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distance, and was followed presently By
the appearance of Mrs. Jelly herself.
Meanwhile DIR. Tring had taken ad-
vantage of the sailors brief absence to
hold hurried colloquy with his friend.
"What on earth are you thinking
of, Colepepper? he protested. eve
don't want stewardess.
"a stewardess!' repeated the cap
tain with roar of laughter. ''Mrs.
Jelly stewardesss Wait till you see
her''
The doctor looked puzzled
"She is a sailor, sir, y the captain
went on; ssrates as an A. B.; stands
her watch as well as any man and bet
ter than most. Mrs. Jelly stewardess!
Don't you dare to mention such an idea
to her if you don't want to be annihi-
lated. Mrs. Jelly is a. Here she is,
though. to speak for herself. he broke
Off
Mrs. Jelly appeared in the doorway
and bestowed upon the captain stiff,
awkward bow, which seemed to hint
that she was not much accustomed to
such feminine courtesies She was a
squat broad hipped woman, with
snub nose and bristling chin and up
per lip. Her visible dress consisted of
drab colored deer stalker cap, stout
double breasted pea jacket, short blue
serge skirt and a heavy pair of mans
laced up boots. She had large brown
hands and swung them at her side, sail
or fashion, with the fingers hooked in
ward. and her grizzled gray hair was
cropped as short as schoolboy's Yet,
in spite of her, uncouth exterior, no one
would have been in danger Of mistaking
Mrs. Jelly for a man rugged out in fe-
male attire. for there was an indescrib-
able something about her which wrote
her woman" Perhaps it was her eyes,
for they were large and brown and had
that look of soft appealing in them
which is to be seen in dog always.
in a woman often. but in man never
"Well. Henrietta, said the captain,
i suppose you know that this is not an
ordinary cruiser
Eyes, captain. !" said the woman.
Jelly and me heard all about it at the
Admiral Blake, from them as had been
! told by you yourself, and we settled to
| sign on. if you d have US.
~ tThen you don't want to hear the
details over again at first hand7" asked
! the doctor in some surprise
/. No, sir, thankee, replied the WON
! an "I'd like to hear what the terms
are to be, though. Some said we were
1 to have wages and others share in
the run.
l 's1t's shares. 'Enrietta, interposed
I Jelly. "Don't bother the gentleman
Let's get signed on and be trudging.
Mrs. Jelly agreed by nod, and, tax
/ ing the paper which Captain Colepep-
per handed to her. added her name to
the others She wrote the signature in
firm. clear hand. and afterward added
underneath it her husband g name also.
and, having done so. she handed the pa
per across to Jelly for him to authenti-
! cate the document with his mark.
Nov, Jelly. we'll tramp" said the
woman shortly, and shouldered her hus-
bands hand organ.
Stay minute, !" put in DR.. Tring,
turning to the seaman. "That reminds
me that you have not yet explained
your possession Of this horrible engine
! Of torture. I"
Chats easy answered. sir. /" replied
Tom Jelly, with grin. "You see, I
was out of berth for bit, cause /
wouldn't ship with no captain as re-
FMS 70 lob so$k 10 oil
cause, as Cap'n Colepepper 'imself will
tell you. we two allus does ship in
company. So after wei been idle for a
month or 3d. she says, Jelly, says she,
low far have you ever been from the
seacoast9' Matter Of few miles once
or twice, says I. but not often. was
horn in Bristol quay side, sir, and spend
all my life in traipsing from port to
port. or lying quiet in sailors lodgings,
close alongside it. Then says she,
surprising we takes a trip inshore by
way of change THAT nd suit Tom
Jelly down to the ground. old lass,
says L; only don't see 'ow it's to be
worked The shotlocker is about empty
as it is. and if we started for cruise in
unknown waters like them, we'd soon
be finding ourselves owe beam ends on
to lee shore. so we would, ye lub-
Der, says she Them 8 the very words,
sir; you know 'Enrietta's way, cap n.
so we would, ye lubber. if you'd got
the managing Of it. You've no more
cad on you than pint of bilge water
''as Can't we buy one of them grinding
organs, says she. 'andw our passage
with that?' Now take it, gentlemen
ALL there amt many women clever
enough to plan out tower like that;
4 blow me, if there ISL
At the choruso amused assent which
the three auditors gave to this piece OF
brazen dattery Mrs. Jelly looked un-
comfortable. and muttered something
which the others did not catch
$50 you steered inland. Tom" said
the captain. with laugh. Ibid the
organ keep you goinga"
1--WE lived and travelled like dock
and a dookess, cap'n. and see sight Of
things and places. But must say we
did begin to tire of it terrible after q
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