Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-03

hiohcy. A Irlenc on Long Wharf of whom had a high opinion happened to learn it, and he asked me one day to deposit it with him.
 "I can use it to advantage" he said, ''and pay you interest on it. You can have 1t Whenever you want it."
 Perfectly msuspicious as was, and with the highest confidence in his in tegrity, handed tho whole sum over to him, not even taking his receipt for It. On my return from my next voy- age, found he had fled the country, taking many peoples money with him mine among others.
 This was my first rude discipline from the world; and I suppose I did not bear it as well as those misfortunes that followed later.
 Six years passed, and my earnings, | savings and tradings on my own ac- count in the countries to which l sailed had quite replaced all I had lost. Absurd as it may seem, used to carry it about with me, and got we'll laughed at for it. My captain jol1ed me unmercifully on the subject, and one day he persuaded me to deposit it in the bank where he kept his account It was the old story in different shape; the bank burst in three months, and lost every cent.
 Twas now thirty years old, and was beginning the world over again. A year later 1 was master of ship, and was laying up money fast. was so bound up in my duties and loved the sea so well that the idea of falling in love with woman never occurred to me - till it happened. In fact, at thirty-tive l knew nothing of women; so you see was just the man to fall an easy prey to one of the worst of the sex. She was dashing, black-eyed beauty of twenty-five, and had three husbands already in different parts of the country. This, of course, I did not learn till it was too late, and be- lieved her story, that she was the widow of a bankrupt Boston merchant. l first met her when she came on board my ship with a party of visitors, to look at it; 1 showed them all about explained every thing to them, and en- tertained them in the cabin. She put forth all her powers to fascinate me, and she did it. Some of my friends warned me, but it was no use; my head was completely turned. We were married in two weeks from the day of our first meeting. Before that, the woman got me completely into her clutches; 1 was merely the puppct that she made dance. I bought house for her in her own name. I handed over all my money to her. In ten days after our marriage my ship sailed for Bombay. l ought to have become suspicious at her refusal to go with me; but where is the man deep in love who is not blind as bat? It has al- ways been so since the days of Adam. The next week after my departure she sold the house, drew the money from the bank, and ran away with another man. heard of her death some years later.
 This blow wounded me most cruelty, for l was really attached to the worth less woman. l became a kind of mis- anthrope, but never lost my enthusiasm for my ship and the sea. Long before l owned and sailed my own vessel, I used to have an interest in the cargo, and was always buying unusual freig ghts abroad, and selling them at homo for a large profit. SD it happened that in my fortieth year was we'll to do again: in fact, was far along toward the making of another small fortune. If any man had told me six months before it hap pencd that l should ever marry another woman, should either have called him liar, or knocked him down-perhaps both. It all happened in the most natural way in the world. I had first mate, an elderly man and an excellent seaman, to whom I was greatly at tachcd. He had sailed with me several years, and was always faithful and true. knew nothing about his family, except that he had a wife and daughter in Provincctown. One day at Ran goon he was trying to keep the peace between two drunken seamen, when he was severely stabbed by one of them. He fingered week in the hospital; would not sail without knowing his fate, and was with him when he died.
 "God bless you, Captain Willis,' he said, with his last breath. "You've been good friend to me; couldn't have had better"
 l was melted to tears at sight of the good old sailor dying there in strange land.
 My dear old shipmate," said, T owe you moro for your fidelity than I have ever paid you. What do you wish me to do?"
 "Be good to those I leave behind me, sir
 l promised him that I would be- friend his family, and he died con- tented.
 Back at Provincetown, I looked them up. The place where they lived has something to do with my story, and will say a few words about it.
 If you go up from the harbor there, well ont of thn town bocE- to o cirhtlxy