New-York tribune., 1884-02-03

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for all day long the stuff which the cooks mate had
| hove overheard In the morning along with an
empty bottle had hung close, sometimes being
| times alongside.
| found my account, however, in the deepening
and the strengthening of my darlings love for me-
| AS theatre for the Improvement and development
| OF passion sailing ship may be backed against all
| the bathrooms, country lanes, balconies small. duh
| villages, and fashionable watering places in the
| world. In olden times mothers sent their daugh-
teTs to India, assured of their finding husbands
in the tall, glazed castles which carried them
| around the Cape of Good Hope than on dry land.
! Steam has put end TO this passages ore too
short nowadays to make flirting worthlw ho, as girls
| saw But you'd have understood what the old yOy-
ages tended to had you been with ms in the Strath-
more hanging for ten days under the sun, with the
dead ocean looking like pavement OF silver under
the cathedTa -dOme of the heavens, whose violet IL
reflected. Why, such was the effect OF IL upon us,
that before the week was out there was Thompson
| Tucker making eyes at modest MISS Grant, whllo
her mother sat by with alarm depicted III her conn
tenance, but too mild to frown him down the Mar
! maduko MOrtmers grew several degrees iOhder
and the JOyces carried more distinctly attached
manner in their method of walking about arm IN
arm. Nr. AlphOnsO Hawke was an old stager, had
made the voyage between England and Australia
several times and kew how the mOnotony of the sea
throws people upon one another; and his and Aunt
Damarss scheme for bringing Florence and Mr.
Morecombe together never struck mo more toTcsieiy
piece of Judgment that might have proved faal
to me- had been left at homo and Morecombe taken
my place. than 1t did during those ten days OF the
dOldumS. | remember telling my darling tins, aud
| il made her indignant The more saw Of Mr.
Morecombo the more / disliked him" she ex-
claimed. How can you talk such nonsense.
JackW
"You undervalue the effect of this calm said.
Behold its influence upon Thompson Tucker
Were Captain Jackson single man should not
despair of seeing him and Aunt Damarls eXchang
ing locks of hair. This tedlum your father lore
saw and ]. being out of sight. would have been
out of mind" but an earnest, beautiful glance OF
her deep aud speaking eyes brought up this badl'
mage with n round turn and in breath was pour
ing ont repentance. vows. gratitude, love.
bIa yylI he
! say that she believed that Florence and were
deeply in love when she was present we always
threw sort of reserve into our behavior ana kept
the full expression Of our devotloh for the stars
but sho knew we were constantly t0getheT-lhdeeo;
she never came on TO the poop If Florence happened
! to be on deck, without finding me with her; and.
therefore she was perfectly well aware that very
/ great deal going on, though she did not know
| how much: but she made no objection, she showed
| no unoaSDcSS: her manner toward me was always
| as full of amiabity as her character would allow
her 10 import into her bearing; whenever She f0und
Us together she would Join us. but saying nothing
about il, either before my face or to Florence be-
! hind my back, behaving indeed as II we were
! sweethcarts. and recognized as such Dy her 1r.
once had a talk with Daniel about this. lie
! found me alone one morning early, fresh from the
head pump where had got an ordinary seaman TO
play upon me for ten minutes with slulclng stream
of sparkling water ont of the blue under the bows
Ny friend had come up to look for wind, ana iound
| me wbtstinp for If over the tafTail This set us
talking of the weather and of old times, and, one
! thing leading TO another, "Well jack says he.
presently, what's the StrathmOre going to do for
~YOu see how it goes. with us, Daniel an
swered; II suppose no fOnder couple were ever
! found upon the ocean. m
.Ihe aunt seems quite willing, ! fancy said he.
alt looks so. She likes me az MI Edgert0n: the
question is. will she lke me as JACK 3eymonr p %
derfnIIv we'll kent, | never thought you'd have
been able to maintain your alias long; reckOned
| your girl would have split. whipped out with It
unconsciOusly and smOtheTed the whole blessed job.
j suppose if the aunt don't find out the truth for
herself you'll have to tell her who yOu are some
of these days Iou-cant marry under false name'
@0f course can't said my policy has been TO
| make Miss Damars Hawke like me as Mr. EgertOnt
! and think have succeeded.
! Is there any chance now of her rounding upon
you as Jack Seymour and ordering you to leave her
npce alone 2" said Daniel.
81 can't tell you. If knew for certain I'd heaye
my alias overheard for Miss Florence hates to
call me Mr. Egerton. She says it makes her feel as
| if she were telling story: W lille the masqueradIng
| is as littlo to my taste as to hers"
There's no doubt" said Daniel, thoughtfully,
that tho aunt don't object to YOU as Mr.. Egerton.
"A winegla5s She let's you and Miss Florence be 70
/ gcther and interferes, that can see that's
sort of victory, isn't ti If you have the talent 10
! conqucr under false cOOTs, can't you do so under
Well. you see, Daniel" said !, ats the false
colers which have given me the ad dTantage. by ena-
binp mo 10 sheer alongside of her without exciting
her suspicion TO tie real character OF the appar
| emily friendly stranger" .
| Mr.. EGertonl' asked Daniel. How is it that an
| alias has allowed you to, forge leagues ahead of
| yOur old rate of sailing when your fathers lame
! was written bold on yOur stern and headi
You are asking me questions" said l, which are
lust as much riddles to toyou but I'll tell you
! nv notions: first and foremost, Miss Florence was
sent away out of England in order TO be rd OF Jack
| Sc~mour' NcNt the yoya0e was likewise planned to
Syng hor and Mr. MorGcombo together Keep those
points in mind. The plot. so far as M0recombe was
concerned has proved dead failure Iho aunt hates
! the name OF him. and he as completely out OF the
running as if he had been sewn up IN hammock
and launched through the gangway. But Juck
Seymour is still left ashore and the aunt SAYS 10 70
| herself: when my niece returns and return she
must sOmo of these fine days-She hnd that Ieil0W
waiting for her. My brother won't ike that. lie
| has described the yOuth az common, insulting
! sailor-char and T. for one, never could endure
! sucb family connection ~ he would make" so,
with this Thought in her. dye see, Daniel she
| oentiemauly well bred youth. extraordinarily
polite TO her highly complimentary the posSessor OF
decidedly aristOcratc name and clearly an lndepen-
dent gentleman. She sees that nave fallen III love
| with Miss Florence and that Miss Florence very
much likes me. So her old mlnd goes 10 W. work, ana
she saws to herself. Since Mr. Morecombc Is quite
out of the question, and since there Is very great
danger of my niece renewing her affection for that
| common person. Jack Seymour. when she returns TO
| England surely shall he acting with great ludg-
ment in encouraging the attentions OF thsyery gentee
! Mr. Egerton, who. if nothing else comes Oi II, VIII
at least wholly dispaco DIT. JACK oeS ihour iio'l nS
! niece's heart. "
aYou seem to have hit it, said Daniel, grinnlng at
me with kind of admiration. Hang me, if You
hay, IaKg But What on earth can she
| think of Miss FlOrences cOnstancy when she dls-
| covers in a few DAYS that she has clean forgotten
the Jack Sel mour who one of the causes OF her
being sent away from home. and fallen IN love with
the perfect stranger, Mr.. John Egerton p
| q She has said nothing about IT," l replied. and
I'm not going to bother myself over her IDEAS out
| side those which particularly concern me II she
rnasons ot ali she'll conclude either that her is
a yery lmpressionabe girl. or that Mr. AphonSo
Hawke over emphasized her love for JACK
| Seymour"
If the latter,s her notion, she won't be afraid of
vour girls renewing her love for Jack Seymour
when She returns home" said Daniel. very l'gIcaily
. Rut She can't be sure" said l. She wont like
m think her brother utterly mistaken. What Las
probably occurred TO her is ths-that Miss Florence
| fnds Mr. Egerton more fascinating than Mr. Sey.
nom. thongh if she don't get Mr. .Egcrton, she'll