Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-13

a. tall. Il you remember. six ysars
ago."
She recollected what he had said all
these years, and Captain Storms face
beamed.
II expected to find my little Peace,
and / find young lady so stately and
womanly that am at loss what TO
say to her. I'm not used to Nladies'
society, you see."
She laid her hand ON his arm, and
looked up In his honest sailor. face.
with deep, sweetly shining eyes.
Talk to me as you used to, and call
me Little Peace. All. guardy.N how l
have longed for your coming. And
my father-tell me Of him."
Captain Storms told her how, by
merest accident. he had met, how he
was rich and lonely. and longing for
her. but unable to come to America;
how she was TO return with him, and
that the steward of the Lovely Lass
was to take out his wife with him to
wait upon her. And Peace listened,
like one In a peaceful dream. 1t was
being heroine-it was living chap
ter out of one of her pet novels, to
romantic Peace.
So they sailed for that far-off celes-
tial land of tea and pig-tails. Captain
Storms and his handsome ward. And
Peace had her fairy dreams realized,
and there was a Brussels carpet in
the cabin, and piano, and lots OF new
novels; and she was as happy as the
days were long. Her music filled the
Lovely Lass with sweetest melody;
her clear voice rang out over the pur-
pie midnight sea, in songs sweeter than
the siren strains of the mermaids; and
her beautiful face lit up the grim old
ship like the summer sunshine itself.
Peace was bright and bewitching, and
happy as a bird. The sailors adored
her as an angel of light; and the cap
tain-ah, the captain!-adored her too.
Sailing along, by day and by night,
through days of amber sunshine and
nightsof misty moonlight, to that dis
tant land, Captain Storms, in his And
year-old enough and big enough to
know better-fell madly desperately
and ridiculously in love. He lost his
sleep and he lost his appetite; and he
hung on girls foolish words, and ex-
listed only in the radiance of pair Of
laughing girlish eyes.
Fool that l am for my pains!" he
thought, sometimes, in bitter moodi-
ness; II am more than double her age;
and l am rough and black and wealth
er-beaten as the timbers OF my old
ship No, no, Harry Storms; the only
wife for you, my boy, is the Lovely
Lass"
And yet, sometimes he wildly hoped.
She talked to him so happily, she smil-
ed upon him so sweetly, she was ever
so glad when he came, so regretful
when he went. And girls of Is had
married men of AZ before now; and,
oh, why should it not happen again,
and Harry Storms be the most blessed
men?
They reached China-they reached
Hong Kong-and Peace was folded in
her fathers arms.
so like your mother" he said, his
tears falling. "Oh, my child! So like
your lost mother"
Captain Storms was to stay three
weeks in the Celestial City-to visit
1t, perhaps, never again. He made
the most of his stay; visiting Peace
every day in her palatial home, and
growing moodier and moodier every
visit. Peace, too, dropped little, and
looked at him wistfully, and lost some
Of that bright happiness that made her
the light of all places. And when the
last day came, and he stood up to say
good-by, she broke down altogether
and cried like very child.
And l shall never see you again"
she said; you who saved my life! Oh,
Captain Storms, must you go?"
And then that bashful giant took
heart of grace, as landsman would
have done weeks before.
Il must CO." he said, "but we need
not part, my darling Peace, If you say
SO, for l love you dearly; and If you
will be my wife, we will sail together.
for ever and ever, as you once wished,
until our heads grow gray. Mine Is
not so far from it now" he added, rue
fully.
But Peace had thrown her arms i'm
petuously around him, and kissed the
dark, crisp locks.
"And If every hair were white as the
foam of the sea, l should love you,
and go with you, just the same. Why,
Captain Storms, you have been my
hero all these long years; and / should
have died of disappointment, ! know,
If you had left me behind"
So the China merchant lost his
daughter, and the Lovely Lass had a
second commander; and in all the
years to come Peace will reign peren-
NAL in the heart of Storms.
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