The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-06

said the ships surgeon to me, as we sat
together on the after deck, beguiled by
the loneliness OF the moonlight night, into
a Heightened tete tete. ! Immediately
begged to know to what he alluded, and
rising and knocking the ashes out of his
cherished little black pipe that "had gone
all arour d the world" he said ''lets 60 be-
low, and I'll tell you all abo At it over our
grog." So below we went, stumbling over
divers couples, absorbed in themselves and
regardless of the never ceasing tramp
tramp of the more re tless lovers of moon
light.
The scene in the brilliantly lighted sa-
looms through which we passed was far
than that which we had just left Many
voices mingiing in giees and catches, or
in conversation, the jingling of the piano
the gyrations of the dancers, all suggested
some drawing room frolic on land, far
more than the reality.
/ fancy the idea that they were away
out in mid ocean never crossed their
minds. Here and there staid elderly pr
sons, afraid of the night air or compelled
to remain below, tried to concentrate
their attention on their booke, while Others
conversed together, and the inevitable
m visionary and his wife glared disapprov-
ingly at the merry dancers, the latter, thin
and severe looking, dividing her glances
between the young people, and an inn
mensely fat and prosperous looking old
lady, who reclining in the easiest chair,
her rich dress rejecting the light abso-
lutely slept peacefully, and snored bass
to the piano. The lady missionary could
not forgive her for being so prosperous
for such an absence of nerves, and above
all, for being so fat; an agreeable contrast
was presented by couple nesr them
deeply interested IN their conversation
One young American, doctress, short
haired, clear brained active and sensible
whose quiet, decided manners admitted
no nonsense, although she, young wo-
man, was journeying alone in foreign
land-the other, a fair thoroughbred Eng
lishwoman, also alone and on her way to
join her husband at Yokohama.
After many Interruptions we at length
reached the doctors snuggery, which was
in fact an excee 1ingly comfortable state
room near the dispensary. The china boy
set on the 'grog," with iced water and
berries and lemons, we stretched ourselves
out contertedly enough, Notwithstanding
the fact that the atmosphere of the room
reminded one OF the pharmacy of MIR
Robert Sawyer, on the occasion of Mr.
Ben Aliens aunt's Nv expected visit, wi Ell
the sprightly Mr. Bob Spilled nauseous
drugs around to take away the smell of
the punch"
"Now" said my friend, aft you care to
hear my little romance we will begin at
the beginning, that is, / will recall poor
Grahams story as he told it, and my i'm
pressions of him On one OF my trips about
three years ago, became particularly in
terested in young fellow.who came on
board at San Francisco, and Who WAS des
perately i'll for days after we sailed. He
had capital valet, and between us we
managed to pull him through, so that he
was able to leave his state room, and spend
hours on deck before we arrived in port.
Naturally congenial the life on board ship
would have soon served to develop close
mpanionship, even had we not heen
drawn together in the relation of patient
and doctor, and the com bining circum-
stances led to an intimacy which 1t would
have taken years to cement had we met
differently
81 found him highly cultivated and in
Uelligent but singulary sensitive and re-
fined in his feelings and ideas-morbidly
sensitive might saw, and slightly warped
and peculiar, the natural result of long
struggle with illness. Fancy fine career
as lawyer broken in upon by a sudden
failure of strength and h' alth, and you
cannot wonder the poor fellow, a physical
wreck at thirty, was MT particularly happy
"Fromthe sober and sensible middle aged
valet, an old family servant, | learned how
his masters brilliant future had been
darkened and marred by his loss of aalth
also that he belonged to one of New York's
wealthiest and most aristocratic families
himself and two unmarried sisters remain
ing to represent the old name.
zone night when we we're seated on deck
and | had been doing various things for
his comfort, always rewarded by his de-
cuiiar charm of manner. and his appre-
citation, he himself reverted to his inner
life and finally SAID My dear s. | really
think you wouldn't be too much bored if
/ gave you little sketch of my one ro-
nance lit would be a relief to me to speak
to one of what is so near my heart
II assured him l could be bored but
was prepared with unlimited sympathy
and that sort of thing, so the poor fellow
seemed greatly pleased and began at once.
i don't care to speak to Wilson on this
subject though you can see he is no ordi-
nary servant, and has been in our family
since | was boy, but the fact is he is alb
s)lutely devoted to my sisters, and takes
their prejudices up in the most absurd
manner They dislike my engagement to
the most charming girl in the world, and
he must needs dislike it too, and if al
lowed it, he would preach to me on the
subject of misalliances etc. We have a
dear old place i'll the near neighborhood