The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-11-15
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A DAYS BETR0THAL.

Jennie answered not n word but turned
away her head, looking out TO sea with a
sorrowul wistml glance The next moment
my arm was about her waist She did not
rcpulse me. Jennie | cried, why need
we part at ali? If you will take me for a
skipper we'll sail through life together
We were on the barque Petrol, of Green.
ock, bound eventually for London with a
cargo for the Mediterranean, |
and we arc now anchored in the roadstead
at Hayre,a little to the North and West ofthe
pier head. Jennie is the shippers daughter
and am only passenger.
low it was that came to be passenger
on board the Petrel, aud making love to our
Jennie, / may hear briefly explain: An off
cial recognition Lad set me at liberty with
moderate pension in the prime of life, with
all the world before me, and ere making my
start, ! determined to have my "wander
year" So, after wandering over half Eu-
rope, | found myself standing on the quay
at Napels, one tranquil evening watching
the movements of the shipping, jingling the
few sovereigns hal left in my pocket, won
darir,, if ,l,e, vyould hold out ,;ll ,gvt ,,,or.
ter day, when / was suddenly accosted by
ro,,o ,,;,, cr;a,,,1,,, ooo,..., !, ,,,, n,,;',
torora Il wos .o,,o TINA hsf,ro rooo,.
nized nv hterlocutor or ra,,lI to mind nm.
1ar what circumstances hod ,royior.1y mat
with Cartain Nacf,rlane. of the Pa,rei for
such he gave himself to be- All of sud-
den ro, the cline
Il, to the last eighteen months T had
been employed in the transport and yictual
ING office at Whitehall. The Petrel had
been chartered as tran.port and TO Mae.
.'r,auc much hotbercd with official farm.
and circumlocution. had heon of sou,o
,;l,le service. pulting him in the way of get.
finr his accounts ra..od and So nr lie
had ,a,d =, the tim,. ,bn, if ne ever had !,
in his mower to do me a poo1 turn he would
And now hear he had AN onportunitv
And why not take massage with me to old
ENGLAND o urgeJ the unsuitable Scot n. ",
sat smoking and DISCUSSING bottle of win,
at a neighboring cafe. Come. it shan't cos
Won bawbee. Come the blue nsler's Av
ine We weigh .nchor tonight Go an,
fetch vour trans. and veil come aboard will
me-
The Offer was foo temnt;ng to no rer,sad
Time WAS no object 70 me while money was
Before | we'll knew what was ohout
found myself and NV por,mantau stowe,
ay., in the cantoip,s ,iy ,bich was oleoy
ino tho trauouil water. Of the bov Next
was SWINGING mvself M the side Of the Pc
trel and then I saw n roir of rreot sof
brown ewes Looking down rnop me and al
most lost NV FOOTING bv the start thov cav
me
.Hoott its inst our Jennie cried Macf,r
lane in answer to my look of inouirv direct
ed toward our fair fellow passenger lien
ME. this is Master Willie Thornley, TO whom
| am under great oblirations and I hon
we'll mako him comfortahla among
well if was too late to receda nov an,
after oil il ,,,u,d M, ho for lorr
And if if hadn't heap for thnsa haGl;n
winds we yould hore beer soGa o,oucl
We did not gst to be riobt down friend.
Jennie and for whole fort,ight h
which ti,o ,yo ouobt :, hovo bo., IN sinh
of the white cIiF. of old E,rIond and III
sobering ipare,ces corr.ctod with tbsn
But we had ,broa weeks mora of it
hornv beIcvor ,i,,e-tbot orI,,irotod ;
tbe .cere with ,bioh 7 lacon th;s no.r.
tive
We had caIlod A. Uavre to disnoso of ma
or our CARGO and tho csntair and mate bo,
iro anna osboro r., satt,a a a;snr,o with sor
of his crew who had unwarrantablv deserte
the shin, left Jennie and me ON board
charge.
We were practically alone on board. TT
steward was busy in his caboose. the blaC
was asleep somewhere forward-in the 81
the shin was riding easily at her ancht
with an almost jmpercepible motion I'll
town was shtmmering pleasantly in the SUI
shine and the white villas on the woodt
heights above -hone like 50 many caskets
ivory. 1t was low tide, and Il strip of W
g,i-tening sand was visabe along the shor
of the bay; bathers were splashng abou
amateur shrimpers were pushing their ne
before them in the shadows Beyond Il
bold headIand Of the Cape Ia Herve crownt
by its two white lighthouses, assum
the appearance of some lazy Pacific bra
couchiug in the sands Time and place we
alike proptious, ! turned to Jennie Al
spoke to her of our approaching separation
then made the final plunge. Oh tho
D, hatillug winds how much they had to a
) swer for,
What Jenuie's feelings might have bee
after that decisive moment | cannot tel
. Mine approached siupelacliou. All the di
,e fcullies aud disa vantsges attached to Il
step | mad taken ow showed themselves
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