Evening journal., 1898-10-08

went right into tho mast an stopped
there. Master Egerton and the missy,
they sot there an never said word, bat /
i caught sight OF tho young feller's |
face once when he got up an looked |
astern, an l, reckon he'd he done some
damage if he'd got near that gun IN the |
fool as was handlin it.
"When he'd fired about dozen shots, !
Inc stopped an ventured TO look up, an
sure enough the Sylph was within hail
an comm along as she'd bin a-doin all
the time.
" 'Seabird, ahoy, yells tho colonel,
in a voice as could hear was ohoked
with rage Stop, or I'll sink your
'Sylph, ahoy,' 1 shouted back.
WHATS the matter? You amt all mad,
air your
Bring that boat to this instant,
he yells, or III riddle You. an let you
80 down without helpr
Go on. then. yells, only you've
got to do better or you'll have no shots
left.
"With that flops down agen in the
stern. just as another shot comes lyin
through the lug. Then another goes away
overhead, an the next buries itself in the
tiller head an nearly knocks it out o.
my hand. Then young Egerton, / sees
him kiss the gal as he gets up ON his
feet
Stop firin + he yells. Your darter
is in this boat. an for her sake 1 beg
you TO ceasop
~ just popped my head over the
gunnel TO see what effect this had on
tho old man, an there he was a-taldn
aim as cold blooded as ever. an before /
could shout or do anythink to stop it
the poor young feller had fallen back
in the bottom of the boat, an the blood
was a-pourin from his left arm.
It's all right, he calls out. It's
only the shock. But the gal was by his
side in q minute, without whimper ON
her face, a-bindin up his arm as If it
was the work she did every day.
" Harry, sho says, are you in pain,
dearest?'
"'No. darlin, he answers. It's only
a scratch.
IAN thom's the only lovin words
ever heard 'om speak.
"Well, the colonel must ha' thought
he'd killed him, for tho flrin ceased al
together, an when 1 looks astern agen
the ole man was a-sittin in the bows
a-waitin patiently for tho Sylph to run
alongside us. could SEQ the lad at the
tiller was one Of the boat boys from
Margit, an he'd got all he could do to
keep the Sylph's head 60 it, all 1 some-
} how thought as how the gent could be
better employed loolIin after tho sail
than sittin there like n dummy. The
1 breeze was a-freshenin all tho time, an
the sea was a-gottin up. so l took In a
hit Of sail and eased tho Seabird. 1t waf
4 lucky / did, for just at that moment,
: when the Sylph was within three boat
. lengths, a gust of wind como down on
a us as made the Seabird heel an SHOOT
e1 away in it. / looked round, an, sur,
r enough, them fools on the Sylph hadn'
L taken in bit Of sail, an as the wine
i struck her over she went like q ninepin
t an the old man an the lad shot out int
o the foamin water
"For a moment was undecided hov
% Co act, but young Egerton, he sprung L
r his feet in en- instant.
Z; Lower the sail, he yells. Dow
1 with your helm.
% can down comes the sail an dow
n goes the helm, an tho Seabird turns o,
+ her heel In a manner as makes my hal
lt stand on end to think ON. But the wa.
on her was stopped as tho colonel wa
. n-drownin, for / knowed he couldn'
d swim more nor few strokes, an Ico1l'
IS see the lad had got enough to do TO ham
On TO an oar.
h "The old man never uttered a CT.
It nor looked for help but the gal, hi
r only darter, she rose to her knees al
3. cried, Harry, save him. for my sakel
it An Harry-bless him, he was the fines
Z young feller ever seed--he sprang owe
70 the side an swan as IL he'd never BIZ
n shot at all Just a dozen long stroke
y an he was alongside an grabbed tn
10 colonel by the neck just as he was a-goii
=, down. We were with 'em in a mint
Is Tom an me an the gal, an we had Zen
10 ull aboard the Seabird. with the lad al
10 all safe.
D. Where for, now, sir?' l asks Blu
II the colonel was a-faintin, an Maste
l Harry was too weak to speak, an tina
poor, brave gal was a-nussin 'om both
3, 70 / just takes the management TO my
DO self an makes sail again for Margit, a
q leaves tho poor Sylph a-lyin there boi
70 tom up, the only craft as could ever sal
alongside the Seabird."
lh
1 ''Did 1 do right in headin for Margii
40 Yes, sir; u least 50 il appears. Whe
Id ] went round to the colonel's house ne,
d. mornin, there was the old gent an Ma
IN ter Egerton a-propped up in armchair
es an the young lady, all dressed in whit'
I'd a-sittin between 'em.
N 'stumps, ses the colonel, 'whi
ne 10 you mean by runnin OF with m
er darterg'
ce &" Begin your pardin, sir, l Sc
I'd but if runs of with her, what ca
IN you wonder at nice young gent ill
i'm Il e.. Il.