Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-12-28

evidence of the source of
hot blood with which their veins were
filed.
"Were ! an insurance man." whis-
pcred my companion, who had been
critically scanning Pedro's 1.-THE, SIN
envy limbs-"were an insurance man,
would ask premium of at least nine
tcnths Of the whole amount of insur-
ance in assuring that lieutenant's life
agains. casualties"
Notwithstanding the marks of deep
suffering on the sisters face, there was
evidence of unsullied
beauty, and the trio speedily possessed
our confidence and sympathy. We, too,
were recuperating in the little seaport
town.
Several days after this revelation to
us, through Pedro, of the orig N of her
we were informed tt t he was
to start for the city-San Francisco
and judging from his grim manner the
object of the trip, we finally discovered
that tho lieutenant's ship was expected
to arrive within day or two from her
cruise. There was something ominous
in his mission, and we found, almost
unconsciously, ourselves fretting about
it as Pedro went forth with n set deter
mination impressed on his swarthy Wis
age, notwithstanding his sisters feeble
rcmOnstrancGs.
Jerkily pacing the floor of the de-
serted mess-room; stopping at times
to look through the PORTFOLIOS, east
ward over the watery eXpanse; utter
ing impatient words and exhibiting
various outward signs of discomposure
and anxiety-this is the frame OF mind
possessing Lieutenant Ayrtoun as we
examine his we'll made form and
rather intellectual countenance. His
brother officers having finished din
ncr, have gone on deck, and he has
driven out the cabin boy, who would
clear away the debris, so as to get a
chance to have bit of soliloquy. He
has been triumphantly successful in
his endcavors, and save the appear
anco around the doors edge, at very
long intervals, of the dish-wiping
Youngsters head, he is not reminded
of the existence, by sign, anyway, of
any of his fellow mortals.
81 should have sent my letter to Ine2
by special messenger, and not trust
ed to the dilatory and unsafe maid,
he says.
"What if it has meyer reached her
Still, il must have. Tomorrow we
reach Frisco, and the very next stage
will carry me to Sonotada." "
Again he breaks out: "Confound it
Why did we not cruise near some port
from whence | might have sent infor-
nation of my whereabouts Always
that odious junk-chasing, with no loot,
no prize-money-nothing. One thing
| have determined to do; it is this
Inez will marry me, and I'll settle in
the valley and live the contcnted life
of q ranchero. | can buy II small
ranch, and we will be happy-so hap.
py. After q while we shall travel
about. There can be good achieved
there in many ways, and it is far better
to spend my life doing it than making
mlseraolc cmathenlalical ca5culatlonS ahC !,
Stuuyng Vhe lawS Oh hII wihuS t: anu siuesi s.
he soulu vi thc ooilo oo"vlii 'n'
obvious realities. "Two bells, sirr
calls out a gruff, hearty voice, adding
IAN .lanu III Sls1!I , anu LlcutenalV lt ayr
toun Slowly ulnl oiue vhT sVarcasc an' m
surveys inc mounts ouIline Oh inc us
t'nI sllore'
HOW unconscious nc Is OF the pecu
iiar reception awalIlhS hiiiii ne anticl
pates Kisses ana the warm handShak
ing OF lTenGsi ne VIII nnu the saanes
,rnyIoo y, JAo of rovoivars T " in ;O thn rrosm !
- r"n~,'1 a'm,, ,,o,, ~, t0,1 nn5 non ~ f ,aIIf;r,
nnSiy nel. 5, any ns .h ho" i;s,', no 20 M",H nhi
@ .no IppetlooIh ~ VI .i,o ,%n Jv",tui otnaa .
'iu iio is lo9AIns up Nv 'no p'.i 10 D 'illnh HIN
my Vi sho i,lcuS"nV Events vi .ho hui M
TOW. i AN. .i hc ls rcNoilnS III vno Pu,
goauSJ oi & .ho siais ,L th inu @ Gun mu uo"o
that he thihks Ihen Ine co9hterParL .
!le lisn' @ Vna' nus shohe % anu WIN VIII sl,n ":
IN ner eyes W wnon, % %ciasping nur Ill Ill
io'ins 'riiS' he AisseS ner ano"
A schooner dashing southwark owe
bolsterous white-capped waves; al
her available canvas set, and still the,
are constantly hosting sail after sail
plainly of improvised and novel pat
terms, until the masts bend with thei
burdens, A bright sun overhead,
still breeze; still they are content. VIII
is itP Why is it also that the skipper
chuckling over several broad gol
pieces he has lately added to his ovel
profuse stock = earnests of moro to fol
lowP What can be the object in racin
so determincdly to the southP
There IS no cargo, and there are bu
three passengers-myself, Jose, an
my companion" Let me explain
Only this morning, to our amazcment
Jose told us Inez had received a lette
from her recreant lover, and we, 4
their only friends in the village, wer
invited to be present at the deliberf