The Newtown bee., 1880-08-04

" too; brave and honest, but frisky as a kitten and up to all sorts of larks.
 Well, we crept up the coast, stop- ping 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 Guate- mala, which is the port for the city of Guatemala-that.lie 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, ladiesp Nop We'll, it often rolls fifteen or twenty feet high, and a good Sorry we're not going to stop this trip, or you might see it. You see, there's really no Understandings but an open roadstead--and except in the Bay of Funday, this place shows the highest and lowest tide in the world. The peo. pie here tried to build breakwater out beyond the surf. but it breaks over it half the time, and when 1t doesn't it knocks it to pieces. Sometimes vessels have tosride at anchor for . week before they can send a boat ashore.
 "Wesd only just hove-to when I noticed that 8 ship at anchor not far of was making signals of distress. and that boat was putting off in our
 
 far out beyond the surf, and it was comparatively easy for the boat to reach us; so it was soon alongside, and one of the men came up the ships side and told me what was wanted.
 It appears the ship was a coffee-ship from San Francisco, and had come to San Jose for it's cargo. It was only half loaded when one of the boats cap sized in the surf, drowning the captain | and first officer. The second officer was very low with @ fever, and they had mo- body to navigate the vessel; so they'd had to wait in port till some other ship came along, and could lend lem an officer, or somebody who understood | navigation.
 "Well called up my first officer. and put him aboard the coffee ship, and in a day or two we both sailed. We were going over just the same ground-or sea, rather-and as the two vessels were about equally fast, we kept each other in sight most of the time. We'd been out about ten days, and were in Ameri can waters again, when all of sudden 1 the ship hove to, and signaled us to stop. We ran as close to them as we could, and then we hove to, and pres ently through the glass Isaw 8 boat | being lowered and that there was q woman in it.
 II was surprised, as you can imagine, i for | didn't know there were any pas sengers on the coffee ship, through there were half dozen on my own. In few | minutes up the side came my first off cer, more than half-carrying the eretti- est little Spanish girl I 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 sickest lit | tie mortal that ever set foot on deckp | tell youi she was all green and yellow, and looked half starved. l don't be- l lieve she'd kept down 8 quarter of a din- ner tor a month past.
 "' Hullo, Jackp said I; what's the matterp' And I gave the lady 8 seat on l the lounge in my cabin. The poor little thing couldn't sit up straight, so l just hoisted her feet up and made her com fortable among the pillows.
 !" CaptaiE,' said he, want you to marry me to this young lady
 Marry youp' said l. What do you meanp She's too sick to be married, man! She can't stand up. If you and she want to be married, why don't you wait till you get ashore?' "You see, ladies, we talked out free | before her, for she couldn't understand 1 word of English.
 "tIf we wait till then,' said he, you and I'll be going to her funeral instead of her wedding. We've got to be mar ried. and right away, and you've got 1 to marry us.'
 "You see again. ladies, we were very great friends outside the ship, and wher we were alone together we dropped al ceremony.
 What in thunder are you in such { hurry forP' said l. Why can't you wait till you're ashorep Where are tht lady's friends
 "' Her stepfather's aboard my ship, he said.
 CT thought SOL said I; and I won have anything to GO with it..
 "He just turned and winked at m
 out O the tail of his eye,' and then remem bered, in moment of misplace, | confidence, had told him some littl
 circumstances in regard to my owl
 marriage.
 ss Hem!' said he, grinning like
 monkey, l think they're sometime justifahle. Now just look here, cap
 listen, and I'll tell you all about it That little girl has no relations, nothin
 but stepfather, and she's dependen
 upon him for support. Well, the ol |
 if he isn't, he's the meanest cuss O | earth. He's taken it into his addled oil I head to discover q sure cure for sea sickness, and because just the name of
 ship sets poor little Dolores 10 castin
 up accounts, he's been taking her on al
 sorts of long voyages, and trying hi
 various decoctions on her. So l wan to marry her to get her out of his way Of course I'm in love with her and that said he, looking kind of foolish : but if that was all, I'd wait till we gC !, ashore. Of course 1 can't make hiI let her alone unless she's my wife, an if he has control of her much longe l she'll never see port again.
 "sDo you mean to ssy.' said 1, sta; ing at him in surprise. that he tri' 5 experiments on her. gives her thing l that ain't medlcine?'
 ' .sI do,' said he; and mean to ss t that the last thing he gave her was ], bottle of bed-bug poison, and it mo 7 killed her.
 "s By the Flying Dutchman! said r T should think it would! Where's u : old coot nowPn
 e e In irons. I told him I wouldn Q have any such doing aboard my shi d and he slapped my face. So l put hi
 in irons and came of to you.' a "Well, ladies, I just went over to u v sofa where the little girl was rollir n her big black eyes at us. and wonderi1 l. what in thunder we were saying. ol How old are you. my dearP' z asked in Spanish.
 1t You see, I'd been married more ,s two years, and I thought I'd sort d right to be paternal.
 II :" Eighteen, Senor Captain, said sh D. in the softest voice in the world. e, ssI think that voice did the busint t. for me.
 st Said I: Do you love this you > man and want to marry himP Y IS needn't if you don't, because I Il see u it your stepfather doesn't bother y
 my more.'
 III | I didn't dare look round at Jas 0, for l knew he'd be looking blackel as lthunder at me just then. And, indet