The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-15
CHAPTER vIL
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!. aud VIC was she. prayl"

the Church OF England, except, per
hapa the Romapss and, AZ she said
II was her idea that fancy religions
didn't amount to q hill OF beans"
Then i shouldn't call her lady Al
IN. I should call her cat.
~oh, she was q lady right enough.
A lady BY birth, too; her father was
y - baronet. and her brother wears the
-|||1Ia now, -.sr
- -kwhy -didn9 you sag so, them" said
Mics. Duhbs sharply- She was annoy
I'D AZ heing caught out In error. "Of
course, II she was a real lady or that
cord. she would be bound to go TO
church"
: Then do you mean
Miss Dubbs nodded her elaborate
Dl4Ck nBAif impressiverS Never you
!. 11find- whar I do mean. You gentle
/. men who are officers at sea know a
! lot akout the sun, and the moon, and
(. stars, and boilers, and passengers,
/. ard geography, and ell that. But. let
me tell you you miss . heap. You
don't read. You don't know anything
about society, and what society does,
and where Il goes TO worship
III goes where us convictions car
~ Il"
With obvious difiiculty Miss Dubbs
: he'd back her superior information,
III will be time enough for people
Z IKE youaor me, Captain, to think
: aDrut changing over -to---I mean TO
Z ret ourselves into society when
: we've -a-pile OF money And for the
present,--as you tall me you're out OF
BERTH make no bones about tell
+ fnr Won that as far as am concerned,
nv rach aunt shows at present no
siens OF DYING and leaving me all her
eavirTs. IN Tact, she's even been so
unkind as not to take the trouble 10
he born. I'm always hoping. OF
course, tf1zt some -one will leave me
fortune: they always do In books,
ana itss-eleering to look forward to
the.kag- when one will be rich; but for
\ Tia present the salaries paid In our
hrainess are disgracefully small, and
I tai You plainly it's as much as i
. cart do 10 dress anything like respect
hbly on mine, let alone buy the furs
that 3 lady ought to have when shes
! IN my position.
I MI. Kettle sighed deeply. "A lady
Ike you will marry-a rich man. You
cculcn't do justice to yourself on
Less -
Miss Dubbs bridIed. Il hope my
HUSBAND, IL erer have one, win some
DAY. .hecnme- rich and powerful But
I II any one was to suggest should.
ever marry for money alone, ! believe
N should forget was lady and use
eu'gar language IL you read at All,
Raptain, you'd know that Mr.. Charles
that aTf-rhe best authorities tell you
B 1asnly mat TO. marry for anything
Qnxcept love rs simply to ask for
n'on}3e ana that lasts thing which
sincerely Is going to avoid II
Z knows it,
~ wen, the Lord be thanked for that,
eihoekh, ID. tel the truth, didn't think
YOU meant anything else. But, miss,
Ton ny part let me tell you something.
zoo. Ny idea OF the matter runs like
I thiE ~ Al man who asks a lady 70 mar
( nPbnh when hers got nothing but his
ftIcsktfs and no money in hand, and
Z ~ tfl.lt 70 20 TO; deserves suit OF
ftnf-unt> feathers. Mark, I'm speak
>iliRf cnly OF the business OF the sea,
shecanee that's all know about. But
$500 can take IL from me, miss, that
liz 0ncertainness can only be describ-
I Al a. beastly. A man may today have
tt.1 beat kind OF prospects imagin-
00|E he may be known as a smart
tI.xing mate, good ships husband.
1otI navigator; and tomorrow.
<tNtoiEh no fault OF his own, except
|tfNLt ne honestly carried out his duty,
',11'1@1Eu mate or o master-black-
'fii1ted tU-ail- etefnity. That's the Brit
>fah-eneroantile-a marine" ---- -.--4.-.
Rsom- aown the stairway a great
1, roica.- .hnomed: Miss Dubbs, bar.
there's pa--well, the guv'nor II
!. 1ii Ike. must be going. I'm three
hes nuts on punctuaiity."
'fsccprffUn IN the private room ut the
rDsck OF the Snug. Who playsg'
<)h,pa -thinks he does. But sing
'ins' h his strong suit He really can
',einG--k- one Cares to listen TO those
,Aeep. -Sailors Grave things that come
,xiRht from the boots. ..
Would an accompanlst please
WHy, can you prayy-
rBttter tffan most. rye every tune
M .ner Young Methodist's Hymnal
,eUmpanion on by heart and / can i'm
-prevsse e. WE'LL You find me, miss
In bit -of- a desperate strait. I've
/. Lost my -billet, and ia no more sense
. than Ito let a brace OF mud pirates rob
I. ma 81 all my. ready money, and 80
/. must put mQdesty aside, and say what
can DO, and accordion-playing's one
~ she big Netns.. ~
IVES Dubbs tucked an encouraging
nHnt under Mr.. Kettles arm. go,
: -c1ne yfown with me. Captain III pu
yUn -On-the ground floor with. pa "a
4 oi1s three inmates. s-.4---. o.
4, Tie landlord, az was natural. wa
seInotlcai ut -hrst: talked OF accordion
< tInrers he had known who wer
equal 20 Padriwhiskey and Mahryall;
and spoke OF the risk and strain :
hI6 voice In singing to an ineficien
ktcompanist. But MT. Kettle had IN
IriiIsffinmvnt in hand by this, had ru
ms fingers over the keys, and pres
eeltly was playing such soothing I'm
-prAvisation to the little mans recits
two. that presently the monologu
stopped, and the small fist ratified tn
glass on the table
By Jings, Captain, you're 4 take-ir
I Thought you were a tin-pot amytooi
why, you're a bloomin, pro. Sc
what we're In for. and that's an ever
IfIg OF 'armony. Miss Dubbs, kindi
take the -captain's order. Mines tn
hsual. And ma viii have a red poT
. vine. And now, Captain, II you