The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-26


= obstacles. Obstacles be hanged
said Bob Munro, forcibly. 1.-THE wol
Is an invention of the weak. There al
no such things"
y "Oh. rot. Bob. According to ths
anything he chooses.
Nothing on earth. Arthur. if he
S MADE up his mind TO do it, and goe
about it man fashion,
Bob, | believe the ease with whic
you TOOK your masters certificate ha
actually made you conceited l sur
Y pose you won't look at a fellow afte
T TINS unless he calls You captain. Why
If man could"-
\ Never mind arguing now, Arthu,
There she comes. The one with tn
PINK parasol. just passing under the BIZ
cak Look at her we'll as she goes by
{ she.s the most lovely creature in tn
: Arthur Moreton, smiling at hi
trends enthusiasm, directed his atten
tlon to the owner of the pink parasol
VINO was walking slowly along tn,
broad walk, accompanied by a deTnurt
little woman in black She was a tall
fslr beauty, with the figure of a Juno
and the carriage of a queen. AS she
passed she turned and caught the look
IN Munro's eyes. 1t evidently discon-
SSA tCO ASl, lOI SIle S1ISHllY anC
lowered her sunshade
Why, that's Miss Armstrong-the
Lancashire beauty, as they call her, -
whispered Moreton.
Miss who?" asked his sailor friend
Armstrong. Daughter of old ninety
nlne-ship- the millionaire.
| Didn't you known"
No; how should -" said Munro
She isn't the girl you brought me
here to see-tle one you said you'd
fallen in love with?''
of course she is, you oakum-head
Don't expect anything better, do your"
No. but-don't be quite a blathering
idiot, Bob; what on earth do you sup
pose you are going to do?"
Dol" calculated the young captain.
I'm going to marry her.
Moreton shook the seat silently for a
few moments. then burst into the most
uproarious laughter. Bob he said,
later, Il see now why you don't believe
in obstacles Well, l wish you luck. If
good looks and determination will win
woman, you can do it, but for the life
of me can't see how you ever can get
an Introduction to Miss Armstrong;.
MOP" replied Munro. Nevertheless
l shall marry her."
Whats that you say. Mr.. Calker,
stowaway?" said Captain Pugley, test
lily, as he leaned over the poop rail.
Yes, sir replied the mate, looking
UP from the deck below. 1--WE found
him in the fora-peak, slowed among the
pork barrels
We'll, WELL Eend him aft, Mr.. Calker
and let me see him. And in the mean
time keep a sharp lookout for a Moth 1
ard bound vessel We may get a.
chance to ship the beggar back
Captain Pugley was furious. After
all his care and anxiety that things
should run smoothly on this trip of all
trips, here was one of those unfortun-
ate bitches for which the layman sees
no excuse. and which. therefore, create
false impressions. Under ordinary cir
cumstances the discovery of an extra
mouth to feed would not have aroused
the little captains ire. A stowaway on
the third day out is usually turned to-
and accepted. with a philosophy born
If the knowledge that, though disagree
able. he is an Interchangeable fact, while !
he mates watch rejoice over the SIM
Ter as an extra hand. In this case,
however, things were little out OF the
little strained, perhaps UNI
,omfortable-the reason for which viii
,e readily understood when | explain
hat that awful and powerful person l
-ge, alike to snipmaster and mates, the
wner, was aboard.
AS Captain Pugley stamped savagely c
Jack and forth at the break of the
oop, the stowaway, with the boatswa1n a
ehind him, came slouching aft. He C
topped at the after hatch, and stood. Il
ap in hand, shutting his feet like an t
schoolboy. looking down g
t the deck. A tall, squarely built b
elbow he was, with an almost shaven t
cad and q weeks growth of black p
hubble upon mis- upper lip and chin. A h
AIDED brown overcoat, with the collar Il
Irned up, and much too small, was u
uttoned tightly across his patched and fl
reasy, dungaree trousers. His four II
avs sojourn in the dark bowels of the 'el
,repeak, amid the coal, the tar BAR 81
is, the brine-oozing salt horse eC
asks. and all the rust and sweat of g
lat sailors corner cupboard, had APP m
lrently affected him very little ex- re
0t that he had gathered souvenirs of hi
em all, and was, in consequence, be- be
nudged and dirty. F.
This is the man, sorrl" said the gruff al
iced boatswain. ia
The captain abruptly ended his walk
I'd danced down the poop ladder ike II
man on wires. w
You d-d-dam scoUndrelp' he cried. to
a6ing his fist under the dirty ones
Sc. How dare you stow away aboard nj
Y vessel. you slSulking lubber? How Al
re you, | sayi What do you mean by di:
eaking aboard TO eat honest mems ca
ID and give nothing in return, you he
efl You jailbirdl You-you-'' up
Beg pardon, sir, but amt afryd to sa.
,rk, sir" protested the stowaway, ed
,ekly. sh
Don't talk back to me, you hulklng see
fer, or I'll put you in irons! snapped :
: skipper. And you can make UP 7
III mind that, if I don't send you "
elk before, you'll get three months on
I'd labor when we reach Adelaide. mi
1ats YOUR name?" the
AWkIns, sur. thi
Ever been to sea-" he
No, sir; l can't rightly sly as I've Ha
n to sea, sir but I've knocked abaht the
river quite a bit, and I've been as ..
as Margit once, sir he
he boatswain grinned broadly at s
S; even the captain could not for
II smiling. mn
W en-, ne Sdlu, put MN 10 WORK jan
S'n," and the green hand went for Z
I'd to be initiated into the mysteries wa
the ''slush bucket" and the "soogey- tle
Ogey" can. ga
as the captain put it, nen
nomeward- bound vessels were sight bal
until it was too late TO think of re- ha6
ming the stowaway. He was there sni,
:, taken into the mates watch as ber.
" work man, where he showed re- iase
'kabie aptness for some things and -
arvelous stupidity about others. In s,vo
It matters pertaining to seamanship ~
was hopeless. He seemed incapable on,
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