Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 6, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 August 1874 — Page 6

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A PAP£R FOR'Tft^ pEoriae*

liJJgrrA8 TWO COULD 1M^

*S«M odI«S«W to happjraa twwtfrt Our bo town Uw stream,

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And I knew th» ie loved roe.

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1V. Eight bells had struck, our wab-h over there Arm no e*~*ial work II *mcl «rtl«Vo Hhoukl W able to smoke, oar pip*»» contentment. Suddenly, however, from ik ounrter-deek c*nv8 tile flrottf to heaveSo. We started up, and. **we took our stations, gaaed Wulrtngty**• each other. To our minds it wastJ. niaeo pf all rfh*r» where we shouldn: [a^y At oi sea, Indeed, it might be Mafelvdone but h-i •. with the land lying law and ^^^8te^k Than awav, it seemed a greater rtekthan anj creeent emergency would warraot. The air was warm anil balmy for it was the Smmen«Sent of^An^c Burden but the wind was liebt and bafthng the paUs at timessc#m drawing. at other lyn&rtts idly flopping alnst the mast, and,with our best exer

'be- the I1 111 :i Post-

CHy,

oi us.

iee, I reckon^

fowled forth Bill Oallard, as he wound the line around the ing his head toward the fhore. Ua^ been and married a young jvifr, fcaa the old man, and, fs pose, ho wants to send her a bniy-doo. •^To be sure—in course chimed in the other??, seining satisfied with^ the

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I liiiiP *UMI«4 u! '^t the iJRia a rai- rufent I re«otl««tedba\tt»g htdid Ofthe 6haS4 a^»sk upon the Fu ujonian coast, in which outwardhound vessels,could deposit their letters.

There vrm, of course, a very great chance that the letters would n^r r»j tjcj destination 5 but it was still ap^^ility that homeward-bound vessels, running near the coast, might

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carrv away the precious contents, thus at times enabling anxious *2** mothers to hear news in advanco ortfto more regular yet djstant China and the Sandwich vessels from California or the Hoi^h American ports, tiivs office was of Ut* io talae with no especial P°rt?, them at which to stop, it often proved of verv timely service. "See here," said the second mate, approaching me as soon things were made fast, and the ***8! .with her main-topsail fiat to the ma^t, ridintr easily on the long swell, "get into

S. 35 a long course of lito

Mi '.TO Aw 1 Ht ran malceaman. He ww ft silent sort of fellow^seluom urcRK* in- ~nf into the least appearaiice of so«v v, and earing mtlo tor tsent df anv lind, excepting was his StiV.r.M, and sevt-ral times alho tiad been brought up with a ""(1 for drunkenness*. Apart from that.'i was a lirst-elawi seaman, never shirking du: So ttIt w.« ^ith 8iirnrise I saw luui turn u" iy, as thougWho Bad not heard the order.

I)o vou mil l. Askinsr Mid the gainonii" triMf,

-r him »harply, and

S^ no Kood-* iU.

mother, his br taaktentttfl?.» withamniiuii plimentary suj: habit, general« each and all ',

th« t*i*orv

n^ exactfrwend«, ^«l the necond mate wwi a rigidwu* and Id 1? ha v. -r much hesitation tx*aA n-brother. Do

^^sT^'uxg' that mf htn*! fcr P«Utng a #t, Mr. a-: r- et ln some one else go in mypi**^--^-?,

^a^r. sSppy

th'

eFrnfoht np and down tl«e deck, au»l operv»i upon Bill Askina inoontlnentl v, PMMd.. 7 him to the lowest pwwi jMrioivi ui ending thither, also. 1 keep him tr uiy, ftAher and in-

•tt* V»ut the origin, xpe«^at'""S of Askins had son who had

Jtftrtpd that soi not a sore hand ,!it pr ...

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shore, rewdreiil wst..! 1 "VwawxmawmptM telh® 1 Here the ea|il **. T!' tW.. -v.l We

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go«w-lo-Kii

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„d .mm

dy, the vessel ®c'long. Jf^ waanot an

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I: in. at «v«ry

ith In-'

titv W wji lali^

I I*

for 11011 1 zh

,ind joli' to IXX.Ti.t! 4»..l ronmi our

Id almost havetoocli*"! hfcm with

~1^1laal?r weieft tb. ^rtber behlnd, and «ooi rugged anoreloomed up eloae before u.. flattened running l»ack to an

assert

Ulna with their perpetual coating of glittering iee and snow, giving the a semblance of froshneaa. In Cwnt the shoro-Une akwfd JSfiJ? the water, bdlhe outline andirregula*, and borderedwith asetting or black, outlying rocks, soU»» ov«m the smooth, *ea was there broken lot* **1 «w«Pt alternately in and •ttfwtth the noise of great gu*».

All the while Bill Askins had been rowing with head bent down, morbid and unsocial, bat muttering to himself in a half«nuqr way fde^hedjf^Jrg-

?SS? So». «f *Ji preached the shore, he turned his ftwe to mark mm bearings, ,n"?.V?u,ht situation with a sort of la»ed, hal^ MgJ»tfinfltl axnression. A stranger would have widthat he hatl been drinking too tnn«h »«h for the moment, I was inS&wlKlJ™. ywo"-

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out of the brig net more than tbreeor four knots. Beneath thesnrfcw of the »m0°th.u.l^U«.v.ri^™ un-

Wouas max ranguv V" rV» «m.iaii« or for three days gale, but, at loaTt porteruled rough weather. There*^'te*os not without apprehension that we gaaed askant into, each ot^r feces',* -wondering whether the eaptain trigonesuddenlyJpd, or on thecontHuy.tnlaht bfe np to some trick of sea-

there was something dmerent in Us from the look of a drunken man and I saw that in reality he had ^everbeen more sober in all nis lite, his manner was rather owing to somtf disturbing mental influence. "Htarbckrd, Jerrv!" he said as he threw back hia glance again. a little cove around yonder bend, Into which the boat will just fit." "Then von have been here belbre, milt" 1 asked. "Did I say sot" he retorted. "May not a man gubss that thero is a lanilingplace not far off, without having been there himself? Well, ye«, Jerry/'he added, after a moment, dnring the momentary heat witn whleli he had spoken seeme\ to have died away, or rather to become stifled by some strong Miner effort, a year ago. For where will not an old sailor, at some timo or other, turn up in thirty years Well, well-—a lntle to the starboard—and so here we are!"

Turning the prttfeetiag potot, the small cove opened upon large enough. a» Bill had BMagwtQd, for ourboat to ftl closely in. f^sfingfora moment, we caught the next swell and so, with one jxwerful sweep, row^d in safely, jumped out, and hauledthe boat up in security from tide or roller.

Before us, in plain sight, was tho po office. An old spar bad been set \ip between two bowlders, and froui ifc»hung, by a stout cba»», Uw iitUe

sheet-iron, fitting close and wrklng on a stout leather hinge. Tho whole hung jMMMMth to escape, in soino measure, tarn pest's blasts, vet sufficiently to avoid impediment from the ter's snow. Whoever had first ula&d the apiaratus in position had arranged all things with a kindly forethought lor, though the cask ^d bu ng there for so many years that the traditions of the oldest seamen went not to the contrary, indrthe cbgj*^ ^%^y hsif rusted awaj^ the whoio V^M etill flrtn, 6Bd wwiid probably do^«od service for another generation. That is, ir any service continued tal» made ofit

Possibly its lack of service at that mo meat was mere aapidenV It iSj^^air th&t we,-«l :-k»»ti br°ke ti»e ^41 },j!^a

«nffs^v^?hemfle Svh^^tf g^tlftng at the bottom, I wondered whether they would ever reach their destination, and if so, whether it might not bo onlv after years and how that they would then be dark and discolored, and many of the persons for whom they ^'J'01*0 to be dead and gone. In feet, I thought over all these commonplaces that so naturally would arise upon such an occa •ion. Looking at the many chances against any real benefit coming from this, was it the proper thing for the captain to run the risk of— "See here! are you never coming7 broke in Bill Askina. "It's roughening up already, and if wo do not bufry we 11 hardly get hack at all." ,? 1.

I left the post and ran back W the boat. Bill stood there, haying1 never made more than the first step on shore, or turning his eyes away from the distant ve*wel. In silence wo pushed the boat off and prepared to tutnblo in^ but before we could dose it was lifted dpon

Kao^iAr mll«r than usnal and hurled a heavier roller than usual back, throwing us both sprawling upon the shore. Raising ourselves wegwsod around, taking more minute notke of the scene. In every direction the swell was increasing, and the rollers broken gluZSlff E,m «. wojm^thc

so clear, except for the distant line of dond, was now almOe* t^piotoiyoverBpnxi, the cloud having worked up with startling rapidity—not creeping up alowlv, as a storm wUl gather fn more tempnte cllnuitcs, but rdslung forwanl wlldiy and impetuoiisly. wlth rffied eIgr^. momentarily W

their flgun though

his sisters, aiwl of his relations,

"Ini: V. HI-4 "'An .JrUh-*** tb® 5the nt-*• i. item

wv-'V'V'iT"

tii'* s^udwiUi I-r.j-ny mak« «'f.i -is', ti rr-t 'i 'into th" 1» «'t iwwefW °n \4-4jr

to aertn droj 1 t- Hit: vb.vr''.

It was not

that ut/ubled upon the sea, we on Id not hop- n.|e it in wenowtolaancJ. m. r.-.nt ngain J** f*« ahefl would -t '^'^1,?^.' n«te« outside the point vnd even had we hope of navigating »htthw aanr ecw)dir*iQ* rOr

^OSSSSStSll

tl^t foresail and jib boom had been

wed.

nat^r.

tr? ~eemed HM 1 awell

WldterH ir- lc' itow «f approhei

.1 Mm* vhespSntofit. muWunoi'' IV a 1 1 srOdim, i\u fllW k!I» i*v.i 1 ItKS*

ClP Ig roal aj

imroeliately

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ronscrfcavuhy wereplun^ng across the

it «m no settled storm, in ftd,

ucome in an instant, ithoutpmiara Hon, s* thoagh It^were a tminof mis-

firolie of wtsm.

^^wSSThalf petrified into each oth er foces. the irftuai iu was riot p|e*sant one TT, sun already behind

{Arbkb[AY

ing with ia%Toa w^wbyof too muirt wafer. It was meant from the firat I mwwft, From the very tiuw of SI h^fXer bSu on any %ip that vraa\lk&vlotoorfi hero.andir thonghl I never ahoukt

help it. Then I thought that perhaps we might go outaide the islands and so avoid it. Awl when I saw the same old shore again Just as on that nMydngi^Pd heard the order to heave to, I knew as well as if I had been told that It had all been brought about for me. And. of course, I ought to be the one to suffer. But as for you, Jerry, whatever had yon done?"

And what ia all that you are talking about, Bill Askina?" I exclaimed, "and what does it all amount to?" "Nothing—nethlng, Jew. It's all a dream.

Old

sea dogs will tafk ydn know?

Come, let us make mirselvos «mi«""table. since we must remain hero all night at the least**'

There was no cspecial present danger, indeed. As yet,thewiphts were norso cold that we could sufier, and ftiel plenty. There were a few old broken drift lag*, scatieid along the shore, and the long gray moss was

dry and

ncTrescuo for us, and his foee I wore its expression of hopoless afxilidity and of nen-ing himself for an unavoidable tate. Propped against the rounding sides of the boat, ho sat for awhile gawng silently before him. Then, turning he drew a bottle from his pocket.

We have this, though," he said with the satisfaction oi'one Iy mode good provision for the fnturc. "Come, wo will enjoy ourselves whilo this lasts, at least."

Where he had procured the liquor, I did not ask. It was remarkable, indeed, that ho could always succeed in smuggling it on board when others failed. However this might be, it was not a bad thing at present to have that bottle of brandy and at the flret sip it seemed as though tho liquor only warded »»»y lody butalaonwpw-ed me with rew courage, was that A kins tuiglit yield too comnletelv to is temptation, thus incapacitating bin. if from the onerations necessary for ur relief. And this seemed to happen for, alter allowing me a sip or two, lie held the bottle firmly as thoneh jealous of further partnership In it, and took draught after draught, lis eves began to glow, his whole manner became reckless, and he soon1 had^evidently reached the stage of his enness which always preceded stupid imbecility. I expected that this would follow but all at once he seemed to fall into troubled reflection, dimng which the bottle slipped from his hand, and, to mv relief, emptied itself tfpon the sand. Tlien suddenly ho seized me by the arm and put his face to mine. Somehow bis excitement was now greater than ^usual, letting mo feel his keen old eyes mazing into inine like a half-suppressed fire. The brandv, the wildness of the scone, and his own manner for the moment appeared to foster delirium in myself, imd the air seemod filled with shadowy forms. These disappeared quickly as they had gathered,Reaving only figure—clothed in a sailors drtss, and standing against the post that supported the little cask, llie other figure had been acknowledged deceptions, but this one seemed so real that I turned to point it out to Askins. At this the figure ^mcd to shake its head,

faded away into thin air as

tho others had done. Then m\ hand, which had been partially raised. the vertigo, if such was, passed off, and I recovered myself, finding Askins still clutching at my arm.

It was thirty years ago," ho commenced. "See here, Jerry! there was a minister once told me that when one lias a secret in his mind it were better to have it out. Is it so?"

That depends upon what the secret is," 1 answered. "It it were a

Cl"Crime

or no crime, what matters it?"

was the somewhat atigrv retort. 'And since we are never going to ^t a^ nv from here, why should I not out wIth it all, before we starve to death

But, Bill," I urged, "don tell me anything yon would afterward yon ban rather not.

W«nThlrty

ffJSi

faoe of who had nerved Mm*-ir

if 11 ww not for uie, Jerry, It might

Mi uA lwrsaad

.-.

.aid f-ome back *aA

ni» behind wiih a stick of timber, jwil "ke those with which we have wade the

IttU^A^ttoa, don't tell ma notter word!" I bore cried out, jnst ^nnjng

ti«*Tar four vardaoft "You hare told

aa vou live, you will feel sorry, when we getaway, tut you have gona •w® *9

"'ksy, easy, Jany/ he ont in a ^ali-maudlin tone. And why

if von let me go on.yeu will »eth^» didn't do me any good. For when I got home and told fit&a U*ry story, I bad made up fallen from t^e jo^i and hwn swept away, though she belie\ed it all, ye* somehow she would have nothing wore to do with me than before, ao

wish

We may get off

'^Not'wc, Jerry. tV» yo.u suppose llie

loave hero to eat our own fingers on,

while he goes on with his good wind. So bote's #"i* the sftory. I suppose it

I pit tin w/. TOl ii

may «we meat the end iforoed Into qukweent assen^IlistenchI, while he, with h!s graap, still «I|on my arm and his eyes biasing Into mine,

a^, Jerry, I iswi W

the battered old hufk I amnow. 1*** a slim young feUwr. ther v-id, and meant to Ije captain of a liner «w day, ami might have been,! HU piM „nly*tbst driiik got tlie eon^tjl over me, and it came from the one thing that Mated.all my-Well, but that, too,

M!It- lo7.nd

'-wjrtswjssaag and she fkI do when jgily One thing, of conr*". I

axasgsrGBgg

"Ifthet' H«Ckd whotnleathf Jerry, tbero W atoo a devll who has vr aiderable to my

In It. For If not, 1KV.

did It happen that on the same vt^yaa Hoskinsand wmM were sent a»h*»re this point with fettera,jiwt as wu uid I have done! And

l"at~T*

"Not another word! Not another word!" 1 screamed mvseU ready for an attack, for I did not know how soon his mood might change and I felt that It would be for hta interest now to destroy me, also, and again bury in oblivion the story which a moment of weakness or repentance had exhibited.

His

infiam-

nmble. Boon we had a brmht inic not onlv frr wamtth out cheering the gloom a little, and also Indw^tlng our safety to our friends "P°nJh^l^ sel, if not by that timo ^fer off. Tlien drasging the boat still fertherout, we turned it over and nropied wale so tliat we could 110 with °«r beneath the shelter, fully protecU-d from the wind. The reai "J ^ry of tion laid in our npprohenafon a^ut the ftiture. We were utterly prov Isionlesa and, snpijoaiug the ba.l weaker „hau culminate in a Prolonged gala^^bich would keep our vessel away, not many days would e!apse before we would starve to'death, liven could the brig retuni before tho week was out, the captain might refuse to doso, taking the chances that we might have been already rescued by some other vessel, or, would have wandered inland, or, inflict that something might have happened to render a divergence from his course unnecessary. Ship captains jiot uncommonly thus satisfy their conscience* In favor of eontliv ulng their course, when it is only a matter of a life or two.

As for Askins, he seemed to havo already made up his mind that

W,IS

mood did indeed change

even at that moment, but not enough to lead to attack me. Why should I not go ou t" he repeated, with a defiant air. "And who are vou who ever get away from here: bon't I know that it is starvation for ns

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now, and that theferig will never liaok again for ns? And I toU yoa Jerry, if she ever does coinobaok.itvv ill be as Wl for yon. for I will twist ywr

neck myself, rather than have you get away with that story. II'»™«»n«ou with it all, but do you think I was fool enougk to tell it to anybody who could ever live to bring It up against mo T"

Again I thought be must bo coming after mo, so defiant was his manner but it appeared that in his assurance of our apeeuy destruction by abandonment ho deemed it useless to accelerate my fate. For his outstretched arms dropped, and looking at the ground ho began kicking the empty bottle to and fro again in a desultory and purposeless manner. and so his tierce mood passing off, he aat down against the upturned boat, and so aeemed graddally to fell asleep.

Maintaining my own guanl, I ®tood for along time with my eyes fixed upon him. Then, as I heard his deep breathing, and knew that he was at last asleep since If he were counterfeiting slumbor, ho could not havo put on those Hiwlden starts and meaningless ejaculations which accompany uneasy rest-l suffered my vigilance to relax. ^°t sufficiently, however, to admit of approaching him. For the whole world, it seemoC I could not have cottio near the shelter of the boat and lain down beside him. But I threw myself down where I then stood, and

pulling

At any other timo I would have awakened mv companion to share my hopeful assurances. Now, however, my sole thought was to keep him asleep until our rescue might be E\en

011

and flno»t

^"whferflbr the second time I awoke. the full dawn of day had cfmmeuc^ The Southron Cross Imdentlrelv'fwlwl aw^ and the moon was high in the heavcni^not now radiant iind gt)lden-hued, bOt with diminished orb and lack-luster lifbiwwncsw.

Thc

Uie distant sjaow-peaka were tinned

SJAtTbe Vw»l misht he. But I beard not Ikr off the eentli, well-turnwl atroke of oars, and my heart bounded, for I knewthat our frfends were coming with the other fjoarter-lioat in search of us.

I jaied around at Askina, and »w that he also was awake. He was sitting ntTwith hia head resting nponone hand, »wl an (Ur of troubled thought upon his t. Evidently, he had not yet caught $gaUnr of approaching oara,

I i^ci'his headand gazed searcKlngly

in»°i

u*, 1^?.

wafSunk laal night, waa I tarrv f** -a S ilather. Bill," I answered.

And did I talk any nonsense,

«ltm" aid n^ t«]k *t *11, Bill. Yon *)»vt Ithn a top all nl«ht. ''t^pnaaledl"k of inquiry, uk®

one who has Indistinct recollections of utiscbief, and 14 not lialf_satia^cd what Is being told hli». Th^ii Tbr the first tisae that beat of oars struck his ears, and with it the muffled sound of outer conversation. He quickened^hw attention, and hia power of iwprehension seemed to te revived. One wok at .my- {Ossaptled self, In whose watchful and scared fiwa 1

down

gaving

up the long mow

made a rough pulow for myself and so, still resolving to watch my companion, soon fell into a doze.

When I awoke it waa threo "r fonr o'clock in tho morning. ull of the ono subject,my waking thoughts endured no gradual transition from tlie conftision of flumber. At once I felt fu perception of mv situation and glanced toward Askins." He was yet asleep, rolled over upon his back, and muttering meaningless ejaculations in the pause of his deep heavy breathing. So far all wasweif. Then, looking about me, I saw with dolight that what bad threatenedto npen into a lasting tempest had passed off a simple squall. Already the w:indww down and the sea had sulwided^into its old unruffled, gentlo s\v ell. The sky was clear of clouds, and right before me, bright and lustrous, gleamed the Southern Cross, seeming to look do^n protectinglv. Then came, at the east, the light of "the rising moon: and as itrose out of the water, I saw onr v^sel Nearly defined against the bright sorflioe— again within a few miles °t the land, and still slowly standing in. This cheering vision lasted only lor a moment. In a few seconds, indeed, the moon had so far risen that 3ie vessel was no longer vlsiblo to me: but those fow seconds had been enough. During their pasaage.1 had recognized the battered old hulk beyond any doubt-even the queer clumsy Hot of the fore-yard—and saw thatthe mainsail was set and drawing. Ihere could be little doubt of our speedy re-

board again, I knew that I

could not lie entirely safe. I must even there be watchful against crafty ,surprises, which, causing my sudden disappearances, might bo attributed to accident—the missing of a foot-rope, or the like. But thero was now the present prospect of succor, and I could scarcely bo too careful not to awaken him who lay so few feet from me. Therefore I remained quiet and almost breathless, awaiting tho coming day, and gazing alternately upon the Southern Cross, now paling under tho light of the woon, and thd smouldering fire near my feet. Ganintr intently at tho latter, there was a moment when I thought I saw a single figure standing at ono side in meditativo nosture—apparently tho same figure in sailor's dress which I had previously seen beside the post. Again I rubbed mv eyes—not believing in the realityof the apparition, but attributing it, a» before. to my unwonted nervousness. Hardly for an instant did I connect It with the story that Askins had told me: or. if so, in some confused manner that made no real impression ofthe^twrn^urai upon me. Rather did I look uptm it as an evidence of again approaching dream-land, and more^an erirldekrmlned to arouse myself from that danger. But ate before, my tired n»t«w Sained control over me and while I imagined that I was keeping i«y»c^ nwajke my senses again allpprd away from me,

hostly appearance stood behind him, not so much approached by regular graduation, as having merely disappeared at the one place, and re-ap-peared at the other. Then It seemed to lay its hand lightly upon Askins' shoulder. In the niaii's fierce assault upon me, it was hardly to be supposed that the clinch of strong men behind could prevail upon him to relinquish his grasp, but now, atrthe very light touch of this spectral shade behind him, he turned and sprang to his feet in a paroxysm of terror ana dismay.

It was all over fn a minute, but it left upon my

brain

a picture that I can never

fOI^Gt Mm crhrMtlv «1l llHn

Vi uU

you

an^why

outright," contin

ued the second mate, glaring at me, "and so saved himself all ve^than to have given it up at the wrontr time, and walk ed overboard himself!

And did—did any of you see anything elsoT" I said, accepting for the truth wliat after all was the only rational explanation of the aoene that the crew would admit. "Another iersontall with blood on the side el his head,

Jerry," put in Bill OaHard,

helping"me upon my feet, "what is the matter with you? You haven been

Was any of it true? Waa it not

I did n#t touch It. 1 should wot have dared, if I had wanted to and I softly reclosed the cask, and stole away to the

Nor did i' ever l«arn the fate of

t^f*mysteriousletter. Was it ghostly epistle, like tta Writer, only bio to myeyes, and after a nfroentfad inar away forever? Or waa It a real letter, detained in the spirit world for thi rtv veara, and then brought bac^, earihly reality?

Whai Some Cfatretea i% ^r Tkmr 0»"otmists, Staffer* and QuaaUttm^JPtih mjm .t

I S a a with a ukriksp nngto take me unaware able cboir. An ordinary quartette eoeta but rather with the" deliberate pace of I $5,300. one who prepares a sacrifice. 1 knew at A, good tenor •nee by hia steadfast expression what trait© commands readily Some was in hia mind—and he read aa warely I aopranoa are paldj3,000. my oomprehonsion of the situation arid I Warren1 of^^Thomaa chun li. atamia mv instinet of defense. There was, I at the head of choir leaders. He has 10,therefore, nothing to be said by eitherpf 000 a year salary and a house. xm. In mute detenninatien he approach- Grace chuch pays its musi»l conduced anj awaited him. Then coming I tor $ti,«0o a year. Out of this sum he »Mur tor the flirt time he made his hires all the helphe needs and pays himsnrine upon me. Xeeling for his knife. IJ self. Jave one loud cry for suocor and with On© female singer in the city has |3,000 tCat oorne

beneath hia weight, for morning and afternoon service, and

wo rolled over and over in a deathly ?1,000 extra for singing in the evening in anther church ^uml

and round In that life and

death grapple. I was tho younger and more active but, on the other band, my opponent waa tougbM»baU-^daniW for conflict by a thousand baidaWpa. In less tVne than I now take to tell it, he had my aims pinioned to my side. A felt his knee upon my breMl—I know that he wasonee more searching for tua knife. I almost gave up all hope, with bis fierce glare and heavy breathing within a few indies of my flwo—then, suddenly, I saw a third person standing afewpacesoff.

One of our own crew, waa my niw impression: but when the form turned its bead, I beheld one who was not of our vessel. A strange face—youthftd, wellfeatured, though sad in expression, and and not yet hardened by toil or vicious indulgence. There was a bloody bruise upon the side of the head but all else, iu person and costume, waa unusually neat ami proper. At ones I felt it borne in upon me that this was the face of no living man, and I connected it with the fleeting shades that had already twice appeared to me. Those were seemingly evanesceut and impalpable, to be sure, while this one came with ail the reality of life: yet I knew that it wasthe same. And then it approached, notwi-h mortal step, but with a vague motion that can scarcely be described. At first, it stood at the side of the letter-post and at that moment my opponent had liis fingers around the handle of his knife. Before the knife was half drawn, however, the

our men clambering ashore *f°.

mine

quarter-boat, with loud and boi&terons

me, and at a little distance the second

mate, jumping up and down on the bare

rock as Ihj uad jumped upon1 the lirig a 8

And all because ho couldn't keep the bottle away from him!" stormed the second mato, interlarding his speech with a copious vocabulary of oaths, in course he would some day get the horrors and kill himself, or some one else but why eouldn't he havo waited until he got into port again And lie might better have killed

Kxaulner

Trinity church, though very economical, pays 910,000 a year for its music. It has a boy choir of thirty members These are paid a salary, and receive a complete musical education.

Many of our ftsiiionablo congregations are dispensing with choirs altogether, and are calling in the aid of a precentor. But this style of music has its serious drawbacks.

The First Presbyterian church of this city lias never had an organ or instrument of music. The spirit of Robert Lennox still abides. It was considered a great innovation when a quartette choir was introduced*

St. Bartholomew i« just now the rage among fttahionable cnurcl*-goe«. It la tflie newest and most elegant Episcopal church in the city. Its Hinging is a specialty. Men crowd the aisles to hear the music. When the aenuon comes on tbey leave in droves.

The elegant little church on Fifth avenue, known as Christ church, baa been famous for its music. Run down by Mr. Ewer's Ritualism, a New York broker proposed to tone things up by brilliant singing. The broker jaid one year $20,000 for the musioof this church.

Plymouth church haa congregational singing, led by a full choir. Insula the choir is a paid quartette. The trustees set apart $7,500 for music. To this is addea $500 more, bringing it up to$8,000. Fifteen hundred of this is paid to Mr. Zundel as orgaftlst. Tho balanco tho leader uses at his discretion.

Manv or our churches tire of the present mode of conducting the service of song in the house Of the Lord. In some cases singers hardly get the burnt cork off their face in season for the morning worship. Italians and Jewesses, who ring at the theatre until midnight on Saturday at a heavy salary, appear in the church to praise the Lord.

MAKING VP WITH IIEll. We old fellows have all been there, and wo can remember all about it. We loved her—guess we did!—and we knew she

loved in return. But one day she gavo

In the centcr, the gbostlj shade Tomkins a smile, or let Tom WatwitL the bloody wound upon tbeado of

the head-not revenrefut in face, but •£0

«»hnr«ntnKriinii sad—slowly gliding I O -.XT- 1

rather somber and sad—slowly gli along bv some unexplainable motion as it faced the murderer. He, with unutterable terror imprinted upon Ins face, slowly retiring before the pursuer, one hand over his eyes as though he would shut out the dreadftil visitant, the other arm thrown wildly into the air—so over receding until the limit of the little rockv peninsula was reached and then unresistingly falling headlong into the swift current below. At the other side, from the

ik home with her under an um-

did some otUer

ft.

taking too many nips out of the bottle I "the afternoon'siln sliono for it yourself, have you? She seemed dearer than ever before, and With that the conversation

ce*se^

The men set to work launching our boat

all a

lusion of tlie senses? Thero wero tho Isix

men, but Iiill Askina w«» not among them. There was Bill's knife, however, lying at my fteet, Just where be had droppeti It.

Tliere

waa the empty bottle

on theteronnd, and there waa the post with the iron-rusted cask, dolefully creaking in the freshening breeae. To make assurance more sure, I wagj

Staggered I

reach ita destination alter awhile And 3^" the wildest fancy. ^it there find awaiting it, some lonely Lhips that have ever been 1built were old maid, still Aill of concealed sent{- bn)«ght together in ment for the writer—or some happy wife would fill out a hand breadtn 01 tne with plenteous children and household ocean. The spaco, therefore, that man cares, and not a niemory left for the

iplo

thing,'and we got huffy. We loved her all the time, but Wo sat down and wrote her a letter, dating it at midnight, saying that we wanted all those letters and that ring and photograph back. Wo hoped she wouldn't return 'em, but we felt a malicious pleasure in punishing her. The letter was sent, or handed to her, with a cold "good morning," as she came to school, but bestowed our best smile on Lavina Wedge, the komeliest girl in the towu. Our heart ached when

I we looked. across the desks and saw ber

g] ren

greeting. Then I fell back, and for the I back the tears but we wont over ime knew nothing more, until awaking ^jr(j jHri jn front to borrow a fhnnd mvself lvinK on the moss, witn ana we wero entirely uncon1 luunu unsn." mmmar. and we were eniimv uuwh three or four ofthe men RrouTCdabont

ding tho letter, and trying to

tho

presence of her Ve loved

We 8tood

beside her in her class as

gtrai ht RS a

deck, and swearing in a bl^ streak YatTono miSed the other BHould do against evervthing^-iat the wind• audtfte

tide, at the sky and the sea, at the men and the boat, and more particularly at the unlucky chance that had robbed him of a first class hand.

pQi0j never letting on that

an(

the mutual agreement

tho order to keep

together, was

We tried to feel maliciously glad when wo went to the head and left her near tho foot, but wo couldn't do it. It went on in this way for three or four days. Onco in a while we saw her looking at us with a sad, sweet smile, as if she wero some poor orphan with no friends in the world and her note said alie couldn't part with the letters and keepsakes. We held out bravely until it began to hurt us tho most, and tben we had to "make up. It couldn't be done suddenly—that would be acknowledging our wrong. We waited until noon-time, and then as she ato her dinner in lior seat we began looking for a lost book. We thought it was under the seat next to hers, and whilo looking for it she spoke. We heard, butpretended not to, and she spoke again. Then wo coldly replied, but sat down near by and asked her if "she had those letters with her." She said it wasn't her fault, and we said it wasn't ours, and somehow our fingers touched. No one knows what a burden of anxioty waa roiled awav in five minutes, and how much

nit am «",*•

^.)1(n (|l0 brown eyes cleared the tears

nway nnd the mcrrv

again, and I stood by to rowyer my as Vondered how we could have been yet disordered faculties.

guc

dimples came back,

an unfeeling wretch and vet it was

de- J^^ ^ing over again in less than

ino

san}° lu,JlP

weeks. At, me I Those lovers who have had a smooth path and married without having quarrels and make-ups and jealousy will never know what true love ia.^1

loneliness of the ocean. One who has nover travoled upon the

man Rffiuninvv mviv ou»v» vuv «uu to the post and lifted up ihe sheet-iron ocean expccta to Hud it somewhat thickcover ofthe cask. Thero lay the snow- jy popUh*tcd. He thinks of the vast white letters of the captain and passennrs just aa I had detx)sited them the evening before but directly on top ot them lay another letter—black, mildewed and leather-stained, yet not so discolored that I could not wad tb© address "MaryWarren." ...

travS aml traffic that goes over the watera, and he ia ready to imagine that tho irreat deep is alive with the hurrying to and fro of the nations, lie reads of lands "where commerce whitens evory sea," and he ia ready to think that the ocean Itself is aa full of sails as the harbor of some mighty metropolis. But ho finds his mistake. As be leaves the land the ships legin to disappear. As he goes

hi» way they soon all vanish, and

there Is nothing 'aboat him but the blue sea and the bended sky. Sometimes he may meet or overtake a solitary ship during the day but then, again, there will be many days when not a single sail will cross the horizon. There are spaces measured by thousands of mites*over which no ship has ever passed. The idea of a "nation's commerce wbit«ning^every

and hl?

long-dead lover—or percbance only wh»e tomb ot a broken-hearted a tinMi which oold atone eonld be laid 1 jfother t»v ,4| tlra* blackened lines I do not know,

though I 'fUn ^JK The vilest sinner may return," wroto Warren," I could no _iona Methodist girl to her lover, with tn nniMir little village where the letter iter with having lived.

works oce«i/y Jh^sfa^^aa

three-fourths

At that time, it waa in my mind some Lndby far the greater part of tawt day to Search It out. But a lony whaling expanse is and ever has cruise made me forgetful of many from his presence and visitation, things and when I again reached borne, I

of the surface ofthoglot^.

whom she had parted in anger.