Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-01-18

= Hhueu, Win Hef pialu unAWn up AOOus Uer
shoulders and neck. Her head hung down.
and she wept Ia silence. This sense of
solitude and desertion was new TO her. In
the daytime the CAV sunlight had furnished
her with distractions; but now she was in
the dark, listning to the dreary roar of the
| waters, and the still more dreary murmur
and upbraidings of her heart.
At nine O'Clock a man appeared before
her; IL seemed as II he shot up from out OF
the ground.
There was a shrek. But It was nobody
but the Daphne sailing-master He was
in search OF the owner. Miss Mamie re-
piled that she did nor know where he was
The man made a gesture OF surprise which
did not escape the young lady's notice. He
intimated that he had come here because
he had been successful in all his previous
searches. This was innocent on his part,
but Miss Mamie blushed red in the dark
The sailor was about TO retire, when Miss
Mamie asked hun what his errand was.
| This led to telling her of the attempted
transfer of the yacht TO Mr.. Fonder.
Miss Mamie sprans to her feet.
But Mr.. Fonder, mem, won't take the
boat, nor have anything TO do with her be
cause four of the men have gone of into
| town, and there bent enough left To sail
her Tomorrow
Miss Mamie, excited beyond measure,
fired half dozen questions straight into
the matter.
Then did the yacht still belong to its old
owner? Yes. Was It certain he could be
found In time TO rectify matters: The Cap
tain shook his head. Then, us@ess the men
were secured and brought bach. She race
would be lost. Emphatically. ySs Where
were the men, in al likelihood? In some
OF the liquor shops OF the town. Were
there many of these places? About five
hundred. Would the Captain assist her TO
lind the ruusyays: With admiration.
| Yes.
/ To this pass, then, had she come: In u
| manner infused with iron, She ordered out
her coachman, and then her pony-phaeton
and light spring-wagon; then she order
ed the coachman into the latter, and bade
/ him follow where she and the Captain led
/ In the other vehicle.
Thus arranged, the party began search
| for the rccreants. They descended into
the lowermost and the yilest parts of the
I djiccnt city. and Miss Mamie, with her
skirts gathercIfu in front OF her, pushed,
/ without the smalleA hint OF recoll.iuto the
I dens that She saw. When she appeared,
I bEawliag Ceased, men put down their liquor
! and the proprietors advanced and asked
respectfully what she wanted. The first
/ OF the crew she saw was lying like log
/ upon the floor OF a ioul back parlor. The
: Captain ard Coachman took hun by the
heels and shoulders and placed him in the
wagon. Miss Mamie redeemed his cap
/ for Que dollar. he had pawned it to the
! bar keeper for ten cents worth OF some
terrible drink, and then she drove on the
J next place, four doors OF. .TAe next sailor
/ with the Daphne's uniform was about en-
gagiug in a fight. lie had already been
Knocked down, and was covered with
I blood. He dropped instantly as Miss Nan
ME pointed him out with her whip, and the
/ ring scattered silently. This capture stag
/ geredcp the wnyon or his own accord.
/ Then the hdnt went on tlll midnight AT
t that houE'all the hars were closed, and yet
there remained quite hundred unsearched
7 Despair. They paused in the dark and de-
serted street. The coachman vas burly,
aud it began 10 rain. Suddenly the fight
\ ing sailor probably grateful at his saliva
ton irom a thEashiug) suggested, station
! 'ouse, mum
/ They drove there in hurry. Law had
.'seized upon fifty individuals. Miss Mamie
1 with her head sw INNING with sickness de-
! scended with the Captain 10 the gIslit
/ crypts and searched the motley aud noi-
| some crowd. The TWO sailors we're there.
! They were in drunken sleep, aud they
We're lifted bodily and taken TO the wagon,
where they rolled and groaned with the
/ other two.
Thus triumphant, the cortege returned
/ TO the neighborhood OF the beach aud the
( boats. The Captains yaw lay beside
pier, and into il two OF the sailors were
I lifted. The Captain rowed them OH to the
yacht, whose light was 10 be seen in the
I distance. In twenty minutes he came back
7 again. Then the remaining two were de-
Sosited In the boat. Miss Mamie then
/ climbed down into the stern sheets. The
4 coachman and the Captain wondered She
! addressed the first: Drive home aud say
that shall sleep on the Daphne Tonight.
Then she addressed the second: 4 arr 90
ing 10 make sure that no other mishaps oc-
cur. Give way, please, I've got the tiIler-
ropes.
| ss,Al that nj .ht she sat argus-eyed, upon
! the damp deck, caleless alike Of the lOg
aud the land-swe'. She foudly believed
that she was preventing mischief. She did
not sigh or nod, but az every creak Of the
cordage, or flicker OF the lantern over her
head, she started up TO look She would
not have known IL il the yacht were sink
ing. or drifting ashore, but II pleased her
to watch all the same. She often half
wished that George would row up and
catch her sitting there, and she iiouted the
| ignoble desire only TO make room for it To
/ return again. She was full OF heroics.
Her courage swelled with every one of the
! dismal hours. She was a changed woman,
50 she decided. Her little burst OF energy
had filled her with yalor. What could she
not do: She ignored her speeches Of the
morning, and thought Polly had been silly
son with her.
But where was George?
Supreme anxiety and a sense OF supreme
worth, exercised his spirit, and she longed
for dayiightin order that she might do
4 .
At meridian, or thereabouts. on the next
A DAY. the great race OF 1873 was coming
kheme with northeast breeze, and all
6prinstide was mad. The hills were COW
: cred with throngs OF gazers,and the waters
| were packed with boats aud barges, which
were packed iu turn with ladies and the
critics who did not yacht. The wide course
was clear, and the judges sloop alone
seemed to block the way.
The six racers werc bearing straight
down, two miles OF Artillery OoOmed,
band. played, and the throngs on the out
| ermost highlands began 10 break up. and TO
| stream toward the goal in order tn see the
finish.
Like great Damon. hard upon the mo-
ment, a wher-y dashed out from the shor e
and made for the judges boat in spite of
the cries and commands of the water po
lice.
Townsend and his fevered. sweet COM
panions saw 1t.
'Hurrah! Here's George"
Twenty hands were stretched out to help
him up. In light OF the whispers which,
since daylight, had been circling about the
town concerning the Daphne, and Miss
Mamie. and himself, he was the incarnate
mystery. He was in blaze of excitement
He took Townsend's arm. How could
help coming back, Tom3 smelled the
eastern wind from the Oceau twenty miles
in the country, and turned my horse
around directly. Look at that, sirH lHe
pointed to the race. Who says that is
unworthy OF manly adniration?' He put
a number OF rapid questions. Tom pro-
fessed great ignorance. All thai he found
out at the moment was that all the yachts.
the Daphne aud the Petrol among them.
had sailed as had been intended.