New-York tribune., 1884-01-13

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and ne ought to feel better Do yop know, wo,rd to
@nce have a great mind to send the slewaiiu i @ ~
hIm with my ompliments; and ask nm MN d ~ he air
effort to come on deck INC suhshin' "
Yon had better not interfere with HIM dauH aunt Z,
soid Florence. quietly. He will come on deck IN
dne course. If the man is sick 1t Will be cruel 10
send him your compliments -, - - -o,oi,nod
Don't call him the man; tlorehce, ,n =; her
Amt Damaris with kind OF saw-llke sounu III "oi
If was very certain from all this that she had no
idea how exceedingly i'll MIR. MOrecOnDe hau . "u as
nnd xas Florenc. had merely told her that ne was was
sea-sIck; and having been confined 10 heI uaa ,th
old lady had had no chance OF taFnLHg taFitg ' her All
II was no part of ms policy to enllshttn r n, fast
This while the pilet-boat was bearing uoMn @ ,ast
upon us sweeping along with run VI ng ST" ppsst
her gstenng sides, and the sunStf5 t5at stood like
her fu on to the towering coast that sl ;ht nos
vast fortress upon the sea lanu vac LeaIn melting
ALI the way along our star6oaTu S,';scX shore
awov into mere faint blue bobs as the SusScN sui
e"ded toward Worthiug and Brighton. Wnie st IIsnt
ahead Won might just catch gnhleL Vi ciu Coaster
u smact creeping along And now while Aif Auiif
namaris seemed 10 he considering Wllnu t 4oi 4 N
whether she should send her col pfn'' The noon
Morecombe an order was shouted rom tn hos hPocas
the crew came tumbling aft the lee hun-n man iI
were LET 90 and the great yards ilid aotcH e il '
Sca Of singing and stamping, ana yells oi onSas
Thn shin Still leaning under the tower oi eau eau NC 9a
mon her came to stand. and you cUu Hi , i br b
water washing with sloppy thn lec where the
shejter of the hull was the oli-llke suiaIo WaS
darkened by the skurrying OF the draHsn' mnJra5
down over the rail- and shooting away III al q ii; sct
,yiff lines like the track of the lOng-egeeu SeeC
| you see on the surface oi sucaiii o'' " NV
o9$, !, all ot once flashed upon me that should
| ~ La doing nv duty either to Florence OF
cousin Sophie if missed the cnanCe M o's,n U my IN tell
soni t Worecombe's presence aboard was the frult
of conspiracy, and that my daring nnu e no With
idea than that he was to make nnc ne sense
her: and also felt it due to my uhGe lino \sre
Of the ridiculous to relate why and wheTe Nj nPie Go
combe's voyage had come to an emu; no ~ smHCcst
madam that if Won would like to write iast lne ~
vour friends ashore now Is your opport i 40 mT
pilot will be landing presently ana VIII '"h' '0'
She turned to Florence and sad u wd wrote von at
Gravesendthere is nothing orcUcas to a%G decisive re-
| senttn1. Mop as walked away, thnkiins TO NY
self Nothing to add, eh old elr ho4 nnd II sd0 orS-
entity When entsTgG tting my IN 'D an American % chair
His luggage had noticed piled under the pl ah & VI
the poop ready to hand oyer II hc so STg Van haggard
| daath-Ike that for the life OF me couluh neiP
heartily plying him; and it was human ltand
perhaps that Inyd y baYe done under other crcun-
stances for nv triumph over HIM was enormous III lu
ali WAYS too remar kable altoQether HuI on ,V Yhie
aa c oIaa sr the writing case Your sutferngs VIII
soon be over Mr. MOrecombe; the plio'-cu'''i II "'
alongside in twenty MINUTES ~ OF SHUmh,ed SU in thick
voice smiling meanwhile like an idlOt. he etIons
smell of brandy in the cabin eonplen Wi.i ms aI
neI causeG n' that he was intoxicated. could
not he surprised, for If ever man sto.,atn t,
ennntv ms was: and when fellow IL III thil siate
@ NOV NOV If does not take much to capsize HIM
| He had swallowed brandy plentifuliy IN the nSat IN
without appearing the worse m Ior IT, row with one
c0ulker too many in him. and when his glazed eyes S
rolled IN tho hoows under MS OloW Wiii = ilu lt ~
prjnncd his imbece grin as ne sad " IA ia .,io
enn sav :" thought to myself Oh, if Aphonso
could only see his beauty nov nov Lind of noan;nc
| :.
. | fwalin's dam wot Come along! " here TN boa!
lie tried to rise but his legs buckled up un. OF ,
and be fell back again, looking AT ms shallhs W IN
dr"plcn Gravity. Can't stand he muttered
8 what cuTsed wolng-nOthng steady hcre-n, ;
wo vol. wo-Ill wlte to tue 9pptaTs 9aptpT dperp
| dunno his business. l say, ole man. call steward
sent the steward to him. and sat down at the
| cnddy-table TO write few lines to sophie, giving
| her nll the news ] could find time to pnt INTO my
letter and particularly dwelling upon Alorecolnoe @
drunken condition at the moment 01 ms depaII3uWI W
from thc SHIN Here. steward SAID l to nay,
) who had come out of MOrecombeS caDin, put tl't @
in the bag for the pilot Will yon AND, low ,nt hm
voice, try TO hide the gentlcn as yon eeu nl nm
over the side mean, don't let the pa5sehs%tds % SIC ~;
more of his condition than you can heip-ihIat pI is,
! | YOU assist him to the gangwaN WHO'S "'duo hi
U'.t a0niv himself. sir" answered Hay; He's been
calling for brandy all the morning. The doctor tod
me to let him have as much rs he wanted any
thing Mr. Griffith said, to stop his retchinS I'LL
! he's out of my hands ,
| returned TO the pOOD and tOund INC plIot- Ovd'
within quarter Of mile OF us coming along I9o 10 ~
and our decks full of people, Watching heI All M .io
cuddv passengers including Mrs. Jackson ill'u lle
| r, and Florence and her aunt STOOD ai the picdh
of the poop close to the starboard liuder, where
| they commanded the quarteT-deck ana Galg"al'
nerceiyc1 4 little bit of feminine malice Ill lIS Ol
bn mart of Florence and when she turned and sped
l me Standing a fathom two behind her, "a cream
shot into her eyes that would nave mine me IduSh
outright had not Aunt Damars been within ealshol.
- Stand bv ready with line, one OF you,' sang
, out the chief mate and in few minutes tho laigeI
powerful cutter hauled down her iore$ai' sIilIu
| her helm and swept alongside. lhe pliOt WIlhouII
ado shook hands with Thompson ana the cheI
mate touched his cap in sort of allround manner
to the passengers, wished us al, ne was sure pIoS'
| nerouS VOYAGE and dropped into the cutter
drew nearer by couple of PAGES to Aunt Da-
uaris The second mate, on the main n-deck, was
Giving orders about Murecombe's luggage ana MS
boxes and sword and stick and umbrella ana mack
ntosh were handed along and passed oyer te Sl,ie'
| PRESENTLY MorecOmbe himself emerged from tllt
l cuddy porch prupped up by Hay and couple oI
nndeTT-irtcwards. T You ncyor could have, guessed
how his spell of sea-sckneSs had chahsou i'ua oS o
seeing him in his cabin. The brilliant sunshine 1 on
| tbr uu8rter-deck was the light TO view INN H. ie
turned his inebrated tallow-whlte face up at l} ln}
people who looked down at him from the poop ana
saw Florence take step back with the recoll ol
| person utterly disnayed. Hill
! voice " it's Mr. MorecOmbe, Where Is ne gong
What's the matter with him Z! and the whole OF hei
face with foreground of brown bonnet lorhTo 1u m
of the hood as she stretched her neck WIN Lei
|, hands up and her mouth OPEN -, -,..o, a.,
; :" How dive do, Miss lIawke ~ exclaimed the
wretClcd creature, forcing the stewards w CohV I,
n ostandstiU while he wre,tled to free his arm thai
he might pull off hls hat. "Im going home-tol
much wollng for me. Been half killed by tolloWni
Z your advice. Take your love to Phonso lei hih
l mo more wotten sang-shps for me. Good-by
= Capt'n. look out-Ill expose you for dragging M
about when I'm dying" -.
By this time the condition of the man was plan
I 10 everybody and the seamen and tween-deck pass
: epgrrS were all on the broad grin, some laugihl
4 ouf Even among us att where there would be NOR
. delicacv if not more sympathy, you might haV
: ! heard an occasional utter. : .. ,o, =,
"Now then, how long is the gent gong 10 Keep u u
= | side. -.