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

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sfey ot wlud sbd .es, Ibefs may be &C
oae lsii aboard. bul ws.li bear dosu ADD
hsyes look,
AID thsh Captain Storms lifted up BIS
voice "a lteu t5risb voice It .ss and gave
the.pfoI er orders 10 the usu 81 the m.sI
head, OF 81 tie helm, on somewhere -
donT kuoS ,r.elly. would tell you the
pteelss words which CsPbia Storms used
Oh tbis ooeni0U, II / could; but IN de
plorahly backward 10 psauo.l matters.
So you'll have to be co5teut With learning
that tue gallant bark. the l. sely Lass.
bore siTsighi down a. oa that dark IL ass,
outlined agaIust the sunny sky,
Captain Storms lesbed over The 81 Ie
aud lit bis cissr Ee wss bro zsd
Young man. stAlEart snd gallant as | take
It sailor men mostly srel aud be locked
the very bean ideal oi sesman, Ia bis
cd-hsnd sesiauns costume. He bad q
beard and he hs1 q mustsehe, big aud
brown, like hin self; and, from the crown
/ Of bis glszsd bat TO the sole OF bis boots,
/ Captain stjrlls was sailor, every inob Of
hin.
Tbs Lovely Lass bore down along the
suuil tfopi5 sea sad reached that floating
wreck Captain Storm. was the fret man
TO hear the mosuinR cry Of lsist human
voice No oliying thiDg was TO be seen;
but from n corner OF the dsck that faint
plsintive cry wsiIsd.
There's some ous alive here still, said
Captain orms. Speak, friendl Who
are you2 Where are you?
Again that unspesksDly IN ourniul wait.
Captain Storms strobe ACROSS TO where q
heap OF torn canvas sd rotten wood lay
and looked down. Ihtre ia the gsrlsh
sunshine, with her face upturued to the
serene sky, woman lay dead, Crouch
log over her, SIX lston child, with long,
Wild hair, sat making tbst feeble moan Of
dumb sgony,
Ny child Captain Storms ssii, pitliul
ly my child, what is tlis-
The ghsstly little creature lifted blood
less face and a pair OF hsggard eyes.
Mothers dead
My poor little girl. said the sailor, bend
log over her as tenderIy ss that dead
mother could have done, you must come
with me or you will die, too. Comel
She rose ups irsil little sbsdow OF ten
years and held up her skeleton arms.
Peace lie hungry, she cried, piteously.
Peace Is sick aud cold and mothers dead
And then as the strong arms lifted her
as though she had been a wax doll, the
blue eyes closed YEARLY and the weak
baby dropped heavily against bis breast
aud hunger, and sicEnes snd cold, and
death were oil bIottei ont in blind dark |
ness.
And for weary days and weary nights -
while the Lovely Lass sailed along the
southern seas and the dead woman lay
quietly under the great Pacific the little
rescued wai lay auttering between death
aud life. And during these endless days
and nights, the big sun Drowned ssilor
watched over mis- little girl as q father -
usy, as mother might hfve done. un
Ill the huttering spiIit ceased its struggles
and grew calm 10 strength once more.
Little Peace her name was Priscilla
Wdr, che ssid Pesce for short came on
deck by aud uy. pale and weak still and
lisped her story to the soft hearted sailor.
There had been q great storm oh
storm Peace said, with a shud
der; and they went away In boats all the
men did-snd mamma was sick down IN
The cabin and left behind; and Peace
STAYED with mamma and was left behind,
too. Aud then mamma came upstsi on
deck. and die and Peace sobbei, aud
vas so III and 80 cold and then you came
looking gratefully at the captain, and
Peace doesr' remem Der any more.
Does my Ii tie Peace know where
mamma came from, aud where she was so
laeP Captain Sto ms asked.
Y-e, Ptsce know Mamma came from
New Yoik and was going 10 China to
papa. Papa lived in China aud was rich.
Bat that was all che could tell; aud Gap
,sil Storms knew that among oil the un
likely things on this earth. the most nn
likely now was that papa aud his little
s,rl would never meet.
The Lovely Las spent niae long
months 90 the Pacific coast and then
sailed back for Americs
Aud shall leave my little Pesce
behind nett voyage, Captain S orms said.
haves sister who keeps school IN PHI
.dephis, 8 fashionable young ladies scsd
emy-und Pesce shsll stay there sud learn
10 play the piauo snd talk French sod
paint pictures ADD grow up pretty
Young lady.
Aud shall have silk dresses snd lots OF
pie,sres and tory books Pesce asked,
With interest. Heaps Of I'm, Pescrl And
niee litlle girls 10 play ait -, snd music
and dancing aud everything beautiful all
lbe day loog.
Peace clspped her h.Uds -thst would
be lovely So by-and.by, .ben Phii'del
-. w.. ,..cksd ,ha c.t.t.in Of the Love |