, 1873-07-20

" eaA stU HlAAl0Att AuA @AHHJo St'NeN ~
moving That "thoro must be summit wrong
bout it"-John Bulls inyariablo yordiot upon
any thing which ho can not understand. The
pretty Miss M EishsSr, from poonnh, being "sur-
Oapt. Voriphast Of tho -th Native In
fantry, accepted him conditionnlly upon
his finding out all nbout that horrid
Gask Il. on The literary yn6 H. & gaze !. place
Uppinlaw, Of Tic High Court, who WIS as fona
Of technical definitions as ho was Of brandy-
pnwnee, "Bnmmod up" Mrs. Errington as ia
positive angel modified by latent caHk." Young
Club (going homo OIL loayo), actually worked It
into song, which lo wrote OF tho Mauritlus,
commencing:
Ny soul Is liko spacious casf,
With love hoopcd up within;
and Mr. Ohutney, after a1pping upon cold pork
and Wolsh rare.bit, washed down with two
bottles Of stout, awoko yoling from n l,ileoua
droam Of boing crushed to donth by tho National
Debt in the Bhapo OF q caok. Tho young cngi-
moor suggested that tho mystic punchoon must
contain homo new fashion Of c,1uolluc, packed
In TINT way to prosoryo its rounded proportions.
Ono Of Mrs. ErringtonB choaen fcmnlo inti-
matos-n lady Of proverhlnl courago-hit upon
S, As '"n ha es s G sk"g m t0f p0assSk sam
widow only cast down hor oyes aud answered.
with hor most bewitchingly childish air, that ii
was special keopHnko, which no ono must lnow
about yet.
As tho voyage wore on, now subject OF In
.tercst began to dispute tho supremacy Of tho fa
nous cask-na,noly, the competition Of sutors
for tho good graceR Of ita charming owner.
Thin rivalry had now grown moro do6ned and
palrable owing to the fact that (as Col. RaHpor,
"tho paco vas getiIing s aovoro, and f' tie woedy
onoH woro beginning to tail OIL. Capt. Tori-
phast Ind been :" withdrawn " by hia n.snchment
to Miss Fisher. whose na.ne tho young engineer,
hin cabin-follow, ungallantlY paraplirased into
A thA j116irnru Horbnrn " Tra1rvr. niNn,ferf,}in
after day or two'a rhilandering, had likowiso
"dropped out Of tho running, ,''-rontnrking, with
tho air OF connoisBcur, Tint these ue,y
young women were not his style which, sho
enough. Old Mr. Chutney, who at frat seemed
r chuck in u tho unwarrantablo way in which ho
had been bulliod by that abominable cask,"
which appeared to have assumed in his eyes tie
haunting individuality OF an evil spirit.
But notwithstanding t1eBe defectionH. a large
number Of worahtperB still remained truo to their
allegiance, and Of these tho most conspicuous
-th Light Infantry. Rich enough to have no
thought Of marriage hs speculation, blaso
enough to care little for filtration as m amuse-
ment be had at first devoted himself to tho
charming widow With that quiet, confident, half
condosconding eaae with which tho experienced
znilitaire OF our time Ia wont to monopolize tho
prettieat woman in company. But he WAS
playing with edged toola. Mrs. Errington was
just ono OF those dangerous lftte creatures whom
men pot and protect as children till they suddon-
ly find Themselves falling in lovo with thorn as
women; and it soon became abundant1y evident
that tho novice WAS moro than a match for tho
yatoran.. It waa curious to sec how this MAN.
the admired wit Of Bombay dinnor-tablcs, tho
chosen loader OF eimla pfcnics and up~country
gatherings-lost all hia wontod Auoncy and Holf-
reliance aB soon as he entered tho onchanted cir
cle; and to notice tho lcop earnest, ton1or look
which aoftened and almost glorihed his dlsci-
4o11,a
whom he carod for. Tho finer nature Of tho mnn
was aroused, aB 1t always must bo, at tho first
touch Of o pure and manly affection and as it
awoke Ill bis apt compliments and well-turnod
which Ind served him with ordinary women, for-
| sook him one by one. At times he was 80 ab-
aolutoY elent In her presence as to mako Nh Irish
| brothor-of1lonr remark that ;" tho D1oojor niver
rington."', perhBps tho young lady horsolf was
not wholly unconscious Of this but only once
did Blo hazard any nllusion to it. They hap
pened to be left togothor on deck for few MIN
utcs, and tho Major instantly became 80 f1agrant-
ly ytonguo-tlcd that she yontured to rally him
upon the loss Of his proverbial auoncy.
How worry thoughtful you are to-day, Maj.
Kyllor; you must be inventing Homo wonderful
compliment for ono Of the ladies yondor. nup-
pose they take up so many Of your pretty speech
es that you have none to spare for poor littlo
mop
Tho words themselves wore not much; but the
tone IN which thoy wero spoken, and tho look
that shot them homo, might have shaken any
heaa to foot, az he had never dono IN marching
up to the muzzlcs Of tho big guns q. sobraon.
so you think I'm nothing but anttorer!"
said ho, bitterly; "Well, perhaps an to the
others but with you ita dtGoront. can't look
in your face, md insu1t you by Btringing to-
gethor pretty speeches such as I'd repeat to any
woman met by chance In q lrawing-room. lii
your presence, Ilnust speak the truth, come what
may"
She had tho tact to change the conversation
and break of tAcir tete-a-tee as soon as possible;
but there WAC Bhado moro Of kindness in her
| manner toward him from that time. Let small
wits snner a8 they will at " tho power of flnttery
over women, " simple manly earnestnoss has iii
All this time our friend Bill sawyor Cwhom we
havo neglected far too much Of lato) was any
thing but easy in his mind. He Ind, indeed in
common with eyery ono else on board, abandoned
but this only whettod his curiosity with respect
| to the mysterious cask. 1t haunted him like tho
recollection Of m unfulnllod duty. lie felt him.
! self humb1ed, both ns man and q sailor, by tho
trate, aud supply Of liquor which ho had not
| eharoa. Ho bocamc silent and moditatiyo, az if
absorbed in tho elaboration Of somo great pro-
iecs; md, one evoning: after 9 silence 30 pro-
ionged as to make JON ;B3laekott the wit Of tho
| tongue around atwixt two O. his back tooth, ho
| suddenly began as follows: "Toll ye what it is
my boa-I can't got that 'ore cask out O. my
| haadI"
(which on 'em, Bill7 There's a.mnny casks
| got into your bend since you fust oum aboard I"
"Ssop your cla1, and listen to me. Fuat goin'
| Of, was fool enough to think ~ how that 'ero
blessed little haugo mennt to drink it al lorsolf
| but now knows batter"
"In course yor does, Bill, now that you wants
some ont yourself."
! "Just hold your. jaw, and listen to me, will
Why, thon there 'aint but Il thoro Ode Be- why, % than
! 70 know, lquor'a liquor. Now tlat's just what
moana to find out aforo TN a day older"
Sand how arc you a-goin' for to do that
Bill ?"
~ knows what knows" snswored Bill, orac-
| ularly. ~ warn't born at O'Clock yesterday
! mornin', warn't. Just you wait Bit"
On the following evening, Bill appeared before
| his congregatel mesHmatos With an air OF con-
| scioua morit.
"Woll, my hcarties, I told yor as I'd find out