The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17

returned the elder Haxby calmly: but
he may live to be grateful to the brave
man who saved him. AS for thee, friend
he handed to Cairns a neat morocco
case containing a handsome gold watch
and chain-"we hope thou wilt live to
show this to thy grandson, and that thy
wife will accept from US the new furni-
ture, fittings and piano which we have
bespoken for the cabin of the Venture
as mark Of gratitude for thy bravery
and admission for thy choice"
You're overwhelming me with kind
ness. gentlemen said Cairns. as the lit
tie Quakers shook him warmly by the
hand; and as for thanking you. isabel
must do that. I'm not equal to IL. She d
have broken her heart. | believe, If you
had not permitted me to carry her to
sea
You wont be in such hurry to dive
headlong down shark throat when il
comes to leaving her Sehind you" said
Dunstone. so her going is as well. She'll
brighten up the cabin OF the Venture like
a posy, he went on. Aye, I'm half in
love with her myself-fresh and sweet
lively and cheerful, as graceful as rae
ing yacht, and as healthy as the breeze
that carries it along. Twenty-three just
the right age; well educated. gentle, and
without mother-in-law to NEEDLE in do
nestle affairs. Some fellows have luck
he ended, with a pretended groan OF en-
Wy.
"Ay." said Cairns my wife is not over
burdcned with friends. and that makes
me. With the exception Of sister whom
/ have never seen, who Is a year Younger
and, like my Isabel when we first met a
bookkeeper and a shorthand clerk, she
has not a relation in the world
The kindly Quakers drew him on to talk
of Isabel, how he had first met her at an
evening party given by the wife Of one of
the Grtmport merchants. and how in con-
trast with the loud dresses and CaCkling
voices of some other young women who
were present-if they had only heard him,
would they have ever called him delight
ful again?-the refined beauty and simple
grace of the lady clerk had gained in
charm. He told the story of their brief
wooing, Of the wedding. a very simple af
fair ana quite private, at the Grtmport
church, and described the cottage a mile
outside the town, which he had taken for
the honeymoon. II stood in an old-fash-
toned garden. and there were clipped yews
on each side of the gate. and behind was
d wood where nightingaies sang day and
night-at least, Isabel said they were
nightingales.
Thy wife will have to put up with gulls
and frigate birds at sea said Mr.. Jer-
envy. She can't take the nightingales
along with her"
''OT her sister said Captain Dunstone
pityingly. The poor thing will miss her,
I'll be bound.
She has friends In London, with whom
she lives. returned Cairns.
Friends are "a poor substitute for kim
dred,' remarked the elder Haxby
She is engaged to the eldest son of
these good folks" said Cairns, and / I'M
dersti nd the splicing of the lovers is only
a matter of weeks. He has a berth as
second mate aboard an Australian liner
and has good pay. Isabel tells me. and so
one may consider Miss Wlnifred well pro-
vided for"
''Winifred. Is that her name?' cried
Dunstone. Sounds as though 1t ought
TO belong to a pretty girl. Now, il | were
twenty years younger and little less
tough and tanned, there would be a
chance for mel