The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-03-17

and ais fair in love and war. I'll
settle that Julie before we get ashore,
and then for Mai"
The Judge closed the door upon his
unworthy son with sigh. If only
this young man to whom he had be-
come second father were like this
strange girl to whom he would SO
gladly be father
AS he turned again towards her and
sat down by her side, she said, slowly
81 thank you, sir, for telling me.
I'm sure / feel for your great loss. 1t
must have been sad for you to have her
die in foreign land among strangers.
i wish had known where she was
buried. / would have gone to the
place with flowers"
"Wc do not know where she is buried.
In her last sickness she tried to reach
home, and sailed from IIavrc; but the
ship was never heard of after it left
port. You see, her fathers illness
called her home to Madrid, whore they
lived, and whore my wife was born,
and where met her. lie fingered on
for weeks, and she stayed with him
for six months. Then when he died
she was taken i'll, and it was then she
tried to come back TO me in New York.
We were young then, and very poor,
and IL was for that reason she came by
sailing vessel. A friend of her fathers
Ian English sea captain-ofrered hcc
a free passage home, and she accepted
the ofrer--and never arrived"
And was there no woman with
her?"
only the captains wife"
'And my voice is like hcr's?"
eyes, my child; that is the reason
wish you to become my daughter
Your every tone, every syllable, is like
my dead wife's voice. Sometimes,
when | hear you speak in another
room, think my wife must be there,
and long to go to her, and do,-only
to find you"
ct Is strange, very strange"
Then, too, your singular discovery
on this unknown ship seems to draw
YOU nearer to me. The sea tool; my
dead, and it gives me you. / do no..
know who your parents were. 1t does
not matter"
He paused abruptly.
The ship had stopped. The sound of
the engine had ceased, and then came
that strange, awcsomc silence that
may mean so much at sea.
Ills there danger, sir?"
"No, | think not. IL may be only q
Sandy look pilot coming aboard"
1t is one of the curious features of
life at sea that whether in sickness or
in health, in joy and in sorrow, all on
board move on to new horizons Tn
resting the ship sails on, regardless
the expected land be a land of
promise or grave. So there is be-
sides the idle life of the saloon another
life on board, of work and business
For hours those whose business it
was TO sail and guide the ship, and
who regarded the expected port merely
as Il starting for another voyage,
had been looking for change in the
monotony of their daily work. The
pilot would bring new face on
board, or perhaps renew old friend
ships. He would bring news of the
laud-of events at home or abroad.
The drifting fog lifted occasionally
and gave wider outlook over the
water and the eyes on deck and bridge
were strained to catch sight Of the
familiar schooner showing great
figures on her main sail
silly and empty minds, not having
thought enough Of their own to
keep them from mental fermenta-
ton, also kept Il sharp lookout for the
plo; schooner. With the weakness of
vacant minds, certain creatures in the
had laid wagcrs ON the
of the pilot-5oat, and among
these, naturally enough, was Young
Mr. Royal Yardsticliic. Not being
able to earn money, he tried to win it
on haphazard chances, thinking, like
his kind, that money won on bets wos
his, and not, as il is, theft
under potter name.
Suddenly there came over The smooth
gray water n horn-lillc note. The
steamers big whistle spoke in reply,
md then the horn spoke again. The
few passengers on the wet decks peered
through the mist, bat could see moth !
ng. The ships people seemed to UNI
lcrstand better what lay ahead, for
he engine stopped, and the ship |
,loughcd silently ahead, slower aud !
slower, and then stopped Again
here was curious CONVERSE
ion between horn and whistle |
md then q long silence. At |
asst it came--the sound of oars through |
he mist--and slowly shadowy row.
BOAT came out of the fog and presently |
ay beside the vast black mass of the !
teamer. A rope ladder ratified down
he ships side, and then an elderly !
nan with bronzed hands clasping the |
ounds OF the ladder came nimbly up |
o the deck, and the row-boat, with
me man on board, drifted off into the
og A number of young men crowded i
ound the gangway ito catch II sight of
lie pilot. The ships captain stood by
he ladder, and several sailors were
lear, so that the messengers were able