The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-05
C8PTHIN STOBDIS


captain Storms put the glass to hi.
eye and took long look. Far ON
PACK against the silvery horizon line
that shapeless speck showed What
was it? Captain Storms prolonged
survey ended, he slowly dropped his
glass, and turned to Mr.. Scott. the
mate. NV
/ knew l was right" he said; at is
wreck dismantled hulk. drifting
ABOUT at the mercy of wind and sea
There may be no one left aboard. but
we Il bear down and have a look"
ANA then Captain Storms lifted m
MS Voice-a stentorian voice it was
ana gave the proper orders to the man
at the masthead, or at the helm. or
somewhere don't know exactly.
would tell you the precise words which
captain Storms used on this occasion.
II l could; but I'm deplorably back
ward in nautical matters. So you'll
| nave to be content with learning that
lne gallant bark, the Lovely Lass. bore
SIalght down upon that dark mass
outlined against the sunny sky.
Captain Storms leaned over the side
ana lit cigar He was bronzed
young man, stalwart and gallant as I I
take 1t sailor men mostly are! and he .
looked the very beau ideal of a DASH
Ing seaman, in his off-hand seafarinp
costume. He had beard. and he had
mustache, big and brown. like him
self; and from the crown of his glazed
nat to the sole of his boots. CAPTAIN
storms was a sailor, every inch of him
Inc Lovely Lass bore down along the
sunlit tropic sea and reached that float
ing wreck. Captain Storms was the first
man to hear the moaning cry of a faint
human voice. No living thing was to
be seen; but from a corner of the deck
that faint, plaintive cry walled.
Ihere's some one alive here still"
SAID Captain Storms. Speak, friend,
VINO are you? Where are your"
Again that unspeakably mournfu1
wall Captain Storms strobe across to
where heap of torn canvas and rotten
wood lay, and looked down. There in
The garish sunshine, with her face 81
lpturned to the serene sky, a woman a
ay dead, Crouching over her. a skele- 4
on child, with long. wild hair, sat a
making that feeble moan of dumb /!
agony. Il
MY child" Captain Storms said a
'ittfully my child, what is this" a
The CHASTITY little creature lifted a ii
'loodless face and pair of haggard y
yes.
Mothers dead" p
My poor little girl" said the sailor.
ending over her as tenderly as that h
cad mother could have done, "you 90
aust come with me, or you will die. IL
DO. Gomez"
She rose up-a frail little shadow of p
en- years-and held up her skeleton Iii
rms. H
Peace is hungry" she cried, piteous- fiji
=. Peace is sick and cold, and
lother's dead" ar
And then as the strong arms lifted bi
ar as though she had been a wax doll.
lie blue eyes closed YEARLY, and the VIZ
eak baby dropped heavily against his m,
east; and hunger, and sickness, and 20
I'd, and death were all blotted out in
ind darkness. "I
And for weary days and weary nights bu
while the Lovely Lass sailed along
e southern seas, and the dead woman 10
y quietly under the great Pacific me
e little rescued waif lay fluttering Pc
tween death and life. And during far
ese endless days and nights, the big ]
n-browned sailor watched over his out
tie girl as a father-nay, as a mother wa
might have done, until the futtering ant
irit ceased its struggles and grew clil
m in strength and health once more cir
little Peace-her name was Priscilla anC
cir, she said; Peace for short-came onl
on deck by-and-by, pale and weak we
Il, and lisped her story to the soft L
lrted sailor. con
There had been great storm-oh a new
'adful STORM" Peace said, with Ho,
ldder; and they went away in boats rea
II the men did-and mamma was Chi
< down in the cabin. and left behind; c
Peace stayed with mamma and was han
DeHlnu, 100. ana then mamma Mrs
le upstairs on deck, and died; and a 81
ce sobbed and was so i'll and so sch,
/; and then you came" looking 81
tefully at the captain, fand Peace was
5n't remember any more" nm
Does my little Peace know where She
nina came from. and where sh' was III
g?" Captain Storms askeC. wa II
Yes, Peace knows. Mamma came graz
] New York and was going - China som
apa. Papa lived in China and was hair
.; 4ioi4
tie !
1t that was all she could toll: and IN
ain Storms knew that among all Oh
things on this e.-t,., the more
unlikely now was that Tst- and We
title girl would ever meet. an
70 Lovely Lass spent ni-c long Stor,
tbs on the Pacific coast, a-G then and
q back for America. ~
nd ] shall leave my little Peace b. smG,
next voyage" Captain storms grow
y have O sister Yhs kssps q than