The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29

[ pointed them out to Miss Bradbury.
who was standing near, and asked her
if she'd like one.
DO you think there's much danger,
Mr.. McTodd,' says she. They've just
wee sting to them if they get upon
your hands," said 1. But there's no
need to touch them. You can just graf
ify your eyes, and then we will fling
them overheard again. They're no
beauties that yed care to keep and
take home with We like a canary bird"
What do you mean?" says she.
I'm talking Of these Portuguese
men-o'war.'
She put her hand upon my arm and
/ looked up into her face and saw it
was as white as paper, saving for black
rings under the eyes. Il beg your par
don, Mr.. McTodd, for being so inatten-
tive. I'm afraid my thoughts are I'M
der the sea instead of on top of it. Is
this diving very dangerous work 2"
Their air tubes might be entangled."
They're too old hands to let them
foul"
rents"
Their life lines will keep them in
tow"
cor sharks"
Sharks are always feared at divers,
Miss Bradbury. No, miss, you may be-
lieve me, those two men are as safe
down at work below as you are here.
or safer, seeing that they can't get sun
stroke, and you very likely will If you
stay here away from the awnings with
no hat on
She shivered and thanked me- and
went away into the shade, and l turned
again and watched the boats and the
two moving patches of muddied water
which they were following. 1t struck
1o@ he
inth Salvage association were putting
a vast deal of trust in the two men
whom they employed as their divers
f270,0 900 worth Of gold is very vast
bulk of wealth for poor men to be
near.
They did not find the wreck that day
or the next. Indeed, not until a week
had passed did they come across her,
! and then they found that she had set
tied on her broadside into little gully
on the sea floor where a current had
| carried silt over her till she was al
| most covered out of sight. They buoye6
her when she was found, and that day
l went off in Cameron's boat and tried
to see if 1 could make her out from
/ above. But she lay in sixteen fathoms,
and the water was gray with mud from
/ them working below. Looking down
| into it was like peering through mist
The Cleaner swung at her anchor
over the Western ocean swells, and the
sun bleached her awnings to the white
ness of new-fallen snow. For myself
but for one thing, 1 never had such an
easy time on full pay during all my
seagoing. There was no work to do. A
lot of grog was served out, coast fash
ion, at s bells, and the slop-chest
tobacco burned slowly and cost only 2
shillings a pound. But there was one
thing worried me and that was Miss
Bradbury. She had Joined at Liverpool
as rosy a lassie as one could wish to
meet, and here she was getting whittier
and thinner every day. You could
almost see the flesh slip away from
/ her bones and she'd an appearance of
/ scare and worry about her face that
! made one sick to look at. All hands
! saw it; there was no avoiding such
| thing; but they put it down to anxiety
/ about Cameron.
The pair of them were openly en-
! gagged to marry by this time, and I
must say the way that he and the other
| diver worked was caution OF course
| the water was warm, but it was fair
! ish deep, and / never saw men STAY
| down longer. They never seemed to