Year: 1872

land sometimes, l am sorry to cay, 0e
bury the Assh--not usually; but some.
times an order will come to one farmer
for . thousand sheep, If you please and
all he can do is to clip off the wool, got
out the fat, aud tury the carcassss." "


What pity the mont cant be sent to
the hungry poor ut home ! Why don't
somebody condense it, as they do the
beef in Texas? ?" said in ny practical
way.


In good time | dare say somhody
will but We can't do everything at
once" replied the New Zealander, look.
ing with sudden interest at the game Of
shuttle board being played beside US.


Just then along came the ships sur
geon, q blonde youth 10 uniform, With
his hair parted 10 the middle.


"liss Armour" said he, "the gun il
to be fred of at the bow; will you come
and see it dons?'


Miss Armour started up at once, turn
ing the same half con6ding glance and
ready smile upon him she had been
giving US.


II am going to leave my rug with
you; shall come back" SAID she,
beaming over her shoulder upon me as
she took the surgeons arm and walked
away.


The New Zealander locked after her,
tried to console himself by drawing his
wrap in another fold across his knees,
did not succeed and finally got up aud
went away. Or course it was not worth
his while to make himself agreeable to q
middle aged woman in hood and water
proof. So sat and looked at the like
ness Of lake among the sunset clouds,
and tried to decide whether | had better
take cat meal cruel or biscuit tea for my
supper; wondering the while, ha.f un,
consciously, about the old cord in my
memory that was always being struck by
q certain musical ring IN the New Zcaau
der's voice.


After an hour or so the gun was fired
and presently Miss Armour came back,
with the disorder Of the strong sea wind
in her hair. and its freshness in her
pretty pink cheeks.


"I've come as said" she murmurcd,
dropping at my feet again, and smiling
up, as though she had got where she bes,
loved to be, just such a smile as she
would have given to tho s,okcrs down in
the engine room, or to the ships cat
But it was lovely to look upon while /,
lasted; and We middle aged people have
learned to warm ourselves in any chance
ray Of sunlight, without stopping to con
slider whether it is likely to be perpetual


This time the bit Of suu. hins did no,
stay long, for there came up an artist
with his sketch book aud when Miss
Armour had sufficiently admired his
graphic pencilings Of the captain and the
quartermastsr, and the seasick occupan,
Of an upper berth, it was time to throw
the log aud SO he bore her of to 6nd
out by her own eyes whether VIC were
actually going at the rate Of thirteer
knots, or only twelve aud half.


That was how the days went. The
passengers read and paced the deck
played games and guessed riddles, anc
we're always hungry; the pilot stooe
steady and 6rm at the wheel the sailor'
ran up and down about the rigging like
overgrown spiders, aud wero forever
securing aud scrubbing, tying aud unity.
ing, drawing up and letting down. Thu
at last We had come safely almost to ou
desired haven. With fair sailing, W
were only one day out from port and
fond as we had grown to be of eact
other, we were getting impatient to part


Miss Amour, during all the voyage
had kept Gu as she had begun, be- uilinl
every one with her trick Of lip and eye
They ran after her like boys at the string
Of kite. Well. they had nothing
better to do just then aud when she ha,
faded cut, as the rainbow fades, l mad
ne doubt she would be as easily forgot
ten, or only remembered as midsum
mer's day dream, by all, unless it nigh
bs a solitary, warm hearted man like ,h
New Zsalander. To tell the truth, wa
a little sorry for him. Evidently, lii
had not brought him all it might; an,
he was hungry for the love aud cou6
dsnce that bad never been bis. So | wa
afraid he would miss this little sparkle
of girlhood and warm youth and 6hd th'
void deeper When it had gone out.


To the very last day, Rosa kept he
place by my chair; and to the very las
the New ZsaIaoder kept bis place b.
her, when no one younger stepped in Il
carry her of, which was pretty often, Il
be sure. Then, he always quietly wen
away himself, with a kind Of grave re
grst 10 his face. On this last morning
Miss Armour had just left US along will
a young lawyer, to drop oranges ant
lemons among the steerage passengers
when noticed the New Zealandsr look
ing after her with sadder regret that
usual-slmOst q pain-iu bis eyes. HI
had such handsome dark eyes! osult
see that without my glasses.


Now" said I TO uysslf II hope b
isn't going to get ssft "A sensible, gen
tlomauly, agreeable man like him, ant
quite old enough to be her fathsr!" Ant
so l looked at him to see If he vas, whs,
suddenly hs turned vpsa me.


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