The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-05-13

! 10 vail upou bsf. And Peace listened
! iits one ia psassial dream II vn
! btiss hsoias IL sss living = chapter
out Of ons Of her pei norsls, to romantic
. Peace.
So they sailed Tor ths, far oa celestial
lsns o. tee and pi. t.,ls CsptAiu storms
aud bis hsudsome wsfd. Apd Peace hsd
her fair d'eams resliEed, and there wss :
Brussels carpet &c the cabin, aud piano
aud lots of zee novels, aud ,As uas ~ hap
py as the days we're losg. Her music
filled tbe Lovely Llss ~iih sseetest melo
dy; her clear voice rspg ou. over the par
pie midnight sea, 10 songs swoster than
the tiftp strains OF the mstmAids, and her
beautiful face III mp the srlm old ship like
the summer supsLine itselI Peace wss
bright and bevitching sad happy 1 =
| bird The sailors sdotsd her ~ a. angel
4 OF light; aud be eaptsin -sh, the captain !
-adored her too. Sailing along, by day
aud BY night, through days Of amber san
sbiue and nights Of misty moonlight, 10
tbsi distant land. Captain Stormf, in bis
41nd year odd enough and big enough to
know better fell nsdly, desperately and
tidiculously 10 love, He lost his sleep
and be lost his appetite; sod be hung on
the girls foolish words. aud existed only
10 the radisuce Of pair Of laughing girl
ish eyes.
Fool tuat | am for my painsI he thought,
sometimes, in bitter mooainess; | am
more than double her age; aud am rough
and black sud weather beaten as the tim
berB Ct my old ship No, no. Harry
Storms; the only wife for You, my boy, it
the Love y Lass,
And yet, sometimas he wildly hoped,
She talked with him so happily, she
smiled upon him so sweely, ehe was ever
so glad when he came, so reRretiul when
be went And girls OF Is had married
men OF AZ before nov; and, oh. why
should it BOT happen again snd Harry
Storms be the most blessed among men?
They reached China they reached
Hong Kong and Peace was folded in her
fathers arms.
so like your mother, he said, his tears
falling. o.. my ehllil So like your
lost mother.
Captsin Storms was TO stay three weeks
in the Celestial City to visit it perhaps
never again. He made the most OF bis
stay visiting Peace every day IN her palO
tial home and growing moOdier and mood
ier every visit. Peace, too, dropped o
little and looked at him wistfully, and
lost some OF that bright hGpl mess that
made her the light OF oil places. And |
when the last day came and he stool mp
to say good-by, she broke down altogether
and cried like q very child.
Aud | shall never see you again, she
said; you who saved my lilel Oh. Gap
tsln Storms must you go'
And then that bsshiul giant took heart
VI SlhCct MS uh'o uOAt
weeks beiLre.
must go. he said, but we need not
part, my darling Pesse, II you say 20,
for love you dearly; and you viii be
my wife. we will sail together, forever and
ever. as you once wished, until our heads
grow gray. Mine is not so far from it
now, be added, rueiully.
But Peace had thrown r arms impetu
ousy around him. and kissed the dark,
crisp looks.
And il every hair were white as the
foam OF the sea, | should love you aud go
with you Just the same. Why, Captain
Storms, you have been my htro all these
long years; add | should have died OF dis
appointment, know. II you had left me
behind.
So The China merchant lost his dsueh
ter, aud the Lovely Lass had a second
and in all the yelrs to come
Peace will reign perennial 10 be heart OF
Storms.