Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-08
GaIes a1io Sketfkes.
cur CsLosEL's sfoRY.
CONTINUED from Yesterday

As the time for the arrival of the Queen
Of Serendib drew nigh, awful were the
fdgets of our hero. as many days before it
Was possible for that slow and sure craft to
reach her port, he was there walking about
with . big binocular in his hands, looking
seaward, and eDtreating all sort and con-
ditions of men for the very earliest news OF
her being sighted. The fact was that the
rou9hed seasoned old fellow was on the
tenferhooks of anxiety and expectation. as
nervous as . schoolgirl, and behaving him
self a. such.
Then at last it was told him the the YES
sci was in the offing. was rounding the
point, was at anchor in the harbor; and in
the Master Attendants boat, cushioned,
tagged and bedecked for the suspicious
occasion, Sandy Mcpherson, Esquire, Of
Ailsa Craig, planter, rowed alongside
..Same like Governor" the native specta-
tors observed.
Scrambling up the side, he took hasty
glance at the many passengers assembled
on the poop; and instinctively guessing
that Miss Ellie was no. among them. he
dived below, and confronted the steward
ees.
Miss Medium on board and we'll ?"
asked he.
Eyes, SIR replied the matron; land
very nice, good, kind, pleasant young lady
she H., and I've taken the greatest care Of
her," She felt sure that the gent was
Miss Ms husband to be, and that there
was money in his purse for gratuity. not
outstanding that, according to the terms
Of the passage-money, stewardess's fees
were included; fiction, gentlemen,
pleasant fiction, which you will find out
when you go down to the sea in ships.
Take this card to her." said the pale
and trembling gentleman. ''Ill wait her
coming up in that far corner Of this sa-
Loom"
CHANGING at the pasteboard the woman
disappeared and presently there assembled
step BY step, from the regions below, first
neat straw hat, trimmed with bright
ribbons beneath that hat face somewhat
worn with years and cares, but still fresh
and comedy enough; then slight COM
pact figure, draped in plain well-fitting
garments. shawled, and ready for the
shore. Miss Effie, in propria persona,
stood before her hand-seeker, blushing
celestial rosy red"
He advanced from his coign of vantage
to greet her; but as he drew higher. in
stead of the warm. affectionate welcome he
looked for, there was fixed stare, shud-
der, hasty retreat. and loud scream
which resOunded from stern to stem of the
big ship. and brought everyone from decks
and cabins into the saloon.
miss Needum-Effie, my dear girl
what on earth is the matter ?" hurriedly
stammered out the astounded Sandy.
..Shiver my timbers, what ails the las
sic ?" put in the captain. "LoOk out for
squalls, il you've annoyed her ~ And all
the by ISLANDERS echoed the words in more
OF less threatening terms. She was evil
IDENTIFY a favorite on board.
s'Oh. take him away" cried the lady
piteously-.take him away from me some
one don't know him! I've been mis-
led, deceived can't marry him-indeed,
indeed cant. He is not Mr.. Mcpherson
who wrote to me, to whom | came out to
be mar He is so ugly! Oh, such
dreadful fright III return him his money!
I'll work my way back to my poor moth
err! I'll do anything, but can't be his
wife! I'd rather die first!''
s.Miss Medium. don't indeed under
stand this" said the taken-aback and COM
pletely flabbergasted one. "What
does 1t all meanp Are we not engaged?
Have you not come out of your own free
will to accept the home and the love | Of
fer youP Did not send you my likeness
mo, no."
..Surely did,. II was taken by Colo:
pion. our best photographer; and when
he gave 1t to me he said. Mr.. Mcpherson
sir. there is no flattery ere; your worst
henemies would admit that Why, N.Y.
self put it inside the letter to your moth
err"
II repeat, no-decidedly and emphati-
cally, no! Look at this" and drawing
from her bosom little locket, she opened
II, and displayed the head and face of a
younger. much handsomer, and in every
outward respect more lovable man than
the one now before her. Il was the coun-
terieit presentment of Mr.. Jack lie Geste,
and leave you TO imagine what McPher-
san thought when he saw it there.
How could It get into the locket. you
ask Why in the simplest way in the
world. That good-tor-nothing fellow lie
Geste, when Sandy's letter came into his
possession, thought to "sell'' him, and so
surreptitiously removed his carte dc visitc.
substituting one OF his own. and Effie had
worn it ever since.
The poor devil of disappointed BRIDE
groom pleaded hard, and tried every ar
gument to induce the girl to let matters
progress. but she was obstinate and de-
termined.
She would esteem and respect him
always. but nothing more. To let the cat
out Of the bag. Miss Effie had fallen des-
perately in love with the picture of her
supposed Alexander. and in vulgar lam
guage had spooned over it awfully during
the tedious and lone hours OF a long voy-
age. OF course. she imagined that was
her intended husband that she was approx
ing. or she would not have done it-cer-
tainly not.
So, quite chopfallen and in the maddest
of RACES, MCPHERSON returned to his es-
tate.
Arrived there, he cut from one Of his
coffee bushes the thickest and knottiest Of
sticks. and proceeded with 1t in search Of
IL Geste but fortunately for the jester he
had made tracks and was gone.
Then he reverted to his old customs and
habits. sold his not now necessary goods
and chattels. and thought as little as he
could of the false Effie.
A tickle and capricious creature, woman.
Listen gentlemen, to another exemplifica-
ton of old Virgil's dictum.
In the same ship in which, shortly after
the breaking off of her intended espousal.