The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-12-22

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adjusted himself to them but the op
portunity he needed he did not get. He
was Immediately plunged into an at
mosphere of such strangeness to him,
filled with such compelling necessity
for attention, that, although he
loathed the necessity thus imposed
upon him, he was constrained to take
part in the life that flowed around
him. His instinct--and he was al
most woman in his instructive ca
pacity--was to be alone, but 1t was
impossible. and in spite of himself
what he saw distracted him. The
people he met did more.
Whitaker hustled him below, Of
course, as soon as possible and took
him into his own cabin, Fortunately
they were men of much the same
height and build, although the islander
was the more graceful, symmetric and
strong, and he succeeded in getting
him into civilian suit of clothing for
which he had no present USE There
were both loss and gain in his appear.
ance There was no gain in the island.
er's feelings, at least, he thought not
in view of the irksome restraint OF
clothing and yet there was certain
satisfaction to his soul in being no
longer singled out from among his fell
lows by the strangeness of his apparel
AS clothes the garments became him,
and it all depended upon your point OF
view as TO whether you preferred the
handsome barbarian with hint OF
civilization in his carriage. or the civ
ilized gentleman with suggestion OF
the barbaric In his bearing. Whitaker
reasoned rightly that the sooner he
became accustomed to these things
the better. and that the time to begin
was Immediately.
He had had hasty word or two
with the captain before he took him
below, and when he was dressed--and
1t required assistance from the lieu.
tenant-commander ere the unfamiliar
habiliments were properly adjusted
the two passed from the ward room to
the cabin of the captain in the after
part of the ship.
The few sentences in which Whitta-
ker had made his brief report to
his superior had In a measure prepared
the captain for the more lengthy dis
course that followed, and, feeling that
the situation was one which required
more than the simple authority of the
master of a ship, he had summoned to
conference the surgeon and the chap
lain. 1t was to these three men, there
fore, that Whitaker and the islander
presented themselves.
The chaplain, like Whitaker, was q
Virginian. He had not noted the
islanders face when. he came aboard
in his semi-savage garb, but as his eye
dwelt upon him standing clothed and
In his right mind before him he gave
a start Of surprise, and so soon as the
formal salutation had been ex-
changed, with word to the captain
for permission, he asked Whitaker q
question.
Il beg your pardon, Mr. Whitaker,
but what Is this gentleman's name?'
The word gentleman was used natu-
rally and unconsciously, with an alb
solute sense of it's fitness, as every
one in the cabin could perceive.
1T is not rightly known" said Whit.
taker, but he is believed to be a
Wirginian of the"
Il knew It," said the chaplain, i'm
pulsively; he is one of the Charnocks
of Nansemond county"
Your recognition, chaplain" said
the lieutenant-commander, eagerly.
will be of great value In determining
this strangers name and station The
evidence of 1t is circumstantial | do
not know how 1t will be regarded in q
court of law"
Il have always understood that the
Charnock estate was a vast one," said
Capt. Ashby, land since coal has been
mined on the Virginia lands 1t has be.
come very valuable"
1T is true" answered the chaplain
Who holds 1t now?" asked the sur.
geon
1T is held by an old man, my friend
of many years standing, the brother
of John Revell Charnock"
, II believe that to be my NAME" said
, the islander.
Il have little doubt of It," replied
the chaplain, continuing THE first
f John Revell Charnock was lost at sea
He and his wife and young child some
) 30 years ago set forth on voyage
, around the world for her health. The
ship, in which l believe he had some
ownership was called the Nansemond
t Its course was traced as far as Val
3 paraiso, thence it sailed for the Philip
1 pines and was never heard of again.
) know the story" said the chaplain
' turning toward the captain, because
l John Revell Charnock was one of my
Y best friends, as is his brother, PhiliI
Norton Charnock, who now holds the
estate"