, 1883-02-09

..f.r....a.. o. hide James carpet
..-.. t.r D.. huiU"crIrd torn awH'
.. -. After dark they went over to
|...-' house James went up stairs
nH throw down two small carpethags
n..hr.r,unnd the things that he
r-uri to take with him. to Ralph,
..r took them over to the pasture
..lIri them
About twuu'clock Mondaymoning
..ma~ got mp and climbed out Of the
rniow. slid down the spout to the
ruuud. and went to the pasture to
.rt his carpet bags. When he got
.rm hr ran 10 the railroad station to
4krthr next tram In about three
anutcS the train came along and he
gnrn@ r0 10 20 to the city.
The North Star was to weigh an
.H,. at uAu-p..u ten, Uut Kaupn WAS
.t the wharf al nine O'Clock and went
N board to see if his chest was ali
.ht. What was his dismay whcN
he found that it was not where he had
left it when it had been brought on
BOARD He ran to the Captain and
asked him where his chest was. he
told HIM tina. it had been moved so
lat no one should 90 of with It, but
jnat Itcould be moved back now that
ne had come on board.
About Is minutes before the ship
Vas to sail James came on board ana
vent up to the Captain, and asked
HIM if he might sail on that ship
Che Captain said yes, so he went off
to find Ralph. He Went below, and
found Ralph arranging the things i'll
MS cLcz., and asked him ii he might
sep ms t.ugs there too, Ralph said
.y,, and h began to put thcmin.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Mason was Just
sitting down to breakfast and saying;
Il wonder why James doesn't come
town; Walter, 60 call him. Walter,
who was James younger brother ran
To the foot of the slalrs and called:
james. come down to breakfast;' but
receiving no answer he ran up to
James room. He soon came down
utha a strip of paper, saying that
James Wis not there, He handed
,hc slip Of qaperto his father who
read il and exclaimed that james had
Jlu away tD sea but that he was GO
lug to chase him, and with that he
took his hat and coat and went out.
lie went directly to the railroad sta
tiOn but he found chat the train had
Just gone and that there would not
10, another till noon, SO he took the
stage coach, fearing that he would
not catch his son, but still hoping.
40 last. about three miles from the
city. the stage broke down, and he
mad To walk the rest of the way over
q stony and hilly road, so when he
-1t to the city it was half-past eleven,
"a went right down to the wharves,
and onquired for the wharf where the
North Star was, but he was told that
she had sailed an hour or more ago
~1 he went home on the next train.
| cannot stop to tell everything
that happened to Frank and James
uu Tn, voyage, but | will tell some Of
,hr most important Of the events.
One dag rs they were in & rough sea,
Jgmc-, who was near the side OF the
ship. a. she gave a sudden lurch, fell
overheard Instantly there WAS q cry
li "boy overheard, boy overheard"
and Ralph rushed to the side Of the
vessel with coil Of rope, one end of
which he threw to James who saw it
ud swan towards it. But just at
that moment Ralph noticed dark lin
moving towards James, 50 he called
ont a shark, shark James swan
with all his might toward the rope
which h5 reached and seized and was
uauicdu ON board. The shark snapped
OF hi, legs as ho went up,but he Just
missed them. However, the disap-
pointed monster followed the ship for
several days in hopes of another and
,urrr chance that he never got.
bat sailors life was not what
Ralph expected, aud though he was
.N eager 10 20 to sea now he was
there he did not like it SO well.
One night. when in the Gulf of
Guinea. Ralph awokc and heard a
GREAT .aouting and running about.
HacIuIi not make out what it was
fiay Warp saying. SO he wont on deck
.H.v what the noise was about. What
sa- h, surprise and CONSERVATION
.u rHmIu- ON deck To find that the
rigging Ui the mainmast was in flames.
iHu &c caught was not known, but
fl.g warr cutting down the mast.
Iu.g -uun found that it was use
I.-- uty 90 rxtlugush the fire, for
.H# u.rus of the iorcma5t had
H-I. .u they took such goods and
provisions a- tb,y could get, which
y r.rrd 900 the boats and tben
.a.rL rHt into them and pushed
.H Iuti. hurry Ralph and James