The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-05-19
Jennie
Hatch'S
Secret
Only One Other
Person Shared II
BY ESTHER vANDEvEER

the whaling days when siips Went On
on long voyages kor oil. Jennie grew
~ almost rs good a sailor as her IA.
Their When she was ten years old she
could handle n pair of oars Us well as
her strength would permit and when
she was fourteen would be seen any
time In the bay on which she lived
sailing n little boat with u lego NUT.
ton sail. skimming the water like
bird. She didn't seem 20 mind II when
the wind was quite fresh aud the
waves were rather large for 80 small
boat.
True. on one occasion she was cap.
sized by her main sheet getting caught
In the tlller. but she chung 20 the boat
iill she was rescued aud laughed at her
rcscuers rs though she considered her
lurklug n good Joke.
II WIS that chccry disposition aud
absence VI fear which madc her popu.
lar with her nelghbors. who were all
amphibious. and. as for the few young
fellows who were not NJ sea. they were
NIL In love with her. 90 say nothing of
those who were nc sea and cam. ashore
for short periods. when she came TO
n marriageable age her father wished
that his hrst mate. David Larraway.
should get the prize. Possibly David
might have won her had he passed
more of his time ashore. Hut man
who n gone on u two or three years
voyage. NJ sailors were In those days.
was not very well situated 10 make
love 20 girl ashore
BESIDES, David was thirty when Jcn.
ME was seventeen. matter % fact
chap. steady ~ u rock aud not ne all
dcmonstrative. captain Hatch had
been on the same ship with him Tor
eight years aud during that time had
learned that hc was ~ reliable IN foul
as fair weather. Aud that was the
reason why he wished Jennie 10 be- hi.
wife.
Jennie ~ this time was ~ an age
In which girl hns not yet let go
~ boys - cutc for the attentions ~
men.
Ouc day when the captain aud his
lirsi mate urrr an their way back from
three years cruise Hatch lntlmnted
10 larrnwny that II he could win Jcn.
ME II would bc relief 60 her parents.
They feared she might take up with
some worthless fellow who would laka
her miserable Dave confessed 20 tho
captain that be- had loved Jennie ever
slnce she was passing from glrlhood /
To wnmnnhOod lie had Intended ~ /
speak io her NJ lover before they had .
sailed from New Bedford. but some.
how he couldn't get ont what he had .
To say. The captain laughed nt him |
aud told him 60 "hcnyc the lead" when
they returned.
llnt when they brought the ship into I
port and went ashore they found
great change IN Jennie. She was not .
only three years older, but nll that I
sprlghtlncss that had made her ~ at .
tmctlvc had gone out ~ her. Some .
thing had happened during their ab. ]
sencc, What was ~ No one except /
herself seemed 90 know aud she told .
h0 one,
Soon after her father had gone 10 sea
un this voyage from which he was re-.
turning a young sailor named Baker
had come Into port and remained there
several weeks while his ship was un.
loading her cargo and loading fur an,
other voyage. lie was handsome
chap, with de,ll.mny.care way about
him that was especially attractive 10 !
Young girls, liut he was dlsssipntcd- /
nc least during his stay ashore and .
when hc sailed lett a number ~ un.
raid accounts behind him, mostly foi .
liquor
Ned Baker pad SOME attention a.
Jeuuie Hatch. II was known ihrt her
mother had rrpruyed her daughter for
ussoclntiug with him, hut hi, was an. .
when his ship was about a. sail he
WIS Cnruuslug uu shore with mum
hcr at his mes-malrs, aud the party
were carried uu board hy am officer mud
u boats crew that had hceu sent Tor
the purpose. This WIS town tnlk after
the sailing uf the ship. AMI Jrmie's
nioud, considered that lf She had had
any serious Intentions with regard a.
Baker IL was we'll for her thuJ Dee had
shown Zoe guud time what hc WAS
such q condition was not favorable
To Larpwuy attempting 90 win Jcu
nics hand lie did not attempt a. do
so, but he showed his great fricudll
ness. This she accepted indeed. seem.
ed 10 need Her fathers shlp-thc
Jennie Hatch, named Tor her remain.
eel IN port sryerak months fur repairs
aud during this tNno lnruway saw o
great deal of Jennie. 40 one seemed
To consider their being together any.
thing more than friendship for they
lid not act like lovers. Al any rate,
Jennies behavior toward Iarraway
seemed that ~ "a woman toward an
elder brother
After awhile l.HrrawRy took ON
serious look as well hs Jennie lie saw
her less often and seemed Co he dis.
trSsscd about something. When his
ship sailed, before going aboard he
went 10 Jennie's home 90 bid her
goodby, but no one except themselves
knew what passed between them. ON
the voyage the captain wished 10 ask