Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-28

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"Oh, sympathy-attraction-pernaps
you mesmerize me-or l mesmerlze
you-who knows?
II do. l love you"
Three days ago you did not know
me-"
THE plant can spring in night
But it does not always come to
flower"
I'm this case it is Towering already.
AS his eyes met hers they smiled,
and his broad shoulders took a positive
set.
She looked at him disdainfully-
this big, handsome, brainy man.
But a few short hours and we snail
have forgotten one another" she re-
marked.
Don't think that. I tell you that L
love you. And you-why will you not
acknowledge-the TRUTH
His eyes were tender, and, as II
compelled, she answered:
what can l acknowledge? How DO
l know that this"
She hesitated.
This is Iove?" he concluded.
A mighty green wave capped with
foam Numbered by. almost spllttlng
over the dc k.
LET me assist you out OF the sea-
dust" said the sailor.
The girl laughed.
"Go to your watch" said she; Il can
assist myself"
Miss Nolan had enjoyed the trip up
the coast starting at Portsmouth,
stopping at Plymouth, and now on to
Glasgow. Life at sea, even at sea-
son when most women are glad to be
safe on land. had a fascination for
this girl, bred among thinkers and
scholars, cultivated women and pro-
fessional men. \ man who was all
action was an interesting study to her
That was how she put it to herself
when her ears inclined to the first Of
floors impulsive wooing. She did not
take him seriously then. She had read
about sailors and had theories concern
ing them. The second day out she
wrote in her diary:
"a sailors life is so filed with perils
and hardships that can hardly blame
hin, # he fills up his breathing spaces
with whatever sport comes his way
evan If that sport sometimes means
nlaving at love. Any other man l
should despise for making a jest of
s,cb serious matter, but, considering
all things, l think Jack can be forgiven
for having sweetheart in every port"
Miss Nolan, like many an inexpert-
aoced girl. prided herself upon being
liberal and broad-minded.
The fourth day her dIary recorded:
.I believe he thinks he is in love
with me, but that's absurd. How can
he possibly care for me when he does
not know? He has the audacity, also
m tell me that he is sure that love
him. Why, DR.. Gibson, who, father
SAWS. is both morally and intellectually
one Of the finest men on earth. and
who has been paying me attentions
for two years, would not presume to
hint at such a thing. 1 think l will
marry DR.. Gibson. after all. He has
such good. kind eyes. They never
make me feel-uncomfortable.
Il wonder why 1 am so attracted t
him-thiS sailor man? Even before we
had spoken to one another, before the
vessel left port, when he was superin
tending the slowing of the hold, was
drawn to watch him aid listen to hi:
masterful voice. l never saw MAI
work like a king before. How the mer
under him obeyed his orders. HI:
strength was greater than any Of
theirs. / don't believe they could have
hoisted those bales without his aid.
Then he moved with such freedom
and fearIessness. scorning the gans
plank and passing from steamer t
dock and back again so quickly an(
carelessly. How alert he was to catcl
the captains commands, and what {
responsibility he bears. Last night
as lay awake, / thought of him keep
ing his watch above with all our lives
as II were, in his hands.
Then, when the second mate cam,
TO take his place, heard him pass m,
cabin whistling cheerily, even amit
the storm and darkness. What a lift
his is+eyer contending with perils ant
hardships. While DR.. Gibson Is warn
and safely housed, my sailor keeps hi
watch, with gales bowling and wave,