Nebraska advertiser., 1882-04-20

CHUCK nef un0er inc Chill HuellCdJe dJ-
tention he had always heretofore al
lowed himself to consider proper-was
q thing he had never before Experienced
Then her figure, her face, her quick
ness, her cleverness-all these things
excited his admiration and his envy.
Should he allow such o treasure to be
won by another manp
Then he thought of her business ca
pacity and that snug and comfortable
business at Rydquist's. What retreat
what n charming retreat for himself,
after his twenty years of bucketing
about the sea! He pictured himself a
| partner in that business sleeping
partner, smoking partner, drinking
partner, the partner told OF TO narrate
the yarns and shove the bottle round
What a place for bluff. hearty, gen
uine old salt How richly had he de-
served it!
He resolved, during that voyage,
upon making Lal Rydquist his. own as
soon as he returned. They met with
nasty weather in the Bay, and night or
two on deck which he had always pre-
viously regarded as part of his pro-
fession, and all in the days work, be-
came peg for discomfort as he thought
of the snug lying he might have beside
mot in--the church-yard i'm the Seven
Houses. .Htis er
The more he thought of the thing the
more clearly he saw, in his own mind,
its manifest advantages. And then, be-
cause. the seclusion of the cabin and
the solitude of the Captains position
afford unriyaled opportunities for re-
4 Ia IN, 10
of Spain, and pictured to himself how
he would reign as king consort of Ryd-
quist's. I..l. -r.sr..,
s"The old woman" he said, "shall
be the first to go. No useless hands
allowed aboard that craft. Her room
shall be mine, where | will receive my
own friends and count the money. AS
for old Zachariasen, he may 90, too, if
he likes. We shall get more by sue
cession of Captains than by feeding him
all the year round Z And as for the
feeding, it's too good for the money;
they don't want spch good grub. And
the charges are too low; and the drinks
ridiculous for cheapness. And as for
Lal, she'd make any house go, with her
| pretty ways"
About this point certain anxiety
crossed his mind because the girl her
self rather frightened him. In what
terms should he convey his intentions?
! And how would she receive themP
When he got back TO London he has
tened to propose to Lal He adopted
the plain and hearty manner, with u
| gallant nautical attitude, indicating can
dor and loyalty. This manner he had
studied and made his own. 1t was not
unlike the British tar of the stage, ex-
cept that the good old "Shiver my
timbersp' with the hitch-up of the trou-
sers, went out before Nick Borlinder's
time. Now it must be remembered that
this was very shortly after young Armi-
1 gers departure.
"What you want. my hearty" said
Captain Borlinder, sis jolly husband,
that's what you want; and the best hus-
band you can have is n sailor"
| Lad was accustomed to propositions
of this kind, though not always con-
veyed in language so downright, hav-
ing already refused four-and-twenty
Captains, and laughed at half-a-dozen
more, who lamented their previous
marriages for her sake, and would have
even seen themselves widowers with
resignation. fi
"Why sailor, Captain Borlinder?'
Because a sailor is not always run
ming after your heels like tame cat
and a puppy-dog. He goes to sea, and
is out of sight; he leaves you the house
to yourself; and when he comes home
again, he is always in good temper A
sailor ashore is easy, contented and hap
py-go-lucky." tbtlN
1t certainly would be something"
said Lal, "always to have good-tem-
pered husband"
A sailor for me, says YOU" con-
tinued the Captain. warming to his
work. That's right; and il sailor,
quartermaster is better than able sea-
man; mate is better than quartermaster.
Wherefore, skipper is better than mate;
and if skipper, why not Nick Borlnder?
Eth! Why not Nick Borlinder2"
And he stuck his thumbs in his waist
coat-pockets, and looked irresistible ten
deness, so that he was greatly shocked
when Lal laughed in his face, and in
formed him that she could not possibly
become Mrs. Borlinder n
He went away in great Indignation.
and presently hearing about Rex Armi-
ger and his successful courtship, first de-
clared that he would break the neck of
that young man as soon as he could get
chance, and then found fault with his
own eyes because he had not struck at
once and proposed when the idea first
came into his head. Lost and all for
want of n little pluck. Lost! because
: the moment his back was turned this
young jackanapes, no better than a sec
ond mate in "a steamer, cut in, saw his
chance, and snapped her up.
For two voyages he reflected on the
nature of women He said tO himSalf