The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-08-20


{ all seated in the parlor of the neighborin
r house in which they had gathered, Nj
: Johnston said:
!, ~ will now give anacconnI of orrselF,,
c and explain the reason ofouE long absence
We were very successful in the carly par
| Of our voyage, and at the end Of foul. D
five weeks we had made hat1la and saltet
t down all the fish We wanted to fill the yes
: sci. We then turned our course toWart
home. But;t great storm arose and slrova
{ us entirely out of our course. Being yer.
+ heavily laden the aloop at length sprung
leak. We tried the pumps at first, butt
gained on Us SO rapidly that ne threw soHlt
nccessaries into our largest boat and EN-.
barked IN that. After being tossed at the
mercy of the waves for nearly whole day
we at last espied II vessel bound north, and
with some difficulty succeeded in attraet-
ing their notice. They took. us gu beard
i SHE was whalcr on q cruise, and we
had no alternative bit togo with her, az
we had lost everything VIC had. We con-
cludcd to take hold and help gel, the cargo
Of oil, and finally made ourselves5so useful
THAT they gave us our share with The rest
of the crew, making our venture more
profitable than the original fish ilrestment
would have been.
"Ihe captain Of the whaler promises me,
when he disposes of his cargo i'll New Y ork
to forward us our share of it: So, as came
by our bay we roSYed ashore in our own
boat, and EarllE up JUST III time to bee the
last of our old house. Thank God.you are
all safe, though that was a narrow escape
for Mary. | see she was at her old tricks
again. Mortimer is a brave felIow-he
will have to take her in hand. AS far as
my loss is concerned, you need not give
yourselves any uneasiness about that. NV
sloop was insured, as also the house and
furniture. My frequent absence from
home has made me cautious not to neglect
this; SO that all VIC have to do will be to
build new house; and intend to make a
better and more commodious one than the
other. And you, wife, and the girls, can
amuse yourselves selecting choice furni-
ture for it while | am building the new
one.''
While her husband was talking it was |
pleasure TO look at the old lady. The far
off, melancholy look she had 10 long worn
was gone, and her face was again radiant
with happiness. 1t was evident that the /
love of this couple, instead of diminishing, /
had strengthened with their years.
The house was rebuilt in less than three
months, and furnished in the incest man
ner. And after they had moved in and got
settled there were two marriages on the
tapie, thatof Mary to Howard Mortimer. +
and Rev. George Watson to Matlde. The
whole unpleasant business with regard to
the missing bank notes, which had caused
Mortimer so much annoyance, was fully
explained on The return of Mr.. Strong, the
senior partner. ~5.-. ...-. .@@ i
lie was, it seems, going 10 New York by
the afternoon train, for which he WAS late
and had gone 10 the room where the safe +
was with the key in the lock, while Morti-
mer MAS iii the front footn with customs
er. Being in great hurry lest he should +
miss the train, he went TO the safe and
ook from the pocketbook the three five
hundred dollar bills to purchase some
goods in New York. forgetting in his haste,
o speak to Howard about it, or make mem
)randln. He was much annoyed THAT. |
through his carelessness suspicion hatlI
allen upon Howard; whom he sincerely
as perfectly trustworthy, honest
nan, and made ample amends BY having
lin taken into partnership as Il junior
partner
They were both married on the same af-
and you caIl well imagine had
lappy time. Music, dancing and fcstivi-
ies were kept up till the wee hours of the
when the Rev. George took his
ride home to tile beautiful cottage he had
prepared for her: AS the mother would
Ne lonely without boil, her daughters, it
vas arranged that Mortimer and Mary
hould reside with the old folks. Some
'ersOns said that the mother wished Mary
o remain with her lest she should repeat
Ter feats of sonnambulism. But that was
Oi so. EMBODIED in the arms Of Il loving
husband Mary is cured--too happy to be
gain n romnambulst.