The sun., 1885-02-22

| escape either the sensitive observation or the
Yell be mountin' a few iurLe iows AN lixin.,
hosey. reckon ez only natursl. Mshhee ye!l
sfes s IN Ss .hS hH. Yfss sgs
! kin pick up In Montgomery street" And in
deed he succeeded a few hours later In accom-
design. When she returned from her house-
hold tasks she found on her berth a purple
o. She satin 81 sipper Snn "r
star. Of. RossS." he explained. and 1 got 'em
sbat 90 Gu. 80 seldom. father. and bon
e.ns %shs ss .s q. Mr. M Sts iS, sG%Sa sesns
gallikeyer to appear ez II she did 20 out or would
out 4 sss wSpstd to- KIN be
the son!rsc,or,s here. ez II you'd Jest come in
avail herself Of her ;ashar's purch"se. tui con,
tented herself with tho usual scari"t ribbon
she returned TO her tasks. The spacs between
| the galley and the buiwarks had been her Ia
vorts resort In summer. when not actually en-
| gagged IN household work. 1t was now lightly
rooted bver with boards and tarpaulin against
the winter rain, but still Afforded her veran.
she gould read or sew. looking over the how Of
tho Pontiac 70 the tossing bay or the further
Hither Miss Kosey brouc1 the purple prod.
igy. partly 70 please her iat,er. partly with a
But after trying It on b-iors the tiny mirror in
the galley once or twice. her thoughts wandered
away and sh. tel! into ,,, "ne @ OF her & haot.aI a
| galley door.
She was reused from It by the slight shaking
sat, 1t had boon evidently fastened from below
fastenlngs were removed the doors were suit
| denly lited. and tho head and shouders OF a
irom her iath"rs description @ G ana % rsr,y from N,
4. once GoHes!ssd i TO- to b liz new iod:sr;
young, and eood-lookIns-sravrr. perhaps.
than became his sudden pento,nimic mp.
closely. he had turned. closed the hatch with
acsrlain familiar deNteriIy and walked slowly
Inent she observed that his step upon the deck
seemed different to her fathers or the photos-
Presently he paused and turned back. and
ganclng At the gssey door for the first time
q curious spectator Of his abrupt entrance
on deck that he was at first dlsc9ncer'ed and
confused. But after second glance at
| her he appeared to resume his colnrosuIe.
and advanced little delantly toward the
III suppose ! frightened you. popping up the
IVY 'The T'va what hiafs'' ask asked Rosey.
the fore hatch" h. repeated impatiently.
Indicating II with gesture: ~,
strac,sdy. You seem to know shi
"Yes,a little" he said quietly: y was BE-.
|
hired a room here" no added explanntoriIy.,
~ thought So" said Rosey simply: you're
Tho con iractor!-oh. yes! You seem to know
"Fnther's told me-"
"Oh. he's your fhther-Nott? Certainly.
see now" he continued. looking al her with a
good morning" he half added ana walked to.
ward the ompanonway. Something in the
I.osey lift her hands to her hea,i. She had ior-
gotten to remove her fathers ba!etul gilt.
She snntched it of and ron quickly to the
companniionway;,
The Young man turned half way down the
slightly ssnIiss dshsvelled from the has,y removal Of
naTeuG5 ts n5 spop
@IihonnShs I te ,n'FySs gSs said nosey
frightened BY her boldness into feeble anti
She came back slowly to tn. galley and r,cked
up the uniortnnate v bonnet WIN = sigh. sense
her poor fathers nhappy Offering Ani what
business t% Ines, had Ihis strange young man to use
conscious tha. sne and her father. with All
their love and their domestic experience OF II.
sion that the half indifferent. stranger had
shown on first tr-adine It's deck. She walked
to the hatchway and examined il with u now
| interest. Succeeding 10 lifting the hatch. she
| gazed at tho lower deck. As she already knew
the ladder had long since been lemo,ed TO
| way the stranger could have reached IL was by
!eaping to one OF the rings. To make sure Of
| rings and dropped couple OF feet to the deck
below. She was in the narrow passage her
Before her was the door leading to De Fer.
rlnre's LOFT always locked. 1t was silent
pasn nae 'n ia he ey
| Butthe light from the nAwly opened hatch al
lowed her to see more Of the mysterious recess;
known before. and she was startled by ob.erv-
ing another yawning hatchway at her feet. fro u
tau to close again. The young girl stopped
ahyss. Nothing was to be- seen. nothing heard
but the distant gnrSle and click OF water in
81 NAY 81; o te the to ss
When her father came home that light she
brleny recounIed the interview with the new
lodger, and her discovery OF his curiosity She
dld this with a.. possible increase OF her usual
pIessrd Mr. Mott also I" give i more than his
% shp was he@sh Rosey T." sad win "n nne
archnass " In course kinder sweepin round
and ESsn wsen to fitch ,n oyns n wG9i had
picked ur her book with the usual faint smile
Of aflectionste tolerance. and then driiteh away
reckon Old Frenchy did nj come by when the
| young one was bedsvlin' You there"
| What, father 2" said Rosey. lifting her abb
| stracted eyes to his face.
Al the moment 1t scanned impossihle that any
| human intelligence could have gu s pscted dsc.it
or duDIlcity in Roseys clcar sazo. By, Mr..
| MOTIFS Intelligence was srnerhuman. | was
sayn' that Mr.. Ferrers didn't hnppon In while
| the young faler WAS there --h ?"
| No. father" answered Ro5ey. with an effort
70 ,, t3llow him out OF the pages OF her book.
Hsi NJ ss' az no, yfG s sn':S .f
| before the cabin door as that gentleman would
| have passed on 10 his room.
.. I'm afraid, = said The Young man. Elanc'ng
to-day. was a li,tl. curious 10 ses the old
ship. and didn't know what part OF 1t was
There amt no private part To this yar ship
thai ez. 'csptng the rooms and lofts" said
| Mr. Mott, authortatively. Then suojecting the
anxious look Of his daughter to his usual fac.
ulty for misconcepton. ne addsd; Thar amt
| no place whar you haven't As much right to ~
ez any other man; thar amt any man. furriner
hey got any bettsr rights. You hear me. young
| fellow: Mr.. Rens nshaw-my darter. My larter
/ NJ Rnt