Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-01

In 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 -thls
BIC. handsome, brainv man.
But few short hours and we shall
have forgotten ore another" she re-
marked.
Don't think that. tell you that |
love you. And you-why will you not
acknowledg e-the truth!'
His eyes were tender, and, as il COM
PEELED. she answered.
what can [ acknowledge? How do l
know that this"
She hesitated.
This is lover" he concluded.
A mighty green wave capped with foam
Numbered by, almost splitting over the
deck
let me assist you out of the sea-
dust" said the sailor.
The girl laughed.
60 to your watch" said shs; 4 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 season when most
women are glad to be safe on land, had
q fascination for this girl, bred among
thinkers and scholars, cultivated women
and professional men. A 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 off
GERS impulsive wooing. She did not take
him seriously then. She had read about
sailors and had theories concerning them.
The second day out she wrote in her
diary:
"A sailors life is so filled with perils
and hardships that I can hardly blame
him if he fills up his breathing spaces
with whatever sport comes his way
even if that sport sometimes means play
ing at love- Any other man ] should
despise for making a jest of such a
serious matter, but, considering all
things, think Jack can be forgiven for
having a sweetheart in every port"
Miss Nolan, like many an inexperienced
girl, prided herself upon being liberal and
broad minded.
The fourth day her diary recorded
Il believe he thinks he is III love with
me. but that's absurd How can he pos
sibly care for me whom he does not
know? He has the audacity. also to tell
me that he is sure that [ love him. Why
Dr. Gibson, who, father says, is both
morally and intellectually one of the
finest men on earth, and who has been
paying me attentions for two wears,
would not presume to hint at such
thing [ think [ will marry Dir. Gibson
after all. He has such good, kind eyes
They never make me feel-uncomfortable
Il wonder why [ am so attracted to
him-this sailor man? Even before we
had spoken to one another, before the
vessel left port, when he was superin-
tending the stoWng of the hold, [ was
drawn TO watch him and listen to his
nasterful voice [ never saw 81 man
work like a king before. How the men
under him obeyed his orders. His strength
was greater than any of theirs. [ don't
believe they could have hoisted those
bales without his aid
'Then he moved wi such freedom and
fearlessness, scorning the gang plank and
passing from steamer to dock and back
again SO quickly and carelessly. How
alert he was to catch the captains COM
mands, and what responsibility he
bears. Last night, as | lay awake,
thought of HIM keeping his watch above
with all our lives, as it were, in his hands.
Then, when the second mate came to
take his place, [ heard him pass my cabin
whistling cheerily, even amid the storm
and darkness. What life his is-ever
contending with perils and hardships
While DR.. Gibson is warm and safely
housed, my sailor keeps his watch, with
gales bowling and waves seeking to de-
your. Great courage and iron will must
undoubtedly be his. Yes. He lives n
mans life. He is man. But as to love!
Oh! that is absurd
1t was about $3.50 in the afternoon
The sea was rolling high: but Miss No
Ian, rocked by wind and wave, slept the
sleep Of sea sleeper, and it was not
until great shout went up from some
men on deck that she became conscious
OF peril. What was that cry she heard :?
There it was again
"HeyWoOd is overboard."
She started to her feet, but fell almost
Immediately. She crawled to the cabin
door and tried to push it open. AS she
Gld so sea mightier than had been felt
before struck the ship and capsized her
The girl realized that something terri
BILE had happened, that death was WAITING
near; yet, in this awful situation closed
III alone under the deck of the steamer
no sign of human life around her onlv
the warning elements in her ears. the onlv
clear thought in her mind was that The
man she loved had gone to his death
She realized now that she loved him else
why this pain at her heart-this indiffor-
ence to her own fate?
The sound of sharp blows on the n1snl--
ing above her head aroused her from tba
stupor into which she had fallen A fo n
she knew looked down. '~
have come for you,' said Mark How.
wood. -h<'i ~ LILY
Then Edna Nolan lost consciousness
The steamer had capsized with that
side OF her deck uppermost under Which
was MISS Nolan's berth The cansizino
was an unexpected happening. for ai7
though the sea had been rolling for hours
yet before the catastrophe the storm had
apparently abated, and even the contain
had retired with confidence for i;t tlla
rest, he and the mate hayino hean IN
nearly all the previous night.
The second officer had been suon+ o,,o,-
board just before tne comino IF the
mighty comber which had DESTROYED The
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