Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-07

ers feelings, at least, he thought not,
in view of the irksome restraint of
clothing, and yet there was a 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 a hint of
civilization in his carriage. or the civ
ilized gentleman with a suggestion oil
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 a 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 Don 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 n 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 a
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 salutations had been ex-
changed, with a word to the captain
for permission, he asked Whitaker a
question.
II 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 of its fitness, as every
one in the cabin could perceive.
1T is not rightly known" said Whit
taker, "but he is believed to be a
Virginian of the"
Il knew it." said the chaplain, i'm
pulsively; "he is n 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 it will be regarded in a
court of law"
II have always understood that the
Charnock estate was a vast one," said
Capt. Ashby, "and since coal has been
mined on the Virginia lands it has be-
come very valuable"
1T Is true" answered the chaplain.
"Who holds 1t now?" asked the sur
geon.
ut is held by an old man, my friend
of many years standing, the brother
of John Revell Charnock."
Il believe that to be my name" said
the islander.
Il have little doubt Of It," replied
the chaplain, continuing. "The first
John Revell Charnock was lost at sea.
He and his wife and young child some
80 years ago set forth on a voyage
around the world for her health. The
ship, in which l believe he had some
ownership, was called the Nansemond.
Its course was traced as far as Val
paraiso, thence it sailed for the Philip
pines and was never heard of again. |
know the story" said the chaplain,
turning toward the captain, because
John Revell Charnock was one of my
best friends, as Is his brother, Philip
Norton Charnock, who now holds the
estate"
(TO BE CONTINUED)