Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-21
Cyrus OosOnSend Brady,
,ooyrsb1 1900 BY CHARLES scRIBNER:s SONS ;


| MY IldIlS 10 I1OH dlOs
Howard" replied the girl Frightening
as her fears diminished. Il am the
ward of Admiral Lord Westbrooke, the
| governor of Scarborough castle. !
| have no father or mother"
another claim upon our considera-
ton, ma'am."
''Sir, l thank you. l was going to
visit friends in Liverpool when that
unfortunate ship there was wrecked.
Oh, what will become of me now" she
exclaimed. her eyes filling with tears
again.
Liverpool lies in our way, Mistress
Howard. and twill give me great pleas
ure to land you upon some convenient
point on the coast in few days if the
wind hold and no mischance arise; and
now may l present my officers to you,
since we are to be fellow passengers
alp
Upon receiving the desired permits
sion from the grateful girl. in whose
pale cheek the color began to come
again. the captain, who was great
Sl1ChICI III OlOOS5LI LOA w ClA
the little group of officers and intro
duced them one by one. There was
much bowling and courtesying on the
quarter deck, which even the seamen
seemed to enjoy.
"This is all. believe" said the cap
tain. having stopped with the smallest
midshipman. who announced himself
in his boyish treble. in comical imita
ton of his elders, as vastly honored,
madam"
'The gentleman who brought me
here?" questioned the girl. blushing
family. 81 trust he is rot seriously in
jured?'
"Ah," replied Jones. my first lieu
tenant, Mr. Barry O'Neill. volunteer
with us and an officer in the service Of
his most Christian majesty, my friend,
the king of France" On the ship
O'Neill had elected to sink his mar
quisate.
He is not much hurt. Mistress How
ard, only battered about bit and pull
ed down by the nervous shock and eff
y
now! Did | not warn you. sir, to stay
belowY' said the doctor. shaking his
finger, as O'Neill. pale and ianguid,
with his head bound up. came slowly
up the companion way.
"Oh. am all right DOCTOR. said the
lieutenant. rather weakly, but smiling
with the audacity and Gallantry of his
race as he spied the girl. WHO would
stay below with divinity on the deck?
The thought Of the presence Of this
lady above him would lift crusader
from his tombstone"
"Allow me to present you in due
form to Mistress Howard. Mr.. O'Neill,"
said the captain. somewhat severely,
evidently very DESTROYS of observing
the proprieties now.
''Sir." said the young girl, looking
gratefully at the Irishman out of her
violet eyes II have to thank you for a
most gallant rescue, made doubly hard
by my perversity and foolish apprehen-
sion. which this gentleman" bowling to
the fiattered captain. has most kindly
removed"
"'TWas pleasure to serve you, mad
am. May l continue to enjoy it? We
would sink another ship for such an
other cha nee, said the freshman lightly. |
snow. propose to give up one Of my |
fabins to Mistress Howard and her |
maid" said the captain; and | pre-
sumo that she will need to rest after
he exciting incidents of the day until
supper is served. If you are able, Mr..
0'Neil should like to have you join
IS there with Mistress Towards per-
mission, Of course, since the ship is
lers." He smiled toward her, and
when he smiled he was irresistible.
81 am honored. sir, replied the girl
And | thank you. Cap
ain, shall be delighted" continued
he young lady. laying her hand in his
GWn as he led her aft to the cabin door
n the break Of the poop. Before she
uttered she turned and made a grace
ul courtesy: her glance swept toward
he young lieutenant. O'Neill from that
moment was no longer a captive-he
vas a slave. t,
Gentlemen. good afternoon" she +
aid. comprehending them in one
rilliant look. and smiling again. 1t
vas enough; that glance had given
WE'LL any number Of rivals.
CHAPTER ".
ENTER MAJOR COVENTRY. ]
T lHREE days later the Ranger,
under all plain sail, in a gen !
5sSzsSSI tie breeze, was slowly plow-
&Es4SS ing along through the Irish }
ca, Off the English coast, near the
aouth Of the Mersey. The whaleboat, \
canned by six of the smartest seamen,
rmed with cutlass and pistol, and :
ressed in their best clothes, old Price !
eng cockswain again, was just being
1ade ready. The ship was presently
owe to, and a side ladder was dropped 8
at the gangway where Miss
elizabeth Howard and her maid were
tan ldltng waiting for the lowering of :
ne Whaleboat, and around which the I
Ulcers OF the deck speedily congregat- 9
They were a sorrowflll lo4 of mon