The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-11-03

| distance in the rear when the other
ran through the narrow passage lead
/ ing to the strip of deck that embraces
! the suprrStructurc.
In the middle of the passage Howell
! violently encountered the old gentle
/ man. who was returning at high speed.
"Gct out Of my way" he cried. push
ing the young man aside I'm in ii
! hurry. oh, beg YOU pardon; didn't
recognize YOU. She isn't out there.
! Where can she be? Perhaps she has
gone to her statcroom.'
1 He dartcG away forward, leaving
/ Howell somewhat pcrplcXCd. 1t was
absurd to suppose that the young Wo-
man had gone to her stateroom. How
ell was much more ready to believe
that the Grant father, in his wild cx-
citcmont, had failed to see her in the
crowd beside the rail. So he traverscd
the passage and looked out
The first person upon whom his eyes
rested was the young lady herself
She ran toward him with Il cry Of joy.
"You have found him."
"Ncs, hos aboard all right" said
Howell. 81 told him TO como out here
to look fer YOU ANA he did so. but he
4 was SO nervous that 7 guess he failed
/ to notice yOu.'
"poOr fnthcr. she said with sigh
Hes nearly blind without his glasses
I and of COURSE they fell off his nose at
the first alarm"
"Thcy did" responded the young
| man. ooh, there he IS now."
lie caught an instant's glimpse of the
old gentleman scurrying by the inner
end of the passage.
! You wait here. please" he said to
the young lady. III bring him to you
this time for certain"
Its so kind of YOU" said the girl
! The old gcntlcman's coattails were
/ Just disappearing around the corner of
the structure that runs up through the
! middle of thc saloon forward of the
/ main stairway. inclosing the upper
! part Of the machinery and Il fcw state
/ rooms for officers. Howell made his
! best speed, but he had almost complct-
cd the circuit before he overlook his
/ prey.
Your Gau@htrr" he said STORMY "is
! just wh.r, / said she was. Go through
| thal passage aft the one where we
had the collision ana youll find her
! outside"
"Thorc isn't Il minute to lose. ox-
! claimed the old gentleman, ana in two
seconds more he was out of sight.
Suddenly Howell was aware of Il
new commotion. Some one seized him
by the arm. lie turned to face an
elderly lady of agreeable c6untcnancc,
though her dignity suffered somewhat
from the effect of her excited state Of
! mind. Beside her was pink checked,
| pretty girl
"Whcrc has he gomez" they cXclaim-
| cd in chorus.
"Whcre has who gomez" returned
| Howell
My hushand"' cried the elderly lady,
"papa!" exclaimed the girl
II don't believe | have the honor
of his acquaintance" stammcrcd How
| eli.
"W'hy, we saw YOU chasing him
around the saloon" cried the girl
You mean tn" old gentleman with
the gold eyeglasses hanging down his
back"
Yes, that's papa" said the girl
ION, please take him ashore
"Why. I've Just brought him aboard"
| gaspod Howell.
"Yuu brought him ahaardr cXclaim-
| ed the elderly lady. "Why did YOU do
that, sir? 1t was very imprudcnt |
| can feel the machinery starting under
| our feet ut this moment"
"But his daughter told me- Howell
! began.
"Why, l never saw YOU before in my
| life" exclaimed the girl. Glow dare
| you say told You anything?"
"Wait a minute. Wait right hcror
| cried Howell III bring him to YOU"
| He fled madly toward the stern of
| the boat, daltcd through the p9sSawc
that has been several times referred to
| and ran into the arms of the lovely
| young woman in whose service he had
| first enlisted.
"Whcrc is hc?" she asked. Cant
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