Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-11-05

Well. / called up nv first officer and /.
put him on board the coffee ship and IL
day or two ve both sailed. We were
gong over the sans ground-or sea
rather-and a. the two vessel. were
equally fast, v. kept each other III sight
most OF the time. We'd been out ten
DAYS. and were In American waters
again, when all OF sudden the ship
hove 70, Ind sjgnaled us to stop. We
run as close to them as We could. and
We hove To, and presently through the
| glass | saw a boat lowered and there was
i woman III II.
| Il wao%urprised, as you can imagine,
for ] did not know there were any passen
gers on the coffee ship though there
were half dozen on my own In a few
minutes up the side came my first officer,
more than half carrying the prettiest
/ little Spanish glrl | ever saw Oh,
. ladies , she was ii ,eau'; Eyes like the
stars III the flag, and the sweetest little
face Kisses jus, sticking out all over it.
But wasn't she the sickest little mortal
that ever set foot on deck? tell You
she was all green and yellow, and looked
half starved. | DO not believe she a kept
down a quarter of dinner for month
past.
"Hullo, Jack ?" said | whats the
matter ?" And | gave the lady seat on
the lounge in my cabin The poor little
thing couldn't sit upright, SO l Just hoist
ed her feet up and made her comfortable
among the pillows.
"'Captain' said he, 4 want you to
marry me to this lady
Marry yous" said l. What 40 you
mean? She is 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 be-
fore Her for she couldn't understand a
word Of English
If We wait till then, sad he, you
and III be going to her funeral Instead
of her wedding. We've got to be mar
ried, and right away, and you have got
to marry us.
''Yon see again, ladies, We were very
great fli.nds outside of the ship, and
when we were alone together we dropped
all ceremoney,
What in the thunder are in such a
hurry for? said |. Why can't YOU wait
till you're ashore 2 Where are the
t friends 2
"'Her step-father is aboard my ship,
he said
:" I thought SO, said l; / won't have
anything to do with it.
!, "He Just turned and winked to me out
l of the ball Of his. eye, and then remem-
2 bered in a moment OF misplaced conf
dence, | had told some little circum-
i stances in regard to my own marriage.
= Hem !" said he, grinning like a
a monkey. I think they're some times
lustitiable. Now just look here, Cap
O listen and III tell you all about 1t. That
9 little girl has no relations, nothing but 6
t step-fatAer, and she's depending on hin
$ for support. Well the old coot 5 a doctor
d and crazy at that. He has taken into
ii his added old head 70 discover i, sur,
). cnre for sea-sichness, and Just becaus,
! the name of ship sets poor little
Dolores to casting up accounts, he's beel
- taking her On all sorts of long voyages
4 and trying his various decOctlons on her
o SO want to marry her to get her out o
# his way OF course I'm in love with he
and ali that. said he looking kind o
n foolish, but If that was all, I'd wait til
>, We get ashore OF course | can't max
:, hlm let her alone unless she is my wife
m and if he has control of her much longe
/ 81, j never see port again.
g ''Do voiI mean to say" said l, starin
n at him in surprise, THAT he tries exper
ments on her-gives her things that ain
N medicine q
" Il do, said he land l mean to sa
1t that the last thing ho gave her was
or bottle of bedbug poison, and it mos
l. killed her
L, by the Flying Dutchman - said
1e L should think II would : Where's tn
", old coot now
In irons. | told hlm | wouldnt liza,
any such doings aboard my ship and L
y slapped my face SO put him in iron
rs and came off to vou.
of Well, ladies, just went over to Il
.. sofa where the little girl was rolling h,
e big black eyes at US and wondering VIII
al III thunder were saving.
&C How old are YOU, my dear, | askt
III Spanish,
at You see. "a been married NOR n tv
lls wears. and thought Ia a sorter right
OIL be pateln |.
it. Eighteen, Senor Captain, said 81
or IN the ao.ttst voice III the world.
lN tStlii 10 spu ibNt lAlS otiIip
a. and want to marry him? You needn t
". YOU don i ~.,A 70 II Your ste
ast father io.-sIlt bother ,ou any more
cd Il didn't dare look around at JAG
he for | knew he'd be looking blacker
IL. thunder AT me just then. And indeed
TO took a step towards Us but | made hi
de keep OF till she should have answered /
mt herself
Well she blushed very pre,tilv. a
no. le.ita.ed for a second. then nnsv er
II. very s~e.tly that II the senor cap,a
lat didn't mind trouble. she would marry I
on. senor first officer That the senior Ill
be- officer had been her only friend q
elk although she had taken MANY yoyae
AMI seen many people. she had liz,
me found anv one who cared 10 interfere
VAS her behalf that -he felt very grateful
the senior inst officer. ard had nov
fee come attached 10 him. ami with !,
WOW / t.nen