The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-21

Dan worked harder than ever, and,
between times, for recreation, when
the passenger was on deck he watched
him.
DIR. Farnall talked fluently and bril-
liantly, as even Dams uncultured mind
could perceive. But his talk was leveled
far above the heads of either the captain
or Mr., Briggs, who listened with half
comprehending admiration.
But there were days when the doctor
was absolutely silent, ate nothing, and
paced the deck wrapped in profound
gloom, his light eyes darting suspicious
glances from side to side.
On one of these days, Dan, going
down just at twilight to find something
he had left in his bunk, saw tall figure
which he could not recognize, with
candle cropping about among the chests
of the sailors.
"Who's there 2" he shouted.
The man came quickly toward him.
The candle threw a yellow glare over
his set face and glaring eyes. 1t was
passenger. He caught Dan by the
sleeve.
"Here, boy-what do they call you ?"
"Dan."
"You're surprised to see me here,
Dan ?" with guilty laugh. "Took
me for ghost, eh ?"
I" L beg your pardon, sir oughtn't
to have called to you. Shouldn't have
done it if I'd known it was you. But it
took me abacl, sir.'
Naturally, you need not be surprised
at seeing me in any part of the vessel.
I'm studying its construction as a scien-
tific man. Captain Payson has been
good enough to give me admittance to
all parts of the vessel. You needn't
shout in that disagreeable way again.
1t startles nervous man." and with
vague smile he blew out the candle and
went up on deck, leaving Dan staring
after him.
TITS not all right; or why should he,
bein' gentleman, make such a long
winded explanation to me, bein' the
cabin-boy ?" Dan said at last, shaking
his head.
That night Captain Payson was alone
on the quarter deck, when Dan present
ed himself before him and saluted. His
voice shook little, for he was terribly
scared. cold Job" was bigger man in
his eyes than any king or potentate.
: swell What's the matter with you?"
growled the captain.
The-the passenger, SIR"
"What have you to do with the pas
senger ?''
81 beg your pardon, sir-but are you
sure he isn't a thief, or worse ?" gasped
Dan, forgetting, in his terror, the re-
spectful speech he had planned, in
which he meant to state the fact of DIR.
Farnall's visit below deck.
The captain seized ropes end. "Take
that for your impudence !" he shouted,
aiming blow at Dan, who lodged it,
and then blurted out the whole story.
Searching among the bunksp DR..
Farnalll !" muttered the captain in aston
ishment, dropping his weapon; and
then he walked thoughtfully up and
down. Suddenly he stopped before
Dan.
cit is well you came to me and
nobody else with the story" he said.
1t is of no account. DIR. Farnall is an
eccentric man. If he wishes to examine
the ship in any part, he is not to be
watched and spied upon. So keep your
eyes to yourself, and your tongue, too.
If you go babbling this story, I'll fog
you"
Dan crept off to his work feeling as if
he had had sound drubbing. Tears
of rage and modification stood in his
eyes.
Mothers rules do very we'll on land,
but they won't wear on shipboard," he
muttered. But there's something that
needs watching in that man, and I'll
watch him."
Nothing of moment happened, how
ever, for week. Then Dan observed
that the passengers days of fasting and
depression grew more frequent. There
were whole nights when he paced the
deck until morning.
The crew joked together about him.
One declared that he was murderer;
another, that he had escaped from a
lunatic asylum; but the common opin-
ion was that he had run away from a
termagent wife.