The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-26
LIZZIE.

write after fashion How no camc lv
those accomplishments no ono was quite
sure 1t was mystery even to himself.
Besides this he knew all about u ship-not
because he had studied navigation In any
college, Whatever, but because beginning
as cabin boy, no had slowly fought his
way up to tho honorable post of captain
captain and owner" no WIS proud to
say, ''of the Betsy Hnckot"
Betsy was his wifo's nninc, and his wife
Ind been plump, good natur,I sailors
daughter When they wcro married. she
felt quito content with her little front
room In rivcrNvaNl street and indeed
Wos moro than satisfied with the glorios
which two gwen papicr mucho parrots ami
q bunch of white coral, to say nothing OF
live parrot i'll u pewter cage and a tea
tray, straight from China, with a Chinese
lady In out OF door costume upon 1t, lent
tho establishments But that was wien
Bcnjnmin Hackct was before tho mast"
and she had left him long alo, and Cap.
tain Jackets daughter had other notions
They lived in another quarter OF the city
now, and i'll their pnrlor were ornaments
which put the parrots to the blush, and
Bctsy's daughter called herself Elizabeth
and had no notion of being less fashion
able than her noighbors, and people said
Captain Racket was immensely rich and
would leave his daughter an hciicss
Pretty and an hoircss she had plenty
who called themselves friends, of course.
Sho WAS IL belle in Tho circle to which her
wealth had introduced her and perhaps
her head was Il li;tlo turned by the ilattcry
sho received.
Moreover. she had grown to TX not quite
Srt INi1 w ,r "a,
theirs wake on his return from any voy-
age, she saw that handsome sunburncd
mate of his, Tom H,idnway.
Sho had known Tom almost ull her life.
and once she had been very fond of him.
She liked him still and knew that he was
manly and handsome and we'll educated.
She know, too, that wherever he went his
first thought was to find some dainty gift
for her on his home coming
And there had been II time when she
hud believed that her fathers wish might
como to pass and Tom IIadnw;iy become
her husband, but with the elegant house
in tho fashionable square had arisen other
ideas.
So, during ONO of her fathers longest
voyages, she permitted Melton Melton,
Esq, who had by slow degrees become
her beau ideal of manly perfection, 10 slip
an engagement ring upon her slender fin
ger and gave him permission TO TASK
papn, " In the most approved fashion.
Consequently, when Captain Hacket ar
rived, grand news awaited him-ncws
that made him quicker his face and wrinkle
his brOws and groWl Indignantly
Why didn' { you ask INC flrst?" said tho
captain THAT puppy! Lord lovo you,
what do you women SEQ in n fellow like
thatI They amt men according to my
reckoning only Gals In wrong clothcs
T1im!''
He Adorea me, psra.' said Elizabeth,
melting into tcar, ''nnd l should die if
you We're cruel. DO you consent, papal"
And how about Tom IIa:lawuy?' ask
cd the captain.
al this Lizzie curlod her lip.
1t was not Tom affair, " sho StlrmisC,l
Tom loves YOU better than his life
said the captain. ''I'vc ~ much lis given
him to understand that I'll mako no oh
jcctions. Why, if was II girl, I'd have
Tom lindnway before any other fellow
upon earth I'd trust II daughter in that
mans hnnds as l would il ship. AS for
this fellow, the only Use YOU could make
of him in the time of II storm would bc To
throw him overheard To Tighten the ship,
and, by the Lord Harry, his weight would
not mako much dilIcrncc- Poor Toni
Think IL over HOW, l.iZzicI'
iouU iILHit Wis liIlfi, alll Sllt Wis INC
captains pot, and though tho old man
gave his consent very reluctantly still hc
gave it mt last. And poor Tom Hadnway
heard tho news with u sad heart and sailed
away to sen again with the captain.
This time the captains voyage was but
u short ono. He returned quite uncXpcct-
cdly one day with something unpleasant
evidently upon his mind.
He made no explanation TO his daughter
ut first, but sat with his hat on in n very
dsconsolatc mood.
''lIc was we'll enough, he said whom
Lizzie asked him.
And after this statement no gr1ancd and
said:
Poor lnss"
Perhaps thought Lizzie, lit was all
about her engagement Tom was such
favoritc"
She was so sure of this that she felt
nervous about mentioning tho fnct that
Motion Melton was anxious that she
should "nano the dny," but sho did at
last and WAS surprised to receive for an
swer:
THE sooner the bcttor, lnss-tho eooncr
the bettor. Yes yes IN talk To the
young fellow when he comes
And so, the young fellow" arriving al
most on the moment tho captain shook
hands with him warmly enough, and they
sat together very amicably
Tho weather was discussed; also other
ordinary topics which arc spoken OF II
matter of course when people meet each
other In morning calls, and then young
Melton, who was one of that order of OK
quisitcs who cannot speak without Us
many gasps rs are emitted by adying dol
phin, began to hint ut the grand subject
under consideration
Had Miss observation-disclosures
-ah-tho object of-in fact, of this cali