The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-01-08
Nell's Golden
Calleon
ax CLARISSA MACkIE

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1911 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
.when my ship comes in" sighed
...,,a Blopt as she slipped another
's.ot Of paper into the typewriter, Il
III, throw this wretched machine out
4 The window"
.,yub never thought of the limo
-, passerby. who might be the tar
N..y smiled Nell Woods, looking up
from her work.
~Ob. well! No danger Of my ship
.,rrIug init has probably foundered
.omeubere of the coast OF Nowhere
zoo heavily freighted with gold, per-
..rs What's the use Of wishing for
money aud love and everything
,othlng ever happens TO me "
rNeyer mind, Maud, don't worry,
and some day it will come sailing into
port"
Maud lifted her shoulders express
tyely. found package of chewing
nun and went back to her tipping.
Nell raised great, dark eyes. soft with
much dreaming. and looked out of her
window at the panorama of New York
harbor on SUNNY May morning.
From her window on one Of the upper
aoors of tall office building she
col,d see the ships come sailing home
she could see them set sail again
for foreign shores. She loved them
Aft even the busy little tugs that bull
fled Steir way about the other craft ;
che built many strange fancies about
The ships. and tke most elusive one of
All was her ship that some day would
cone sailing home through the mar
rows.
II was no ordinary ship, this one
! Of Ne!l's dfeams--it had grown to
he wonderful old Spanish gaIleon,
frelehted with gold and silver and
Jewels. ana It's steersman was a dash
Ing lover who would bear her away
from. fhe tedious office forever-she
would never see another hall bedroom
again--neycr eat another meal in
ciltIp lfStdii tail. t'lt itNtt Sfilh
aWhpn my ship comes in" but "When
nv golden calleon comes home"
Sometimes she wondered why she
was 50 anxious to leave New York.
She had been Just as anxious to leave
Support. whore she had been born.
When her parents died and her aunt
offered her home, Nell refused.
Il must see the world, auntie." she
explained. Il cannot be buried alive
here Some day I will come home
again--now ] must TO-"
SO they LET her go. and two years
had passed away. She had tired Of
New York with its fictitious air Of
friendiness to the stranger within its
gates New York Is Support grown
up" declared Neil whimsicalIy one
day. This summer she was going to
Support for her vacation. Perhaps
my golden galleon will come sailing
through the inlet and find harbor
there and so Nell took her dreams.
with her to Support.
Every day she went out on the
beach beyond her aunt's house and
rend and sewed, and sometimes
dreamed Mrs. Lynn scolded her for
her solitary habits. Lem Barker was
locking for your coming. Nell. If he
had been home you would not have
been alone. I'll warrant !" The good
woman nodded wisely over this re-
hinder Of Nell's old admirer.
Where is Lem?" asked Nell lazily.
Went TO the fishing grounds with
the ieet-he's making money hand
over fist--he's bought your old place
from Adam Marsh. and fixed 1t all upe
Some folks say he's going to be mar
rIed."
Nell shrugged. Lem. Barker, still a
nsherman--she thought Of the smartly
dressed men who had occupied the Of
uces In New York some of them were
ner corworkers. How they would
laugh to see Lem--to hear his drawl!
Well, ] must get in one last sunbath
On the beach, auntie.' she said; II
mink Il Is going to Storm"
Mrs. Lynn lifted weatherwise eye
70 the sky. "A bad blow" she pre-
mcted. with a worried look. on her
mctherly face. Il hope the boats will
ct In before II strikes"
Il hope So" returned Nell, running
aown to the beach and plunging into
he churning gray waves.
But the ships did not come home
ndcre the storm broke. 1t was
@eadful gale and not soul In Sun
port slept a wink while II lasted.
Nearly every home had man out
snong the fleet Of fishing vessels, and
.endreds Of eyes were strained toward
~ inlet as the storm increased in
m.
- last kilograms came struggling
nessages that carried Joy Or woe
many homes. A few Support men
zone down with their little boats,
m rest were coming home. There
~ one man missing-Lem Barker.
~ one had seen him or his gallant
'su'e boat Nellie since the storm
NFuck the banks.
Nell Woods felt oddly anxious about
'ne missing man. She had felt a ten