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The Bride’s Name ; Or, The Adventures of Captain Fraser CHAPTER XXIII.â€"(Cont’d.) “Look ’ere,” said Joe, suppressing his natural instincts by a strong ef- fort. “You keep quiet for three days, and I’ll be a friend to you for life. And so will Will-yum, won’t you. old man?” Mr. Green, with a smile of rare con- descension, said that he would. “Look ’ore,” said the bargainer, “I’ll tell you what I’ll do for you; You gimme another tanner each instead; and that’s letting ou 011' cheap, ’cos your friendship ’u be worth pounds pnd pounds to anybody what wanted t.’ He gazed firmly at his speechless, would-be friends, and waited patient- ly until such time as their emotion would permit of a reply. Joe was the first to speak, and Tommy listened un- moved to a description of himself which would have made a jelly-fish blush. “Tanner each,” he said, simply; “I don’t want friends who can talk like that to save slxpence." Mr.’ Green, with a sarcasm which neither Tommy nor Joe understood, gave him the amount in coppers. His friend followed suit, and the boy, hav- ing parted with his reputation at a fair price, went below, whistling. Fraser came on board soon after- wards, and Mr. Geren, with his cele- brated drunken scene fresh in his mind, waited nervously for develop- ments. None ensuing, he confided to Joe his firm conviction that Miss Tyrell was a young lady worth dying for, and gloomily wondered whether Fraser was good, enough for her. After which, both men, somewhat elated, fell to comparing headpieces. Joe was in a state of nervous ten- sion while stean. was getting up, and glued to the side of the steamer, strained his eyes, at the dimly lit stairs. As they steamcl rapidly down the river his spirits rose, and he said vaguely that something inside him seemed to tell him that his trou- ble would not be in vain. “There’s two days yet," said Mr. Green. “I wish they was well over.” Captain Flower, who had secured a bed at the “Three Sisters’ Hotel” in Aldgate, was, for widely different rea- sons, wishing the same thing. His idea was to waylay Fraser immediate- ly afterthe marriage and obtain Pop- py’s address, his natural vanity lead- ing him to believe that Miss Tipping Ross. Self Sealers Fruit:r tczglisgfiegangirdg Ivfleats a. r. 3088 can 00. 560 Kins at. w. thunk how ten ova barely gawk": g getter-or ow open a .isseswim o 0 53a 39:! y Rt priglia I he: it {on I“ {17:50:st both“: it infirm: a e p: t‘griclâ€"v g urges <3 ' hedges. 5:. mi. Ears? .. . J < . a. ’_ . Eve skills? I) it: «’11 r .l: “to of a use ficdlc'r Shinglu are aloe 9 sins! wind,; inlet in mydtpituton, pep .ur brim ac clamor“ no . t- ’3" the “Right 3055" 52.1.12 “Kw. Sroof rot. Tits - PEDU‘H EOHE ‘umvm new icon eulivé Grace: and'Fattorlos: Oshawa. Ont. ‘ Branches: hientrcal . lwould at once insist upon a change of bridegroom if she heard of his safet before the ceremony was performe . Inthese circumstances he had to con- trol his impatience as best he could, and with a view to preventing his safe- ty becoming known too soon, postpone writing to his uncle until the day be- fore the wedding. CHAPTER XXIV. He posted his letter in the morning, and after a midday meal took train to Seabridge, and here the reception of which he had dreamed for many weary i months awaited him. The news of his escape had spread round the town like wildfire, and he had hardly step- ped out of the train before the sta- tion-master was warmly shaking hands with him. The porters follow- ed suit, the only man who displayed any hesitation being the orter from the lamp~room, who atte him on the back several times efore venturing. The centre of a little enthusiasic knot of fellow-townsmen, he could hardly get clear to receive the hearty grip of Ca tain Barber, or the chaste salute wit which Mrs. Barber inaugurated her auntship; but he got free at last, and, taking an arm of each set ofl’ blithely down the road, escorted by neighbors. As far as the cottage their journey was a veritable triumphal progress, and it was some time before the ad- venturesome mariner was permitted to go inside; but he escaped.at last, and Mrs. Barber, with a hazy idea of the best way to treat a shipwrecked fellow-creature, hofiiever remote the accident, placed before him a joint of cold beef and a quantity of hot coffee. It was not until he had made a good meal and lit his pipe that Uncle Bar- ber, first quafl‘ing a couple of glasses of ale to nerve himself for harrowing details, requested him to begin at the beginning and go right on. His nephew complied, the tale which he had told Poppy serving him as’ far as Riga; after which a slight collision off the Nore at night between the brig which was bringing him home and the Golden Cloud enabled him to climb into , the bows of that ill-fated vessel before she swung clear again. There was a slight difficulty here, Captain Barâ€" ber’s views of British seamen making no allowance for such a hasty ex- change of ships, but as it appeared that Flower was at the time still suf- fering from the effects of one fever which had seized him at Riga, he waived the objection, and listened in silence to the end of the story. “Fancy what he must have suffer- ed,” said Mrs. Barber, shivering; “and then to turn up safe and sound a twelvemonth afterwards. He ought to make a book of it.” “It’s all in a sailorman's dooty,” *“It’s wot ’e expects.” His wife rose, and talking the while, proceeded to clear the table. The old man closed the door after her, and with a glance at his nephew gave a' jerk of the head towards the kitchen. “Wonderful woman, your aunt," he said, impressively; “but I was one too many for ’er.” i Flower stared. “How?” he inquired, briefly. “Married ’er,” said the old man, chuckling. “You wouldn't believe wot a lot there was arter her. I got ’81“ afore she knew where she was a’most. If I was to tell on all that here was arter ’er, you’d? hardly be- lieve me.” “I dare say,” said the other. “There’s good news and bad news,” continued Captain Barber, shaking his head and coughing a bit with his pipe. “I’ve got a bit of bad for you.” Flower waited. “ ’Lizabeth's married,” said the old man, slowly; “married that stupid young Gibson. She’ll be sorry en- ough now, I know.” ' His nephew looked down. “I’ve heard about it," he said, with an at- tempt at gloom; “old George told me." The old man, respecting his grief, smoked on for some time in silence, then he got up and patted him on the shoulder. “I’m on the look-out for you,” he said, kindly; “there’s a niece 0' your aunt's. I ain’t seen her yet; but your; aunt praises of her, so she’s all righti I’ll tell your aunt to ask ’er ovel‘.‘ Your aunt sea " “How many aunts have I got?” dew manded Flower, with sudden irritation. g The old man raised his eyebrows and: “You’re not yourself, Frei ," he said,l slowly; “your misfortunes ’avo shook you up. You've got one aunt and one. uncle what brought you up and did the ,best for you ever since you was so. yigh-n ‘ ttso you did,” said Flower, heartily. I’m‘ tired and worried.” “I see you was,” said his amiably, “but your aunt's a wonderâ€" ‘ful woman. ‘and we're doing well. I‘m buying :another schooner, and you can ’avc her Ior have the Foam back, which you i like.” Flower thanked him warmly. and. Jim. Barber returning, he noticed with some surprise the evident happiness of the Couple for whose marriage ho was primarily responsible. He had to gm over his adventures again ard again. Captain Barber causing much in venience au=l delay at supperâ€"time using the beerâ€"jUg to i'ejt-i‘c~ici”t Golden Cloud and a dish of hot 5: .- iagcs the unknown craft \ViLlCh sunk I 1 said Captain Barber, shaking his head. ‘: stared at him in offended amazement. L “‘I didn’t mean to speak like that, but. uncle,’ She’s got a business ’ezid,‘ her. Flower was uncertain which toi admire most; the tactful way in which Mrs. Barber rescued the sausages or the readiness with which his uncle ,pushed a plate over a fresh stain on ‘the tablecloth. . Supper finished, he sat silently thinking of P0 py, not quite free from the fear that s e might have followed him to New Zealand by another boat. The idea made him nervous and the suspense became unendurable. He took n his cap and strolled out into the stil ness of the evening. Seabridge seemed strange to him a ter his long absence, and, under present conditions melancholy. There was hardly a soul to be seen, but a murmur of voices came through the open window of the “Thorn " and a clumsy cart jolted and creaked its way up the darkening road. He stood for some time looking down on the quay and the shadowy shapes of one or two small craft ly- ing in the river. The Foam was in her old bei‘th, and a patch of light aft showed that the cabin was occupied. He walked down to her, stepping noiselessly aboard, peered throu h the open skylight at Ben, as he so put- ting a fresh patch in a pair of trousers. It struck him that the old man might know something of the events which had led up to Fraser’s surprising marriage, and, his curiosity being somewhat keen on the point, he descended to glean articulars. Ben’s favorite su ject was the mis- deeds of the crew, and the steps which a kind but firm mate had to take to control them, and he left it unwillingâ€" ly to discuss Fraser’s marriage, of which faint rumors lac. reached his ears. It was evident that he knew nothing of the particulars, and Flowâ€" er with some carefulness proceeded to put leading questions. “Did you ever see anything more of those women who used to come down to the ship after a man named Robinson?” he inquired, carelessly. “They come down one night soon arter you fell overboard,” replied the old man. “Very polite they was, and they asked me to go and see 'em any time I liked. I ain’t much of a one for seeing people, but I did go one night ’bout two or three months ago, end 0’ March, I think it was, to a pub wot they ’ave at Chelsea, to see whether they ’ad heard anything of 1m.” “Ah!” interjected the listener. “They was very short about it,” con- tinued Ben, sourly; “the old party got that excited she could ’ardly keep still, but the young lad she said good rid- dance to bad rub ish, she ses. She hoped as ’ow he’d be punished.” Flower started, and then smiled softly to himself. “Perhaps she’s else,” he said. Ben grunted. “I shouldn’t wonder. She seemed very mLch took up with a young fel- ler she called Arthur,” he said, slowly; “but that was the last I see of ’em; they never even offered me a drink, and though they’d asked me to go down any time I liked, they was bare- ly civil. The young lady didn't seem to me to want Arthur to ’ear about it.” He stitched away resentfully, and .his listener, after a fond look round his old quarters, bade him good-night and Went ashore again. For a little while he walked up and down the road, .pausiiig once to glegée at the bright drawn blind in the ibsons’ window, {and then returned home. Captain Barber and his wife were at cribbage, and intent upon the game. With the morning- sun his spirits rose. and after a hurried breakfast he set 011' for the station and booked to Bittlesea. The little platform was bright with roses, and the air full of sweetness of an early morning in June. He watched the long line stretching awa until it was lost in a bend in the roa , and thought out ways and means of obtaining a private interview with the happy bridegroom; a subject which occupied him long after the train had started, as he was benevolently anxi- ous not to mar his friend’s happiness by a display of useless grief and tem» per on the part of the bride. The wedding party left the house shortly before his arrival at the sta- tion, after a morning of excitement and suspense which had tried Messrs. Smith and Green to the utmost, both being debarred by self-imposed etiquette from those alluring liquids. by which in other circumstances they 5would have soothed their nerves. They 3strolled restlessly about with Tommy, f for whom they had suddenly conceived [an ardent affection, and who, to‘do him 1justice, was taking fullest advantage 'of the fact. i (To be continued.) o .0 THESE I PITY. found somebody I do not pity these boys young and brave. 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