The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-09

advice for any disease.
tie sailor felt with a glow and a tight
ening of the lips that he had now in
deed a real legitimate cause for hate.
What mention had this fellow Clare
made of Miss Carnegie? Practically
none. He, Kettle, had stated by whom
he was sent to the rescue, and clare had
received the news with casual 80"
and yawn. He had offered further in
formation when the first scurry of the
escape was over, and they were cached
in the sandpit) upon Miss Carnegie's
movements and her condition as last
viewed in Newcastle, and Glare had
pleaded tiredness and suggested another.
hour for the recital. Was this the
proper attitude for lover? 1t was not
Was this meet behavior for the futur
husband Of such a woman as Miss Cal
negie, who was not only herself, bu
who also wrote poetry for the maga
zines? Ten thousand times over, it was
not.
He sheeted home the lug a couple OF
inches in response to a shift or the
breeze, and opened his lips in speech:
"Miss Carnegie, sir" he began, lis
lady l esteem very highly"
s'Sha is a nice girl assented the man
with the bailer.
"She is willing to beggar herself to do
you service, SIR"
"Yes, l know she is very fond Of me"
"And / should like to know if you are
equally fond of her?"
STEADY, captain, steady. / don't quite
see what you have to do with it. He
paused and lock at the sailor curiously.
Look here, / say, you seem to talk q
deuce of a deal about Miss Carnegie.
Are you sweet on her yourselfY
Capt Kettle glared, and it is proba-
BILE that if such an action would not
have swamped the boat, he would have
dropped the tiller and left the marks
of his displeasure upon Clare's person
without further barter Of words. But
as it was, he deigned to speak. You
dog" he said, "if you make a sugges-
ton like that again I'll kill you. You've
no right to say such thing. / just
honor Miss Carnegie as though she
were the queen, or even more, because
she writes verse for the magazines, and
the queen only writes diaries. And
besides, there could be nothing more
between US; I'm married man sir, with
a family.
But about this other matter; it
seems to me I'm the party that kind of
holds your fate just at present, young
man. If / shove this tiller across, the
boat'll broach-to and swamp, and what
ever happens to me-and / don't vastly
care-it's a sure thing you will go to the
place where there's weeping and gnash-
ing Of teeth. How'd you like that?'
''Not bit. / want to live. I've gone
through the worst time a human man
can endure ON that CHASTITY island astern
there, and Pm due for a great lot Of the
sweets of life to make up for it. And
if it interests you to know it, captain
do owe you something personally, and
you have some right to be in my con-
! fidence-if it interests you to hear such
| a thing, l may tell you l shall probably
marry Miss Carnegie as soon as l get
back to her"
"Then you do love her"
81 don't quite know what love is. But
l like her well enough, if that will do
! for you. Handn't we better take down
a reef in the lug? can hardly keep
the water under"
by James, you leave me to sail this
boat" said Kettle, land attend to your
blessed bailing, or I'll knock you out OF
her."
The conversation languished for some
hours after this, and Kettle with every
nerve on the strain humored the boat
as she raced before the heavy following
! seas, whilst the eX-convict scOOped
| back the waters which eternally stopped
in green streams over her gun whale. Ut
was Glare who set up the talk again.
did she know anything about those
! plans of the French fortresses."
Miss Carnegie had the most definite
| ideas on the subject"
! Il suppose she'd found out by that
time that l really did get hold Of them
out of the office myself, and sell them
/ to the German"
For one of the few times in his life
Capt. Kettle lied. "She knew the whole
yarn from start to finish"
''Well, l was a fool to muddle it..
With any decent luck l ought to have
brought off the coup without anybody
| being the wiser. / could have laid quiet
year or two till the fuss blew over,
and then had a tidy fortune to go upon
and been able to marry whom / pleased,
or not marry at all. Eh-well, skipper,
that bubbles cracked and / suppose the
best thing / can do now is to marry old
/ Carnegie's girl after ALL"
II don't see why you should"
"Man must look after himself, captain.
/ come back to the world stone broke,
and / don't want to lack biscuits"
'sBut," said Kettle, ~ don't see wherl
you will get them from. The Carnegies
are not rich"
cold man Carnag;e Zzill exlIae SezaE
eigns when / start to squeeze him. You
wait and see."
"Then you've quite made up your
mind to marry this lady|
"Quite."
That's VIII lat you say" retorted Ket-
| tie. ''Now you hear he. Miss Car
negie thinks you are in love with her,
and you are Not that by many a long
fathom so thefe goes item the first. In
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