The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-11-01

ssonr blew the clouds above on
beads across the hills of Crete. whicl
lay to the north on our port beam.
stood on the starboard side OF tn,
bridge. and the third officer came anC
Joined me there
II all days were Ike this. doctor.
~ said. the sea'd be a life wortl
living. One could forget the storm
aud the food aud the dies and the cock
reaches and the doctors we get OF
hoard, and one could enjoy life. /
was just such a morning as this. anC
just about here too, that old Hoskln'
came up to me on the Lively Mary
some ten years ago. We were taklns
her out from England for the first time
and It was a good six years before W,
saw he old country again.
1 had letter from the owners al
Glib. George he said. We're to TAKE
passenger at Port Said
A passenger. SIR?
Yes; a young woman George. II
seems she's going out to Singapore as
a governcss. She's bit short Of funds
George. but her people have some in
tinence with our crowd So I've got
instructions to take her from the p
and o. boat at Port Said and she
caves her passage money Tor the rest
Of the way. See?'
i see. sir [ says. I'm a bit so y
for the girl, though. She'll not take
kindly to this ship after the +. and o.
That's all you know. George says
the old man. I'm going to make this
ship home for that poor girl. I'm
going TO be father to her.
Well, sir, l answered, it ought to
some easy enough. You've had some
practice since I've known you. Quite
nice little family you've had.
He grinned a moment. and then he
went on. Don't you make no mistake
George; I'm going to protect this
young gil. look upon it as a sacred
DUTY. That's why I'm speaking to
yoI abort It now. I know the. sort
OF man you are and how little you're
TO be trusted when there's girl
about; SO l want you to understand
that this one is under my protection.
Just then the cook came forward
10 report that the second engineer was
III, and had to go to his bunk. We
didn't carry a doctor on the Lively
Aary, and Hoskins went off to see
what he could do. BY and by he sent
FOR me to his cabin, aud | found him
scratching his head over his medicine
chest.
The poor chaps pretty bad, he
said; but I'm hanged if | can tell
what's the matter with him. Here's
cough mixture. but he's got no cough.
Here's stomach mixture. but he's got
no stomacn-for food or anything
else. This riak stuff looks nice. but
the iabel's come or, and / can't tell
wnat It's meant for Here's salts
They can't do any harm at any rate
J fancy It can mix mp some salts
with drop of rsady and some Ken
nedy's Palnkiller" that ought to fix
aim
1T did.
"Of course | can't be sure that Il
was that that did it, hut the poor chap
died next day. He was nobody's
euemy but his own, and we all missed
him. He went over the side under the
Union Jack, like many another good
man has gone before him. and it's .
comfort 10 think that. wherever he
went he was likely 10 find it cooler
than we did at Port Said when we got
there.
At Port Said Hosklns went ashore
first, TO telegraph to the owners: sec.
ondly. to 90 on board the p. and o.
boat and find the girl who was coming
along With us. After about an hour
he came hack, bringing her with him,
and showed her into the spare cabin
he'd had prepared for her
Her name was Mary Price. She
was a pretty giri. with nice figure.
and black hair that cured about her
temples and around Il her ears. She
looked biz s,ck when she saw the
ship; but when she heard that she was
10 be the only passenger she bright.
cned up wonderfully. I guess she was
2 girl who liked a bit Of attention. and
low she knew she was going TO get
It,
went into the Old mans cabin for
some orders, and found MIN very
busy taking down lot Of photographs
from the walls ana putting them away
in a drawer.
Clearing :he decks for action,
George. he says The only girls
ever loved
asked.
"'oh. that's all right, he said. 'rve
wlrcG the owners and wen hear some.
thing at Suez.'
We went through the canal. and ot
Srez the old man got his wire We
were instructed to call at Perrin Isl.
and to pick up man there TO take
the place OF the one we'd lost. Tn.
mans name was Wilson, ana he'd only
recently been engaged by the firm.
ard bad been al Perrin carrying out
some rcpalrs TO one OF the boats that
had got piled mp there.
"lts a bit rough on the chief en-
sineer. SIR | said. He'll have TO take
the ship through the Red Sea short
handed. ! don't envy him.
Neither do |, George he said. 4
thank my stars that I'm on the bridge
ana not In the engine room. ana that
my officers put in an amount of work
that wouldn't be seriously missed
even u the whole lot OF 'em were 10
fall overheard at once.'