Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-11


lheir papers, Is more lawiulr
=, Great heavensl What II the first
utilng that struck the sye OF Capl,in
siacOulloch on setting foot in England \
were tontents hill ~ tia 'llalv Rei. /
lowgraph' or the Morning Grunticle.v |
WIN the afghan frontier Question. !
isat Of Important Dispatches printed /
IN the largest type.
Il was under. the influence Of these
MacCulloeh turned Ms pale as Sheet /
nhd gazcd NJ Sybil los.nenth with lie
hall-uespairing, hnlf-imnloring mir OF n
man Who Is passing TO the scaffold And
Wncn Syhll, too, came 10 realize tho
iuli meaning OF the awful disaster which
had netallen her gallant aud devoted
vse9rt' her gricfand CONSERVATION knew
~ oouhas' she .chnhecd her seat TO his
sue OF the carriage. She leaned toward
nm IN an attitude Of the tenderest sym.
uihy and solicitudc; she even wrune her
minus IN sorrow, relronchnr herself
with being the cause of an the calamity.
and yowing she would mover never for.
give herself il the captains career were
tlastcd on her account.
IT certainly means ruin" said the cnp
tam IN m undertonc. aud with IN Dir
OF s0rrowful resignation to his fnte.
!. 0h, no. pray don't say that" pleaded
I Syhil, almost yielding TO her impulse
20 seize and press her companon's hand
III hcr engerness TO console him.
but me captain only shook his hcadaud
was silent; nor could all the gentle ".
iorts OF ms companion succeed in max
llg MN take a hopeful view OF the sit
nauon. His doom awaited him In Down.
ing street In the form Of instant disuiis.
! sal from her muiesty's service. and thor,
was no more 10 be said.
| lhe minutes seined months, aud the
express train appeared TO creep instend Of
crash along ut its wonted pace. AT
last however, II reached Flushing. and
| our travellers made haste to go on bonrd
| the waiting steamer, the King Of the
| Netherlands. where Capt MacCulloch.
! ~ spite OF his great agony OF mind,
hustled about TO secure comfortable
berth for Miss Sybil. But In her berth
she would not abide. For how could
she compose herself TO sleep when the
man whom she had learned to ndmirt
and love, and of whose calamity she
herself had been the direct occasion,
was pacing the deck IN II mood d con-
suming nnguishI Accordingly, she as
cendcd from her cabin to find the cup
tain leaning over the afterpart Of the
ship, with his elbows ON the rails and
his face buried in his hands,
II was halmy and ethereal summer
night, with starry sky and smooth
sea, but all these beauties were utterly
lost on poor Captain MacCulloch. who
| scarcely even needed the presence of
his fair comforter as she softly edged
down at his side. By degrees, however.
he was lured by her into Il soothing kind
Of conversation, but suddenly this was
interrupted by loud grating noise.
with a Kissing of steam, proceeding from
the neither regions of the ship which
caused a general rush of punic-striclten
passengers to the deck. aud in minute
or two more the stenmer came to dead
stop, yet Il presently turned out that
there was nothing 10 he seriously alarmed
at. Something had merely gone WRONG
with the vessels crew, but Il would
take the engineers some hours TO put
things right again, and meantime Tho
boat could not make the very lensi head
way, as there was no wind to fill IL
sails, and without n screw It's steam wa'
absolutely useless.
All the passengers felt relieved nj this
explanation of the accident and returned
TO their respective hunks, but u onl.
tended to deepen the distress of Capt
MacCulloch, who now saw himself de
prived of the very least gimmer of So
cret hope which had hitherto continue'
TO illumine the dark and despnrln
places Of his mind For he had imngine'
that IL lie could only anticipate the ar
rival in London of the Minden mnn, VIII
| WAS IfNNtlllk " WY " sNhNt'
certainly would have done this had III,
steamer not broken down-he might rnsl
To the foreign office and get IL 10 maxi
such private representations TO the pat
triotic sense of all the newspapers IN th'
metropolis as would induce them 10 re
frain from publishing dispatches where
~ the untimely diyulgeucc would IN
admittedly prove detrimental TO the public
wenl. hut now this possible avenue o.
escape from ale doom which Threatened
him was offectually closed up by the sud
den stoppage of the steamer IN MD
ocean, and he surrendered himself t'
Mi the consuming misery OF uhmlu
gnted despair. ,..,.., ,,.,,
;rst before the dawn, 30 the inconsolahl'
messenger of the queen had not lnnt
reached the climax Of his misfortune
when he was gently and unexpectedly as
sisted down the other side Of the M;
"Doar CAPTAIN MacCnlloch SAID Syb,
softly, as she slipped her arm throuEt
his ''prny do not feel so doWnc"st' ~
will be all right yet. ,J sl,oot
But the captain only sBue" ""N
~ I'm snre II win.' continued Syhil u
a tre,nulnus tone of sympathy. ana ~
sure, al least, that l viii do anything
ca" You on p ara very kind dear Miss sybil,
reiOiued the chptull' np' '
VI" What nothing at ALP said sy9il
with gentle persistency; ihlnH agmtlni
Won forgot that my uncle has lpst ulou
anI / know that ! shall inherit nus iol
tune, and il you lose your pos'hoh on
- Iaidenly modesty kept her from say
ing more. but the bnlm Of iresh hope n'iu
already been dropped into hef eoulpnn
IONS mind. and, with hope us con
comitant-cOurage- e.,,,,,,,, -
Your face IS your chief fortune,
yhispered the captaip and you mus
have already felt, dear sym
"Fclt wlntg' asked sybil as she W.,
in,v,d her compW'inn's manu- 70 hlue
MA her own. and he finished tnf sen
tente by addressing u, not 70 her r.
eeptiye ears, but to her consuming
lips.
Presently the saffron dawn, Of The
short summer night Out II me high'
Vas short, .hn year, being leap VIZ
Ionel began to break, the steamer nlaln
hi under way 10 plough ~ plhcll WY
~ England's shore with ms burden o.
reassured slecpers sleepers Mi bnt Two,
Who sat side by side ~ coy eefnei
~ Inc cabin, CONTEMPLATING thehlsrll "
~ The misfortune whlcn nag bswi lpe
means Of insnring their happiness
IN reaching London md committing
/ bis finance to the care Of one 81 hef
qricnds from Eaton square, WHO hgl
Nor nj the station, Capt. Maep9 iloeh
aew 10 the foreign oliec 70 make y
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