Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25


ments. The aim of the captains life
from that time TO this has been to re-
deem the estate and leave il clear TO
his son. He has given the young
man more than he would have ac-
cepted had he known. He went
through college. contracting unneces-
sary debts, as boys viii do, and then
came home TO fall in love with Won. ."
You speak a if that was a misfor-
tune
NO, but the captain il very proud
and very determined. think he il
more determined than your grand
father was. You must remember
that / refused the captain. and be
would never consent b his son marry
ing my granddaughter unless he had
fortune and a standing equal to her
own"
" Unto the third and fourth gener-
alton. quoted the girl with tremu-
Ions smile "But I'm in love with
the grim old captain, now, and the
only way 20 get him for father is to
marry Dick. just a. / intend doing.
Niser. indeed He's grand and noble.
no matter If he was smuggler or
pirate or whatever II was. No wonder
Dicks so dashing and brave and indie
pendent. He only writes me that
he's doing very we'll out there, but he
wouldn't talk about coming home to
fix things up with the dear old gov
ernor. as he calls the captain. unless
he was successful. Dick thinks all
the world Of him. though they did
quarrel "
Why doesn't he write his father.
then?"
Because he forbade il when they
parted, and you know they are not "A
yielding family. / believe. / wish
they were more SO"
AT the very time this conversation
was going on the few people that the
captain hal about him were rapidly
concurring in an opinion that he had
gone crazy. His two latest meals had
been like banquetS compared with
his usual repasts. He hal issued "A
stan ling order that hereafter he would
1--we as became the proprietor of one
oi the finest landed properties in the
state. In the evening n went 80 far
"A To sing In his fOghorn voice some
az the nautical classics that only go az
their best IN the teeth of gale. The
simple truth was that he had paid
the last dollag due on the mortgages
and was now longing for the safe re-
turn OF Dick, who had threatened to
own gold mine before he came back
To claim bride. The captain even
thought Of Margaret, and how like
she was TO what her grandmother had
once been, bat dismissed her with a
conviction that she would not have re-
manned true to Dick ON SO weak a
foundation as girls first love.
Within week the quiet community
was shocked by the report of Richard
Spanker's death. He was on his way
home and had been shot by train rob
bers whom he had attempted TO re-
slst. The letter bringing this brief
account of a tragedy that left the cap
tain nothing 10 live for and almost
broke the heart O Margaret, told that
the papers and money belonging TO
the young man had been forwarded.
They followed closely and showed that
Dick had made good his promise TO
win n fortune. He was richer than
the captain himself. Then the girl
pocketed her pride and went TO Dick
father. She read him the love letters
from his son, and in each of them was
some sentiment Of regard that filed
the old man with rejoicing while he
groaned at the thought of what might
have been. The beautiful young
woman and the captain were drawn to
each other IN their common affection
until she was as his daughter and had
already been named as the sole inner
itor of his property. One afternoon
they sat talking in the library when
one white-face servant rushed
through the hallway To the rear OF the
house while another stood, wide-eyed
and speechless, supporting herself
against the newell post.
Dick" shrieked the girl, - q
merry laugh came from without.
Dick, echoed the hoarse voice of
the old captain as he caught the faint
ing girl on his arm and stood as
though to defend beleagured ship.
whats the row, governor? Did I
give you bit of fright?" shouted
the same jovial voice ''And Margie,
too?" as he encountered the obstacle
to giving the captain sonly en-
brace :Allow mo - and he frops-