New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-20
HALF A GALE OF WIND.

HALF GALE OF WIND.
when left the deck and entered the lighted cudny
forgot all about the wonderful picture, ana
thought only of Florence and the score OF matters
Ihad in INV mind to say to her; and mighty plelSed
wasI when. on everybody being seated pecrcd
mast the captain and found Aunt Damarl5 place
vacant. ~
GSho complains Of n headache" said Florence
think you made her walk too much
clam sorry that her head aches but I'm glad
she's not at table" said /. "Her absence enables
me 20 lac fluent. and | want to tell you what our
talk was about
ooh she told me everything" exclaimed
FLORENCE. laughing. Don't you think her
rather strange person
aWclI rather" | replied. " But for all that. L
fancy | could like her if she would LET me- She
called Jack Seymour, it is true, vulgar, insulting
person but that my darling, is because she doesn't
know what a charming creature he is
Are Won sure of that y said Florence. giving me
a chance TO peep into her eyes the depths of whose
sweet pure beauty was always on the lookout to
sound Let ne tell you. she considers Mr. Egerton
a tnost ccntlCmanly yOung man, rcfreshlngly I'M
Affected vet with something very thoroughbred
about him too and real treat to talk to after Mr.
Morecombc. am using her own words Jack"
sYon must be joking" cried |. on the groad grin.
GIndeed am not, - she answered; "yOu appear to
have won her heart. But dear me! what Will she
say when she discovers who you are" and de-
lghtu air of puzzlcmcnt came over her face as she
mechanically glanced along the table at the people
who are talking and laughing as they gobbled over
the plates the stewards put before them
Il have been turning that point over in my
mind" said l. and the conclusion have arrived at
is that your aunt ought not to know who am. II
there is n chance OF her liking me as Mr.. Egerton,
then what is to stop me from making her affection
ate by paying her all the attention she will allow
mo TO bostow on herr Then when the mask is
droppcd at last she will be too fond of me as man
TO bother over the name go by. Do yOu see that,
nv pct She shall think me in love with her for
the sweetness of her disposition. I'll Overwhelm
her These old Indies are wonderfully CTedu0ns
Nothing 10 do but to eye them pensivey, and forth
WINS the iokc' Miss Hawke e. asked Thomp-
son, hearing my ewccticarts laughter jack
making fun Of somebody, I'll wager He's TOO muCh
OF n m0nopOlist to suit my book. lie engrosses all
vour attention and gives me no chance to edge III q
word Talk Of cOnccang his feelings! OF mslead-
inc all these Indies and gentlemen, and MISS Ia
maris Hawke! why. the workings OF ms heart can
be watched from the flying lbb0on end 60
Though he spoke low, II was nevertheless terribly
alarming hear him Joke IN this fashion; lor ms
voice was by no means melodous, and even ms
whispers had something of the sound OF straInlng
t,mhrr in them; 80 | gave him an lmpOrng look
oIour with n glance at florence (who was smiling,
with IL little confusion IN her eXpreSSl9n rs II 70
cntrcot him TO sluTe ne for her sake Bat if felt
n n,V should certainly not have stood in
need Of Il HINT from him. The trnth Is, had made
up nay mind not 10 let the suspicious or curiosity oil
the crddy folk hinder my COurtship. / had no III
tention of supprcNsing my love for Florence when
Others were by, and i was question very shortly
10 be settled whether indeed | should think IT
worth while to conceal MY passion even when Aunt
Dauaris WAS looking However, Thompson was
not bc put oil he insisted upon cOnNcrSlng WIN
Florruco whcrcupon talked TO Mrs Grant. who
sat al the aitCr-cnd Of the cngthwse table. nearest
ours: but | was soon deep in whispers with Flor
Aie foil III a II
had INDUCED in number OF Sllrmises reSpcctln& my
birth CONNEXIONS and social position; ard that
when she had done eXtOllng he, she fell again upon
Mr. Morccumbe denounced him as an impOstOr SAID
that there never cOuld have been an atom of aiicc
zion in him for Florence, seeing how glad re ap,
peaTed amid his drunkenness To leave the snip ana
referred again in great passion To the Young lei
lows comparison of the Strathmorc 10 rat trap.
She WAS mortified and disguised in all ways, Flor
ehce said by the idea that he had gwen mo the
whole story of his relations with the Hawkes.; by
his withdrawal from the SHIP and the iguomiI.ous
failure of Mr.. Hawkes. scheme; 10y his going away
drunk and the and laughter OF tho paSsen gers
and her dislike and Indignation were increased 10y
the conviction that had he remained in the vessel
lao would IN due course have told all hands, from
the Cuddy TO the fOrccasic, why he in the ship
AID why he was making ne {oyaggo TO AniSlIaiia'
"And best. or worst, of all, Jack" said Florence,
is my uunt's fear that the passengers Will guess
that we knew Mr.. MoIcconbc before he Joined the
vessel Mortified was she by his being intoxicated
aud everybody iccring him.
:cfuscd him. that she processes To have found
out what poor creature he IS =
II don't want her concentrations. She is heart
lily welcome to 20 on abusing Mr.. M0rccOmbc rs long
she plcasoe. but the moment she couples my name
WIN ms or CONNECTS me Al any way WIN ms
wretchcd attempt to make a voyage to Australia,
beg hcr to cease. and she does, jack
Would you he angry II She coupled your name
NO she answered why do YOU ask' In the
"Oh NY darling. never wonder at any questions |
ask yOui nothing ought 70 surprise You in me-no
not even if you should catch me dancing on my
hcDd. Are gen not enough to turn my brains'
every look you give me with your beautiful ewes
rtl,s me of something of my wits. Only the other
day met you for the first time IN my unclcs house
Il Clifton, old Flora az your feet fell IN love
With yon plnmp-ay, Florence, il was the com
,lctcsf header mortal man ever took. Well sweet
md uniable as you always were, hardly dared
,hnk of you. 80 UNNECESSARILY remote dld your
athcr's behavior cause you 10 seem 10 me. And
low. after weeks of horrible fears. here are
together here am ! calling you my darling, ana
although you have never yet told me that you loved
me- yet don krUr that You dO-dOnt know that
your darling heart IS mine now 7 ay. as we stand
now on the very threshold of our long voyage
though I never dared dream that should have
wholly won your heart until the Australian coast
was some thousands of miles nearer than ii is at
present" Well, she cOquctted little; she whis-
pcrod that i very oonceted person 10 con
Cludc that she was IN love with me: certainly she
liked me very much indeed. she had liked me from
the hour of our first meeting. and she was glad was
ia the ship. and that her aunt lad praised me; but
was ! quite sure that she had given mo her heart
And she asked this she looked up at me with eyes
~ fond that the temptation TO kiss the beautiful,
loving face that shOne within an easy stretch OF my
lips Just ono of those things which man must
set his teeth bard together 70 resist From time TO
time would catch Dir. and Mrs. Marmaduke Nor
timer cycling us with smiling approval while some
OF the Others. particularly Mr. Thompson Tucker,
would direct rpr5od glances at us, as II theY were
very much astOnshed at the rapid progress was
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