Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-07-29
Gales ano Sketfbes.
OUR CoLoxEE's sroRr:
Or, A SLIP 'TwIxT THE CUP AND THE
LIP.
CONTINUED from Yesterday

AdS bOucc 1ilu HDiIt IDT HE EldNUc. Uf
and by, for you, too, Jennie and I'll do
what can to help you. It's the best
thing for me. And really Mr.. Mcpherson
or ! suppose ought to call him Alex
ander-is yet young and not bad looking.
Quite the contrary-very, very nice look
ing see the photo he has sent u.s.
''And Miss Jennie quite agreed with
her elder sister that Mr.. Mcpherson was
a beauty.
"'Well, my BARNS said the old lady,
i can't gainsav you but that the portrait
is winsome and douce enough; but as
call TO mind the boy Sandy. the son of the
minister. he was not nearly so seemly and
well favored. But it is indeed. lang syne
since set eyes on him, and likely he has
got handsomer as he got older; some men
do
Then everything being settled. Miss
Medium accepted her kismet, agreed to go
out, and her lover-open-hande honor
able. true, as have already told you he
was-sent the wherewithal for passage
and outfit.
"And pending the many. many weeks
that elapsed. and while the good ship
Queen Of Serendib was sailing round the
Cape for her destination, a change, a rad
ical change came over the life and habits
of our brde-expecting friend. He cast
into the limbo Of things done with his
coarse 'cumlies. rough 'dungarees. and
other country clothing, and burst out int
Europe muster linen. tweeds and serges.
He purchased largely house furniture and
nicknacks; he bought lady's horse and
a Peat's side-saddle; he whose equine
proclivities had never extended beyond
shaggy mountain pony. and a tattered and
torn pigskin. He told his old flames and
chums that he was going in for the Bene-
dict, and bashfullv listened to the rifles
and jeers Of the one, and the chaff and
laugh Of the other.
But, barring The Great Unwashed'
himself, no one was more taken aback at
the course of events than Tamby, his long
serving 'appoo' or butler. That function
airy saw coolie after coolie arrive at Ailsa
Craig with load upon load of unknown
and unusual goods; and although in the
Lines, and other native resorts he mi ght
have expressed his bewilderment, yet in
his masters presence he reserved a stolid
silence. But when one day string of
handles (carts) drew uD, and from be-
meath their leaf covered tits there were
dragged out mats and carpets, sofas,
chairs, tables. what not. then his apparent
Indifference and his 'nigger' tongue could
hold out no longer.
..why master kick up all dis bobberee?
What for he want all desc tings on Waite"
(estate) he inquired.
"A young lady is now on her way from
Scotlond to marry me, Tamby."
Marry Doray (master) going take
wife after all dis plenty long time do too
well widout? ''
"Yesr'
Den, master, please. | discharge you,
sar. No my custom stop wild lady in
bungalow. Masters missis come. mas
ter's appoo go. Master take choice"
As the time for the arrival of the Queen
Of Serendib drew nigh. awful were the
fights of our hero, and many days before
it was possible tor that slow and sure craft
to reach her port, he was there, walking
about with big binocuar in his hands,
looking out seward. and entreating all
sorts and conditions of men for the very
earliest news of her being sighted. The
fact was that the rough seasoned old tel-
low was on the very tenterhooks of aux-
iety and expectation. rs nervous rs n
schoolgirl. and behaving himself rs such. !
Then at long last it was told him that |
the vessel was in the offing. was rounding |
the point. was at anchor in the harbor; |
and in the Master Attendants boat. cush- |
toned. tagged and bedecked for the aus
picious occasion. Sandy Mcpherson. Es-
quire. of Ailsa Craig. planter, rowed
alongside 'same like he Governor the
naive spectators observed
Scrambling up the side. he took hastv
r1a of tho na hn
instinctively guessing that Miss Ellie was
not among them. he dived below. and
confronted the stewardess.
Miss Medium on board and well? he
asked.
"Ies, sir" replied the matron; land a |
very nice, good. kind. pleasant Young
lady she is. and I've taken the greatest |
care of her" She ielt sure that the gent |
was Miss Ms husband to be. and that |
there was money in his purse for n gratu- |
ity. Notwithstanding that. according to the
terms of the passage-money. stewards |
and stewardess's fees were included:
fiction, gentlemen, pleasant fiction. |
which you will find out when you 60 down
to the sea in ships.
Take this card to her." said the pale |
and trembling gentleman. III wait her
CpihihS up III thtt iai ctlHer VI tnlS
saloon"
Balancing at the pasteboard the woman
disappeared; and presently there ascend
ed. step by step. from the regions below.
first neat straw hat. trimmed with bright
ribbons, beneath that hat face somewhat
worn with years and cares. but still fresh
and comedy enough; then slight COM
pact figure. draped in plain well-iitting
garments. shawled. and ready for the
shore. Miss Efiie. ia propris persona.
stood before her haud-seeker. blushing.
celestial rosy red
"He advanced from his coign of vantage
to greet her; but rs he drew higher. in
stead of the warm affectiona,e welcome he
looked for. there was n fixed stare. n shud-
der. hasty retreat, and n loud scream
which resounded from stern to stem of the
big ship. and brought everyone from
decks and cabins into the saloon.
Miss Needum-Effie. my dear girl.
what on earth is the matter?' hurriedlv
stammered out the astounded Sandy.
".Shiver my timbers. what ails the las
sie?' put in the captain. Look cut for
squalls. if you've annoyed her. And all
the by-standers echoed the words in more
or less threatening terms. She was evil
IDENTIFY tavorite on board.
"Oh. take him away" cried the lady
l.. g.