Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-12-12
"sirr, she called.

faint color in her checks and her pretty
brown hair was slightly dishcvcled from,
the hasty removal Of tho bonnet.
Fathers very particular about stran
gers being ON this deck" she said, little
sharply.
"Oh-ah-I'm sorry intrusic<l."
I-I-thought I'd tell you," eaid
Rcscy, frightened by her boldness into q
feeble onti-climax.
THANK you."
picked up tho unfortunate bonnet with q
slight sense of remorsc. Why should she
feel angry with her POOR fathers unhappy
ohcrings And whnt business Ind this
strange young man to use tho ship 80
familiarity Yet she was vaguely con-
scious TINT she and her father, with all
their love and their domestic experience
Of II, lacked certain instructive caso In
It's possession that tho half Indifferent
stranRer had shown on first trcotiing its
deck. She walked TO tho hatchway and
examined IL with new interest. Sue
ceetling I'm lifting the hatch, sh; gaxctl nj
the lower dock As. she already knew the
latidcr had long since boon removed To
make room for ono Of tho partitions. the
only why the stranger could have reached
IL was by leaping to one OF the rings. To
make ss,re OF this she let herself down.
holding on To tho rings, and dropped n
| couple OF feet to the deck below. She was
In the narrow passage her father had pcne-
tratcd tho previous night. Before her was
the door leading To do Fcrriercs' loft, nj
ways locked. II WAS silent within; IL
was tho hour when the old French
man made his hahituul promenade I'm
the city. But the light from the newly
opened hatch allowed her To sec more OF
the mysterious rccesscs OF tho forward
bulkhcad than she Ind known before. and
she was startled by Observing another
yawning hatchway at her feet from which
tho closely fitting door had been lifted
and which the new lodgcr had evidently
forgotten to close again. The young girl
stopped down and pccrcd cautiously into
the black abyss. Nothing was TO bc seen,
nothing heard but ths distant gurSlo and
click OF water In some rcmoter depth. She
replaced the hatch md returned by way
Of tho passage to the cabin.
When hor father camo homo thnt night
she briefly rccoun,ed tho interview with
| the new lodgcr and her discovery Of his
curiosity. She did this with, n possible in
crease Ia h;r c.cIl shyacss and rSstrac-
ton, and apparently moro rs n duty than n
colloqunl recreation. But it pleased Mr.
Mott also TO give IL moro than his usual
misconccption. Looking round the ship,
was he-eh, Rosey," he said with in
nnito archncss. "In course, kinder Sweep
In round the galley and ofrcrin' to fetch
you wood and water, chs" Even when
the young girl had picked mp her book
with tho usual faint smile of ancctionate
tolerance and then driftcd away In i,s
pages, Mr.. Mott chucklcd nudibly. .T
reckon old Frcncby didn't como 10y when
the young ono was bedevilIn' you there"
What, fnther'" said Roscy, lifting her
distracted eyes TO his face.
AT the moment IL seemed imDos,ible
that any human intelligence could hive
suspected deceit or Implicitly I'm Roecv's
clcnr gaze. but Mr.. Motifs intelligence
was superhuman. az was sayin' that Mr..
Fcrricrcs didn't happen In while the young
teller was thcre--ch.''
mo, father" answered Rosey. with nm
effort to follow him out of the pages OF
her book. Why
A"e -"i' ->ott ulu rOt reply. Later In
the evening he awkwardly waylnid the
new lotgcr before the cabin door n, Tint
gentleman would havo to pass ON TO his
room.
"Tm afraid" said the young man.
glnncing ut Rsscy, "that intrutlcd upon
yoir daughter today. was n little Gu.
ri"us to see the old ship, and I didn't
know what part OF It was private"
There mat no private part To this yer
ship-thnt CT, 'ccpting the rooms and
lofts" said Mr.. Mott, nuthoritatiycly.
Then, subjccting tho anxious look Of hts
daughter to his usual faculty for miscon-
ception. no added: Thar amt no placo
whar you haven't rs much right TO 60 ez
any other man; thar amt any mnn. fur
rincr or American, young or old, dyed or
undycd, es hey got any better rights.
You hear me, young fellow. Mr.. Rem
shaw-my dartcr. My dartcr-Mr. Rem
shaw. Rosey, givo the gentleman chair.
She's only jest como in from a promcy.
made, and hex Jest taken Off her bonnet"
he added, with an arch look Mt Roscy md
n hurried look around the cabin, ns ~ he
hoped To see the missing gift visible TO the
general ego. $50 take scat a mint.
won. yes'