Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-14

"ouIu answer very well for Mrs. ST
las p. Christie.
The judge went off at once into
conversation, for he knew if he hesi.
t1ted to make acquaintance he
should fall into the observant silence
liis secluded habits had taught him.
tins new associates were very respon.
Flve, and the amiable Lempriere fe,
tue he had got into clover. He
knew nothing of Americans beyond
what he had read in books, but he
concluded from a few terms OF
Fpeech that the ladies hailed from
the States. Effie was very likely
told good stories, described adven.
lures, picked up any topic with men.
tai agility and seemed determined
not to let the ball of conversation
drop when once in the air. The
Judge was surprised at himself.
There was plenty of time for 10 Or Il
years of happy married life with g
margin beyond for paralysis, imbe-
cility and so on, which would afford
a field for affectionate nursing.
In the evening the ladies were
quite ready to play at cards OF back
CANNON, and Effie had banjo, but
that had to be reserved for deck, and
the judge did not so much care for
public music, because the young men
mere boys, of course-were attract.
ed by it.
When the berth was reached the
first night, and his two companions
were asleep-the ship was very
crowded-the judge calmly contem-
plated the situation. He had found
out that Mrs. Christie was the wife
of an American merchant in Bonn
bay, partner in the well known
house of Christie, Moore & Burgess,
and Miss Briedenbach was apparent
ly travelling under her care, but no
one knew anything about her.
By the time the Auckland arrived
at Alden the old judge decided that
he had got on very fairly, consider
ing the rusticity of his up country
manners. He was a person OF some
importance when he made his own
tea on the quarter deck in the early
hours and Stevens brought the hot
water and arranged the tray for him
ON the skylight. 1t was rather the
thing to get an invitation to join in
a cup of real tea in contradistinction
to the beverage provided by the purs-
er, which the irresponsible declared
was a mixture of SIENNA and cock
roach wings. Then in the forenoon
the judge would read to the ladies'
Longfellow perhaps, out of colnpli-
ment, or his favOrite, Byron, for he
belonged to the period when that no
bleman was considered the type of
everything which was passionate, in
tellectual and rebellious.
Afternoon walks on the decks, talks
at dinner, cards, music, another even
ng lounge. Oh, golden days indeedl
And Effie was so kind as well as
She would ask for his hand
zerchief and put scent on it and in
Iuire if he liked it and whether he
,ancied flowers generally - white
'ose, ,sweetbrier or stephanotis. Itwas
70 nice to have tastes consulted. The
Red sea was very hot and the pleas
mt routine a little broken in upon by
for keeping cool, and as
1ffie was depressed iii the daytime
jhe tried to brighten into banjo mu-
nc in the evening, and the banjo al
ways brought the foolish young peo-
,le.
Then, when Egypt was passed, the
was very rough. The
.harming, halcyon Indian seas were
eft behind, and with them the leisure
nd the languor of the east Sea-
disperses sentiments, and the
areworn, horizontal invalids bore |
title trace of the sylphids of sunny
lours. But the bad weather only
asted to Gibraltar, and then the days
,ecame quite lovely. They coasted
Portugal, and they passed over deep
Siscay with nothing but long swell
N it, scarcely curling the smooth
attn surface into fold To be pur-
uing frivolous amusements in this
1cality, so, often the arena of un-
AIMED and contending elements,
eemed like picnicking by the crater
{ Vesuvius.
The ship glided past the redoubta-
le Ushant like pleasure boat and
ne judge, feeling very genial, re-
larked to a Chinese quarteImaster
iat the season was delightful, to
'hich that functionary replied,
Catchee London yesterday" This
,sponse a little embarrassed the ex-
client Lempriere, but the Chinese are
ot good linguists, and it only meant
lat England would be reached the
ext morning.
Very friendly relations had been
,tablished again, in the calm moons
nd evenings, with the ladies The
idge was sure Effie felt an interest
him, as he had seen her one day
,ealxinO to Stevens. He would rath-