The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

- - was not long before this little
y, '.pany got shaken together, ana then.
Ia the natural order OF humanity neire,
On' ne young married coupe chung 10
sSOH olher with praiseWorthy tenacitv;
oi4e captain and Mr.. Armstrong were con-
StaAt!y 10 be found talking ship together,
-Ar; Angus and Mrs Pearce. who was a
wiuo"' became boon companions. and De
w. parnaSse danced daily attendance up
on Miss Beatrice.
such was the state of affairs when the
Duuodrton was three weeks out. at which
time she careened to the fun strength Of
the northeast trades, and with every rag
set was bowling swiftly down to the
sOulnWard. Then. day by day, the sun
sHohe potter sea and sky took on warm
81 tone the air grew balmy and shoals
VI suffering flying fish skipped lightly
bas. tae DOW. The poop awning was
Drought out and stretched; cane chairs
ana lounges. relics of a former East In
~'ah voyage, made their appearance. and
tIle passengers, driven frCm below by the
neat spent most Of their time on deck.
AT -FOUR bells one evening Hawkins, the
sloWaway came aft to the wheel BY
taxing the second dog watch trick for men
VINO wanted to play bluff" the stow
AWAY earned his tobacco Sou by east"
ne repeated after the man whom he re-
HeVed, and he grasped the spokes with the
ar OF one who enjoyed his occupation.
Below in the saloon the cabin folks
We're at tea. Through the open skylight
came the sound of their voices and laugh
Ter AT the break of the poop the Sec
olld mate leaned thoughtfully over the
weather rail. An ordinary seaman was
shipping the side lights. The slush lamps
IN the house and forecastle began to
snow Slowly the sun departed, night
overlapping the day. and darkness fell
IKE a garment upon the waters
Hawkins leaned comfortably against the
"heelboX, his face Illuminated by the bin
hacle hight occasionally giving the ship
lew spokes up or down He mad de-
Veloped into an excellent helmsman. sud
denly the mans frame stffened. and he
stood bolt upright, listening. A womans
laugh had sounded at the foot of the COM
panionway. 1t was followed by a patter
OF feet on the loaded stair and a moment
later Miss Armstrong, attended by De
Montparbasse, stepped on deck
AS the pair seated themselves on the
weather side Of the skylisht Miss Arm
strong was struck with the expression en-
hawkins face. His forehead wore a scowl
and his dark eyes shoue with an angry
light in i'll accord with his usual go1d-na-
tured appearance 1t looked 50 unlike the
smiling fellow who puttered about the
poop all day and in his capacity waited
upon her with such uncommon care ana
speculating about the man for the first
time. Though in her natural kind way she
had often bestowed a word of encourage
ment or praise upon the poor stowaway,"
as she called him, she had never given him
a thought in any other way And, indeed,
why should she? The average woman new
er sees man who is poorly dressed Yet
new, for some unaccountabe reason, she
suddenly found herself wondering what The
fellows past had been. Under cover of the
darkness she looked at him closely. "What
a strong face" she thought. But for the
black stubble on his upper lip and chin, he
might be a handsome man." AS Hawkins
raised his eyes from the compass card, and
looked toward the skylight with half-blind-
ed eyes, she gave a little start.
What is the matter, Miss Armstrong;"
asked her companion, in his own tongue,
Are you afrad?"
Don't you think it's rather chilly sit
ting here? Shall we walk litte?" She Ie-
piled, evasively.
At one bell her escort went below, and
Miss Armstrong strolled idly aft to lean
over the taffrail and gaze at the sparkling
wake. AS she watched The murmuring ed
dies slip from the rudder and go swrling
away to the black water astorn, she kept
repeating to herself, Where have l seen
those eyes before?'
She was disturbed presently by the ap-
pearance of a shark under the counter
of the vessel. A faint, ghostly light far
down beneath the keel was the first in
timation of its coming, gradually growing
larger and more bright as it neared the
surface, until the outlines of the great
fish could be plainly seen, and the phos-
phorescent halo round it illumined the
Dunbarton's stern. Impelled by curiosity.
not unmiXed with fear, the girl stretched
farther across the top rail to watch the
~ Of
the sea. On a sudden her foot slipped on
the dewy deck She pitched forward, lost
her balance, and had gone headlOng over
board but for the man at the wheel. Be
fore she wholly realized her danger Haw-
kins caught her about the waist and lift
ing her bodily, placed her on her feet
again. For a moment the great fellow
held her and looked down at her fright
ened eyes.
you little foolr' he said at last Then,
deftly catching the twirling wheel he
returned 10 his post, white to the lips.
At the stowaway's words the rush of
mingled emotions that rose in Beatrice
Armstrong; mind was checked by indig-
nation. How dare this common man call
her a little fool?" Humiliating as her
position was, she yet drew herself up
proudly, and without looking at him, SAID
Il Will see that you are rewarded for
this, Mr.. Hawkins" upon which she swept
haughuly past him and descended the
companionway.
The stowaway smiled.
The episode had taken place so rapidly
and with SO little noise that the second
mate knew nothing about its A few min
utes later. however, noticing that the
weather leeches were lifting, and think
ing it caused by a change of wind, he
ran aft to the compass. He found Haw-
llins staring hxedly at the card and the
vessel three points off her course.
Where in h are you steering TOP
he began. Hard up you soIdierm and
a stream Of abuse followed.
Hawkins awoke as from a dream and.
muttering an inconerent excuse, jammed
the wheel over.
Hardly had the officer returned forward
before the stowaway heard a rustic Of
drapery, and Miss Armstrong again stood
BESIDE him. She mad repen ed. The proud
sris better nature had asserted itself. She
saw how she had wIonged him, and with
noble spirit had FASTENED back TO hum
be herself 10 the man 10 whom she doubt
less owed her life.
Hawkins" she said, in a grave, sweet
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