The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-13

lhus diSparaged, Pollard defended
himself and his craft.
"Me an Daisy II sail to Gulf light
quicker'n any other two tubs in Pen
zance. missy Her be long run at
this time o. year, but you'm get there
all right, 'xpect. WI n norrard breeze
wc'm be safe enough. If the wind
makes zee en- zee ct comm. zee knaw."
She laughed quietly. Any reflection
on the spanking powers Of his pilchard
driver would rouse Ben instantly.
"As II didn't know all you could
teach me-" she cried, land as IL any
one in all Cornwall could teach me bet
ter"
The old fisherman was mollified. He
looked along the quay.
"Time we'm cast Off" he said. "Miss
Constance be a plaguy long time
fetchin' them wraps"
"Oh, Ben, how can you say that?
She had to go all the way to the cot
tage. Why, If she ram
Here she be-" he broke in, IAN she
bain't runnln', neither. Hers got
| young man in tow"
What announcement would straight
en- the back of any girl Of nineteen like
unto that? Enid Trevillion turned and
stood upright.
"Why, it's Jackw she cried, waving
delighted hand.
$50 it be-" admitted Pollard, after
surprised stare. when l look land
ward my eyes b'ain't so good as they
was"
He stated this fact regretfully. No
elderly sea dog will ever acknowledge
to falling vision when he gazes at the
level horizon he knows so well. This
Is no pretense Of unwilling age; 1t Is
wholly true. The settled chaos of the
shore bewilders him. The changeful
sea cannot.
Meanwhile, the dawdlers lining the
their eyes, devoted themselves to a
! covert staring at the young people
hurrying along the quay.
Constance Brand, being young and
pretty woman, secured their instant
suffrages. Indeed, she would have
won the favorable verdict of a more
severe audience. Taller than Enid, she
had the brown hair and hazel eyes Of
her father. To him, too, she owed the
frank, self reliant poise of head and
clearly cut refined features which con-
veyed to others that all important first
good impression. Blended with Ste
phen Brands nrm incisiveness, and
softening the quiet strength Of her
marked resemblance to him, was an
essential femininity which lifted her
wholly apart from the ruck of hand
some English girls who find delight In
copying the manners and even the
dress Of their male friends.
Her costume was an exact replica Of
that Of Enid. She walked we'll and
rapidly, yet her alert carriage had q
grace, a subtle elegance, more fire.
quently seen In America than In Eng
land. Her lively face, flushed with
exercise, and, 1t may be, with some
little excitement, conveyed the same
transatlantic characteristic. One saiC
at seeing her: Here Is a girl who has
lived much abroad" 1t came as sur
prise to learn that she had never
, crossed the channel.
The man with her, Lieutenant Johr
Percival Stanhope, II. NJ, was too ia
miliar a figure In Penzance to evoke
: muttered comment from the gallery.
A masterful young gentleman hi
| looked, and one accustomed to having
, his own way in the world, whether ir
love or war. True type of the British
sailor, he had the physique Of stronl
, man and the adventurously cheerful
! expression of q boy.
The skin Of his face and hands, Olive
{ tinted with exposure, his dark hair ant
the curved eyelashes, which droopet
over his blue eyes, no less than the ar
tistic proclivities suggested by his wei
Z chisled features and long, tapering fin
= gers, proclaimed that Stanhope, not
3 withstanding his Saxon surname ant
I bluff bearing, was a Celt. His mother
in fact, was Tregarthen of Cornwall
. daughter of peer and leading figur
, in local society.
I One may ask, "Why should youtl
of good birth and social position b.
4 OH such terms of easy familiarity witt
two girls, one of whom was the daugh
ter Of lighthouse keeper and the othe
her sister by adoptionT"
|. Indeed a great many people did asl
Y this pertinent question. Among Others
9 Lady Margaret Stanhope put 1t oftel
and pointedly to her son without an
j. cogent answer being forthcoming.
: If she were denied enlightenment, a.
: though her maternal anxiety was just
|. fable. the smokers on the pier, as reI
s resenting the wider gossip Of the towr
+ may also be left unsatisfed.