Marble Hill press., 1920-12-16

- AID Mr.. Hapshofi: luurv a harn
man Hiram iiApshott I never
knew n untn DOW uauicd you for
. kindly husband Rshotr.
-Ashor and ~ are two diner.
ent riAccS- replied the captaln q
the urlAh n Caster "Nhcn Tn
IL ashore I take thing. easy: when
Tn at So &C, accutdngly. SAIL
orncu ars dogs and IN. more ycu
heat q dog the b-,'cr Il IT, - With sailors.
Grind en- down, rule en- wi,h al iron hand. and
they'll no, oniy 10 their work at the rua but
th~yn come crawling along and ask you for
norr. That's my sll-sirnor aud 81 war a. s-a.
man snd boz hasn't ineiinsi as 60 dispute facts
as they stand
I call Il eruelty.- aid his wife without beat.
fnr ale vas = WusnAh u sadness
She knc~ the cause of that sadness did her
husband. but 10 Wui bsycs mentioned bctsc,n
thea By tacit agr,yus~al. TueatJ I've years q,
married tgc tai r,.sgitci n q anc endurance oi
marital aTvctioo--,hc skippcrs loas ahscucys
frum honsc miEht have accounted for that IN some
measure, The two Vcfs sooi friends and hck.
sFlns between them was thing unknown. There
had hesn unS ehiid-,vrJ many year. aso but Il
only rAl-oi It's voice oacv IN The great world
and tefnrs the mothers heart had qa!ckeael 90
Fvspcnss the yolcc stiiisd forever The Lord
had given; lie had also taken aSay. and Mrs.
llnrsiaott endeaVorrd 10 say Blessed - the name
of the Lori- With good grace though az times
the saying vas hard
To hide his sfnotioa the captain thrrw srufr.
ness into hi- ,oc~ I'm thinking | made q mis-
take In bringing yoa to sea. lass" he said 1T
isnt placo for women. least Of all sott.hearted
~ofnen such yog are, But you hcsgrd and
prHye-i. and the owners seemed willing"
II got 90 bs loOcly waiting there ashore. III.
ram she said sinply. ~it was At Nights when
when TIE wind howisd and the snow fell every.
~herw--i saw other wouIsu happy and eOmpan-
fonshie with their about them aud lit
wes norv than could stand IL would have been
easier H--f therv'd--if Amos had lived" He un.
derxtccd, and hts rough enarird hand crcp, ou,
alonx the rail until u vested hers With the
pressure of sympathy.
Hiram. I want to ask you a favor.
ITS Christmas day In two days time. Are
yoa going 60 give the men a Christmas proper
ChrissmasY'
Hapshott opened his mouth and laughed. a
laugh that was pregnant with cynicism-
Give them . ChrtstInas-a proper Christmas
BY wAich | suppose you mean a holiday and
Christmas farei Why lass, they wouldn't know
what TO do with Il n they had IL. Besides We
aren't lifted for Christmas meals There's q
brace Of chickens In the coop thntll make
dinner that dAy--ive been saving them up on
purpose: but beyond the pig for'ard---"
Give them proper Christmas, Hiram" plead
ed Mrs. Hapsbott earnestly. ITS wonderful
day ashore. though sad That Is. for me"
she amended Il always get thinking OF the Child
and Of how happy His mother must have been,
though she lost Him. too: she lost Him"
she thought the wound was fairly healed. but
Tho hot tears gushed to her faded pathetic eyes,
Hspshost himself turned away, for he knew the
ache 1t her heart; II companioned the void at his
own.
~AH hands muster aft" cried Captain Hapshott.
The men siouched along TO the afterieck and
ArOuped themselves under the poop break. The
dlnon sprNng up from the blackening sea and
dlone redly upen them; a fun round ball II
atowed auIien. Respondent faces, faces without
hApe. Mrs. Hapshott drew near to tho pinrail
And locked down. her heart welled full OF pity,
~ had done somethingshe had given these
Ossrwoeked beasts Of burden one days rest at
aeas&.
II ~Ita stand BY TN midnight tomorrow said
me shipper In 4 voice that he fondly hoped be-
trNyed no shame. There's holiday from now
- Yo91l take your wheels and iookouts as
ussai: heyoad that--aosh.ag. understandf'