The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-04-13

its foul mouth In her presence. Run
ming to her fathers side, the child chat
tered with all the volubility of fattered
self-esteem. She ran hither and thither,
asked questions, invented answers.
laughed, sung, gamboled, peered into the
compass case, felt in the pockets of the
man at the helm, put her tiny hand
!, into the big palm of the officer Of the
watch, even ran down to the quarter
deck and pulled the coat tails of the
sentry on duty.
u At last, tired of running about, she
took a little striped leather ball from
the bosom of her frock, and, calling to
her father, threw It mp to him. He
returned 1t, and shouting with laugh
ter, clapping her hands between each
throw, the child kept up the game.
In the midst of this mirth the officer
of the watch, glancing round the fast
crimsoning horizon, paused abruptly.
and, shading his eyes with his hand,
, looked out intently to the westward.
.Frere, who found Mrs. Vicker's CONVEX
sation a little tiresome, and had been
glancing from time to time at the COM
! panion, as though in expectation of
, some one appearing, noticed the action.
what is it, Mr.. BestT'
: II don't know exactly. 1t looks to me
, like a cloud of smoke" And taking the
, glass, he swept the horizon.
"Let me see," said Frere, and he
looked also.
) On the extreme horizon, just to the
left of the sinking sun, rested a tiny
) black cloud. The, gold and crimson.
splashed all about the sky, had over
flowed around it, and rendered a clear
view almost impossible.
II can't quite make it out" says
: Frere, handing back the telescope. 1--WE
can see as soon as the sun goes down
0 a little"
t By and by Captain Blunt appeared,
t and taking the glass from his officer,
: looked through 1t long and carefully.
!, Then the mizzen top was appealed to,
= and declared that he could see nothing;
and at last the sun went down with a
e jerk, as though it had slipped through a
e slit in the sea, and the black spot, swal.
a lowed up in the gathering haze, was
l. seen no more.
e AS the sun sank, the relief guard came
IS up the after hatchway, and the relieved
l. guard prepared to superintend the de-
h scent of the convicts. AT this moment
1t Sylvia missed her ball, which, taking
YES
is sci, hoped over the barricade, and roll
m ed to the feet Of Rufus Dawes.
The bright spot of color rolling across
f. the white deck caught his eye; stoop
" ing mechanically, he picked up the bal
e, and stepped forward to return it. TIL,
s. door of the barricade was open, and tn
e. sentry did not notice the prisoner pas
n, through 1t. In another instant he wa
Ill on the sacred quarter deck.
Of Heated with the game, her cheek
b. aglow, her eyes sparkling her golde
he hair afioat, Sylvia had turned to lea
d. after her plaything, but even as sh
Id turned, from under the shadow of tn
RI cuddy glided a round white arm; and
he shapely hand caught the child by tn
To- sash and drew her back. The next mt
ed ment the young man in gray had place
he the toy in her hand.
n. Maurice Frere, descending the lac
H. der. had not witnessed this little inc
IN dent; ON reaching the deck, he saw onl
Dr. the unexplained presence of the convit
ed uniform.
"Thank you" said a voice. as Ruff
Int Dawes stopped before the pouting Sy
,st via.
Use The convict raised his eyes and sa
~ young girl of eighteen or ninetee
years of age tall and well develope,
nut who, dressed in loose-sleeved robe {
some white material, was standing
,g- the doorway. She hid black hair, cole
I'm around a narrow and fat head, a sma
els foot. white skin, well-shaped hands, an
tly large. brown eyes; and as she smiled
him her scarlet lips showed her whit
rt even teeth.
he He knew her at once. She was Sara
sw Purfoy, Mrs. Vicker's maid, but he ne
on err had heen SO close to her before; ar
np it seemed to him that he was in the pre-
It's ence of some strange tropical fowe
n which exhaled a heavy and intoxicatil
me perfume.
Rufus Dawes was seized from behi1
of by his collar and flung with a sho,
Mr.. upon the deck Leaping to his feet, b
in first impulse was to rush upon his q
his sailant. but he saw the ready bayon
in of the sentry CLEAN, and he checked hil
self with an effort, for his assailant W
md Mr.. Maurice Frere.
,rv "What do you here?" asked that ge
Inn tleman. "You lazy, skulking houn
INV what brings you here? If catch y
va. putting your foot on the quarter de
md again I'll give you week In irons"
on Rufus Dawes, pale with rage a
af- mortlncatlon, opened MS mouth to il
ink tify himself, but he allowed the words
,ers die on his lips. What was the use?
REQ. go down below. and remember VIII
his I've told you," cried Frere; and comp
inc bending at once what had occurred,
fol. made a mental minute of the name of t
ACC defaulting sentry.
IN The convict, wiping the blood FRI
een his face, turned on his heel without
In word, and went back through the stro
mt. oak door into his den. Frere leaned f
ward and took the girls shapely ha
, Of with an easy gesture, but she drew
was away, with fash of her black eyes.
vict "You cowardr' she said.
sbe The stolid soldier close behind tn
ami heard 1t and his eye twinkled. FIR,
rea- bit his thick lips with modification,
die he followed the girl into the cud
ten Sarah Purfoy, however. taking the
Jun tonished Sylvia by the hand, glided il
he her mistress cabin with scornful lau
and shut the door behind her.
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