Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-12-21
a YOUNG HERO.

Oeefut. NapLalf jon EaytOlt. sailed
from Boston. fora portof Turkey.
laden with cotton goods. She was
. new, taught little vessel, with
plenty q storage room. and had
accommodation fortw0 passengers.
The crew consisted OF the cap
tain. mate. four sailors, q black
cook and a cabiu-h0F S.
Captain P4yson was q c0nscien-
figs 5net man wlfa trBsfel his
crew neither To joke isor ssf5ss. Dl1s
WAC lodged AMI fed them better
than would five out Of the six Of
the masters sailing from New Eng
land ports.
.OId JalS.e Gle mate, who was
from the Wesi, used to say he was
"a hard man. but one YOU could
tie TO, IN fair.weather or fOal.'
His crew were picked Inen, and,
with the exception 81 Dan. the
cabin boy. had been with him for
years. This was Dams first vow
age. and he felt that captain and
crew eyed him with Fsuspiei0n.
lie was on sprnlJatiOn. and lieafeit
that not a grain of favor would be
allowed him.
Dan was 4 farm boy. wha4knew
nothing Of the world beyond tile
village in which was bis mothers
church. ShipbOarl, the sea. Eu
rope, Turkey, here were bewiIder-
ing ideas 60 burst at once on his
Earrow experience, scarcely wider
than that of the heuse-dOg sleep
ing at the barn-door.
keep your eyes open and your
hands ready to see the work of the
moment and do it before the mo-
ment is OVer,s was iishIOtiier's
last advice. "For the rest, Dan
iel,. ask the Lords help. You'll
find Him just as near to you in
Turkey % inyOnrovp loale here. y
Dan, in the hurry and excite
ment 6Of getting under way, and
"f his new duties, repeated the adj
vice over and over 20 bimself. II.
seemed TO Keep bis mother near
him. Several days after, which
was carrying the dinner dishes
into the cabin, he overheard the
mate say: 81
'That boy is clipper enough for
raw hand seaptainnne lTC
"Ay," grunted Captain PaysOn;
s..turns out better than | expected.
/ took him for his mothers sake.
Widow. Old friend Of Ipine
Rather gentlenianly fellow. this
passenger 7" ventnred tie mate,
finding Captain PaysOa in an I'M
usually laxative mood.
'Ade is a gentleman, sir, one of
the FarRells of Springfield. Ill.
health. Doctor prescribed a long
sea voyage. A gentleman and
scholar, Mr.. Briggs y
Dan while waiting on the table
a. dinner could not help noticing
the paaaen@er.i @Sone of these
days. Thought the .rue-born Yam.
kee lad. ~ too, shall be IA gentle
man and aacholar.'',
Doctor Farnell was a tall. lean
man, carefully dressed. with sandy
hair and m0ustaehe, but with eve
brows and lasljes almost white.
His eyes. too, were large and pale.
They never met the eyes OF any
other man fairly. Once when Dan
happened TO look athimhe tarned
quickly away. and he. glanced tilr-
lively and suspieionsly mt the boy
at times during hie reatofshe
meal.
don't Ike him, ? tIionght Dim.
Looks sfeaking and tricks. and
not like n gentleman
But Dan, Of course, kept IIiS
opinion TO himself. Even job, the
cook, snubbed the "raw hand
: aad tolerated no reniafiIs ifoln
him. s.
Fortunately, the lad was not sea
sick. He learned his new duties
quickly; was alert, neat, and 81
ways good-natured. In the course
OF one week Captain Payson had
twice gruntcd approval.
Dan worked harder than eves,
and between times for recreation,
when the passenger was On deck,
MC WNAGAAG4 t1AAaAs ~ H. W# MsH
Doctor Farnell talked fluently
and brilliantly, as even Dams mn
cultured view could perceive. But
his talk, was levelled Far above the
heads of either the captain or Mr..
Briggs, who listened with half
epmprehending admiration.
But there were days when the
doctor was absolutely silent. ate
nothing, and paced the deck wrap
ped in profound gloom, his light
eyes dartifg suspicious glances
from side to side. -
Onfone of these days Dam, going
down inst &C twilight td IitI,i one
thing he had leftin his bslnk, saw 4
tall figure, which ke could not re-
-cognize. with a candle cropping
about among the chests ofthe sail-
ors.
Who's there p he shouted.
The man came quickly toward
him. The candle threw d yellow
glare over his set face and glaring
eyes. He was the passenger. He
caught Dan ~ the sleeva. a s.
"Here, What @ they caIl
You "
dan"
"You're surprised tcsee rue here,
Dan with guilty laugh. 'sTock
me for a ghost, Ell n
II beg yonr pardon; | oughtn't
70 have called to you. But ittook