Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-10-05
CHAPTER Nv.

'na' morning ana "ouid prppaiy
.ail 'ne neat put HIS coiiriis anu sUns
~ere eA'rehely uncertain. ESe!ton nae
'herel"re ieit hole Tor nm.
men 'hey reached f'astport the Well
known common was half hidden by thick
sheets OF ram sweeping before wild
sontheaster, while the heavy, leaden-coE
ored, threatening waves thundered along
the beach
Neither uttered the thoughts which the
hght or the familiar place conJured up
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CO., an h,. ~, ,.o, tho,
H. - a. 81 ii'., a. 'ne - -
haor irS.-,,otoa =. " u. ' - c,mn,,1ar
sbouId his offer or a rex,a ri nrodnca .ny
result
Mr. R-;,c, shor. d,,,,nr man
with wbisLsrs nsatinn undar s b;s ch;n
and n round ioviaI face We rolled some
what in his woIk-;ndaod coro stronga-o
tbe imnrassion of h.ins a seo-gn;ng 60
Hcitor
He was n little exalted in h;s own as.
teem by being mixed nm With such swells
as Standisb and Eperton and Inv the SORT
NJ halo tba v-boIe hrsinoss b,d COS,
around him He racs;yad tber cor,,;aIIv
..Verv glad To se. vou gantlem.n, Dhe
man-Tom RitsnnNoto,,t v.born 7 ur,,ta
has not come yet hut he viii be baro
nraseptIv don,t Lnow .bo+ u-bot bo ho i.
70 teII 10 -, ,arnt' ;,,,Do.tanoo g. TO-
INV nrivate offcen ~
As he throw nm inner door onen =.
s.iIor ~ or,Iin.-, -, r.osa,rtl,, h;r,,ss,,
a. tho art.aroo =, ~ pttiao
NA N.iN
.,onan
Ihey all went into the private room,
"here S'andlsii al once TOOK chair. Ee,
er.on reIhalheu staiuihs' ana lhe lawyer
retrea.eu 10 ms USUAL fortress, the arm
en1ir n, oei,hu II MS hnee-hoie 'apie-
sanor' hoi'lhs MS cap IN polD
MINUS soLiewl nat iferVousiy, put WIN an
AZ VI some iiiipor'ahce' hept r"thtT Close
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=, Coiiie' hilsoh' saii 'iie i""Ser' 'en
'nese seh'ieiiieh your s'orS'
,'i'oh snla'ei iIoin ohe ioot W lne
O.nef. Neii' si' ne pes"h' tnis was
ene way VI u, Lou see l In an EaS'port
u.ah' anu sNPpeu a"oa'u eie I""Seuo
MA, one ofztne commercial SteSm NaSi-
ramon SonApanS-s snips' ID Lonuon Lock
m oepleinpr iasI we put IN mere iof
oay ana d nlsht, aiio l iiiu ieh'e u 81
anu see siie VI my s "S nv ou. ~
"esuuene "H!' ou' ""' " =" q. ny
post at seven next morning. as we were
" ssa WIN the uue'
Egerton muIoereu hali-iha eicuiate eA.
canlation OF Ahpatlehce' ana brisss saio
aiouu' Ooihe, get oii' III! nhH"'
must Ten 'ou !. an I'm. oe ~ ~ nm :, >
20 END, ne salu' OF can 10 II no way.
Nl'e MIN LIS he'iu' niui III eu
h'n III ~" .one.
80 eon'i ..in' Us my
nus oihu W'' '''', Hu -.
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nlay pe IL uiiLih u,oP ~ -,
oVers!eep ni!sei- We SUI r. .n
chat,ih tiii pist ih'uins
good-by and started 10 walk INTO shst
port. i-had had a drop' out Iliy u,op ,:
4 Ahe~ VIM ,, i ,, ~ tha noon
Wheh L SET OUT, put oy an y! sn -. -,
i'Se' anu W - -, Ir,b+
.he e1"iinon .n h;a oIonJ
-, - so;Iing across rho moon
49, ,t ,Ioncside a nrettr hit Of q
!" hen -, Se, e.. ,,n,, cone +o :, ftcr crossino q
~ sonJ.biIIs from Wcstdene. I thought
~. - ond comfortable everything
- - +boucht there was faint
N,;- - ,iobt In one Of tho lower VIM
;,h H. nnor anJ NJ the bonse
W., W., 80 Iooti,g and thinking a figure
80 ,,. % ,,te at tho side of the
-. oo-rrips n short ladder on his
.u,,Iio Ho nut I. down and stood with
enc arm roun,, it. through the rungs, as
n thinking what he'd do next. There was
something quiet and steadfast IN ms
way that it never struck me he could be
after any mischief, though it did seem a
b,t noeer his being there with a ladder at
that bour. Just then the Eastport clocks
chimed out three quarters guessed II
must be quarter to two, and that I had
host make for the town as fast as l
could. When L got rev PAGES OH tuLn-
cd and looked back, but not sign of the
man or the ladder could l see. 1 got Into
.ho old Mermaid Tavern, and to bed.
Next morning we sailed.
.Do YOU remember the date Of this oc-
currcnce?'' asked Briggs.
81 aa:S. sir. 1t was the twenty-second OF
Sentcmber and the birthday of my aunts
Youngest boy. SO we drank an extra glass
of rrog to his health. or course l thought
no more about it. We had an uncommon
roucb ,.,ssa GO across the bay, and were
Obliged TO put into Gibraltar to reiit.
Then we went on to Consta ntinople. from
that to Po-t Said, and back. and / was
left behind in hospital Altogether have
bccn over six months out Of England, for
I came home as third officer of a small
Saline shin. and it was a terrible slow
tuh
..,1,,, ,;s WON land here?' asked
So