Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-05
THE GAZETTE. FL WORTH TEXAS SUNDAY, MARCH ;, 1883

and stand onp0site to 80 much kind
advice. but the fact IS she had O very
good reason. III she would have toll MS.
Sailing scoots and raSt-wagons nre ex-
ccllont THINGS only the use of them
must be iirt paid for, and nll she was
possessed of Ia the world WINS just two
shillings and q penny halfpcnny sterling.
So IL fell ont that captain and passengers.
not knowing of her destitution, and She
being too proud to tell them-spoke M
vain.
But you ken nae French and nae
Dutch neither" seid one
1T Is very true" says she. but since
the year 4b there are SO many oil the
honest Scots abroad that / viii be- doing
very well, | thank YOU"
There was pretty country simplicity
in this that made some laugh, others
l0Okcd The more sorry. and MIR. Gibbie
fen outright In a passion. ] believe he
knew il was his duty this wife having
accepted charge of the Crib to have
gone ashore with her aud seen her safe:
nothing would have induced him To have
done so. since II must have involved the
loss Of his conveyance. and / think he
made 1t UP 90 his conscience by the
lOlduess Of his voice Al least he broke
ont upon Captain Sung, ringing and say
ing the tlng was q disgrace, that IL was
mere death TO try 90 leave the ship. and
nt any event we could not cast down an
Innocent maid In beautiful of nasty
Holland fishers and leave her 10 her fate.
] was thinking something of the same.
took the mate upon one side. arranged
with him 90 send on my chests by truck
scoOt TO an address / bad i'm lcyden,
and stood up and siguallcd 10 the fish
crs.
II viii go ashore with the young lady.
Captain Sang said J. "lt is all one
what way | go to Leyden:" and leaped
at the same time into the boat. which /
managed not too elegantly but what j fell
with two of the fishers In the bilgc.
FROM the boat the business appeared
vet more precaiious than from the shin
she stood so high over ms. swung down
80 swift and mcnaced us so pcrpctunlly
with her pluugmg and passaging upon
me anchor cable. ] began to think /
h1d made q FOOLS bargain. that it was
merely Impossible Catrionu should be got
ON board 20 me, aud that / stood TO be-
set ashore nc Helyoet all by myself and
with no hope of any reward but tile pleas
IRE oil embracing James More. II / should
rant to. But this wis 10 reckon without
the lasss courage. She had seen me
reap with very little appearance lhow-
ever much reality of hesitation: TO be
sure she was not to be beat by her
discarded friend. Up she stood on the
bulwarlts and held ly a stay. the wind
blowing in her petticonts. which made
me enterprise more dangerous, and pnve
MS rather more Of view OF her STOCKINGS
than would be- thought gcuteol In cities.
ihcre was no minute lost and scarce
time given for any To Interfere II thew
had wished the same | stood up on the
other side and spread my arms: the
sup swung down ON us. the PATRON
humored bis boat nearer I'm than was
perhaps wholly safe. aud CRtrionn lcappd
into the air. I was SO happy ms 10 catch
hcr, aud the fishers readily supporting ms.
escaped u fall. She held me "a moment
very light breathing quick and deep.
thence C'he still chngiug 10 me with both
nnhasl we were passed aft 10 our places
~ The stecrsman; aud, Captain Snng and
all he crew and passengers cheering and
crying farewell, the boat was put about
for shore.
As soon as Catriona came n little ia
hershlt she mhaudcd mo suddenly bmt
s'ld NO word No more did aud indeed
t4c ,Wailng of The sen aud the brcacbinp
OF the sprays made it no time for speecl,
lll our crew not only toed excessively
nut made extremely little way. SO Hat
me Rose had got her anchor and WINS
on nEain before we had approached the
harbDr mouth
CTo be contnucd.)