The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-27

yOuub SdlOr, anu whenever ne came
home from a voyage all the girls mad.
a dead set for him. Emily was the
only girl in the village who paid II
attention to him. Perhaps he wa
piqued on that account Emily was
fairly good looking though she had /;
square jaw and the corners of her lips
were drawn down, denotng a strong
will
On one of his homecomings Jacl,
sidled up to Emily either from piqu,
or curiosity or a little of both. anC
they were seen walking together o.
the beach or sitting on the duney
Their friends observed that Emil.
usually had scowl on her face az D..
Jack seemed to be trying to get her
into good humor.
"What do you want with that gir.
Jack?" one of his messmates who was
ashore with him said to him one day.
"She seems to be continually quarrel
Ing with you. You're the best natur,d
man in our ship, SO | know it's no
fault of yours. If you marry he?
you'll get a wasp, take my word for
that"
81 know you're right, Billy, but
somehow there's a fascination in being
treated as If she didn't care a rap for
me and being hammered by her. The
nearest 1 ever came before to an in
fatuation was by little Mexican girl
at Vera Cruz who tried to stab me.
Singular, isn't it, how we men find a
1est in that kind of womenr
II can understand that so long as
you're not married to one of 'em. But
| you just put your neck in halter and
give Emily Gunter the loose end and
she'll make 1t hot for you all your
married life"
"There was Petruchio. who tanned a
! shrew'-
"Petruchio be hanged! All imaginary!
No man ever tanned a shrew. You can
tame that kind Of man, but not that
kind of woman"
But Jack Stoughton was too intent
upon tampering with gunpowder to
heed his friends advice. Shortly be-
fore they sailed he told Billy he had
married Emily, that she seemed very
/ amiable and that she was so averse to
parting with him that she was bent on
taking the voyage with him.
The Albatross in which they were
. TO go to Japan and return. was com
manded by Captain Larkins. Billy
! Anderson was first mate. and Jack
was second mate. Emily went to Cap
. tain Larkins and induced him to let
her go on the voyage with them. He
had never seen her before and thought
a woman on board would have a refin-
Ing influence on the crew. He had
given his consent before Anderson
told him what kind of woman Mrs
4 Stoughton was; but, having given it,
he would not withdraw 1t.
The lady was very pleasant till the
ship was well on her way-indeed, too
far out to warrant a return-then she
began to belabor her husband In no
uncertain tones. What the trouble
was no one knew, but Mrs. Stoughton's
voice could be heard in her stateroom
even in stormy weather above the
whistling of the wind In the rigging.
1t was not long before poor Jack
was an object of pity on the part of
the crew, and not man but con.
demned his wife. The captain finally
went to Mrs. Stoughton and besought
her to let up on Jack, but got such o
berating himself that he was glad TO
beat retreat
1t is surprising that Captain Larkins.
who had some twenty men under him,
not one of whom dared to give him the
least back talk should have been driv-
en- from the after cabin and up on to
the poop deck by a woman. The day
this occurred and 1t had been diScov-
cred that Mrs. Stoughton was virtually
In command of the ship each one Of
the crew went about his duties as If
something momentous had happened
HThey had most of them been at sen
for years, they had encountered hurri-
eanes, some had lived for days on
raft without food or water, some had
been cast upon desert lands, but none
of them had ever passed through ~
Experience like this. Their captain
i whom they respected and feared, haG
been downed. They were as much
dbdNh do IL lLCll luhNlNl I'l''
been put out of commission.
The captain had become a differenI
man. He walked the deck with
hangdog look. He gave his orders In
humble tone, as if he would be much
obliged If the men should obey then
and the men themselves did their du
lies languidly, as if some misfortune
hung over the ship. Only one man
Pack Stoughton. seemed to have been
improved by the incident. Before Il
occurred he had the demeanor of 9
whipped cur; now he went about as i!
be felt himself as good a man as any
board
The crew, sympathizing with theiI
Eaptain and one another In the pres
nce of strange misfortune, between
watches consulted as TO means of re-
lief.
whats the matter with ye, ye lub-
Pers" said Tom Billings, married
nan. There's husbands as lives their
Whole lives with squalls 'angin' over
I'm all the time and vet Won HufFaro