Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-22

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,e"'' n..t.sssr Has, he cahra nsf-..d
liHy =. aidn't dnd out what he P,u', ~
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un", IN, Int he berthcd forward, Al. ur
A",n', s,,r m two before We siAf'ru WI -,
=" "," nm TO the old man Aha ''s"N
~ In, him a lot OF questions a., hon. NE
'ss ..gsn,.In. 80 ne said nrryously' "'F'
,ban have quiet passage .,,an',u said
81 don't see why We shou''"
''V Nh uay looked up at the sky' =, ,,na
s,rhsre seems to be good ue'' "
about" he said' u..Itr. That's
"Pre,y fair," said hesN'"' -, hsing a
what's going to take US home S''
steamer we cant do without ~, .,.d uay
YOU'RE sure It's quite saie asa an bis
,safs," said the old man, se'.us sh,n -
high horse. "safel N sa'nnk Iii,
The little man smiled apoloss v hs said.
,,yon will excuse me, captain, a
az ,n, mean any offence. The iae' -
.n -" sonstltutIonally nervous on shlppos, 1s
II is a feeling that have never WV
10 overcome a., Nth n sort OF
The old man looked NJ h'"
GOOD natured contempt. Ia.
s'p ,sy"n'ys no call to be alarmed he snc
I'm ,ake YOU 10 England safe enough
NJ, Uay smiled again and walked on ln,o
a, ,..is, where he had fixed mp the uger
sass II seemed to have sort OF e'lIa,',v w.,
- ,ir, Cor he stood before II Tor az leas'
o.a,,sr Of an hour. lIoskins looked a,e'
sia ana then turned to Miss sandiord' "ho
was sitting near ri, - he
a., man like that ought to stick 10
dry land
s.wsI you know. l have fellow feeling
,or MIN eaptain." she answered; N
afraid OF the sea myself
Shh ne said "but you're woman
,ou see. A BIZ OF fear is all right IN Wo.
man MS natural to them, But with man
ln's different a man ought to be airaiu o.
And are you afraid Of nothing cap.
,ainf" she asked.
"Not l." said Hoskins. You can nase
the biggest storm ever Matched out by l.e
China seas and III thank you for H. II
brings out all the good in man.
1T must be nice to be brave she tN,
claimed - -
a." said Hoskins modesily a brave man
and pretty woman are two OF tue hhes'
sights In creation. They ought always 70
There was something in his tone that
made her blush. And though she said she
.greed with him. she took the first oppor'
tnnity OF clearing of to another part OF the
deck.
one afternoon the skipper was sitting be-
side Miss Sanford on the poopdeck when
HAY came up the companion and made ms
way toward them.
There's something ! want to tell you'
captain." he said ITS getting on my
mind and making me quite uncomfortable,
That man whose business II is TO look after
the tiger isn't doing his work properly The
animal isn't getting enough food. II is
developing a savage nature. And yesterday,
when | went to see the man about II,
found that he was intoxicated. | really
think you should Interfere.
OF course, the old man should have inter
fered. But he didn't like being told ms
duty by the little professor, especially when
the girl was about. So he just sneered,
IF you are so darned frightened about
the beast, you better look TO the fasien-
ngs yourself, -
that is not my business The animal does
not belong TO me. l have done what / be-
llieve to he my duty | can say no more.
''That man. said Hoskins, looking af-
ter him. sis frightened of his own shadow.
lie, me give you a bit Of fatherly advice,
Miss Sanford. When you are looking for q
man to marry, never select a coward.
I'm not thinking of getting married, =
she said shyly. But when | do, I'll bear
your advice in mind, captain"
It was about a week after his converse
g.l n. II tI,ut 10 idu wa
sitting on the poop-deck, reading a book.
The old man was marching up and down
with quarterback trot, casting glances at
her and thinking how pretty she was. when
suddenly he let off a howl that would have
frightened an elephant and sprang into the
port mizzen rigging. / wasn't far off him
at the time, and / looked at him, wondering
whether he had gone mad. Then | saw
what he had seen, and | went up the star
board mizzen shrouds as quickly as he had
gone up the port ones. The girl raised her
head and looked at Hoskins, and he gaped
down at her and tried to shout. But for
some time he could only make faces
Look Look!'' he yelled at last Come
up the rigging The tiger is loose"
She sprang to her feet and looked about
her. Not four yards away from her the
tiger was playing with a coil of rope. 1t
was paying no sort of attention to her at
the moment, but she felt that it might take
it into its head to spring at her at any min
ute. As she stood, she was cornered be.
tween the stern OF the ship and the cabin
door There was nothing to be done but to
climb up the rigging She tried, but the
first step was too high and she could not
manage it, And when she realized that, I
thought she was going TO faint.
T.,
hand, but at that moment the tiger looked
up and saw him and gave kind of roar.
The old man stuck where he was then, and
sort of shivered all over like jelly in a
gale. AS for the girl, she went white all
over and gave herself up for lost. And
then-out of the cabin came Professor Hay.
He just took one look round and saw
the tiger Then he picked up a broom
some one who had been washing decks had
left leaning against the deckhouse and
pushed at the tiger with it, looking it
straight between the eyes. I'd heard of
the power of the human eye before, but I
had never believed it until that afternoon.
He kept walking forward, pushing the beast
gently before him right into the waist and
back into its cage.
When he had it safely fastened in he
came astern again, looking not the least bit
excited or worried, and put the broom care.
fully back into its place. The girl was
looking hard at him, and her eyes were shin
ing; but he didn't seem to be aware of il.
Hoskins had come down the rigging and was
looking trife ashamed of himself He
hadn't known it was so easy to push tigers
into their cages with broom or he might
have had try at it. After bit he spoke
up.
That was fine bit of work, sir he
said. IF I hadn't seen it couldn't have
believed it,.
Oh, it's nothing" said the professor
ITS my business. | tame wild animals !"