
mer, or tropic weather, sat and shivereC
, over the cabin fires, as they longed one,
more for tae ardent sunshine of the no
belts.
1t was too chilly for deck game; bu
one bright. cold day, many of the passen
gers were on deck, when one of the sal ors
aloft, on the lookout for ice, who haG
been chosen by the captain on account Of