The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-10-19

What q sublime head he has | and
what pair OF whiskers Next Ia
brother Willie, he is the handsomest
man I ever saw.
Imet him quite accidentally. Strange
that ho should have come along Just
when I was In the midst Of my reyerie
about Willie He startled me half out
OF my senses, for / wasn't aware that
any one frequented those woods but
myself. Willie used to go with me
sometimes before he left home. Poor
fellow We have made our last excur.
sion together in this world.
Here / sat, feeding a couple oirobins
with crumbs, and humming an air Ia
myself, while pushed back the locks
OF hair which kept falling over my
forehead and dangling in my eyes.
Suddenly arose voice behind me
"By my soul, o mermaid She's
giving Mother oarey's chickens their
mess"
I glanced around, turned o dozen
colors Of once, and tried TO faint. II
willie's ghost had stood in that place,
il couldn't have been more like him,
with his six feet Of manhood, broad
shoulders, and sailors cap and jacket.
And then, such lovely nautical Ian
Ruape as he used It almost brought
with IL asniif Of salt breeze and o vision
OF boundless blue.
or course he apologized for the in.
trusion, said he was cruising in foreign
waters and had lost his reckoning (; but
now that he'd found q heavenly body
to level his sextant OF, he'd take q sin.
gle observation, change his course, and
steer 10 nor'ard.
When he spoke Of the heavenly
body I blushed again and, as / knew
that "nor'ard" meant the village, ]
begged him not to stir on my account.
] didn't want to leave on the mars
mind the false impression that I was
agitated by his compliment, 50 in
duced him TO remain till I had time to
compose myself.
After we had conversed for m hour
or so, and was calm again, / gathered
up my things and started for home.
he insisted on accompanying me, be-
cause, as he expressed IL, "he didn't
fancy the notion OF such precious
little craft sailing alone, when II could
Just as we'll have the convoy Of o man.
o'.war."
When we were on the outskirts Of
the village he asked permission to
"heaye 10, and I came the rest Of the
way unattended.
Two o'clock A. NJ? Dear me how
late / am sitting up It's all through
trying TO wade into that stupid book,
I Shall put IL back on the shelf where
it belongs, with its face 10 the wall, SO
that II may not tempt me again.
21sL-Two more developments first,
lis name Is Jack; second, he was 40.
ouainted with Willie. They made 0
voyage together, II I am not mistaken
The last one before brothers fatal
shipwreek.
What host Of naval stories he has
at his tongues end, and what marvel
Gus adventures he has met with in his
time. Notwithstanding he's 80 young
n more interesting to hear him talk
Than To read the best book Of travels
ever printed. He stopped as he was
going by to-day, while was watering
the lowers, leaned over the garden
gate, and kept me entranced Q full hall
hour. / presume It's very indiscreet te
Ret so familiar with strangers the
second time you see them, but I nearly
called him Jack TO his face. ! mighl
have known that was his narle-he
looks IL exactly. There isn't On unsea'
maulike inch about him.
22d.--Jeannette has been over tt
visit me. She Is crazy on the subiecI
Of my sailor. She raves about his hail
and his eyes and his teeth, and-of
mylLahe even pretends to have made
an impression on him. Unhappy crea
ture Time alone will convince her o.
her error.
2sd.-AsI I was coming home from
the posi-. office this afternoon with jean
nette, who should join us but Jack :
"Ikept in your wake 50 long with
out being hailed" he said, by way o.
salutation, "that 1 concluded I'd mak'