People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-12

telegraphed to New York, and Skipper
johnson to Wilson's Holl, asking if all
were well there. Within an hour both
received answers.
"My'telegram tells me to come to
New York as soon as convenient. How
soon can we make it, Johnson?"
"Oh, twenty-five or thirty hours.
They tell me Signal Service says it
Will come out strong from the 'nor'ard
tonight"
IAN right. Well sail as soon as you
think it's safe"
Seems to be tightening up little.
! see some Of the colliers are getting
up anchor. Guess we can stand it if
they can"
The young man held his telegram
tightly in his hand. He would sail for
New York without an instant's DELAY.
If the yacht could sail, she should sail
now.
Ills telegram perplexed him:
Mai gone to New York. VIII meet
you there"
How and why should she 90 to New
York? She had no friends there.
What did it all mean? He would
make that boat do her best. Without
stopping to think how he might find
Mai in New York, lie would do his
best to get there at all speed. lie was
troubled and perplexed, and perhaps
respondent. 1t WAS a relief to work;
and work brought him nearer TO her
at every mile. BY some mysterious
instinct the crew seemed to under
stand that the skipper had some reason
Tor wishing to urge the boat to her Ut
most. Usually they felt that there
was no special reason for haste. and
the best speed of the boat was seldom
got ont of her. Why take the trouble O.?
They iwere not bound anywhere in
particular, and the longer the voyage
the better the net result in wages.
The anchor came up quickly, sails ran
mp with wonderful speed, and. almost
before the boat that had brought skip
per and owner to the yacht could be
made secure on board, the long black
Oreak-water was astern. The sky was
still overcast, but the wind had shifted
to northerly, and there was a long
streak of clear sky TO the westward
In an hour Martha's Vineyard doomed
to the southwest and the mainland
stretched away towards Woods Holl.
and the wide portal between opened
to the west With a wreath of foam
at the bow and boiling, bubblinr
wake astern, the yacht flew through
the water towards the splendid portal.
with love at the helm and hope for a
compass.
Unaccustomed to travel, and trust
ing entirely to her new friends, Mai
johnson paid no special attention to
the direction they took. 1t was enough
that she went with the party. A train
was in waiting, and she was given a
seat in . drawlng-room car, and soon
was upon the way, as she thought, to
New York. The country was wholly
new to her and it soon grew dark, and
she thought no more about it. The
Judge was attentive and seemed to like
to talk with her. lie was exceeding.
ly well read, and it was new delight
to her to have such cordial relations
with mature and cultivated mind
that opened to her such new and pleas.
ant realms of thought. Even the
younger man made himself agreeable
and she began to regret that
she had treated him with such
cool indifference when at the
light. She had evidently been
greatly mistaken in her first estimate
OF him, and she would try to make
amends by more kindness to him in
the future. In couple of hours the
train pulled past brightly-lighted
streets and stopped in low, gloomy,
and rather dirty station.
"What place is this?"
providence, | think"
"Providence?"
why, yes. You seem surprised"
Il thought we were going direct to
New York"
NO; we will stay in Boston tonight
and in a day or two 60 on to the
White mountains, and then to Sara
toga, and down the Hudson to New
York. l want you to see little of
the country, and so planned this trip
for You, Would you not like to see
the White Mountains
why, yea. l never saw a noun.
tain"
I'm very glad, as it will give ne
the pleasure of showing you SON e
wonderful scenery and the added
pleasure of seeing how much you will
enjoy it."
Then we shall not reach New York
for several days."
ITO be COntinued.)