Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-02

trail, and the low-Rying gulls now aud
then brushing its surface. Far, far away
far rs the eye can reach-is nothing but
the same cxpanse of deep blue waters, bro
ken only by those yellow hills, now fast
vanishing into distance and night.
Overhead, only another and wider ex-
panse, still "deeply, darkly, beautifully
blue" and behind cloud the bashful
new MUST beginning to look forth upon
the boisterous world below.
Prgsby, from London, explains to Il
gaping audience how the scenery now be-
fore them suffers from comparison with
that of tine Rhine. Sam Boland, Of San
Francisco, careessly replies to an in
quircr that he is going prospecting for
gold in Guatemala, acknowledges it to be
a pretty risky business" admits the
country to be full OF road agents and
bushwhackers, but "reckons he'll pull
through" Meantime, Ilctty and Deb.
seeing the captain had a story in reserve
settle themselves to hear aud enjoy it.
Didn't ever tell you how my first
officer got married? No? Well, nobody
could a-becn sickcr'n his wife was when
he cOurted her, I'll just tell you about it,
it you like.
swell, you see, haven't always been
captain of frSt-class stcamer-no, stree!
ran away to sea when was twelve years
old, and I've worked my way up from the
bottom of the ladder. Well, when was
thirty, | was captain Of large sailing
vessel that was in the South American
trade.
81 sailed from the port of Callao, San
Francisco being my destination. My
second officer was an Englishman, but my
first was an American, only two or three
years younger than |, as good-looking II
fellow as ever saw; tall and straight and
handsome, with eyes like blue china. lie
was right good fellow, too; brave and
honest, but lrisky as kitten and up to
all sorts of larks.
"Well, we crcpt up tie coast, stopping
at every ninth door, as our orders obliged
us to do, taking in all sorts Of things all
booked for San Francisco. Finally we
came to San Jose de Guatemala, which is
the port for the city Of Guatemala-that
lies ninety miles inland-and there we
hove to, and waited for chance to go
ashore.
"Did you ever hear of the surf on that
coast, ladies? Mop Well, it often rolls
fifteen or twenty feet high, and a good
part of the time no boat can live in it.
Sorry we're not going to stop this trip, or
you might see 1t. You see, there's really
no harbor-nothing but an open rOadstcad
and except in the bay Of Fuuday, Til,
place shows the highest and lowest tide in
world. The people here tried to build 4
breakwater out beyond the surf but it
breaks over it half the time, and when it
doesn't it knocks it to pieces, Sometimes
vessels have to ride at anchor for Il week
before they can send Il boat ashore.
"We'd only just hove.to when noticed
that Il ship at anchor not far oil was max
ing signals of distress, and that Il boat
was putting eff in our direction. Ofcourse
we were anchored inr out beyond the surf,
and it WAS comparatively easy for the boat
to reach u.s. SO it was soon alongside, and
one Of the men came up TO the ships side
and told me what was wanted
1t appears the ship was colcc-Ship
from San Francisco, and had come to San
Jose for its cargo. 1t was only half loaded
when one of the boats capsized in the sWf,
drowning the captain and first officer.
The second officer was very low with fe-
yer, and they had nololy to navigate the
vessel; SO they'd had to wait in port till
some other ship came along and could
lend 'em an officer, or somebody who un-
derstood navigation,
"Wel | called up my first officer, and
put him aboard the coffee ship, and in
day or two we both sailed. We were go.
ing ever just the same ground-Or sea,
rather-and as the two vessels were about
equally fast, we kept each ether in sight
most of the time. We'd been out about
ten days, and were in American waters
again, when all of sudden the ship hove
TO and signaled us to stop. We ran us
close TO them as we could, and then we
hove to, and presently through the glass
saw boat being lowered and that there
was woman in it,.
81 was surprised, as you can imagine,
for didn't know there were any passcn-
gers on the coffee ship, though there were
half dozen on my own. In few min
utes up the side came my first officer, more
than half carrying the pisttiest little
Spanish girl ever saw. Oh, ladies she
was beauty! Eyes like all the stars in
the flag, and the sweetest little face
kisses just sticking out all over it! But
wasn't she the sicliest little mortal that
ever set foot on deck? | tell you she was
all green and yellow, and looked half
starved don't believe she'd kept down
a quarter of dinner for a month past.
"Hullo, Jack!' said |; what's the
matter2' And | gave the lady seat on a
lounge in my cabin. The poor little thing
couldn't sit up straight, so | just hoisted
her feet up and made her comfortable
among the pillows
Captain" said he, 81 want you to
marry me to this young lady"
"Marry youp" said I. 7What do you
meGnP She's too sick TO be married, man!
She cant stand up. Ifyou and she want
to be married, why don't you wait till you
get ashorep'
"You see, ladies, we talked out free be-
fore her, for she couldn't understand a
word of English"
"If we wait till then, he said, you and
I'll be going to her funeral instead of her
wedding. We've got to be married, and
right away, and you've got tomarry u.s."
"You see again, ladies, we were very
great friends outside the ship, and when |
we were alone together we dropped all
ceremony.
"What in thunder are you in such a |
hurry for" said /. Cant you wait till |
you're ashorep Where are the lady's
friendsp"
"Her stepfather's aboard my ship"
he said
81 thought so," said I, "and won't |
have anything to do with it,"
''He Just turned and winked at me out |