The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-12-04

regulations inquired Marina, still
in that calm and slightly sarcastic
tone which gave no clcw to her real
sentiments.
! No, sailors are proverbially I'M
skillful in navigating the ocean of
love"
Very prettily said, Mr.. Walton.
You certainly must DO the ships poet
| when at sea.
The young officer blushed. He had
occasionally ventured into verse and
was wondering whether that wretch
ed brother of hers had ever played
the false friend by revealing the
fact.
Possibly Miss Mulgrove observed
his confusion and sought to make
atonement for causing it by being
merciful to his ignorance about
courtship, for she said, with gra-
cious smile:
II will tell you what seems to me
absolutely the best method of MAX
ing love, on one condition.
what is the condition."
why, that both of us, as soon as
have enlightened you, keep abso-
lutely silent until Tommy's boat is
finished. You promised to have it
ready for him by IL, and it is now
quarter past 10"
Agreed Your condition is harsh,
but practical, said Walton, apply
ing himself with fresh energy to his
task of rigging a mainmast for the
said vessel.
well, got my ideal of lovemak-
ing through Mrs. Simpson"
"Who is Mrs. -
Hush, you are not to speak, re-
member. Mrs. Simpson is the gro.
GERS wife down in the village. She
used to be our nurse years ago before
dear mamma died, and she and I
have always been great friends. One
day in frolicsome mood / inquired
if Mr.. Simpson was very, very nerv-
Gus when he asked her to marry
him-he is dreadfully timid man,
/ may say. She laughed and said:
81 don't think he ever did ask me
to marry him, Miss Marina. 1t isn't
our way. He used to tease me, and
/ used to tease him for long time
when he came to the parsonage for
orders. Then one morning he said,
quite seriouslike, "Will you walk
out with me, miss?"-it was Polly"
at other times. said / didn't mind,
so we walked out together for near
ly twelvemonth and then began to
talk about furnishing
But supposing in the meantime
you had changed your minds?'
"'Well, we should have had a tiff,
most likely, and shouldn't have
walked out together any more, that's
ALL
Now 1 think" continued Miss
Mulgrove, "that the unsentimental
courtship of people like Mr.. and Mrs.
Simpson, who are thoroughly hap
Ply pair, is vastly superior to the ar
ticle supplied by the novelist. PEG.
pie in their station don't commit
themselves too deeply before they
are married, and they are generally
happier afterward. !
There was slight tremor in her
voice as she concluded. Walton, for
his part, looked grave. He had
bound himself not to speak, but he
was evidently dissatisfied.
1t was relief to both of them
when, at the end of half an hour,
bright, fair haired boy of about 0
years came leaping down the steps
of the terrace, under the shelter of
which they were sitting. This lad
was Tommy Mulgrove, commonly
called by his sister Marina that pre-.
cious mite"
Done YETI" cried he, making a
tempestuous rush at his sister and
planting himself unceremoniously
by her side.
Nearly. And what about the
verb?"
"Eo, is, it, linus, tits, cunt" sang
out the youngster in confident tone,
clasping Marina's arm and swinging
it to the rhythm of his recital. +
Flush h-h"
Then Tommy gave his attention to
the shipbuilding. The little schooner
rugged craft which was soon to be all
his own was now completed save in
One respect-a name. The outline
IF this Lieutenant Walton was at
that moment carving. AS he finished
le said:
THAT must do for today, Thomas.
Letters of gold tomorrow after the
rial trip" .....
"Oh, but say that isn't fair!" ex.
claimed the lad in disappointed
one as he spelled out the name that
lad been carved, Look, sis Fancy
alling my yacht Miss Mulgrove. l
hOught it was going TO he Richard