The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-13


'em wouldn't know where to STOP
I'm of duty said Wilson, and
this is the girl I'm engaged to.
haven't seen her for q month, and
now I'm going to have kiss. II you
don't like 1t, Captain. you'd better
turn your back. don't want to hurt
your feelings
"'You internal ash-cat! yelled
Hoskins. Go to your quarters at
once. And Miss Price, 1 must re-
quest you to go to the cabin
Now, then, Mary said the engi-
neer, I'm waiting
"She hesitated a minute, and then
made little sort of pecking kiss at
him. Then she ran forward, and
Wilson, as II satisfied, turned aud
went into his cabin.
George said Hoskins to me,
there's something wrong here.
'Tain't In nature for a girl like that
| to marry a man that looks as though
he was a rag-bag struck by light
ming. Mark my words. George, that
| poor girl been forced into this en-
gagement by her cruel parents. But
| l won't stand by and see her ssacrt-
| feed
after that he took extra care of
her. She spent more time than ever
| on the bridge, and when she wasn't
up there, he was down on the lower
deck with her. 1t was exactly as he
| suspected--at last, she told him so.
| The engagement had been of her
| parents making, and she had come
| to sea, not to escape-she really was
| very fond of Mr.. Wilson-but to find
out whether her feelings would stand
the test of time and absence
From the beloved object,
George, said the old man, with
grin. What do you think2'
Well, SIR l said, .if I'd seen
anything like that chap Wilson once,
it'd take me long time to forget it.
"All the time those two we're flirt-
Ing that engineer never said word.
He went down to the engine-room
and he came up to his cabin, and he
scarcely ever showed up on deck.
! When he did he never seemed to care
! the toss of button where that girl
" LIZ ullhuB DhONSu Dio
sense. If he'd given any sign of jeal-
ousy that girl would have gone on
lot worse than she did AS it was,
she began to be uneasy--to find that
he didn't care; and now and again,
I'd find her coming around his quar-
| ters to get word with him; but he
hardly ever spoke to her.
Not until we reached Singapore
did he have it out with her. She and
Hoskins were on the bridge, and the
old man was pointing out the beau
ties of the harbor when Wilson came
up the companion and touched his
hat. For once in his life he had a
clean, white drill suit on.
What do you want?' said the
old man.
Shore leave, SIR said the engi-
neer; L want to go on shore to get
married
Mary gave start. and saw her
face flush. Hoskins was puzzled. He
got the idea from the chaps manner
that there was someone else on
shore, and that he was doing this to
punish the girl for the way she'd
treated him on the voyage.
It'd be hard to keep you from
that he said; you may 60
Wilson touched his cap again.
Now then, Mary he said, come
along
81 won't. said the girl, indig-
nantly. The ideal
Very WE'LL said Wilson, but
just listen to me for a minute, my
girl. I'm here now, and I'm willing
to take you on shore and marry you
before the consul. If you don't like
it, then / shall consider myself free
again. If you think l haven't no
ticed your behavior on this ship,
you're mistaken. A girl like you
wants looking after, and when I'm
your husband, I'm going to do 1t. AS
for the captain there, If you think he
has any idea of marrying you, you're
wrong. He's not a marrying man. |
shall be ready to go on shore in quar-
ter of an hour. If you're ready to go
with me then, we'll and good. If
not
"He nodded significantly and left
the bridge.
Mary Price had taken a look at
Hoskins whilst the other was speak
ing, and that told her all she wanted
to know about the sincerity of the
old mans matrimonial Intentions.
So quarter of an hour afterwards, as
the engineer was going down the
gangway, she slipped her arm into
his and went with him.
"Hoskins looked after them rather
enviously.
Wonderful, George, wonderful
he said to me. If l could be as firm
with women as that chap 1t, I'd have
had a lot less trouble with them.
He's taught me a lesson, George. He
shall have a wedding present
And he sent him suit of clothes"
The Umbrella Forgetters.