The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-28

sibly she supported her head upon his
| shoulder after removing her hat
1t was ticklish sitting ground and they
| sometimes Sided, which was a very good
| reason why Hardy should hold her by
the waist, and why Julia should cling
lovingly with her head. And in this pos
ture they entered the night and passed
! perhaps a couple of hours, so that when
Hardy struck a match he found the time
/ nine.
He made for the Mattress felt and
found it, and the north country apparel
which was to form the bed clothes He
then lurched back to Julia, who did not
want to lie down. but he was her lord
in resolution and her love consented.
Always cropping, for despite the sea
| flash 1t was inside here of a midnight
! blackness, he pillOwed her head with
garment of north country measurement
and then carefully covering her to the
neck with the shippers coat he pressed
his lips to the brow of the girl who was
! to be his wife and who was therefore
sacred to him, and babe her sleep and
/ leave him to watch and nod and watch.
And now all that followed was SEX
/ enfng. sloppy, bowling, reeling, foaming
! hours of darkness, with nothing in them
! but the drunken vision of brig and the
noisy rage of her straining heart. But
| at NAH past s o CLOCK Dy f1drQy s watch
the weather was undoubtedly moderat-
| ing; by 1t was blowing a little fire sh;
! by it was daylight and the wind north
| east, a pleasant breeze and the gre n
| sea rolled in foamless swells, cutting the
wake of the sun, which shone brightly
! out of every blue lagoon twixt the
| clouds.
The girl was up and sitting at the
! table. She had slept but little, but that
: LITTLE nd DIV
brought the telescope out of the berth.
! it was a poor glass, but you could see
more through it than with the naked
eye. The brig was rolling ponderousIy
ON the swell, whose heave was some
times too sudden for her, and she would
stagger with a scream of white water
! from her side. Her canV as was blowing
out, and the sodden old cask may have
had some way on her.
Hardy stepped out and looked for the
York Fad he looked for St. Pauls ca
thedral he could not have seen less Of
it. The ship was not in sight, and he
] fetched deep breath, for either her
crew had abandoned him and Julia to
! what sailors would know might prove 81
terrible death, or the ships drift had
been faster than he had allowed for
shes not in sight" he shouted 10
| Julia, then sprang into the main-shrouds.
! put his telescope over the rim of the top
! and got into the top.
She was not in sight from the top, and
| he crawled as high as the cross-trees,
! and she was not in sight from that eleva-
ton. Nothing was in sight but the hori-
zon, which wound, eel-like, to the flash
! ing clasp of the sun upon it.
He regained the deck and put the tel
escope down and sat beside Julia,
What shall we do?" she said, when
he had given her the news
I'VE will breakfast he answered.
And forthwith he made biscuit sand
witches of the pork of which there still re-
manned a good lump, a Godsend. There
was nothing much to elate him in the
sight of the boat still safely dashed to
/ the deck; he feared the open boat in mid
ocean with few provisions, little water,
and an everlasting menace of weather.
! for blow it will, if it does not blow now
and what sort of a time would they
have had afioat in that boat last night?
Julia dredged her lovers face with
her eyes, but could not make out what
was passing in his mind, because he him
! self did not know what was passing
there.
I'VE must husband our stores" sid
he, 'and wait for something to sight
u.s.
Saying which he rose and STEPPED w
a little ladder TO the top of Tie deck
house, directed by sailoriy instincts TO
| what he wanted, and there it was. Sc
! curely dashed to the iron stanchions Of
| the low rail-a fag-locker He opened
| 1t and took out the Red Ensign and car
ried it right aft, and bent it, union
down, to the peak signal halliards and
hoisted it half-mast high, a signal of
| deep distress and death. It's rippling
| noise was pleasant, but the look of II
was CHASTITY, with its dumb. appeal to a
pitiless sea-
Julia stood beside him, and sank her
| clear gaze far into the recesses of the
ocean, and saw the sea line working
and nothing more.
Lets go and see If the galley has be-
| trayed any secrets of food" said he
The sluggish roll of the brig was no
hindrance to feet accustomed to the
! bounding deck They found the galley
murdered; it was split and shivered, but
the coppers to the stroke of the sea that
slung them had spewed out a big lump
of beef and a bolster of duff-the sailors
pudding-composed of dark flour and
slush, with here and there currant. but
not always. Hardy pounced upon the food
as the adjutant lights upon the floating
| Hindoo.
They've left their dinner behind them, y
he said. Good God! what noble haul
Here is enough for week, with care"
rs it cooked?''
He answered this question by pulling
out his knife and cutting off a piece of
the meat Another half hour would have
cooked it, but it was eatable to human
necessity.
He slowed this provender away in the
deck house and filled the breaker from
the scuttle butt, then went with Julia to
look at the bell
You did not hear it last night" he
said.
Mo- she answered
'It shall not trouble you again. said
he, and he unlocked it and threw it
down.
But who struck it?" she asked.
Hell not strike it again. he an
swered.
He peeped through the fOrescuttle and