The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-28

sir / beg and entreat that you wornt
mention IL. sir be replied. as though
affected BIZ my condensation " Yoa'Ee
q gentleman. sir, beggE.- your pardon.
and that means a man OF honor; and
when you tol i me how things stood why
putting all dooty On one side. II 50 be as
there can b. such thing as dooty 10 Jobs
which aren't shipshape and proper, why,
says. OF course l was willing to be Of
use. Not that l myself have much conf
dence In these here elopements, saving
your presence. I've got grown-up
darter myself In sarvice, and II when she
gets married she dorn't make q straight
course for the Westinghouse, why. tnen
/ shall have TO talk to her as she's never
yet been talked to. But In this Job. he
swung of from the tiller to expectorate
over the rail, - what the young lady's
been gone and done is what should say
to my darter or any other young woman,
the circumstances being the same, Go
thou and dew likewise
You see. Caudel, there was no hope Of
getting her ladyship's consent"
No, sir.
Then consider the cruelty Of sending
the young lady to foreign school for no
fairer or kinder reason than to remove
her out Of my way"
j understand, sir and I'm 81 opinion
1t was quite time the little game was
stopped"
1t pleased me to be thus candid with
this sailor. Possibly there was ii me
little disturbing sense Of the need Of
justifying myself, though / believe the
most accidental moralist could not have
glanced through the skylight without
feeling that ! heartily deserved forgive
ness.
1t was daylight shortly before six, but
the gray Of the dawn had frightened in
to sunrise before Grace awoke. The
wind had freshened, and the yacht was
lying well down to 1t, swarmirg along,
taking buoyantly the little sea that had
risen. and filling the breeze that was
musical with the harmonies OF the taut
rigging with the swift noise OF seething
water.
As the misty pink flash OF the upper
limb Of the rising sun struck the sky
light and made very prism Of the little
cabin, with its mirrors and silver lamp
and glass and brass ornamentation,
Grace opened het eyes. She opened
them straight upon me, and whilst /
might have counted ten she continued
to stare as though she were in trance !;
then the blood flooded her pale cheeks,
her eyes grew brilliant with astonish-
ment, and she sat erect bringing her
hands to her temples as though she
struggled to re-collect her wits.
Why Grace, my darling" / cried,
do you not know where you are?"
Yes, now do. /" she answered; but
] thought ] had gone mad when / first
awoke and looked around me-"
l. - -. n
you are but child" said I.
whereabouts are we, Herbert?"
~ cannot tell for sure" answered
tout OF sight Of land, anyhow. But
where you are, Grace, you ought TO
know"
A few caresses. and then her timid
chances began to show like the old looks
In her. 1 asked II the movement Of the
yacht rendered her uneasy. and after a
Dause. during which she considered
with a grave face, she answe. "a /. no:
she felt better. she must try Ia stand.
and so saving. she stood up on the SWAY.
ing deck. and. smiling with her fine ewes
fastened upon my face. poised her figure
in floating way full OF q grace far above
dancing. to my fancy. Her gaze went
to a mirror, and easily interpreted her
thoughts, though for my part / found
her beauty improved by her roughened
hair.
There is your cabin" said ]. 1.-THE
door is behind those curtains. Take 4
peep and tell me il it pleases you"
There were flowers in it to sweeten the
atmosphere, and every imaginable con-
venience that it was possible for a male
imagination to hit upon in it's efforts in
n direction of this sort She nraisad 20
little berth and closed the door with 4
smile at me that made me coniectura T
should not hear much more from her
about our imprudence, the impronriety
of our conduct. what Ma'm'seile Womb
think, and what the SCHOOLGIRLS would
say.
Though she was but a child as wonId
tell her, / too was but a bow. for the
matter of that, and her smile and the
look she had given me, and her praises
of the little berth / had fitted up for her.
made me feel so boyishly joyous that
like boy as was, though above six
feet tall, I fell a-whistling out of INV
high spirits. and then kissed the feat her
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