The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-05

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! this Lord Gilmour. 1t was at his
house staid. 1t was there met
Nora. And he was attentive to her,
I remember, but she did not seem to
care about him. And now she is on
this yachting cruise with him. And
he IS engaged to some one on board.
Oh, Paddy, / know there is some
thing wrongr'
Nonsense, Delay all that stuff. y
] said cheerily. eff Nora is on
board, which is not probable, there
are other Irish girls in the world,
and it does not follow that the
Scotchman is engaged to her.
i He shook his head, and as he
walked away felt just as surely as
If l had heard the story that his
Nora was the lords fiancee, and
that she had used him to bring her
laggard to the proposing point.
Bescoby lost no time in confirming
his suspicious. / met him on the
bund ashore few hours afterward,
and he told mo that he had seen one
of the yachtsmen and got the whole
story from him.
The false Nora was soon to become
Lady Gilmour, and she had thrown
her midshipman lover completely
overheard.
II met her, Paddy" the poor fell
| lr@xry sa;J gton1 che e,,,i1<.J n ,,.1so,,,7
shook hands, but it was as if / was
a pleasant acquaintance and nothing
more. Lord Gilmour was quite
friendly and spoke of the shooting
and invited me on board. / had only
one chance to speak to her, and l
whispered, Nora, have you forgot
temp and she laughed and said, with
an air of woman of the world.
You silly boy, l want you to forget
all that nonsense But it's all over
now. l will never see her again.
Never, never!''
"Bosh, I" said l, slapping him on
the back You'll get over all this.
Why, that girl who saved my life in
Limerick and who swore / was the
only man she ever loved was mar
ried week afterward to a wealthy
tanner and had the impudence t.
send me one of her wedding cards"
But all this we'll meant consola-
ton had no effect upon my friend,
and was glad when we got under
way and pointed for the strait of
Sunda. Beseoby went about his duty
in dull, mechanical sort of way,
and even the fellows who used to
persecute him most had respect for
his dependency, although they
knew not the cause. He never men,
toned the name of his false sweet
heart again, and / avoided all refer
ence to the subject,
I was in the second hour of de-
licious sleep a few nights afterward
when somebody grasped me violent
ly by the arm and shook me.
Rouse up, sir! Rouse upp cried
Cog Thompson hurriedly. Il think
there is something wrong with Mr..
Bescoby He is aloft on the mizzen
royal, and sent one of the boys
after him, and the boy came back
and said that he was talking to him.
self and muttering something about |
St. Elmo's light, and I'm afraid, sir,
that he is out of his mind"
While / was hurriedly pulling on
my trousers the marine told me that
that singular phenomenon had been
seen first on the main truck, and |
that another ball of fire had rested |
for moment on the end of the miz-
zen royal yardarm, The minute
Mr.. Bescoby saw this he had rushed |
aloft and laid out on the yard. Filled ,
with apprehension, came on deck
and started quickly up the weather
rigging. There was a heavy swell |
on, and the ship was rolling consid-
erably. / stopped at the mizzen top
mast crosstrees and sung out softly:
Hello, Besooby! Lie down here
for a moment. I've got something
to tell you"
He did not reply, but kept talking
to himself, so began the ascent of
the topgallant rigging. AS the ship
rolled heavily to leeward saw his
figure outlined against the dusky
sky, and l heard him say in a pecul-
iarly dull, but distinct monotone:
81 have found the light at last,
Nora. l have kept my part of the
promise. Is your spirit near me
now?"
Again the big ship rolled to lee
ward, and the end of the royal yard
was lifted up to the clear patch of
sky. But there was no one there.
Poor Besooby had either sprung or
fallen overheard
l shouted to the quartermaster to
put the wheel hard down, and as
the ship came shaking in the wind
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