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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