The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-09

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And Peace listened, like one in peace
full dream. 1t was being heroine-it
was living chapter out of one of her pet
novels, to Romantic Peace.
So they sailed for that far-of celestial
land of tea and pig-tails, Captain Storm
and his handsome ward. And Peace had
her fairy dreams realized, and there was a
Brussels carpets in the cabin. and pi-
ano, and lots of new novels; and she
was as happy as the days were long. Her
music filled the Lovely Lass with sweet
est melody; her clear voice rang out over
the purple midnight sea, in songs sweeter
than the siren-strains of the mermaids;
and her beautiful face lit up the trim
old ship like the summer sunshine itself.
Peace was bright and bewitehing, and
happy as bird. The sailors adored her
as an angel of light; and the captain
ah, the captain!- -adored her, too. Sailing
along, by day and by night, through days
of amber sunshine and nights of misty
moonlight. to that distant land, Captain
Storms, in his forty-second year-old
enough and big enough to know better
fell madly. and desperately and ridicous-
ly in love. He lost his sleep and he lost
his appetite; and he hung on girls fool
ish words, and existed only in the radi-
ance of pair of laughing, giriish eyes.
"Fool that | am for my pains" he
thought, sometimes, in bitter moodiness;
81 am more than double her age; and ]
am rough and black and weather-b beaten
as the timbers of my old ship. No, no,
Harry Storms; the only wife for you, my
boy, is The Lovely Lass"
And yet, sometimes he wildly hoped
She talked to him so happily, she smiled
upon him so sweetly she was ever SO glad
when he came so regretful when he
went. And girls of eighteen had married
men of fortytwo before now; and, Oh
why should it not happen again, and
Harry Storms the most blessed among
men?
They reached China-they reached
Hong Kong-and Peace was folded in hel
fathers arms.
$50 like your mother" he said, his
tears falling. "Oh, my child! So like
your lost mother"
Captain Storms was to stay three weeks
in the Celestial City-to visit it, perhaps
never again. He made the most of his
stay; visiting Peace every day in her pa
latial home. and growing moodier and
moodier every visit. Peace, too, drooped
a little, and looked at him wistfully, and
lost some of that bright happiness that
made her the light of all places. AnG
when the last day came, and he stood ur
to say good-by, she broke down altogether
and cried like very child.
"And shall never see you again." SHIT
said; "you who saved my life! Oh, Cap
tain Storms, must you goT
And then that bashful giant tool
heart of grace, as landsman would have
done weeks before. ..
w must 60" he said: "but we need moi
part, my darling, darling Peace, if yol
say so; for love you dearly; and if yol
will be my wife, we will sail together, fo
ever and ever, as you once wished, unit
our heads grow gray. Mine is not so fa
from it now," he added ruefully.
But Peace had thrown her arms impet
uously around him, and kissed the dark
crisp locks.
"And if every hair were white as thu
foam of the sea, l should love you, anc
go with you, just the same. Why, Cap
tain Storms, you have been my hero al
these long years; and / should have dice
of disappointment, | know, if you hac
left me behind"
So the China merchant lost his daugh
ter, and the Lovely Lass had secont
commander; and in all the years to come
Peace will reign, perennial, in the hear
of Storms,