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CMAPTEIi I.
A FRESH BRREZR.
A grey day that would have been dull any
where but by the sen. A stronjr, breeze
blowing and the ifiey and blue waters leap
ing into white combs and p luts. A lands
man would have cal'ed it a pale, but to fish
erfolk it waa only "a wee thin fresh." The
grey old houses, with their red and brown'
roofs, looking out on the harbor, would also
have appeared dull and dirty but for their
picturesquely irregular gabies and height.
Then the busy figures of the fishwives in
their bright-colored pettioouts and "short
gowna" (long Jackets) ; the lounging groups
of the fishermen, and, above all, the bustle
in the harbor and on its walls which pro
jected out into the Forth, gave life to the
scene in harmony with the strong breeze
and tbe leaping waters.
Out on the farthest point of the grey walls
a group, of men and women, with the spray
flashing over them and the keen wind biting
their cheeks,' stoo l watching a smack which
was tacking to make the port.
,svVia ii" wil1 in think you?" asks one.
. T'oss lssteerine."en,-
bniu enoUh Ho1 - -
fidently answers' little Wdathft-WizeniKi-faced
old man, by uatne Dick Baxter.
Bob Ross had en a sfoaek eajsize and
with five trusty 0 '.trades had put off to the
rescue.
"It ws a daftliko tiling for Bob to think
he could be out in time to help them."
"It was worth trying," said Baxter drily.
Suddenly the prow of the boat is turned
towards the openimr in the walls and comes
straight and swiftly along, crosses the bar.
t down goes the sail, and boat and men are
I safe in haven.
There was no cheer although brave work
I had been done ; but an eaer inspection of
the boat to see who was in it.
"They hae got;en them a' but Jock Tani
son," said Baxter in a lnattir-of-fact tone,
tlte circumstance beint? of too ordinary a
nature to call for much feeling; "pair sowl,
he's gaen."
'My man, my man," cried a woman, rush
ing down the steps to the boat, "whar's he?"
There was no answer and the woman un
derstood. She bowed her head, covered her
f;:ce wfth her hands and was silent. Then
a couple of burly women, with broad shoul
il'Ts ami muscular hands, took each an arm
of the mourner.
"Come awa iiame, Jeanie," said one,quiet
ly, and the voice was tender although the
notes were harsh "ye'll he btter there."
And they led the widow home.
Bob Boss was the first out of the boat,
helping one of the three men who had been
saved, to land. The others followed, and
were first assisted to a much-needed dram
nnd then to their houses. The crew pro
Cie:'ed to the inn, accompanied by a num
ber of friends eager to obtain more details
of the rescue than had been given in the
hnrried answers to the crowd in the haven.
lioss did not accompany them. lie gave
Iiis stalwart frame a shake, like a huge
Newfoundland dog after coming out of the
water, and that contented him. lie was a
man of about thirty, a handsome fellow,
tall and sinewy, dressed in a pilot jacket,
and boots over his trousers.
His face was tanned by exposure to the
weather, the features good, and the clear
grey eyes which looked straight at any man
b-.'spoke an honest, open, and fearless na
ture. He had begun life in his father's fish
in? smack; but whilst always ready to do
his duty in the boat, he had continued to
attend school more than the other lads of
the village, and to make more of what he
learned there. The dominie took an inter
est in him and helped him to learn naviga
tion as far as it was in that worthy man's
power to do it. But his real knowledge was
grained by practical experience in his fath
ers smack. So, by the time he was twenty
two he was said to know the road from
Newhaven to John o' Groat's ay, or from
Newhaven to Yarmouth better than any
pilot in Leith. He obtained his license and
became a recognized pilot He soon earned
a hiffh reputation as a trusty, steady, and
skilful man. But he still retained his in
terest in the smack, and when occasion per
mitted went out to the fishing with as much
glee as of ok.
After he had seen the rescued men safe
in their homes, he turned on the way to his
own. Dick B:.xt -r met him. lie was a
favorite of Dick's, and that was an honor;
for Dick was a person of importance in the
village. An accident thirty years ago had
disabled him from following his craft as a
fisherman; bin ha eked out a living by do
ing odd jobs at the harbor and by the tips
he obtained from sig'itscers for information
about the place and people. This he gave
with the air of a proprietor showing his place
to his guests. Amongst tisherfolk he ob
tained the reputation of being a wise man.
He was a pawky one, giving advice in a
slow, learned way that impressed the simple
although clever people. He pronounced as
authoritatively on the position of current
politics as on religious affairs and the
weather. In short lie was an authority in
the land notwithstanding the chaff which
he had sometimes to endure from the young
er men.
In his scaly old blue jersey and corduroy
trousers, and with his thin brown wizened
face, he was always at his post and knew
everybody's affairs.
"I was on the look-oot for you, Bob. Hoo
did you manage? Itwasweeldoneonywa"
'Ye were just in time poor Thomson
had gone and the other three were just drop
ping off the keel. But you see we got them,
and that's all."
"Ay, but it was weel done, and there'll
be a paragraph in the Scotstiian about you
the-morn."
"Well, it'll do nae harm," answered Boss,
la.urliing.
"Is that a' you think o't? Man, I'd gie
onvthinzto hae them speak aboot me in
print! But be that as 't may, wha do you
think is here?"
"A lout oirf folk."
"Jist that, jist that; but I was thinking
you would like to ken that Jeems"' (pro
nounced with the s short) "is here."
"To see his mother, I suppose, and get
souip niwre of her siiler."
"Jist that, an' speaking that line English
I could hardly understan' him. But I thought
you wou!d like to ken. for he's come to see
so'neane forbye his inirher."
That was wiiat Dick Baxter had ben
wjMtin to tell, and he enjoyed the look on
Bob Boss's f;vce a comical attempt to hide
the fact that the news disturbed him.
"But what can that matter to me, Dick? I
suppose he is free to go wherever he is wel
come like other folk."
"Nae doot, and it's jist as you tak' it. But
if 1 was in vour place, I'd be there afore
him."
"Where, man, where?"
"As though you didna ken!" exclaimed
Dick slyly. "Hows'ever, you'll ken fine
when I tell you that I saw her yestreen and
she was speeriu' for you, and there was a
braw laugh on her face when I said you was
to be here t he-day."
"Thank vou. Dick." said Boss with evi
dence annovance; "but 1 wish you wouldna
meddle."
I drdrm' ken afore that it waa ony harm
to do a Men' a guid turn," answered Dick
Baxter in bis most dignified way.
"No harm I hope."
1 I didna aay onything by ordiaar," eald
Dick a little sulkily, and yet with a desire
to reassure Itoris, seeing him so much put
out. But the "by ordinar" must have had
an extensive range indeed in his mind, since
be had been praising his young friend with
out stint to Annie Murray, the only child of
Captain Duncan Murray, who waa sole
owner of Anchor Cottage and the McnnaUl
steamer. "And she dklua take it that ill,"
added Dick pawkily.
"Then it's all right."
And Boss laughed again as he went his
way, and that way was to Anchor Cottagp.
He had been sent for by Captain Duncan on
a matter of business. But the business was
not in Bob Boss's mind as he walked rapid
ly along with head bowed against the wind,
the spray dashing over the parapet, and the
sun slowly beginning to make its way
through the mist.
"I wonder can it be true ! Was she think
ing o' me? Maybe, maybe, for she's no re
setting like other Ussies I ken
havers is this? Th - out what
kind'-- pWfn Is friendly and
-yt ont be Is pioud o' his daughter,
proud o' his steamer, and proud o' his siller
he would never hear o't when there's a
ehiel like Cargill hanging about waiting for
her."
At this thought he stopped, teeth closed
and feet went down harder and faster on
the ground. Again
"But why should he not think of his Own
early days and count my chances as guid as
his were?"
Here a faint smile of hope crossed his
face; but the smile faded into a troubled
look.
"I'm thinking he would do it, too, if Car
gill werena here with his fineries and his
siller that he had no hand in making. ....
Puir au!d Bell Cargill it was a pity you
spent your life in hoarding up your bawbees
for a loon that's more than half-ashamed to
call you his mother before his fine friends
ughl Lord forgir? me for thae hard
thoughts. If Annie likes him let him hae
her."
The healthy nature of the man rose
against this envious spirit which had for n
moment taken possession of him. He lif ted
his head and looked Fate steadily in the
face. She should take him for his own sake
or he would "e'en let the bonnie lass gang."
It was a relief to the man to feel this bet
ter mood upon him before he reached the
cottage, for he knew that ugly thoughts
make ugly faces. It was a relief, too, that
the sun had scattered the mist and brighten
ed everything.
CHATPKK 11.
AJTCHOK COTTAGE
The cottage stood on the high ground
overlooking the Firth. It was a square comfortable-looking
building of one story, built
of brown stone and slated. The only piece
of ornamentation about the building was a
porch. It stood in a piece of ground which
was also square and planted with things
useful vegetables, fruit-trees, and berry
bushes. There were a few plots of flowers
and some rose-bushes, but these things be
ing merely beautiful were kept well within
bounds. Nevertheless the place had a cosy
appearance and was attractive on that ac
count. The captain had been brought up to re
gard utility as the first consideration in life;
and the only bit of fancy he had permitted
himself when the grounds were laid out,
was to place an old anchor in the center of
the patch of grass, called the green. This
anchor had one of its points stuck firmly in
the ground as if it were holding the whole
place steady.
"That auld anchor, sir," the captain would
say to any visitor, "saved the MertmiUl once
when she was being blown out of the roads
by one of the clartiest storms I have ever
been in. The McrrnnUl of that time was a
bit cutter you maun ken. And when I sold
the cutter and got the steamer I brought
that anchor here and I'm proud o' it rael
proud and so I named the house after it."
As soon as Boss passed through the gate
he halted, hesitating whether t i go straight
to the door or cross the green towards the
lass he saw amongst the berry-bushes busy
gathering fruit. His heart's impulse had its
way, and he went towards her.
As the gate closed behind him with a
clang a frank sun-browned face looked up
from amongst the bushes and recognized
him with a pleasant smile. Be thought that
smile as bright as the sunshine itself.
"Glad to see you Mr. Boss." she said in a
rich cheery' voice. "Father has been ex
pecting you, but there is somebody with
hiin just now."
How cordially Bob Boss thanked that
"somebody," and how earnestly he prayed
that'the "somebody" might stay long.
"1 could not come so early as I was mean
ing to do, and I'm no exactly sorry."
"How is that?"
"You are here."
She looked as if she enjoyed, or at any
rate did not dislike, this very direct compli
ment. She said banterinsly
"I'll hae to take e re of you, Mr. I!)."
"That's just what I would like you to do,"
he rejoined sincerely.
"Keek into the berry-bush and say what
you see there," she replied, laughingly quot
ing an old play-rhyme of childhood.
"I'm doubting you would not let me tell
you what I see."
"Oh, but I would, for I'm no the gowk !"
"I'm sure of that, for what I see is the
bonniest lass in all the world !"
"Eh, Mr. Ross!" she cried, laughing again,
"I'm thinking I had better go ami tell my
father you are here."
That was a check, otherwise he might
have found an opportunity to turn this ban
ter to serious account. She was conscious
of that and wished to avoid the possible
turn the conversation might take and be
was aware of it.
But he tried to detain her by the assur
ance that h-j was in no hurry and would rath
er wait until the captain was quite free.
With a smiling shake of the head, she took
up her basket of fruit and went towards the
house. A tall, winsome figure, in neat
simple dress; and as she crossed the green
her rich fair hair glisten-d in the sunlight
like gold.
The wistful lover, following, felt that
there was no use in following, for 6uch a
prize could never be his not because there
was any inseparable gulf between their posi
tions; but because she in herself apjeared
to be so much above him or any ordinary
mortal. Alas, poor lover!
But Annie was a bright specimen of wo
man natnre kind and generous, bonnie and
brave. Tbe man who won her would be
fortunate indeed, for he would possess that
greatest of all blessings, a faithful helpmate
in all that concerns daily life tender in his
sorrow, blithe in his gladness, and patient
of his errors.
All this and more Boss thought, and it
rendered the possibility of her becoming the
prize of James Cariil the more bitter, lie
tried to make allowance for his own feel
ings in regard to Annie and th- infiiiewe
tliev had ui"ii h'.s o: i:iio:i of t::e rmv.i. But
wneti ait allowance was reaae ne coma no
believe that Cargill was likely to make ber
or anv woman happy.
""The cpUIrfaTaughtcrws-s famrmra
the captain himself; for allhtnuh she could
play the "pianny," and was reported to be
able to speak French "as well as the French
themselTf" (such a smattering of the lan
guage as any school-girl mi'.-ht posses
would suffice for this rejxirt), ahe was her
father's clerk and purser, besides being his
housekeeper. She accompanied him on all
his voyages, and in the wildest hUii in wan
as cool as the oldest penman ou board.
When the MirmnUl was in straits shn
would stand by her father's side-her sailor
hat and the pea jacket over her ordinary
dress giving her tall figure a somew hat man
ly appearance ready to obey him in any
thing he might command.
And throughout this rough life she pre
served the gentlest characteristics of wo
manhood. When at homo In the cottage no
stranger would mve susiiected that th
quiet-looking lass with the merry smile wis
accustomed to such btcrn exerleneo
The MermaUl was a ?" r
Duncan Murr-- -. steamer which
Then ' nftd purchased a bargain.
naVitig sold his cutter, he employed"
the Steamer to considerable nil vantage In'
carrying goods along the coast, or to where'
ever he might obtain a cargo. By this means
he had made a gonl deal of money a big
fortune his friends considered It some of
which was prudently Invested in house
property.
He might have retired and lived comfort-'
ably on his Income. But he would not do
tiiat; he only became more particular about
his cargoes and about his rates of freight.
Likewise, he would now employ a 'pilot
more frequently than had bi-en hip custom.
In order to give himself more east; on hoard.
Often he had been heard to declare with
an emphatic oath that he wo.ild never part
with the Mcnmiltl or his daughter "us lang
as they could baud tliegither."
in spit ' of this well-known declaration
there were men who would have been glad
to make him forego his vow so far as tho
lady was concerned; only, shi cemed to be
as much disposed to observe it as lier l ather.
At any rate, no one had yet btained lnr
favor; an there seemed no likelihood of
that favor being easily won.
To herself there wa the simple fact that
her life was a happy one and there was 110
need of change. F'en if one should ap
pear possessed of that strange power which
draws a maiden away from father, mother,
and kindred to trust her whole life to him,
she believed that she could resist it, until
)w.r father said "G i, and take my blessing
with you."
"Here is Mr. Boss, father," said Annie,
as she entered the room, and added with
some surprise "Mr. Cargill has gon?"
"Ay; did you not see him? he wanted to
see you. . . . How are you. Bob? I'm want
tin' you to come wi' us as far as Peterhead.
Can you manage it?"
The captain was a burly little man with a
very ruddy face shrewd, sharp, and yet
not ill-natured.
"When?' was the prompt query.
"Next week, on Tuesday maybe, but on
Wednesday sure."
Boss looked at Annie his eyes turned to
her involuntarily, asking the question, was
she going too? But she looked flown at the
table examining some forms which her
father had thrust towards her whilst lie was.
speaking.
"I'm not sure. But what should you need
me for? you know the roads better than
me."
The captain's quick pale eyes looked up
at him sharply, and he said good-iiatured
iy-
"I'm perfectly aware o' that. Bob, but
next to inysel' 1 think you ken tli-. m Ivest."
" Thank you captain."
"And ;s I am to have a friend wi' me, I
f.'iiiiia want to hae mair fash inysel' nor is
just necessary. Tuafs the reason why I
want you wi' us, though what j 011 nre sae
particular about kenning for, 1 canna make
out. What's wring wi' ye?"
That was a question not easily answered,
for the man himself did no: know precisely.
He felt that there was a great l-al wrong
with him; imtas he found it difli -nit to dis
cover an explanation ft r it in disown mind,
it v. as impossible to tianslaU: il in words Vt
the understanding of another. So, he an
swered vaguely
"Nothing, captain, except that I would
like a bit rest."
"Best ! you that fetched aff they threo
billies frae the smack this morning, anif
was able to walk out here as if naething
hail happened you to talk about rest when
you are gaun aboard tin; McrmiiJ! hoots
man, that's 11a your reason."
"What is that about the smack, father?"
broke in Annie, with eyes brightening, as
she remembered the explanation K ss had
given for being late.
"A daft thing that fool-fellow gaed out
in the teeth o'a gale because ho saw a smack
cap-er-zed "
"Did you save them?" she asked of Boss;
but the father replied
4 )o, ay. he brought haine three o' them
but he might h ic madi! the Ios o' his ain
crew as weel as that o' t e sunck. It was
cleverly done as I am toid, all the same; but
yon should mind that life In the hand Is
worth t'.va in the wrack. But that's 11a the
question; are you ti come wi' me or no?
Caririll is coming."
Annie by a Hush of the cheeks and a
movement of the hand instantly checked
as if she would take that of Boss, appeared
to think that the savingof the men was very
much the question.
The father did not observe the movement,
and Boss was entirely occupied with the
announcement that Cargill was going to
Peterhead on board the Mermaid.
"I'll go wi' you, captain," he said quietly;
and any one hearing him speak would have
thought that he was merely closing an ordi
nary bargain. But through his mind was
passing the panorama of Cargill, all the
way along the coast courting Annie.
"That's a plain word, and I think you
ought to hae sxoken it stoner, for it's an
easy job to you, and you'll be among frien's.
Take a dram on the head o't."
CIIAPTKK III.
AT THE GATE.
He had been in a drearn during'the lasZj
ten minutes of his slay in the captain's
room. He was in a dream now that he got
out into the fresh air. Cargill going with
them Cargill had been at the cottage just
before him why, then it was all settled
ami ther. was no hope for him.
What fiend, then, had prompted him to
say he would b pilot of the Mcrmnll on
this voyage? Why should he be with them
when it would Ihj only to intensify his sense
of loss into hate, and maybe, crime?
He should have said. No, no, no! and he
had said "yes" for the very reason which
should have conijelled him to say no.
It was not yet too late, He could find
some excuse; he could feign illness he
could drown himself. Anything raiher than
go on board that vessfl and see thern to
gether, knowing the man to be so unworthy.
He did believe that if he had thought Car
gill an honest man he could have sail good
bye in sad resignation to the inevitable; he
could have steered them safely into port
with no chagrin, but only sorrow in hii
heart
