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shest Pet kind Of dry humor in action a
talk.; . With all appreciation Of !
nephew and his guests, I must :
trip, often beside him, helm IN hand and rino ~
il mouth, learned some valuable lessons iri Ii
et from him, my junior, and the fun he season
- them with Was cure for heartache or d.
o pepsia. .s.. ~ -
! .This Archie c. our sailing-master, had
+ BROTHER Lis elder, a Captain in tho marchs:
I service. II ever one man Was proud Of and d
a voted to another; it Was Archie and his brotho
IA he spun yarns Of him through many night
:: watch, and grow to know tho merchnnt Ca
/ tain go well tint believe I should have reco
n nized him anywhere in crowd, a. soa or {
= "And now an brought to the real story, as
" Our pleasure trip nearly finished, We lazn
dipped and rolled one moonlight night of Bal
? negat Al had turned in except Archibald b
q the helm, the watch forward, and l, who, as wa
my custom, enjoyed an ante-sonsnun, stroll an
), smoho On deck. I had planned for cha
from him that night. From aIeepiiesB o
other cause, he WAS in his ahel1. In tht
numerous baits for him to nso to. but a a
Ispgh ;,s Rn that my friend VAS mapping
-, =" In reverie Of pleasant thought, enjoyed
the quiet, lonely rocking Of our yacht, the colder
mist'ness OF the moonlight, tho lazy splashine
OF the water on our sides, and the low, indolent
napplng nov and then OF our canvas. A dim
ofoken line and hazy ray Of light in tho west
we're tile jersey shore and lighthouse. Sometimes
my car caught very low the hum Of tho distant
SUIT; Nowhere seaWard was there sail IN sight,
unt4 suddenly and greatly to my astonishment,
close On our larboard, and not 400 Yards on. a
Large brig, her sails hanging, and abe as idle in
the calm as we She WIS not there minute bo-
fore; Of that was sure.. As gazed in ntter
eeW1lderment heard voice come clear from q
- ..Ahoy yacht ahoy Is Archie e-a aboard
cat that instant our masfcr sprans from his
@ @doze, crying out, Who called me7 Was it Jon,
."My attention distracted, turned .ea;n
quickly to the brig. There uas nothing in sightl
not 3 mast nor sail On the whole clearly Light
| ed expause.
:".'D Did you call me- 2" continued Archibald. re-.
peating his question, and then, with little sur
prise, added, mo, it was not bit like your
voice.
80 No. answered in a1nazement; have not
spoken a word !; but I hesitated whether
to say more, when he continued, with short
la1gI,, !! ! II, but some surprise Of concern;
there pointing to the spot where tho brig
thought was brig as lazy as our little
craft, and q: fellow on deck, whom
ssss5 % Il brshss See Bsn ysa nsD yo:s l h'a
bit" .Ahoy yacht ahoy Is Archie e-aboard7
Tell him" and thon wake up, and find it all
CANNON. We'll, what's the use OF being awake,
II that's dream 2
."tO Ohol' answered l, trying to hide my un-
comfortable amazement under light spccch-
'Ohol skipper asleep, and with nightma1e!'
"Ho laughed, and loaded fresh pipa, while
stepped forward and asked Of the watch, any
sails In sight to-night2'
"Nary one, sir, to bless my eyea. Gener-
ally they is most plentiful of here Only seen |
steamers smoke away of starboard an hour or !
better ago that's all this watch. SO far
"' How etranger /
'.'Ahem. Strange? Why, so near harbor,
you see, aud no Sails"
49, Yes, cir rather ao.'
"Tho Captain called up freak man to relieve |
him at tho wheel, and he and descended to the /
cabin 1snid nothing to him OF my mysterious de-.
fusion (as much 80 TO him aa to mel, and ne aoon
turnod in. I lay awake some time that night. |
turning the matter over in my mind. It puzzled |
atudy it out t6 some practical solution; but-oh, |
! made an entry Of it in my diary the next morn
ing--here it ID now"
From an inside pocket he drew ont . small |
notebook, and turning over ita pages for fow
seconds, ho handed it to mo at this item:
"21st July, 1s7o.-About 11:45 p. rn., of Bar
negat, hniled by IT"
Merely memorandum, OF Significance to 10
ono but jts writer.
Twelve hours afterward, " ho continued, "a I |,
returned the notebook, Eve rere landed in
Now York. Returned to my usual work and
these almost daily trips By rail, / sometimes re-
called that incident Of tho yacht trip. but, as i
have said. nevor repeated it's experience to
any one wanted to keep it all to myself until
{ might pick out its meaning. And now to |
,hsnce companion, hand it Tor his cons;deru-
ion. 1s it an intuition Or micro cllanco that !
orfngg US SO en- rapport I?
lad bowed my head and smiled recognition Of
lia implied compliment, bat, much absorbed in
he narrative, end supposing it unfinished, had !
poken no words to delay its continuence-"to !
csnme the story. One morning, early in Sep !.
enber. Us re1i dowa to the o'clock train to
sow York, r bought the Times as usual, and NV .
yes happening accidentally on Marine Intell- :
;ence, read at the close Of its column this !
aragraph- y Hero he again handed me- his !,
ag, martng ing page viii with his finger On
|ndeF The written date Of Sept. S. IT II
cad: "Tha brig Racer, - master, lost at 500
uly ~, in command Of Robinson, frat mate,
rom Singapore and Padang, arrived I'd and
orts passed Cape OF Good Hope June 27, and
rossed the equator July 18; then had light |
inds from s. E. TON. ". to lat. >26. On after
oon OF 2lst took hurricane from WIS. ~,
eer1ug continually untu near midnight, when it
;ruck us fercely. from E. ". e. Shipped heavy
'as that stove bulwn:ks, sails, and bow and
crn: The rolling broke loose . top spar that
ruoh the Captain and knocked him into tho sea,
he binding spray Immediately shut him from r.
ght, but no boat could have been lowered in the
: then running, and probably the Captain was
etantly killed BY the blow" -
Forcibly impressed, I looked up from tho
'ok to my companions face, :mutely asking him.
proceed. 80,
" Do you notice the coincidence Of; dates in
is and in my former entry p ho asked, and
retched out hia hnnd for the diary. - l
" Yes," said "go on"
{: Well, what remains is meagre and gives
clue to the unravelment we desire. l.
On after II called on Archibald in
nth street. He was settled for tho winter at <.
studio. His brothers. death had wounded him
eply. He gave me all tho particulars that he
obtained from Rollinson, the mate. They
re but little moro complete than the news
per paragraph. Whnt surprised me was that
had forgotten his dream on the yacht, or had
led to notice the identity OF dates. At any
q he said not word Of those-seemed not to
meet tho two events in his mind and did "