Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-03
THE LIEUTENANT'S STORY,


r was dismal OutSlue' III 'A'V i"-N
raceaslngly, but Mrs. Traynors
d7awing room looked the picture
mort that dreary evening. lsa-
CAPTAIN TrapnOr'S young WHe'
.s~self a picture worth looking at.
r.f been the reiguIing belle OF her
CITY before marrying the most
i,s~ captain in the navy, who, many
her senior, was very proud OF rs
,re Young wife, who was ad-
m by every body.
seaport town had hong been nOte0
rs rrettv girls and beautiful Wo-
and Mrs. TraynOr, TOO sure Of heF
,,,r'8rity TO feel jealous, was sure
~. some of them with her. On
- ...--s.ular evening the captain mad
home half a dozen brother DIN
-. helm entertain his wife's guests.
vsre scattered about the room,
.~r gavly with the young ladies,
~ Them more Of less jealous OF
..rsr- Robert Brighton, who was
. Fan Of ,he hour, because ne hao
.-.,. inst returned from his nrst long
- srf ug one Of the fortunate
y~..t. knew Just how 10 look and say
be things that are sure 10
l. .-. favoriJe with the fair sex.
--.,. -.---f him until he was in a fair
being spoiled. as he had rather
r..f opinion of himself, and knew
lis .xa merits in spite of pretended
ur.>r.
.~.u Us something thrillingly excit-
.- urged Belle Tally, flashing her
rk ey bewi,cAingly at the hand
some lieutenant
zone of Your own love stories would
r ID that. no doubt" said Cora Nc
mr.. shaking her blonde head vic
.,v. as she noticed the glance return
-r he wicked Bob TO the black-eyed
beauty.
~ asked for a story first pouted
rre land We don't want one OF his
-,r stories. for we will have chance
...rgh before the winter is over TO see
--f hear plenty of our handsome lieu
EVENTS affairs de occur, won't We,
.t.reh9" said the little tease provok-
@4u right. then" replied our young
r--o unabashed az the center Of at
--ac.ion. IL Will ten Of an adventure
ms mad lust before we landed at Noko-
hama. .,,-
II shall tell YOU a story that is mix
+ure of adventure in which fire, water
love and jealousy all figure prominent
~ No. Miss Cora, it is not one Of my
own love affairs; I only wish il We're;
bu- our lieutenant commander, Clayton
Ried. is the hero of this tale, and as ne
nodes-lv objects TO talking Of the mat
teras an act Of bravery, l, for one, shall
rem his story. although his reward was
so great we an felt that he was paid
for the pain he suffered IN doing that
which the rest Of US were AFRAID 10 IN
dsrtake.
"He rescued a crippled old man and
the most beautiful young girl 1 have
ever seen. present company excepted, OF
course. She was a stunning beauty,
though" continued the lieutenant
Her ewes alone were enough 10 take
any man captive and We all agreed that
ft was a shame that Reid should capture
such a prize when he was the least sus-
cepuble fellow among us; he was. in
fact. considered a woman Halter, and he
seemed TO Shun them upon every Oc-
CasiOu. but he got bravely over that
after he rescued the little princess, as
We called her.
Captain LamOnd said that Ried had
been one Of the joliest. best fellows in
the navy until an unfortunate love az
fair a few years ago s0ured him so that
Le was like a different man, almost
unapprOachable 10 most people who
came in contact with him. We We're
mighty glad Of the change in him. al
though he cCOolly cut us all out without
an effort, while we were trying our best
20 win. That he was the bravest among
us no one disputes. and that is why he
is the hero Of this tale Of reckless BRAY
cry"
Whom did you saw" asked Mrs.
TraynOr, in q low voice, touching his
arm gently.
Lieutenant Commander Clayton
Red" replied Bob. wondering al the
look Of intense jealousy on the fair face
before him. as she asked the question.
What was this great act Of bravery,
that the rest of YOU dared not dO?"
questioned Mrs. TTaynOr, eagerly,
drawing nearer 10 the story teller, as If
she We're afraid she might lose a word
OF the tale in which she seemed TO take
an unwOnted interest.
L will tell YOU" said the lieutenant.
Several miles out from our landing at
Yokohama We discovered a small ship,
which had run up the signal of distress,
and, upon getting nearer. we could see
she was on fire. The wind was blow
ing a gale and il was no easy matter 10
get within reach Of the doomed vessel.
but we made every effort to do so. The
flames We're growing fierce, and there
seemed no place where the small boats
could run close 20 her without danger
of getting into the fire. After making
several attempts the men declared the
only way they could save the people,
who were crying for help, was to leave
them jump clear of the fire, and our
boats could pick them up. Most OF
them did this and were saved without
being hurt, but they were badly fright
ened
"Thicking the last Of the passengers
aud sailors were safely carried 10 the
ship. We were hOrrOr-S-ricken to see on
the upper deck of the vessel white
haired Old man. standing With his arm
around The shoulders Of a young girl.
He seemed 20 be urging her to jump and
save herself One of the sailors whom
We had picked up said: oh. that's the
cap,cin ana his daughter. Miss Aline
The captain broke his leg this morning,
50 he can't jump, and the girl won't
leave him. They have no one else in
the world; just them two continued
the sailor and they'll die game. for the
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