The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-09

HardyS watch did the fog show signs
Of breaking up. 1t thinned in places, and
presently through the stretching ceiling
Of it the. cold pale dawn looked down
. upon the sea and made it piebald with
granite-colored spaces. The breeze then
freshened and the fog began to fly. Col
umns of 1t moved away stately like pill
lars of sand on the desert; it swept in
Titan CobWebs between the masts; 1t
sped like silken wells streaming from
vlewless feeting spirits over the trucks
Wide yistas opened to windWard; large
blue eyes, soft with the moistness of their
hght hoated upon the trembling eastern
brine. The sun darted a pale yellow
lance, and as the captain put his head
through the companion-hatch the scene
of deep, saving a blankness in the west,
opened around, and 1t was a shining
morning with a bright sun and a blue
sea and an azure sky and pleasant
breeze of wind
Scarcely had the captains head shown
when Hardy, looking Stewards over the
quarter, exclaimed:
There's the barque that fouled us last
night, sir. She's got wifi at her miz-
Zen-peak."
She could be no other vessel than the
barque; the morning light was strong
and she lay within a mile, and YOU could
see that she had lost her fere-topgallant-
mast and Jibbooms. Her maln-topsan
was aback; she had clearly hove to after
losing her mate and spEntering clear OF
the ship and the smother Her backed
topsail curved inwards like carved ivory.
her rudy sheathing flashed its wet length
TO the sun as the heave rolled her light,
tall shape, with its slanting stare of black
ports, upon the wide white line that
girdled her
why is she flying that gamp?" said
the captain, taking q telescope out of the
complimentary; but before he leyeled if
at the ship he sent a glance full Of
| scrutiny aloft to gather if his vessel had
peen hurt in the night, which was dis
elhctly professional and sane, and quite
enough to have convinced the Jacks that
the "old man knew the time of day, even
II they suspected that the compass of his
Inlnd was wrong by points
Inc CAMP, as he termed the wifi con-
sisted of the French flag stopped in the
middle, that is, bound by a rope warn
INTO lhe appearance of CAMP umbrella
II tumnled at its block, and was a syl,
liable of sea talk, signifying "helpr' The
skipper whfstled to his dog, which had
Kept brave lookout throughout the
night without relief, and which seated
on the heel Of the starboard cathead
seemed to be listening with a grave oounr
tehance to the remarks of an ordinary
seaman who was addressing him. The
pounding att and paved his master IN
the SHIRT front, rising nearly his height.
you had better lower a boat and go
ana see what that fellow wants" said
the captain, and he motioned the dog into
the cabin and told it to wait there for
! breakfast.
They're lowering a boat and mean 70
oTlne ABOARD OF US, exclaimed Hardy
whose eyes were on the baroue
| a boat drODDed awxwardl1y P~o-. -
Vessefs tall side, and in a minute ar
Two the gold of brandished oars snar-
Kled upon the delicate feathering of the
water The men were washing down
ABOARD the York. In those days thew
carried head pump which they rugged
ana the bright water was passed in
buckets and Sluiced over the planks the
ooatswain standing by and giving the
scrubbers heart by his inspiriting cries
roars and oaths 1t was a common scene
of shipboaTd life, full of color move
ment and business
Hardy looked along the decks for the
French mate, but did not see him
The captain exclaimed, Wen send the
fellow aboard in his boat. A good rid
dance. How some faces damn the souls
which animate them. You seldom err in
judging a man by his looks The expres-
sion is formed by the character Rnt
aff1iction may deceive you 1 allow. a
! hare-hp, for example, or cock-eye."
Shall 1 pass the word for the French
man, sir?" said Hardy
| "Oh, yes! oh, yes, rout him out of itl''
answered the captain. smiling with that
air of superiority which would have con-
Victed him in the eyes of keeper.
The word was passed and the French
man. with the aspect of a pirate in a
boys book. rose through the scuttle as
| the boat came alongside The man who
had steered her scrambled into the n1iz-
zen-chains and sprang on to the quarter
! deck with salute of French courtesy. He