The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-02

ended her studding-sails. and came surg
| ing with little more than the speed of
| the York on to the clippers quarter with
| N easy hail. A man stood on the rail
/ holding on by the mizzen-rigging. No
/ nag new at the gait end, but the word
1ankee was writ in letters as big as
the barque herself. The figure grasped
an old-fashioned weapon for the convey
ance OF sound-a speaking trumpet; he
put 1t to his lips, and whilst small
crowd of men on the barque's forecastle,
6ttlred IN dungaree and vary cofored
neadgear, gazed at barking dog in a
Held, the man with the trumpet delivered
his mind thus:
"Ho. the ship ahoy! What ship are
your
Hardy, with one hand to his mouth,
Julia meantime steering, roared back:
DON
This was all he said. He did not
inquire the barque's name; it was no
business of his to know it. But she
was forging ahead. and the name under
the counter in long white letters grew
visible: Columbia-Boston.
Where's your crew." shouted the man
with the trumpet.
1 "On deck, was the answer.
A man standing by the figure on the
rail took the speaking trumpet and re-
| placed 1t by a telescope, which the figure
| leveled at Julia
Hes admiring you,'' said Hardy.
| II daresay the crew on that forecastle
are laughing she exclaimed.
Sailors are too well fed to laugh
easily,'' replied Hardy. "Oily men, fat
men, rich men, seldom laugh"
| All between the two speeding vessels
was the rush of the white surge, and
| the ships seemed to salute each other
like acquaintance as they bowed In
stately rolls and sang the song of the
! shrouds one to the other, for it is all
! singing at sea-singing or singing out.
Suddenly when the barque had drawn
| on to the weather-bow Of the York she
| was luffed up into the wind, and the
! weather-half of her loftier canvas was
| aback.
"They mean to visit u.s. said Hardy.
"Not to stay, I hope" said Julia anx-
| iously.
In few moments some figures broke
| the barque's forecastle crowd and ran
at, and white boat of whaling pat
! tern, sharpened stem and stern, sank
| from it's davits with six men in her, and
| the man who had given the telescope
| to the figure on the rail steered the boat.
Hardy put his helm down and shook
the wind out of his small canvas and
presently the boat was hooked on along
side and an American sailor-a chief
| mate-clambered over the rail on to the
! deck of the York.
1t Is bad taste to initiate accent, or
! oddities Of phrase, or nasal deliverances.
This Yankee mate then shall speak as
| our first cousin does.
DO you mean to say" said he, touch
ing his cap as he approached Hardy and
| Julia, that you and this lady''-he bow
| ed to her-"are your ships company
NO. answered Hardy. I'VE have that
dog; he Is worth ten foreigners, and we
have watch-taokle and WINCH
And you are carrying this ship to
| London alone?"
| "Ay''
The Yankee mate looked a little stu
pefed, glanced along the deck, then up
! at the Red Ensign, then at the girl who
| stood beneath it.
Where are you from?' he asked.
See here" said Hardy; ~ intend to
| spin my own yarn when I get ashore
| and 1 do not mean that 1t shall either
| be diminished or exaggerated by report
| This lady and I propose to carry this
| ship home alone, and that flag flies in
vSin If we fail.
well, 1 am surprised" said the mate
| of the barque 1T must be very I'M
| comfortable. Your outer jib Is Stating
| and your stay-sails want slowing. Can
| we help you?3.-
II am very much obliged" said Hardy,
but before you call your men aboard
this lady will kindly bring from the cabin
a bottle of grog and glasses that we
may drink to the good voyage of the
Columbia and to the increasing great
/ ness of your magnificent country"
! Il amsWilhngss answered the mate and
as Julia disappeared he exclaimed, is
she your wife, sir?''
| mo; she is my sweetheart; she is the
| daughter of a retired commander in our
royal navy, and if God suffers us to reach
home she will be my wife"
sattShe is a very fine young woman said
| the mate. 2zt
'she has splendid spirit" answered
/ Hardy, land she is very fine young
| woman as you say"
Julia knew the ways of the under
! stewardess, and was quickly on deck
again with a tray of glasses, cold water
and bottle of brandy. She mixed the
spirits, each man saying when" and
took little drop herself, just enough to
be sincere with in her good wishes The
| Yankee mate did not seem to greatly
! trouble himself that the figure on the
| barque-undoubtedly the skipper-should
keep the telescope bearing upon them.
| With one hand on the spoke Hardy, with
| the other hand, held aloft the glass Of
! grog and said:
Here's to your beautiful barque and
| to the noble country from which she
halls
He drank and so did Julia, and the
mate before drinking said:
Here's to the red flag of old England
and to the fine girl who steers ships I'M
der it!''
julia laughed merrily and thought the
mate better looking now than she had
at first believed. He was a little saIIow
little long-faced, and on the whole
! what the Americans call slab-sided; but
| he had the geyes Of an honest man and
! the looks of q good sailor, and if his
name were inscribed on the dome of ST.
| Pauls nothing better could be said of it.
My captain will be getting impatient, y
said the mate Hell wonder that you
don't take assistance
IF your men will hoist that canvas for
me-" answered Hardy, II shall ask no
more help
What a beautiful dog is that!'' said the
Yankee mate, hanging in the wind, SO
much did he relish this novel rencounter
and brief association in mid-Atlantic with
q young lady Of incompatible figure.
II would be the happiest man in America
! If owned that dog"
"A1l America would not purchase him I"
answered Hardy; his name is Sailor. and
| he has the spirit of Nelson. 4Ie helps me
and the Watch-tackle to brace I'D, keeps
/ a lookout like mailman in search OF
| the philosophers stone, never gets drunk.
and always says his prayers before he
| IN r.