Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-07

cabin to light his pipe. Up curied the
smoke, and through it the Captain look
ed ruefully at neat package that lay
on the table.
"What fool I was to buy that, ne
thought. "Oid sextant was plenty good
enough, though / had it nine years.
Bougbt IL In Liverpool wnen was sec
ond mate OF the julia A. Smith. Aud
now have put up months earnings
for a new one. What possessed me, l
don't know"
And so the Captain went on.
Now. Captain Sprowl was not, as you
might think from the name, bald
headed old man with buShy whiSSerS,
No. names are very misleading. In
stead, he was tall and slender, with q
sandy mustacne, aud had not gray
hair in his head. He came from Maine,l
and although but thirty years old, he
had been for six years captain OF the
Edna Dunn, now lying at Constitution
wharf, in Boston, discharging her cargo
OF sugar.
"Well," pulled the Captain, nothing
20 do now but 10 get rid OF SeXtant. /
should 20 ashore next time II i had two
sextants 10 navigate Oy. Must work the
old of on some land-lubber or some
body"
The package was lying on an old
newspaper which he had read through
and through on his last trip out.
The very thing." said he. III put
q notice In the paper-'SeXtant Tor sale
cheap and II somebody doesn't bite at
IL, / miss my guess"
The next morning the only thing the
Captain could see in the paper was
this:
"Sextant for sale by a ship Captain;
nearly new and 10 perfect order; will
be seld cheap. Address o. Al, Globe Of
fce."
And now my story'S begun.
Eta Bourne had been at work In a
millinery store in Boston nearly two
wears. She and her older sister, Annie,
had learned the trade with the village
milliner down in KenDe6ank.
But Annie, who had long been the
belle OF the village, got married, and
Eta concluded TO try her fortune In
Boston.
She was full Of ambition.
So IL fell that ia her two years in the
millinery store she studied shorthand
and typewriting, with the Intention or
fitting herself to be "a confidential clerk
On Sunday she saw this advertise
ment:
For Sale-Jones Premier Typewrit-
er at half price; been used less than g
year: in perfect order. Address o., Al,
Globe Office"
Eta Bourne. being Maine Yankee,
knew a bargain when she saw 1t. She
wanted to own a typewriter, and so she
wrote a brief note addressed to 80, AZ,
Globe Office" asking where the machine
could be seen, and dropped 1t into the
letter box as she went 10 work Monday
morning.
Now. I said at the beginning that the
advertising clerk was 70 blame. Perhaps
the mistake was partly that OF Eta
Bourne. AT any rate it will never be
known.
The clerk was sorting the replies and
putting them in their appropriate boxes
When he came TO Eta Bourue'S letter TO
80 AZ" he read it 30 Al" and put II In
the pigeOnhOle as such.
That was a very, very littlermistake,
Of course, but you who have noticed how
things 20 In this world OF ours have dis
covered that the most serious changes
I'm the course Of our lives come about
from lust such little happenings.
For it was that very day that Capt.
Sprowl advertised his sextant for sale.
And Capt. Sprowl WAS 20 Al
Now the tall Captain was very busy
man, aud IL was late that afternoon be-
fore be went 90 the Office 20 gather IN
the replies from people who were anX-
ious % buy seXtant.
But the seXtant market was apparent
" rather dull, for all the clerk could
give him was one solitary letter. The
Captain tore the envelope open aud toss
cd 10 aside.
81 saw your advertisement in the
Globe" read the Captain. Il wish 10 buy
\ good secondhand machine OF standard
make, and if the one you offer Is In Der
feet repair and the price is satisfactory,
uerhaps we can trade. But l can not
give more than $50, and If you ask more
YOU need not reply TO this. Send your
address. stating where machine can be
seen. 70 Ii. K. Bourne, $50 Winter
street"
'Wel," soliloquized the Captain.
ave got one answer, anyhow. But
what does a woman want with sextant
for his is certainlya wOman'S writing?
She seems TO be in earnest, though. And
/s5Ol COnsciencel ] never expected 10
get more than S25. Well, she will have
10 come on board, suppose, so I'll send
her nv address" And standing at the
public desk he wrote
"H. T.. Bourne-Dear Miss: Yours IN
reply 70 my advertisement In the Globe
Is az hand. Please call on me on board
the bark Edna Dunn, Constitution
wharf, between 2 and g.
EDWIN X. SPROwL, Captain"
The next afternoon az a trim little
figure walked rapidly over the rough
blanks OF Constitution wharf.
Its a queer place 90 md a second
hand typewriter, thought Eita Bourne,
sbut I suppose the Captain got tired Of
q. or couldn't use 10 because the vessel
pitched 90 or something Ike that
She saw the gilt letters, EDNA Dunn"
A Fat. bald-headed man, with Is ltt.e
bingham apron on looked ont the door
OF boxlike house 10 the middle of the
vessel.
A broad plank extended from the
wharf across the bulwarSs. The man
In the apron came forward.
''I wish 70 see Captain SproWl, said
she.
Eyes, min. Come right aboard, MIN,
on that there plank, min. Tue Captain
down IN his cabin. min"
Eta Bourne stepped hastily along the
plank, and the stout cook putting his
broad palms under her elbows, lifted her