The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-12-26
TENN, WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 26. 1888.

story-told of bis love for for the beau
/ tifuf lady Emeline of her love fol
1 him, of his late interview with s,ii
Thomas, and of the result. go
The old man laughed outright
l."O! the old sea-dogt What a gropfl
er he is. But, young man, do you
come with me. By the host III
give old Tom piece of my mind.
Come alongl I won't let him cat
you. . -. ~. 5l5 8 =
.Ayling hesitated but for + a little
time His aged friend seemed Sc
confident, and was SO pleasantly
eager, SO jovial, that be quickly
/ gave in, and turned back with him
towards the hall. = e
They had reached the broad,
gravelled drive way in front of the
mansion, when they discovered the
Lady Eme1ine herself upon the pi-
azza, sitting with her head bent up
on her hand, like one disconsolate.
"Hold on!'' said the old man.
"DO you let me go in advance, and
speak a word with the lady before
you come up" And without fur
ther remark he FASTENED on.
Ayling saw him ascend to the pi-
azza; saw Emeline start quickly to
her feet with an exclamation of sur
prise; saw him take her hand and
raise it to his lips and then he
spoke Presently the beautiful face
was transfgured, and the dear girl
clapped her hands With cry of joy.
The eager lover could tarry no long
er. He hastened forward, and as ne
joined them, and once more took
his darling's hand, the good old man
bade them follow him, and, as ne
thus commanded, he turned and
strobe on in the direction of the old
admiral's sanctum, the two lovers,
hand in hand, following close be-
hind. ...ss
Arrived at the sanctum-or the
tGrowlery," as it was more com
monty called-they found Sir
Thomas there, alone, with a pipe
in his mouth, and a decanter and
glass at his elbow. He saw the in
truder, and was upon his feet in an
instant, his pipe dropped and brok-
en-, and his red face the picture of
astonishment. ~
'sWhatl Sire! If my old eyes do
not deceive me, this is proud ali d
happy moment. " H0 s.
"Hold on, Tom. | am not to be
welcomed unless you can also well
come one of the best and the dear
est friends have in the world.
And here he is: Lieutenant Ayling.
| propose to make him post t-cap-
tain as soon as possible. Say, old
shipmate, shall we be welcome to-
gether?"
Ayling, as might be supposed
when he. thus discovered that it was
his king whom he had rescued from
mortal peril, was deeply and power
fully affected, but his senses did not
leave him. He saw the pitiable stu
alton of Sir Thomas, and, in the
goodness of his. heart, he moved
quickly forward to nis relief s.
'Sir Thomas he said, extending
his hand, "let US forget the past.
"But don't forget mel' cried the
king, jokingly,
"No danger of that" responded
Ayling heartily, and with deep, true
feeling. "When a British seaman
forgets Englands gallantsailor king
we may look for chaos come againf
''Rightl You are right my true
hearted boyl"s exclaimed the old ad
miral, plainly by way of setting
himself right with his : sovereign
and he grasped, the youths out
stretched hand as he added: HTha
sentiment does you credit, my boy
and since his majesty-God bless ant
keep lhiml-ayouches for you,
should be traitor and renegade in
deed, / could refuse thus to extenC
the hand of friendship Welcome
welcome to the pair of you!' Ant
then, having taken breath, he de
manded: .ass... fe
"Sire, pray tellme, How in th'
world did you get here? How came
you, and whence?p S. eTz
"My dear old Tom, l. ran away
from the turmoil of the court on pur
pose to get-a day-of frest-and recre
alton with you. / came in my owr
coach, and left it at the rear gate O
your park, directing my groom tc
find the stables as best he could, and
/ took comfortable walk beneath
your majestic old oaks. But it came
near to being a dear walk to me. /
it had not been for our brave anc
gallant boy here son of one of the
very best friends Heaven ever gave
to me-you might never have seer
William the Fourth of England
alive again. But I'll tell you about
it over a pipe and glass,
Shortly after this the two young
people were sent away to look after
the work of the gardener, the king
hailing our-hero as he was turning
away: .
"By the way, Lieutenant-I dont
like that title. We must make
Coptain. You have lost the stage
coach for today you may tarry
over night, if Sir Thomas can find a
bed for you, and ride back with
me- z 81 tsHa
And then the two old shipmates
We're left to themselves to revel in
the scenes, and to fight over agtlin
the battles. of the times agone.
We will only add, before the
young Lieutenant left the Hall be
was permitted to hold the Lady
Emeline blythe hand under the
favor of a blessed fortune, for itht
old admiral had smiled Upon then
love, and given his consents to their
union.