Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-15
"who can tclr You All ABOUT Is Bstter Than
me n you would sos him.
AWh. l.

me II you would sos him."
"who Is its'
Colonel pocookc. You remember the
American Frntlemanr'
Did Dick scnd himf'
"yosl"
"rhvn III sec him."
You lave seen my husbandt" she said
when tho American was seated
Yes, madam. I" he replied. II happen.
Gu 70 no IN Isopuon on some very secret
affairs when the news arrived. Irrnaired
Immediately to Chatham, desiring to he
thu trst to congratulate my old friend and
companion In arms, may say"
Oh, toll Inc about It," sho cried impa.
tiently.
Very woil," he answered, "but Won
mustn't talk. / should give you all hts
tender messages first, but think YOU
Know them by heart already. Well. II was
this wny; Captain Curtis, you know, was
on guard duty with tho West india convoy
honcward bound. and u sreins that about
wock out, Just about niphtfnll, rasno.
That had approached undor neutral colers,
was seen 10 mako u dash ut tho convoy.
II proved, as you viii guess to be our old
friend tho Chute drs Rols, that had boon
ordcrod homo To Brcst.
Tho convoy WINS struggling sesi deal
NJ tho time, and siie was playing Nio devil
with tho tail OF IL. till the commodore him.
self tackled hcr in his 30 gun ship. Ho ran
her aboard and grappled, and ,hoy fought
pretty we'll muxslo TO muzzle for about ten
minutci--e damnably hot affair, madam,
they say, while II lasted But the Retribu.
ton was bearing up for share OF tho fun,
50 tho frcnchmAn cut clear and made on.
The commodore was too much out up
to follow, but be aignIod tho Rrtribution
and another frigato to ohaso Aftcr that
Captain Curtis nuver left h,r, though hls
oonsort WINS nowhere 70 10 aoan next morn.
ing. Your husband had recognized his
man, you scc, and, knowing the com,no.
doro must have crippled him pretty hand.
somcly, felt sure ho was his match"
How splendid" murnlurcd Lnciln.
Madam" cried tho American onthu.
siasticnlly, II assure you twas ono OF tho
most extraordinary Affairs ON record They
fought through succession Of gnlog tho
whole way Ncross tho Atlnniio-not oyory
day, OF course; tho weather was so bad
that sometimes they didn't oven exchange
shota for two dnys together, but your hus.
band stuck to him Ike honnd through
inir and foul. SIX times Mt least they On.
gagged and nxtlincs wcru phrtnd by tho
weather or casualties TO rigging. bcforn
they came together at last. By that time
they bad lost all reckoning, and IL was
Gods mercy and hnnyon'e avn SEAMAN.
slim they wrrp mt both nung nsl,nro MT
your feet. Think OF H.. mndn,n--for tltre,
wooks across that wild vnst, OF vynicr all
through thnt rom OF weather ZounJsi
there's some Of tho old stun left In NJ ,ct -
ilr seemed ng troud M N bc lind ,Inpn n
oil hlmsclf, Lucille dld mot saw nnythlpt,
for n time. lint bcr check, ,yrr, md and
her ewes sparllinr. and rbc nrrsed IN, In.
by closur and l,i,sed H. And Avmopy,
sho said at last. "Do Won know ANYTHING
OF hlnlf"
~ regret. madam bo bcgnn and
thon ho stopppd
Tbore WINS so much min In bcr face md
iust nu,y shc had boot, looLlpg nj him An
bnpnilv and Kindly 90 difYrrcutlv fro,n
The wny he Ind sren hcr rr,,,r,l Nm, hcfnrn
"But why should | regrrtg, he wont
ON. suddoniy changing his tnpc uNo ,nnn
could hayo hnd a nol,lor ond. IL ,yns In
tho enlargement with tho 40 gup shin. IL
wns no whn ,aycd tho chute dos Rnls
Thu comniUioro had run hor aboard ynn
SOC nnd had lasbe1 her in boo,n Ia hi.
boysrrlt and n was vour Gallant hrothcr
madam. who ran out and viii his u,yn
hands ont l,r freq II cost him liza lifc
hui who Womb not roioio, Ia did eoff'
Al Tho moment Il seemed sirnnge Ia Ian.
oIlo that he had not mentioned lila at IL,