The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-04
selves comfortable whilst the weather is

proper for young woman to know" he
answered.
He took her to his heart and pressed his
lips to hers, which was like signing arti-
cles; that lip pressure was the seal of
their agreement to serve each other 10y
ally, and to eat the food on board without
growing.
The first thing they did was to go below
Here was the cabin just as they had left
it; there was the chair in which Capt
Layard had sat and talked metaphysics;
yonder was the locker on which the
drugged girl had slept and they stood on
the deck where Hardy had lifted his can
non ball of a head whilst his bewlldered
soul groped slowly into his brains They
went into the captains cabin and saw the
drum and the drumsticks and the little
bedstead.
What a fantasy of the sear' said
Hardy. ut is beyond me- 1t is like a
vision, sensible to perception and unreal
to It, Will our story be credited?''
Who cares?" answered the girl. 'Is
that the safe, George?''
Yes, and Ill look for the key by and
by The jewelry's there"
The safe was small and secured on
massive timber shelf, but though small
1t was large enough to contain the Kohl
moor and to hold buried the wealth and
jewels of a rajah
Hardy cast keen look around him,
saw that the table held the necessary
machinery of navigation, carefully
wound up the chronometers, which had
not stopped, then went into his own
cabin whilst the girl entered hers When
they presently met they sought for food
and found plenty in the pantry here Were
ham and tongue, palatable stuff in tins
white biscuits and pots of jam.
They sat down and ate and the New
foundiand sat beside them, triumphant
in this familiar company of man and
woman, and Julia, who loved him, saw
| that he made good breakfast
How are we to manage it, George?"
she asked
1T will require some scheming," he
answered, 'but We must not accept
help, because if we do our salvage
share will shrink out of all proportion
least?''
II can steer boat, but not a Ship"
Julia answered
Il will teach you; you will get the
art in very few lessons
"One lesson will do if I have the
strength"
oh" he answered with loving
glance at her, you are one of those
English girls whose shapes of beauty
are wire-rigged. Wire is stronger
than hemp, though it looks delicate
What your strength can't do [ have arms
for"
80 you have" she replied; you are
the manifest sailor that ever was'
Let US change the subject" he re-
piled with little color of pleasure
in his face, for a compliment from your
/ sweetheart is next to a kiss 1--WE are
/ fortunate in finding the ship under
very easy sail. Well get some more
fore and aft canvas upon her for it
| is easily hauled down, but 1 shall leave
% NI,DN
rest as 1t is. I'll bring her to her course
| at noon when I find out where we are
You will light the galley fire as we shall
| want a hot drink. But we need little
! cooking, for if we boil a good lump Of
beef that, with the food in the pantry,
will last you and me and the dog 500
| miles of sea-
Are we near England?"
'Not very, I think but l shall know
! exactly presently how near we are"
How shall We get rest, George? We
must sleep or die, or worse, go mad"
Aye he answered, thoughtfully;
'you see things rightly, but We must
not make sleep a difficulty"
| "The rest seems quite easy" she said,
| joyously; "and 1 shall learn to steer
in one leson."
They left the table and went on deck,
followed by the dog, who growled softly
: and often in a sort of undertake with
| himself There is a great nature in a
Newfoundland, and you often wonder
whilst you look into his soft, affection
ate eyes what his thoughts are.
1t was a glowing scene of forenoon
ocean. The ripple ran with the laugh
/ ter of the summer in it's voice. The
endless procession of humps of swell
as though old ocean was perpetually
Struggling his shoulders over spiteful
memories, brought the flaming ban
ners of the sun out of the East, and
swept them westwards in knightly ar
ray of fiery plume and foam-crested sum-
nit Four miles off wallowed the poor
little brig, tearfully Tapping her pocket
! handkerchief to the naked horizon, and
by mute and pathetic gesture coaxing
nothing into being to help her. Many
soft, white clouds hoated westwards, and
| Hardy noticed that the glass was high
and those clouds meant nothing but
vapor.
What a noble ship to be IN hcarge If,
to virtually be the owner of, to rescue
from the tolls of the sea, to witne IN
security in some harbor of England fly
ing high the commercial flag of the en-
pire in token of British supremacy, even
in the hour of peril, when the foreigner
| would consider all was lost!
TT is not yet 12 O'clock" said Hardy,
land we will light the galley fire."
They walked forward and entered the
sea kitchen. Plenty of chopped wood lay
stacked. The ships cook had been man
of foresight and anticipated labor by
putting an ak into the ordinary seaman s
| hand; also near the wood stood two buck
| cts of coal and a little heap on the deck
| There was plenty of coal in the fore
peak for a voyage to Australia. Hardy
had matches, which are curiosities 2 sea
In a forecastle, for you light your p'pa
at the galley fire with rope vans or shay
! ings, and the slush lamp is kindled by
the pinnacle or side light But aft there
are usually matches, because the cabin
is the home of elegance, refinement and
luxury and the captain must have match
es, for he cannot light his cigar at the
sailors fire. Hardy first explored the
coppers; they were empty. He filled them
from the scuttle-butt; why should he use
salt water when there was plenty of
fresh a hand? Fresh water would cleanse
the mahogany beef Of something of IT'S
brine, and perhaps soften it into com
placent recognition of human digestion.
Then the fire was lighted; he could not
find the key of the harness cask, so he
fetched a weapon from the carpente ter's
chest and the staples yielded to his blow
with the shrek of lacerated wood. There
was plenty of beef and pork In. the cask
buried in the horrible crystal in which
turks the demon of scurvy; he turned the
pieces over, and selecting the fattest ard
least ill-looking lump dropped it into the
copper for boiling when the water should
begin.