Ellsworth American., 1874-08-06

4 be ava at the fishing, and its bac
nicht for boat like this in the open.
\ Something in the perfectly unmove.i
and pnlegmatic tone o: the speaker
!. took the others attention, for the
I young man stared at him for some
time with A half comic. half sneerinQ
look OF astonishment; aud, seeing the
grim, weather.5eaten features perfect
i ly unmoved, he broke into hard
laugh
| "iou take it coolly enough at any
rate" he cried.
4 sand what for should do no tax
i it coollys I'm only a common man,
man, and maun TAX the winds as they
come, and earn my breed"
i Can you swIm:"
4 mot stroke" replied Calum. bury
ing his face in his hands to light his
black Guilty pipe while the man at the
forepart OF the vessel,reclining against
the bits, hunmed in low voice the
doleful lively ditty of "Gille Colum."
+ Still finding secret amusement in
the stolidity Of his companion, the
young man laughed again; then en-.
tering the cabin once more, he re- en-
ferged with fowling piece and fired
1 two shots rapidly into the air. Scarce
ly had he done so, when an enormous
black dog sprang up the companion,
and, rushing to the bulwarks, gazed
eagerly out on the waters.
/ A"Down, Nero, down." cried the
young man. ale thinks l have shot
something. Hal the noise seems to
have attracted attention at last. Look
yonder y
On small eminence overlooking
the entrance of the loch two or three
figures were now dimly seen; but it
was already too dark TO make out
who and what they were The twi-
light had quite fallen, and the wind
was blowing with great fury.
\ Hang off ten minutes longer" the
young man said, land then if no one
comes, we must risk the run down the
| coast"
The helmsman nodded, put about"
once more, and ran through the wind.
The squalls could still be seen whten-
ing the sea to windward when they
struck the water; but every minute
the coast grew DINNER, SO that only a
very familiar eye could have made out
the land marks.
len minutes passed and the order
Was already given to let the vessel run
with free sheet, when Calum, knock.
ins the ashes of his pipe out into the
water to leeward, said, quietly
Whist minute! hear the sound
| of oars between us and the shore"
Listening intently all could hear the
splash, splash of oars coming nearer
and nearer. Immediately afterwards
small boat rowed by solitary figure
shot out of the shadow of the hills. 1t
seemed TO be rude coble quite at the
mercy of the wind, but very skilfully
managed. While Calum brought the
boat up TO the wind, the young man
leant over the side of the vessel and
regarded the small boat intently.
Presently he uttered ali exclamation
which bore suspicious resemblance
10 an oath, and turning angrily TO Cal.
uIn-
Look there. Confound the idiots
they've sent out q woman
Calum, who was quite assonish he'd,
but exhibited as much selEcontrol.
nodded sharply. The boat was in.
deed rowed by a female, to all APP
pearance strong and Young, but her
head was covered by dark hood. at d
they could not see her face,
AnsrIly enough CalGm addressed
the stranger in Gaelic. lie was An
swered in clear ringing tones, in the
same tongue; and almost before he
could say another word the coble was
alongside the yacht, and a slight, cir l.
ish figure. with speed and agility per-
fecily marvellous To the southerner, had
sprung on board.
Ii was too dark To Distinguish her
features plainly, but she seemed fair
complexuned and very young. Her
hood had fallen back, and her face and
hair ws:e damp with spray. Perfectly
lost ia amazement at so strange an APP
partition, the Young man stood staring
open moutLed, while the stranger and
Calum spoke TO each other rapidly in
Gaelic.
Nv hat uoes the girl say" he at last
inquired, impat iently, "ls any one
coming off TO pilot US into the anchor
age:'
Calum replied in the melhOdical
wa, peculiar to him and to his class.
The lassie says there not q man in
the village this night that can pull an
oar or draw net. The whole village is
aws after the herring at Loeb Uish,
and there's nothing but wives, BARNS
andoli bed-riddcn men,
Afurious squall struck the yacht as
the fishermen spoke, and almost cap.
tsizd her for she had entirely lost way
Ahrugh being brought up to the wind.
Ggan addressing Calum rapidly in
seaeic, the girl pulled him aside aad
seizd the tiller.
"Iullo, what are YOU doing?" cried
the pung man. "You're never going
to inst the boat to girl like that p
Tie girl seemed rather to UNDER
stan' what was said, or guessed at the
meaing, for she laughed. By this
time the yacht was again running
through the water, steered by the
strager.
she lassie says" observed Cal
um, 'hlegmatically, "that there's no
bette pilot in the place than herself;
and we leave the boat to her she'll
take 8 in all snug. The tide at the
hoodshe says, and we'll hae plenty O
waite at the narrows."
"ht it's nearly pitch dark, and this
is Rre child"
"Nver you fear, sir. See that! She
kens ow to stear boat, and take my
word or it she'll take US safe. I've
had wrse pilots than this before now.
She's bold lass, and q cannie, and