The morning call., 1893-06-11


pleased, however, by his look Of simple
| kindness and good-nature. he stared
with wrinkled. smiling face at Tom and
said: "Yaw, we hov met; vhas it on dot
| island 2"
Tom named the date of his visit, the
ship, and was recalling one OF two Incidents
when Peter Green again shook hands: II o
be sure! / remem ber you now. And how
| vhaS you. sir. after all dis tlmeP" and he
east his little eyes around the decks as
though in search of the crew IBIS vhas
your lady, l expect?" said he looking at
me and putting his hand to his hat.
| Tom slightly inclined his head and said,
This is Mr. Bates, chief mate, and yonder
young gentleman. MI Johnstone, this
! lady'S cousin"
"Und desc" said Peter Green, wavin :
his hand toward his three mates. who stood
! near him, ''vhas my go0dt neigh bors and
| frendts-AleXander Cotton, dot vhas long
in your royal navy; Andrew Hagen. dot
| halls from Boston, and William DAILY, dot
| vhas likewise of your navy.
! Each man, as his name was pronounced,
! sauted us with deep-Sea bow. l re-
| garded them earnestly; they were to be
neighbors and friends OF mine soon; what
was the color OF their wives anu now many
children mad they?
You're in time for dinner" said Tom.
Step into the cabin. will you? john
stone, my lad. give an eye to the brig
while entertain our friends here"
We entered the deckhouse in body.
"Bit shorthanded. Captn. amt YEP"
! said old Cotton, gazing about him with
! slow motions of the head.
well come to that s00n," said Tom.
| Friends. seat yourselves and fall 20.
! Marian, there's chair for YOU next Peter
Green. Bates. Pll trouble you TO uncOrk
some of that wine on the swinging trays"
| My presence seemed to EN- mbarrasS the
| poor islanders; they did not speak while
! their plates we're being heaped. They
eyed me shyly and would not eat after
thew had been served.
"Thls is good ham-this is middling
| beef, Mr.. Green" SAID Tom, Its the
| best welcome our little ship Will allow us
| to give you"
| Peter Green bowed his head with the
| courteous gesture Of fine old gentleman.
| and then observing that ryb0dy was
! served he stood up and, with coun-
| tenance of great devotion, said grace. The
| others hung their heads in posture OF
PRAYER. MI. Bates was greatly impressed.
| Tom and exchanged looks; | saw that he
was we'll pleased that | should have wit
messed so soon this little illustration Of
the islanders habits.
Grace said, the three old fellows and the
Others ate heartily, and conversation then
flowed.
"Ilow is Corporal Glass ?" asked Tom.
he yhas not very we'll to-day" an
swered Peter Green. "Dot cancer troubles
HIM. But | tell him he vhas goodt for
many years"
please Godv' said William DAILY.
"Anything called off you lately?" said
Tom:
Nothing for five weeks" answered Ha-
gen, with a nasal accent, land she was a
French whaler."
Got clergyman yet? ?"
''Nein," answered Peter Green. Der
Governor wrote by South Seaman to der
Bishop OF Cape Town dere vhas no reply
yet"
Parsons amt penguins." said Cotton.
81 tell zee, captain, the clergyman as comes
to live amongst us'll be a-dedicating OF his
life 10 his Maker, arter fashion you may
overhaul the lot of your parishes at home
afore finding the like Of :"
Are there many young children among
you, Mr.. Green?" said |.
why. yaw. considering. marin; dere
| vhaS tree generations Of US, and he named
| the number of children.
Don't time hang 4 little heavily with
| you?" said Mr.. Bates
"Wel, we gets up early and we turns in
early" answered Daly. "and what's be-
/ tween somehow seems 10 slide out unbe-
! known. We turns day up as you turns
| a sandglass up. and the stuff runs fast
! and sly that it always seems to be time to
| 60 to bed or time to be getting up."
| IL Was cIHUbtGi Uhu bWtulN-
! four dot Corporal Glass vhas Governor"
| said Peter Green. dot vhas jonst four
| teen years, und leetle while ago when
we keep his birthday he vhas saying it
vhas all der same as as fourteen days. so
| Queek vhas time"
ANY of you left lately? said Mr. Bates
1.-Two men took on homesick last year, "
answered Hagan.
Flows the school getting on ?" inquired
Tom.
"Foorst class" answered Green. ''but |
tell you vat We wants; We wants more yolng
men; dere yhaS too many fimmen."
Too many of either will eat you up. I"
exclaimed Tom. When | was last here
Glass told me that the island could never
be got to support more than Two hundred
peePRlei;, ..PRei, dot Who. rian..
''Will the corporal be able to come
aboard? | want to see him"
Not to-day, | expect" said the gray
haired Ola dman-of-warsman named DAILY
That there lip of his is a-wOrIiting him
Well put We ashore, captn. The gov
ernor'll be glad TO welcome ye."
We're well off for potatoes, ''said Hagan.
land there are lew stones of prime bee t
at your sarvice. Goats grows scarce !;
water casks want filling?"
why, perhaps, must see to it," said
Tom.
What might der be in your holdt to bar
ter nil ?' asked Peter Green.
'Mnch that'll prove useful to the island, ="
said Tom, land that's one of the matters |
wish to see Governor Glass about
Come ashore with US, cap'tn," said the
Dutchman.
Il can't leave the brig" answered Tom.
Were shotthanded"
80. l yhas wondering where der crew
vhas."
Gone dead?" inquired Hagan.
mo. They took the boat and ran from
the brig in midocean. There were five of
them and a cook. The beauties left note
behind them TO let us know what had be-
come Of them that we shouldn't feel un-
easy. Mr.. Peter Green, your British mer-
chant seaman, slowly and steadily i'm
proves, morally and intellectually. He
has aauled down his bloody fag and
chucked his blunderbus 10 the mermaids
and now ships as II respectable man under
a hous Sc flag, aud is rarely guilty of worse
crimes than swearing away his captains
liberty and life or softly Sitting wind
pine in the middle watch and making off
in the ships quart boat"
II do not exactly understand you, sir"
said Peter Green. who had sat straining
his withered, EO0d-natured Dutch face to
catch Toms meaning. his few black fangs
of teeth slowly masticatng the while as
though he chewed the cud.
There h'an't been no bloodshed,
hopeP" said the old fellow Cotton.
The aforemast crew of the brig con
sisted of five sramen and cook" said
Tom. "Thev said that stuff there''-and
here he pointed tn a piece of salt beef
wasn't sweet enough for such ch oce