New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16

you wish for rest III have those fellows up there OH
Ny larlng's fingers frightened upon mine she
said . could not sleep hGe
Why not :" | exclaimed; you VIII sleep there
tonight You must lie under SHELTER.
She shuddered. but made no reply.
It's a mere matter OF Imagination, ! continued !;
YOU WILL It's all the same whether you lie dream
ing IA desolate hut like that or IN your own bed
room az home
"Oh Jack. not when the morning comes 4" she
cried.
could not sleep if | were to lie down. Mr.. Sey-
mour," said Aunt Damaris " ! would rather remain
| here IN the open air. Did You see anything when
you were up ON the cliff Just now =
Nothing"
She sighed convuIsiveIy, and turned her eyes up
10 heaven with her hands clasped.
Let the night pass let us ali get what refresh
ment We can ind IN sleep. said |. " and Tomorrow
our clearer heads will enable to there is any
aylght 10 this situation of ours. Don't despair.
fou ave shown great courage, and both OF you
have confronted the pcrils we have been brought
into with stout hearts Besides. did you not say
you have confidence in me. Don't dishearten ne by
cau.ng me to think YOU have lost faith;
" have not lost faith. Jack cried Florence pas
sionatey If there's anything 4 sailor could think
of TO be done. you'd do It, il would come 70 YOU.
But know you are as hopeless as aunt and L
No. no. ] exclaimed
q cannot be deceived" she cont timed: have
watched you looking rOund-l have watched you
thInking-yOu can't hide your thoughts from me
and there was such a depth If sadness and love in
the fearful eyes she fixed upon me- that the only
answer ! could give her right of was 10 throw my
arm around her and hold her to my heart. She hid
her face my breast and. kissing her cheek
looked az Aunt Damars over my loved ones mead
MAY feel. | said, d" that, come what may, Miss
Hawke, this girl, whom love ~ never was woman
better loved. is mIne with your consent"
She answered Immediately: Yes. fou deserve
her Mr. Seymour ! hope God may spare you and
her to come together a. man and wife: J have no
dOubt Of yOur unselhsh devotion. ! have seen
enough 70 convince me that vOur hearts are one.
FlOrences papa shall know the truth and then
she stopped short, with q wild glance around her.
| whispered You hear what Your aunt says
has brought US together here 10 mIserably perish
Oh, for His sake keep up youI heaTt-haye tauh IN
His love and protection. No one VINO knows the sea
and its chances would dream Of abandoning hope
till the darkness Of death itself came down" And
then. raising my voice: MISS Hawke, ~ II not true
that every shipwreck Is full Of miraculous dellver-
she carried Us through last night And being
strangely elated by what the old lady had said 70
To and spun them all me yarns OF WOhlertu eS-
capes AZ sea which could think Of-scOres of thom
! knew OF a wave washing "A man overheard ia a
pitcb-black night, and bringing nm sately pack
again. setting him down tendorly, and
leaving him in pence to squeeze the salt out OF ms
ewes: of five living on the bottom OF CapSiZtd
schooner dining and suppinS for six days of barna-
Cles and weed with "A drink OF beer between
vrhiles which they came at bV emitting hole IN the
plankiBg and thrusting IN their hands till they ar
rived at 4 of bottled ale OF Others successfully
performing six weeks voyage in a small open boat
their sole food during half the time having been
dog some living nsh, and a few mollemokeS 81
seaman knocking about for four day IN Iie-belt'
and then being picked up alive and made hearty m
tWeuty-fOur hours hy liberal prescription of rum
and roast pork. These were but samples Of the
warns / told them. every one OF them guspel-truc
though as Florence listened I'd a CLEAN of IN
crcdulty shoot into her eyes, which would set me
laughing for with true land going instincts she'd
doubt the very things which seataring people would
accept as ordinary incidents OF the marine life. Yet
this EARNING profitable work. The obi CATION OF
thinking for stories kept me lively. and WAS list
rned to with interest Aunt Dam9r1S in particular
often rounding of tale by saying: Vel Flor
ence I am quite sure after nat have 10 right TO
despair and Why. their case WIS far worse than
ours, certainly. and yet they were -avodH and the
like Il was about : o'clock In the afternoon when
the bOsuu showed bis bead above the guuWale Of
the gg and then stood up, stretching hs arms with
a great roaring yawn. He looked about him a. II nc
couldn't make up hs mind 10 believe in what he
saw in II hurry aud then spying Us, he got out ot
the boat
~'Fra.d I've been having pretty long nap, sir
said he.
No. not very long, replied, but you'll be ,he
better for what you've had
He asked nae the time. which CAV" hlm. adding
that the ladies would b. wanting something to eat.
and that the men had better be reused out.
You've not been sitting here ever since, ladies'.
have you ~ he asked. Florence replied, Yes
" hope" said he, - its not because there's only
the hut 70 use and You wouldn't enter it While the
men were there II J thought hat I'd have the
whole blooming lot OF en- out Of 1t by the hair OF
their heads IN jlHy7
= We preferred 10 remain IN the open arr oh
e ANY sgn OF The boats. M seymour 9" hc asked.
There was moth ug 10 be seen u hen last
liz glanced up at the signal he had erected and
then at the sky, and walked r. short dl,anc" beyond
the boat. where he trend of ID" rocks sIophg to
b. brcakU ster would carry nm past thc ciu ana
give Lim y.cw ~ the sea ln TIE east. W hen he
had stood tor few minutes staring and ug
ouf 90 mo. " EctHtu 30 ght uut blue water. Iut
beautifully blue 10 .-. FOB boz sure. hc r-Inuea us.
be w bat zine next thing to be- done. 81 . ic asked.
told hmm 10 ROUSE OFT the men. amt bring materials
enough for >upPcr for all hands ~ Jh hiI. along
with vine for liz lad es. Tu., Ire dld. and after
Jew m.Lu.r~ thr men emerged one hy one from tAc
hut ribJLL tIrir eyes and stretching Themselves.
and gaI az around tA,W as SMILING had men he
avoae. Iuct ga.Ae.ea about rs. sitting on the
grass. whll-I divided tac preserved meat and bis
emit and handed Florence and her aunt ~our vine.
leaving th, bo ,I t0 serve Vut the rum to thc m"u
The, >crm,I tlr b.iter for their rr-t less hollow
eyed. and they were br>ber an Their movements
They looked concerned enough when On. d. SGn
told them th4i neither il' HttI"~ nor h3d sl'PI
ana one oi them SAID shJE go Amt Dam5rs
Hope, mum, u Waau our being n Inc hhi hs kept
We out of IT,. We went there because Mr.. seymour
here told to go bat the gla-a outside If plenty
SOFT enough for Us 10 b. on
stopped h- apologize by telling him that the
ladies' preferred wait for the night 10 Use the INT
"aud then nav lads, said l. TN Dee for MS men 60
consider whether II shouldn't be occupied by Jhem
= don't want considcrin' Mr. Seymour" OK
claimed On" bo'suu. ms q settled Job That heidi
Zee is for the Use Of the ladies only mates, ann
ri-ht or an vronuf
Right. " they ali answered.
Florence began 10 rcmonStrate: No, No. m
due To ladies. The men mean that you and your
aunt shall 3ccupy thai hut and youu yez them by
declining
Yes. youu VeA US all, miss exclaimed the
bo' san.
But where VII you sleep 90 she asked.
Why. on tAe im.lll- of our backs. miss be an
Swerrd d" Men like as. who are accustomed to the
,oltust plank Sc can pick out n sulps deck Tor q
-uool. aren't -o.ug to udAe much account OF piOl
% GAS Tor a lrather-hrd though there should
bee uo:h.u under the werdurr Dut rock. CONSIDER
how them goats we've seen c.i-t and We may
pee <ou that the sailor VhO Isn't the equal If goat
iu every thing but juupiu' must ue tLe poorest %
poor creatures. and nt only % isl - % ~pgrl.
The others uuTmurcd assent " Bat continued
he honest fellow. " don't know that Dir. seymour
isn't entitled to corner OF that hut. say tie part
close ION c~dc the door. Ye see ladies 'cordug ~
his own account he's knocked OH the now three
wear and more u that time You may take % q good