The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-26

merry ren6szvous--was me scene % toe
slveiest hustle and activity in tEe early
afternoon. when he coed o.1 snip Cape
Earu pigAoa hass.ai alongside Heg berth
~ me dock. CArryalls. cgeGteS and all
sorts If veh.clss lined the wharf ana al.
sSiceai street. relatives and friends os
those or hoard were gathered n sloups~
waving hats ana handkercA!efS ana Cheer
INK the returned seaga.trs. while N uSua,
crowd q :&.egS. landsharks and small
BOYS was also ont II fo-c- - witness :ias
dways-sglr-:ns event % \ homecoming
whaler- The crew. hauling il ca the
Lies cheegAy ohanted:
From "a, the blue waves - the main,
! have YOU eseT realized he anspsskaele
OF meeting with loved ones agasn~'
'Ayast heavsns, Be,sy all sang out
the mate. whea a; laSg the ship Was in her
berth, resting peacefully on The be>cm ~
me placid river. after The many stormy
huffet.ngs on The open main.
The usual formally OF dismisssng the
crew Is gone through, the gaGgway In tae
stareoagd waist is unShipped, the huge
Ear plank from the wharf hauled aboard.
and amid a general hustle and colnmolion
A scramble on board ensues. ana presently
Aesery body Is shaking hanGs with every
/ body else.
the captain before he leaves The ship.
There ha stands. by The side If the pslot
eE. The Quarterback. engaged ia CONVERSE
tion with one of tho owners, who aaS Just
jceme on board \ handsome man. inas,.i.
~ Arthur Nye-sall and az weli-knit frame.
a true type Of the hardly New ENGLAND
,whaleman. with frank, open eyes and a
pleasing smile. lie wears u pre0Ceupsed
ioSh. however, Is he thinking. perhaps,
what changes and events time may have
wrought during his long absence from
hone7
but presently a satisfied smile lights up
| Ills features; he must surely have heard
saule gratifying news from old Mr.. Reed.
who Is now interviewing him,
Two hours later we find Arthur and
Alice walking arm IN arm up Purchase
street on their way TO the Common"
/ where. on arrival. they scat themselves
- secluded spot near The Hover he~-
backed soldiers and sailors monument.
exchanging mutual condolences ana l.sten-
ing 10 each others varied exp, rlenCes
1 since their long separation. Judging from
-Alce's serene. happy features. X is evil
dent that she has fully forgiven her old
sweetheart for al The misery 10 has
ca,sed her 10 endure during the seven
long years that lay behind her. Arthur
has just been explaining ,hat he has been
runnirg a trading schooner for a German
firm in Apia. plying between Navao. wal
Is STAND and samoa.
Thinking that Alice would never forgive
him, FOR his rude and cruel behavior
toward her mother. ana his abrupt 6epaft-
ura without taking leave OF her. ne had
concluded that Il would be best and wisest
70 keep her in total ignorance of his
hiding places. though by so doing he had
often endured much hitter anguish for
the love which he had horne her since
earliest youth would not efface itself from
the u,igror of his soul. Having accumu-
lated a uea, litile fortune in the South
seas, he had concluded 70 return home
once more 10 the land of his birth. and
taken passage on the Frisco steamer At
Tutpila. Samoa. Arriving al Honolulu. 10
had found the Cape Horn Pigeon in port
and been offered to take the ship. whiCh
had already been out over three years.
direct home 10 New Bedford.
Alice listened attentiyeiy. ana when tho
happy, reunited pair Stroi,ed .sisurely
home in IN cleaning on that glorious
Fourth OF July 20 The residence Of Mrs.
Spencer. that good old soul WA serenely
happy when she learned that everything
had been am.cahiy settled, ana an early
day was forthwith appointed for the nup-
tias
Alice" queriei Mrs. Spencer. do YOU
remember the last sentence of the hymn
which vas surg In Globe hall at the close
OF the exercises on Memorial day.
Yes. dear aunt" promptly replied the
happy girl: ''hencsforth l shah always
bear in mind the stanza:
" But ne may smile az troubles gone
Who sets the vIctor-garand on"