IUK SUNDAY UEE: OMAHA, 0CT015KU 15, 1922.
link f lint id my mind's eye by that
time; lull wrote to my l) master
for hor address, and li ent post
card Baying tliut Juno Illight had
len gone from tlx "foai-h" fur al
months and ho didn't know more'n
tha dead where olio w.ia got to. r
What she was doing.
I f It It a good deal for an hour
or hi), and thou I went out and
axed friend of mine at lllrmlhg
bam what 1 ought to do In aurh a
case, Hhe was a young person In
a li lu olst a simp and I wa drawn
to tier, Ikuuh she come from IM
n a Uovuripoi t woman, lMrn and
bred In I ha Three Towns. We'd
seen a gsJ Ut of each cither, chlcf
ly of a Holiday, and aha understood
toy nature and I understtxsl here
very wll, Imbied. Aggie Hansen
her nam was, mid Mho bad a nice,
land off manner ami well knew
what alio owed to herself. Hhe '
a 'lul'-V, ruther thin little thing a
auver and umnzlng kikh at f'gure.
Miu also liked going to church and
turned mi lo Ilk" II; and once there
ah sang the hymn very sweet In
died itnd urged me to nttrinpt It
also, which I had dona to oblige
Iwr, with filr eucccs.
W were loth homesick, a fid her
Imp nn.l prayer, like mine, wa to
get back lo Devon aom day.
On tha aubject of Juno 1 found
ggl not too helpful. Huch wa
hi r plrlt and religion that she done
her very best for Jane, I do bo-lli-v:
hut I know, by signs, thnt
ahe'd got a good hit of feeling for
in herself hy now, and at tho bot
torn of her heart I do think aha'd
rather hava beard I couldn't find
Juno, Hiit, Ilka tux, aim wna the
viul of honor, and ahn knew my
word wa given in that quarter
never to tie w'thdrawn.
I thought to ndvcrtl, but re
meinWIng thnt .una luid no use
for newspaper and seldom opened
such a thing, I doubted If that
would not ha to throw away good
money, And Aggie feared ao, too.
r!bo reckoned that June waa prob
ably In Ilymouth at her trade, and'
wori'l'-red If I could grt a Hat of tho
(njldlf houaca and aond a poaUsaid
to Mh of 'nil. We waa turning
v,r that and othi-r project for
few Week, whin I mado the a ha mo
ful dlHcovery that I'd pretty near
forot Jana and waa now falllnp
In lovo with Afvla; and then,
rriiwhln In upon th a, there came
Iho aooond and nrit'it adventure
of toy life.
A letter arrived for me from my
eld homo North Tuwton VllIaK,
whore my father and mother bad
Jived all their day. It waa from ft
lawyer, and It had heen m-nt to
"The Coach and Kour," und, along
of mo having written the year
pn-v,'ou to ax for new of Jano
H!ii;ht, my old maater knew where
I waa and aent tho letter after me.
And I Kot It.
The lawyer wroto that my fnth
r'a brother wa dead at the Cape
of flood Hope In Africa, ao my
father wa wrong; after all about
where ho'd Kone to; hot the amar
hiof thlnjf followed. Uncle Gfcoffrey
had h-ft my father all hla money,
and, father and mother btdne; d'id,
the money wa mine. Five thous
and pound he had aaved, though
whether aueh a huieeuua um had
been htnmUy come by who httll
nay. There It waa, however, and
when I took ihe new to my fr'cnd
at the tobacco a hop ahe congratu
lated me and wild that tto man ever
dewerved a fortune better.
"Five thousand pound I 250
a year at 6 per cent, Noah," ahe
.aid, "and don't you try to ret no
more."
"And wh.it ahull I do first, I
wonder?" I axed her. and, like the
fhrlntlan woman ahe wo, ahe
made ariawer.
"Find your Jane, I ahould think,"
Anld Ar;I Paaaett.
'Twua a froaty reply, In a man
ner of epeakinK, and yet I loved
her all the better for It.
"You teach me my duly," I aald,
"thcuiKh. Hod forKlve me, I could
w ah It weren't my duty."
tfhe uuduratood very well what
I waa iiiminK at
"Duty'a duty, Nonh," ahe an
awered, "and if you didn't do whdt'a
rlKht you'd never foritlva youraelf
and very likely spoil all your future
Mr."
"Duty did oil lit to be a comfort
and a a. 'luce," I Bald. "Hut 'tis a
ltro.it mlaiake, to tiilnk that
the way if duty la alwaya Ihe way
nf hupplneea, beraumt I be aoinir
damn mmiii to find it ain't."
"No need to aaear about It,
anyhow," the aald. "What the fu
ture have ot hid fur you no man
kn.); but what you are eulletl to
do Inoka mighty Hrar to me; and
that U go In llyuiouth ami work
thmugh the Three Town till you
And your weellieart."
Nl)rae lo aay tlx woid at rick
me Junili. .r Jana waa no UMirt
awevtrMwrt ef mine, even though
the ai Uiiiii iirtinilait rniainL The
ltl wi protwrly ruke after all
he year, and I Uida t want l
Ririf her, nor yet rven a-e hi-r
'in If 1 euld kelp It.
Aihle .mi tiew knew, drap.te all
My e4 Bilvnoe, wlv4t i Mtuvlug
M wy auad.
, Me.'t eaitt Ml tinw wt f, .
bout It till you find her," h aald.
"Hn like ra not when you do, If (lod
willx for you lo Join her once more,
the old feeling may liln.e up In you
KUln, fioah, and then you'll we
how rrovHunei wntchea vr the
aparrow."
"Aa to what I'll feel," I aonwrred,
"I know a plucky U;ht mora about
that than you can. And there'
time whtfii you at h yoiii n If wlxh
UiK that i'roviilelici- would mind It
own bualncna and let you mind
your. J'.iit, to tho bitter end, I'll
do my duly. I've v"l IW these
luat two yean, and tiow I'll give
notice and leave the. hotel und rl
weitt; and ulriee you Im- taking your
own holiday. I don't a no naxon
why you tdioiiMn't go down to vlalt
your aunt at lwivonjiort, aame
aa you Iruva promiaed to do. Then
We'll travel together, I rtenerve
Home reward," J, raid, "and Ihal will
l reward enmmh,"
Hhe didn't think It nl all wi,
and tio doiilit It weren't; but I priN
ed for ahailng the Journey and at
laet ahe cuflAfliited.
On the way d 'Wn lo 'vrn"nth
T aaked AkkIo how Infix I did oucht
to tako warchinK f"r Jane. I
weren't In a very k'""' temper, be
ruo tho flight Ixfore J had given
myatlf ,n hand and rememher that
I'rov (lenr wa look tig on, Then
another week panned by and I met
Aggie aga n and we took tr.'i on the
p er and drew out un advert m-inent
offer fig a reward of It to unylnMly
who could g vn Informol on about
M Jana III ght, formerly a bar
ma d at "The Coach and Kdii " tJ
yrlverton.
We parted, w Ih more Mam tm
to me not to be an hopeful, fend I
waa to e Axg e k;i ii the iict
day, be.rig Monday, bivauwi on Mon
day her ho) day would come lo an
end and ahn had to go hack to
II rm ogham,
And then It wmm, JumI about light
ing up I me, that my great tr al nml
ternplat on fell upon wo, for half
way lo the f.ff'cti of Ihe newi'impir
to hand !n tho advert mrrnent aboul
Jane I corned acroHD Hit' woman
herailf!
I ee a great, hg crenlnre, bu ll
much I kn a pouter p'geiui, looking
Into a ehop where tln-y aold wo
men' ataya: and I couldn t help
fitlng w th her gem-roil bu Id, no
doubt 'y Intel ied her loiicli
ii anything. And then aba turned
and I eaw Jan't III p,M.
"'unit tte j-nn I'd knuvn, yet.
ahe put her great hand on my
honldera and aald:
"You're Noah Bcohhull, or elao
hie gboet."
"The living man, Jane, And I've
been looking for you a fortnight,
and I waa going to advertine In the
puicr for ymi fiett Monday, It'a
In my pocket thl moment, Vrai'v
given me a bit of work you never
did otibt lo have given uie, June,
and a myatery where there wa
none. However, We foiiMl lit by
gone be bygones."
Hlie looked me over and I Inoked
her over, and aha am a ailvet
w.ili h chain and a hard hat and a
ilk lie and other eigne of pispr
Jty; and I saw aoinelhliig tiiui,"
about her, too a aoit of trim, nauti
cal cut, you ruifc lit any. Hhe wort
'i serKV shirt and jacket and a hi
faring dp over her loaa of blazing
red hair.
"you wanted (lie, (.lien? You Mllll
wanted ni", Noah?" slei onked, nn4
t'-aia ciinn in her eves when she
lii'fio ao.
"Only duly and a promise Is a
promise alien 1 make It, Jane," 1
feplled. 'The truth His in a nut
In II. I've come Into a bit of
money vi ry tieur 2uu a year, I
e v )i ; h ''A ii'R
I f
' AgfU changed trains for her aunt at Dewmport ami I went On."
a bit of a aond off party to my men
friends to celebrate my leaving
Ulrmingham, and I'd Bot the head
aeho along of doing ao.
"I can't go on hunting tiio earth
for the woman forever," I aald, "and
you must always remember, pica-,
that 'twa her stopped writing first,
not me. And when ahe changed
changed and grown from bud to
bloaeotii, you might aay. Hhti'd
d rawed the beam at 11 alone 4
when we kept company; but now,
to my eye, ahe looked every ounce
of 13 atone, If not more. The fat.
hud roue up to her face also and
her high color hadn't got no fainter
and her hair fairly jumped at you.
her address, projxr feeling should to "me men, no doubt, such a
have let ine know."
Aggie Raesett considered.
"I should say If you waa to search
honest for aix week your con
science would lie clear, Noah," she
assured me, "because by that time
your duty will be done; and If ahn
don't turn up then It'a tolerable cer
tain that Providence have got oth
er vlewa for you."
"Tea," I aald, "and I hope Provi
dence have got my own view; and
what that la nobody know bet
tor than you."
"I won't pretend I don't" ahe
answered, "but we needn't ih'nk so
far abend. Hometh'ng telle me km
you'll find Jane, If you honeHtly
l.sik fur her; and If you wasn't hon
est about It lh n tut doubt your a.u
would f nd you out."
" '. I too b g a w..rd," I told
her; "but, be It a It w II, I atwll
eek around abarii aa a needle for
a furtn ght, and if we don't meet,
then I'M advert In ihe Wel. in
Morn ng Ne. and, though she'll
rower - It, for stu no scholar,
omcboily thet knows lor may per
bP da bo. And even that go.ng
too far, In my otdn uii."
V I ft II an. and when we got ti
North Road al ttion, At e ihutr.t
for her auni al IvnHit and I
rat en. I knew her n'Mrt-M and
h granted e w mi ui lo nane
li tea her IJ hunted fi-r a Ink.
I lire , l.l.ii.l end I "Id her ) '
ul the saw ti i..i.le ha. rt-ee
id.a . t i i. fn k"
woman, but deulh to me.
I fell back for a moment ud
my leg twitched to fly from her,
while a perapitatlon broke out like
dew upon my fori-nead and the back
of my nock. Hut thcro It waa
lTfivldence and I knew myself ao
well that I felt there waa only one
thing for me to do. Another man
might have-lipied her and thanked
hla at are for the chance to do ao,
and never felt nolhlng ub'oiit It
after, more than gratitude for hi
luck; but with a contu-ieiiee like
mine If I'd bolted It ould have
been out of the frying pan Into
tho Jlre, aa they aay, and J ahould
never have hud no aims peeceful
momenta without In r than now I
must endure with her. Welldoing
often lands you In a nona like that,
and the one hojie Is to ful your
reward I sure, thtiugh It mil only
i nine on the other side of the
gravs,
"My Clod! To live, with that nnmn
tainoua woman"' I thought, and
tlien I put everythlag but duty
wy from mo and overtook h'-r.
"Vou'l! be Mi June luivtif." 1
sild, llftlhg mv hut to li; f.r a
moment sh di In't ho 'leu;
and then ahe did. ami t ..I Hill.
Iler fur tuine-l -v. rn shad-e
Jiater and hn po' her Imi d tu her
rar' -t-nd tieHM-d, hire JM, ,!.. e.
tu "tier hii I 'm it n . 1 1. ni I
tt.irtiglil ehe was giig tsu,i i,d
Miake a ( ail bbak Hi- nl.l
. hul elie a ii-t t-r--ii H
t ' .i b- I h i h I. TV (
shouldn't woinler and I remember
my solemn word to you, though you
"have forgot youra to me aeeiuingly;
and. when I heard from 'The Coach'
, a you was gone and nobody could
tell where, I thought that BO to 1
you wa In I My mouth, at your old
builiie.so and looking after your
mother as before. And I wo right,
I uppoat!."
"My mother' dead," he an
awered, "und I niu't looking after
nobody but myself. And my borne,
so to call It, ho tha tea nowadays.
I'm a atewartleaa on tho Weeton
Kinerdoit p;ti-ket boat 'I-ady Hlrd,'
that trodea ocroH from I'lymouth
to Iliivro."
"That accounts for your marlD
npjiearanco, then," I aald.
"ye, it do," alio answered.
"Vou waa alaya Very given to
the ae.ia," I eiinnnued her.
"Yea," aim said, "I always wu."
Hhe il iiilveud a, hit from the
t.tM upurd, und her great eye
rolled about In very helpieas faah
loii. Mie il nuiiiu a hole In her
manner nIho, for ahe never
whiatH-ri-d so much a a word, of
pleasure and gliulneaa on my ao
count after hoartng hlxiut thu fur
tune. InNteml ulie see 1 1 tet I to he
full up Mlth w)t wua In her nan
Iniml
' r ain y y.iu reineioiteiiiife' ine aM
ll.ene d.iiiWry's years!" tiu wild.
And Hull I gul A lliunsbl lllffrd
lib tne woman.
"And Iw I to und. ikt.tiid you'd
f.'rfcut roe, tune llllehtT'' I axkrd,
f r i n lieio-t n" i Is l irl of M
i-,i.er i id-.
r' 'it -u m"i N ili ii.l
lib- I liiveli'l," e'.e. l,ain.l
"tva m iiliv a kind slid tnie
friri d ,11' I r H h i ! I illte
t. OK in, i I lii, ml y.,u We i ii, .lu ll
Kn.h, Ui.iii,k to iii jr ey,. -u l.H.k
A gm'd fi snm;,r itian ntna
M .! 'I ' ,- I ' . ,
Well, I had my giMt iii ii.ii. r,
though shed lost lure In fh 1'i.lltli
Channel seemingly. Hut I e e
bit of satire, I'm afruld. e
"I rioft't fx l cotiw ions of having
shrunk. Jam,'," I armwered, "and
I'm afruld I can't return the co i,
pllment anyway, The ucenn Ii
peor to suit you Very well." '-
"It do," she replied, brightening
up, "I'm a born Bailor, Noah.'
"Po did I ought to be. With
iiume like mln",'' I ai.nwerid, strik
ing a light note, though I didn't
fel It, "but I hate Ihe deep und
wit never on It hut ome, going
round I'ortland Hill; and never
again fur me,"
Uli ii thought a moment and then
H'A un bleu,
"If we go down to the H tant'
on the Kailili-un you can give file a
glass of sherry wine," she aald,
"ami we i,tn talk."
I followed her and die went
putty fat and Kii.l but llille on
ttu! way, Wbit w.i to come I
did not J'.now, but so f n- I couldn't
disgu so from myself ih.it Jane bad
.1 good hit on Ii r mind beside me.
And I wondered why she'd i-lioa
She "rientujil," which was nu-rely
ftallora' publle bouse noioewheif
down on His iiiay.
"You don't seem too pb-aned about,
our iiioiu y, J.ine," I s,ild Just to
break Ihe silence, which was prow
lug a bit unnatural between lover
Joined again after three yrirs und
more.
"I'm very ( lea ted l,ni'i-.l about
It," sb niiseri-d. "And never u man
deserved a hi of link bcticr; und I
sliull be terr ble Intel -steel tu bear
bow you came by su- li n dollop of
I'oalian uuluckey sort of chap l,k
you."
"You'rn having i'rov.'dem-e nut,"
I sa d. "Jt. wa my t.'mdo tieolii.-y,
who left, t to my father, and,-fat her
and mother be ng dew!, I get.' ,
lot b.UW of t)i.f best, by all it,
count."
"fancy! Somehow I never thought
your Undo Ocoffrcy was a real
man," ropl.ed Jane.
i aald no more.
The "Hexlanf' was a Mbtll house
on the Unrb win, and Jam; appeared,
to be well known there. Wo went
Into a I "in it ng room off the
private bur her lead Jig and tie i
I ordered a gins of sherry Wiiie
ami a b'scu t for her and a half of
tout for myself, Hhe said a word
to the ma'den that st rved un and I
ovcrhifird It, though ahe didn't
mean for me to do so.
"Jbi Mr. K. Ueen !n?" aho aidtvd,
nd the g'rl shook h'-r bead.
W.th that we sat down and alio
took off her white thread gloveg
and cooled her face with a. liamlker
ch'ef. "You've given me a turn, Noah,"
ahe confessed. "They talk uhout
the wondera of the deep, but I reck
on the ea'a tame compared to th
hore,"
"And when do you oa.I fie.t, it
f may aek?" inquired.
"Monday n'ght at half after nin'!,"
she aiiHWert-d, '
"What If I forbid it, Jane?"
Hhe fin'slnd her sherry w.'no at e
K'llp.
"I'll have one more" ht fnid,
"and you can't forbid It mo go'm;
to sea. I'm under orders and have
'gned tm."
"How soon can you a'pn off,
then?" I asked, and rang the bell.
Jane began to shake aga'n and
dee'ded for a small brandy when
tbe maiden answered me.
"I'm a wicked woman," eho",,-. .
gan, when wi) wa iilonc &gain.
"Kince wlien?" I axed,
"To think of you, ho patient and
faithful, and nevr forgetting me)
To think all that time you could
remciibcr a poor soul like me! And
now, shameful though it may sound
to yon my dear man"
What she vas going to say I can't
lie certain, but stn didn't aay It,
for at that moment a lumping,
great .seafaring thap Mew in smok
ing a pipe. He was by way of being
Mime sort of officer from hie rig,
ami bo knew Jane. In fact, 'iwaa
clear ho expteled h-T. but equally
clear be didn't expect ine.
"Hullo, Juno!" be wild. "W!m
the lull ?"
Hhe Introduced us.
"This is Mr, Ham Kit. ben, Noah,
the eecotel .'-iigliicrr on the 'Lady
bird,' and this bo Mr, Noah (Vi.b
bull, Hum blioyoii remember."
"Hy Jokes!" Twld th niaiin en
gineer, "And what do he. wunt
down In these psrts?"
"I I v an's tiw," said -In no, briil?
i-ni ugh. inn not as If it gove Iter
any rreat pleasure to mintloti It.
Mr Kitchen was a ei f.se loan,
with niuM-lii and Isms to match, end
yon timid se(i thnt lie bremhid In
H gin I bit of oil along of tils pru'e
ln A big ercnikiti every wh
big fai e. hi.; l ard. blr voiit-
' Tin hrsriiig thlnirs," b ald
"IVi-hap on II lliiuw ft r.iy of
light, J'me "
IUf of -niie. mi f.ir as I vtl'
,-.ni-.iriied. n rather hie ful ry of
ii;.! bd u- n l!ime. ulretily I
iuni tne t-i ui, akel Mr. l.lt' heii
in giKi II a iisiin - and when - '
v it l it ili.ni ,.f on -w el- tied. yi
which I. ll, In I tbsnh in", h I'll unit
to J n ii I n.- In ( to tune
"0
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