The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26

It sank under the weight of what she | deposited. Then she fled again, As soon as the two could escape the | gaping crowd they hurried to an inn.
 where they found that Celeste had | given them a purse with fifty Napo- Icons in it. They also learned that Colonel OBrien was on his way to take | command of a fortress In the Dutch l territory which the French then occu- | pied.
 That evening while they were debat-
 ing what to do they fell to talking with
 some conscripts bound for Flushing.
 and OBrien managed to secure the pa- l pers of one of them. Armed with these | they discarded their stilts. put on
 clothes like those worn In that district
 and entered Flushing boldly, They found the inn kept by the wo- | man for whom they bore the letter and
 they learned to their joy that her hus- l band was a Flushing pilot. When the | tugitives added to the persuasion in the letter the fndueement of bribe of l 100 Lotus he consented. to :ake them to | sea that night. He brought them pi- l lots clothes. and the next morning
 their little vessel hailed British cut
 ter and they were saved.
 Peter took oBrisn home with him. where he found matters greatly
 changed. His fathers two eldest broth
 CTS had died, and the third had two daughterV but no son. Thus Peters | father stood so much nearer the title | and estates that Lord Privilege had be- | gun to remember him quite gracious I ly.
 | As for Peter. who never had been | hOnored with even a sight of the old | gentleman. now that 1t looked as If he | might be Lord Privilege some day. his | grandfather invited him to a visit and | gave him finger, which was a great | ccndescension. He also was good 1 enough to write to the Admiralty ask | ing the First Lord to appoint Lieuten-
 ant O'Brien and Midsh hipman Simple to 1 a fine frigate. In addition he Increased | his sons allowance. most handsomely | and dismissed the two with great re- 1 gard. "A.
 ! Tn another month Peter and his 1 friend were in the Sanglier frigate
 bound for the West Indies. where they | cruised for more than year before l they were ordered to England. This | time Peter found his home in a sad | state. Ills eldest sister had married
 an army officer and gone to India and | bis second sister had died soon after | ward. leaving only one at home, Ellen, l who had become a very beautiful girl 1 of IT.
 l His mother was quite prostrated by 1 leT 0OuDlS IObSs ana lllblS l fort from her husband, for the Rev. Mir. | Simple had a trouble that occupied his i whole mind. His brother had gone to l Ireland suddenly with his wife. leaN- | ing all their servants behind, and after
 a few months he had returned with the
 news that a son had been born to hi:n
 The Rev. Mr. Simple felt sure that
 there had been fraud in the matter, but
 he could not prove 1t. Lord Privilege
 had quite withdrawn the light of his l favor again, and had turned ali his | fatherly affection to the broth sr Tho
 had at last succeeded in providing an
 heir.
 While Peter was at home. the time
 that he had to serve as Inidshipman ex- pired and he went to Plymouth to take
 his examination for promotion. On
 the day before his ordeal he was on l the backyard wharf when a party oi l soldiers and their wives were Icing
 taken aboard a transport for In d.
 He noticed one very drunken s,idieI with a pretty young woman. who car ried a child in her arms. Waip he
 was looking on, the soldier sud it niy
 toppled and fell into the sea. Ire V O.
 man shrieked and let the cniId fall
 Before Peter could grasp It It had dis
 appeared under water. The sr'd.ei
 also began to sink. when P3ter :eapsd i In and held him up till one of the boa's
 pulled around and took them both in.
 When he returned to the dockyard
 the young woman fell on her knees and
 kissed his hands. Give me your
 name" she cried. Give me your name l in writing that may wear 1t next my
 heart and never forget to pray for you
 and bless you"
 Peter tried to get away. out th9 w3-
 man clung to him till he reaiizsi that he would better humor her to avoid a | further scene. She seized ths card tha;
 he scribbied and followed her husband 1 into the boat.
 Poor Peter cut a sad aS ire before | the examining captains next day. He | had come unprovided with 2 spare mi
 form and the salt water had made such | havoc with the one he wore that the | captains were furious at his appear ance. They were in the mi ist Of their anger when one of them sail sudden | ly: May I ask whether you are the
 midshipman who saved a so,dier yes
 terday?"
 Peter confessed rather lamely. but the change in the stern faces before
 him gave him courage and he passed
 his examination so well that they com | graduated him.
 Peter lost no time in repairing once
 more to his grandfather, Lord Privi- | lege Undeterred by that gentleman's [ evident desire to be rid of him he man. | aged to get the old nobleman's sigma | ture to a letter which he wrote him-
 self asking the First Lord of the Ad- miralty to hasten the commission for
 himself and not to lose sight of | O'Brien.
 A few days after he left his letter
 at the Admiralty OBrien was pro-
 noted to the rank of commander and assigned to the command of the eigh- l teen gun brig. Rattlesnake. Peters commission as lieutenant arrived at the
 same time and Captain o'Brien at once asked that Peter be appointed to the same ship. which was granted. Sailing orders for the West India sta ttion arrived soon after and the two