Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-13

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Whereser II nay bsaA- AID ! sIill work
hard 70 pay f.r ~ p.oaee.r
A look Of woaAss ogerspresd she
captains face aud sAse BE- bar~s into .
loud laugh.
"welL - all sAiau~ TIA are extrsor-
dinaryir he exoissnssd \ shoaeht to
-ee rog weeping aud bsgging me H. take
vuu baek - yoUr loving parents. and
instead ~ thai you g., a. satisfied
az n in voar fssker's house. and
cool tao- and he g. b laughing
again. Then he tsraed - a man by
his side Who seemed b. be an officer
what a. guu say2 Shal We take the
boy Nith Hs2'
why notF" repiied the officer HE
i piurky feils~. and he can do no
harm hers ] don't begrudge hia has
rics. - let'sg eep him aboard the junk
instead - sending him 10 feed the
fishes
The thourht that such fearful idea
had been in their minds sent >ho Msi's
haart into her mouth. bot since she had
won the FIRST point by courage she was
4uick b. see that seakness would be-
fetal
The fsh viii do very well without
me- na Doubt" she said, though her
voice almost stuck in her throat; ''aBd
n they dom Q, shy. let them starve, /
then, or feed on toxards.
The two men exchanged a glance Of
HNllfNfTF NtA HIHNH NHtNAtibiis blN Ah Ah fAN
Mai read the guarantee Of her safety.
Let the cook see that The young fel- /
low has his supper said the captain.
for upon the honor Of my father he
deserve i.."
Prom taat Day on sho Mai was treated
with kindness by all on board. The |
readiness Of her wit appeared 70 be a
source % endless delight o. the bluff |
captain, who spent many hours talking /.
with her, and would laugh immoderate- I.
ly at her quaint comments upon what
she saw. She was not slow 10 perceive I
her advantage, and she studied her
words that they might At the humor OF
the man in whose hands she saw that
her fate now rested.
No work was required of her, and she
spent all her time in listening to and
iudiciously applauding the captains
wondrous stories of the sea and in
studying the river banks a. the junk
pursued her way. In particular, her
reckless disregard OF the future de-
lighted the skipper, who PREDICTED for
her glorious future whom She should
grow up and command a vessel of her
wv H. IN It~lFHSt 10 lis " ANffHiipNS hNt
told a prcposterous story Of her past life.
and he seemed all the more pleased
with it because he evidently recognized
il for clever and interesting falsehood.
She wondered much concerning the
nature of that cargo which the captain
had SO much feared that she had seen
when the great box had fallen upon the
pier, but no word in explanation Of that
occurro nee could she win from any one
by such questioning as she dared to vent
ure upon.
One day the river widened before her
eyes. The banks recedod TIL they
wholly passed from sight, and -ho Mai
knew that she was at lost mon the
bosom of the ocean. They sal ID north
ward before favorable winds. and under
skies cloudless by day and night. Thus
for several days, and then came an aft
ernoon when a lifeless and sullen calm
pressed heavily upon the sea. The air
grew heavy, and in it there appeared to
be a strange pulsation which was not
unlike the roll of the CLASSY pillows un-
der the ship. In the west the sun
dropped behind belt of copper bordered
with lead, which rose with a slow and
terrible precision, darkening the sky
more and more. The captain and all
the sailors cast anxious looks at the
broad belt of cloud in the west. and when
the sun sank into it they lowered all the
sails but very small portion scarcely
larger than a shawl.
"A great gale Will soon break upon
us, said the captain. In all my life
upon the sea have never eeen a more
threatening sky"