Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-30

Here was his chance. he thought. lie
might catch the shin before She rot
started 10y getting Billings 20 take him
out IN his yacht
les, l did miss her" he shouted
PACK. hurryng to The waters edge
Ihats your yacht. isn't n, Jack Y
es l thought you knew about her.
bought her this summer I'm Maine
ene something fine and goes ike tho
WIND, said billings, waxing eloquent ON
/ tne subject as all yachtmcu do about
ABOUT their own boats. Jump aboard
aud take look over her"
Femberman jumped down to the deck
! OF the yacht. lie could see the Umbria
I just casting loose from the tugs
say, Billings, | want TO get on that
ship IN the worst kind of n way Couldn't
/ you take me out and put me aboard of
/ herF IL viii take her almost ten mite
utes 20 get fairly started There Is a
man ON there | must see"
! Why, certainly, OF course will We
nave steam up and / win be glad 10 do it
/ If u IS possible"
Jack, youre a brick
! Billings made no reply 90 this cOmpli-
| ment, but shouted ont some orders, aud
/ tie lively crew had the little vessel start
/ cd out after the monster ship in a few
minutes. They came alongside just 0s
| the last tug was leaving and as the
ships scrVw was beginning to churn the
water.
The ladder had not yet been drawn in
over the side and up Pembcrman serum
! bled. After shouting gOod-by and many
blessings to Billings he climbed Ia over
| the side
Ills advent into the ship was noticed
| by tie passengers, who. ON seeing the
little steam yacht just moving away. be-
came aware that he bad made q despcr-
ate effort TO catch the steamer and
checrcd him loudly.
! He went below and sat down on a
sofa TO cool on a little and 20 think
what he must do now that he had sue
ceeded IN getting aboard.
He had no statcr0om and no ticket,
| and knowing that the ships were very
| crowded at that particular time Of the
year, he thought that his chances for get
ting stuteroOm were very slim.
lie must first find the captain and eI.
plain matters TO him, then he must look
| around for the Englishmun. lie won
! dered what Grace would think OF Lis
! sudden departure.
At 10 O'Clock that morning he had no
drought of trouble. and now at J o'clock
he was on his way Co England. If ht
had only not met tombstone.
by the way | think ] will write d
note to him. iusf 10 let him know Low
much trouble hc has caused me, and
send 10 hy the pilot So hc wrote q
short note to tombstone and put it int,
the box FOR that obiging individual, the
pilot
Then he sought out the captain an,
told Tim the state of affairs but did mol
tell him what the lockct contained; h,
simply stated thut IL was valuable as q
relic.
The captain was very oblging an,
told him that there was an upper bertl
/ L.. N.Flt#
as the man who Lad engaged 1t had no
turned up.
| pcmbcrmau was more than please,
aud, after thanking the captain prutuse
Is. started on tO take "a look at his state
room and To leave his bag therc
| In the room hc found AN alligator skill
bag Zoe one corner and lac remembers
how the ticket agent had described th
man with the dollar
AN EnGlishmun with an alligatO
| skin bag and bundle Of rugs
| There was no reason Why AnyhOd!
else could not have bag just like tina
one. but somehow pcmbermun mude nj
his mind that that bag belonged to Oh
| Englishman he WAS looking Tor.
Tie rugs wcr not there. but prObabl.
he had them on deck with hiu.
| pemhcrmuu changed his Wilted shr
and. after "a wash went ON deck 10 luoI
for the Englishmun with his dollar.
Sitting IN sheltered corner out OF th
wind. hc found the man who Tailed wit
the description very closely
lie did not choose 10 speak 10 hin
then; there WIS plenty of time since the
would be on the same vessel together IA
a week.
lie was like the Dutclman who. wlie
he heard that his bank was going 30 iui
| went TO draw his money out but who
hc found that lac could get b., he didn
wat 10
After seeing the man, who he wa
| sure had thp lockct Pcmberuan brputl
ed more freely. aud then began to stru
| around among the passengers In th
hopes of discovering some friend, but ID
was not So fortunate as 10 do so,
Finally he saw his man 80 below, CIV
dcnuy ON the way 10 the stntcroom, s.
pembcrmau concluded that he would .
down and see II che man was to hc hi
companion.
Sure enough ne was and Pemhcrmn
made his acquaintance as they wusho
aud dressed for dinner which they ai
(m0st people do not eat their first Dime
at seal nt the same table seated next
one another
Pcmberman learned that the man
name was George Clinord-Elis
wealthy country gentleman of Sure
county. His conversation was very h
teresting, for he had Travelled very 81
| tensiyely and seen most Of the countrt
of the civilized world,
After dinner they went on deck, an
while they walked up aud down togeth,