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What a poor thing was it, then, that the wreck of hope and future) should come to be a mere qucslion of '-C:in we do anything for you?'' So much medicine so much fresh air ami lo, hojx! is restored and the future is as bright as ever. That is tho current mood and a happy one-but to the homely nature of a man like Iloss it brousht no balm. He had ventured his all in a single boat and it had sunk. He turned and saw Annie, the bright sym pathetic eyes fell u;mui him. Like most men deeply in love he was most shy of the bi-ing be most loved. So he answered somewhat ungraciously. "That is true I am not wall ; but thank yon for coming to say a kind word to me." "I am very glad ti havo given you any comfort I doubt you have been overtax ing yourself to-day." He rested on the gate. The sweet voice was echoing in Lis br.iin and he listened. Then speaking t ie voice he breathed the name, "Annie.' . She did not draw ;tvay from him. She stood breathless. "Will you let me sp.ak to you?" he said, so quietly now that he could scarcely realize himself that he had been for a moment In dreamland. "If it will do you any good, to be sure I will," she answered with an endeavor to speak quite frankly and easily; but the voice faltered a little. "Onythimr I like'."' "Of course." The permission granted ie appeared to find difficulty in taking advantage of iu So there was a pause, and the outcome of ft was "I'm a stupid gowk." But ridiculous as the expression might be to other ears they were not so to those of Annie Murray, and she asked tremulously "What for?" "B -cause I care more for you than for anybody or anything else, and I have been aye feared to tell you. Now it is useless t lling you." He spoke almost fiercely as in the throes of a strong man's atony; but with the evi dent effort to restrain his passion. "You are not to speak any more," 6he said, drawing a long breath; "you are to listen to me. You are young, and you can go where you will lind friends to comfort and c';eer you " "So it is said of all men," he muttered. "My father is an old man," she went on, "and has only me as his constant friend and companion. Well, can you think of it? I said to myself long ago that I would never leave him until he sent me away. Well, t an you think of it? The only time that I ever wished 1 might leave him was " But there the blood came rushing to her face and a startled expression appeared in her eyes as if she had caught herself in the commission of some crime, and she became silent. She, who had been calm in the midst of storm, trembled. "Well?" he asked, surprised by her sud den stop and looking into her face for an explanation. "Well," she said, softly an entire change of tone and manner "there's nothing more to say except that I am glad you are to be the pilot of the Mermaid on her next trip." He took her hand gently and for a mo ment each looked into the others eyes. Then "Now it is my turn to ask you to listen to me," he said slowly. "Whilst I was com ing down the path, I made up my mind that I would not go. You shall decide me. Is Caririll going by your wish?" "No." "Do you wish me to go?" "I do because father wishes it" She added the latter words quickly, as If fearing that he should raisundersttnd the imiorc of her wish ; and again they looked into each other's eyes in silence. "Very well," he said, "I will go." And then they said good-bye. The under standing between them was complete, al though no word of compact had been spoken. She was to be faithful to her father, and lie was to wait until the father spoke. Wait I ay, he would wait all his life. And he had no doubt that after this trip of the Mermaid, a little conversation with Captain Duncan would enable him to arrange matters satisfactorily. With that conviction he went merrily on his way. ClIAPTER IV. A Pt'TIFCL SON". The original part of the village consists of two rows of buildings forming a narrow street. Tiie buildings have two flats; the upper one is approached by a staircase with a thick wooden railing outside the wall;and the landings of these "outside stairs" form the rostrums of the fish-wives from which they harangue their gossips. Toles jut out from windows carrying ropes to form a triangle, and on these hang men and wo men's clothes to dry. On the stairs are broad-haunched women gossiping to others below, on either side, or across the way. Beneath the stairs are others preparing bait, mending nets or clothes and also gossiping. At the foot of one of these stairs is Dick: Baxter. To him approaches a big lumpish man, jauntily. He is dressed in the latest fashion of tailordom, has a large signet ring on the third finger of his left band, and car ries a slim umbrella in his right, which makes his own figure the more conspicuous. He is evidently conscious that such a dandy is out of his element in this placa. He Is rendered still more conscious of it by the" salution of Dick Baxter. "Weel. Jeems, you are a erand sight, but you might hae come sooner.f or your mither"s in a great way ahout you." "Thank you. Mister Baxter." "That's as muekle as to say that I omjht p-to call yon Mister CargilL," said Dick, pity I ingly. ' Na, na, laddie, I canna do that I I hae kent ye since you were a bairn running barefoot here in the Kow, and you maun just thole me savin? Jcems to the end." Before Dick had finished his observation, the gentleman had ascended the staircase and entered the dwelling at the top. There lie was saluted by an eldritch cry "Ye hae come at last, ye deevil's buckie. What's keepit ye? Wait or I get up and I'll learn ye manners. Did I not say that ye was to be here at twa o'clock and noo it's four?"' This came from an old woman who was seated in an old-fashioned arm-chair. She wore a high white "mutch," which rendered her shrivelled features and shrunken eyes the more marked; and the passion on the face at this moment made it appear more haggard than it naturally was. I i ne i umpisn aanay was not at aii uisim o I od. His mother. Bell Cargill, had been : paralyzed in her lower limbs for ten yews tm0; avna ajLaoufn arte) waa aj ways expect injr to recover and making her arrangements I for that event. It had not yet come to pass. 1 She was constantly telling her neighbors what she would do when she "got up, and they kindly humored her hope, and the hope sustained her. She had been one of the briskest and strongest of the fish-wives, and by a singular business tact had been suc cessful to a degree ai most beyond precedent Although living in this poor dwelling, sur rounded by her creels and fishing-tackle it was her humor to have all the relics of her trade about her 6he possessed a consider able fortune, the result of her own energy and industry. Bawbees had grown to shil lings in her hands, and shillings to pounds. Then, whilst she still carried her t-eel, she had started a small iishshop in the High Street, Edinburgh, and out of that had grown two large fishmongery establisli ments, one at the West End, and the other iu the main thoroughfare leading to New iugton. She had been careful In the selec tion of her managers, and she had prosper ed. She had once said but she never repeat ed it that the only mistake she ever made was in getting married; and the only good her man had ever done her was in "deeing une." But he had left her with a son as useless as himself. Notwithstanding all her prosperity, she clung to the abode in which she had been brought up, and out of which she had reap ed everything. Her son, however, had dif ferent ideas. "You see, mother, I was detained by " "Can ye not 8eak your native tongue, you idiot? What's the use o' puttin' on your fine airs wi' me?" cried BIl irately. "I really thought that 1 was speaking my native tongue as far as I knew it, mother; but if there is any other form which will please you better I shall be happy to adopt it," he answered, taking a chair and seating himself on it carefully, as if he feared that it might break under him. The old woman eyed him all over, and the twinkling of her eyes showed that she had a secret pleasure in his grand appear ance, although she maintained her queru lous manner. "Weel, you hae a guid Scotch tongue in your head if you would only inak, use o' it; but you'll do naething usefu'. You just spend, and spend, and spend." "If you would allow me," he said in a lazy way, "I am quite w illing to take the man agement of the business " "Catch me lettin' ye do that I gied ye a tether o' three months, and if I had gi n ye three mair there wouldna hae been ae pen ny to clink agin anither left us." "Very well," he said, shrugging his heavy shoulders, "I am content. Only don't blame me." "Na blame you, ye lazy loon I Oh, wait till I get up; and it'll na be langnoo or that Na blame you ! If ye had been half a man ye would hae been the greatest fishmerchant in the kintry by this time." "But I don't want to be a fish monger," he said as before, and folding his hands on his paunch. "Fish-merchant, I said, and malr shame to ye! Isitna the grandest trade and the bravest trade in the world? Can ye na think o' what it means men's lives gien to feed the livin'? And can ye na think what it has been to you? -Wliaur would your bonnie claes come frae and your rings, and your watches, and your breast-pins if it badna boen for the fish?" "I am quite ready to make my acknowl edgement to each particular fish if you'll only tell me their names," he answered coolly, as he re-adjusted a horseshoe pearl breast-pin. She was exasperated by his coolness and made a movement as if she would rise, but fell back on her chair with the old cry "Wait till I get up and I'll set ye a bonnie dance, my braw lad you that canna come to see me ance in a month, cause ye're shamed to he seen amangthe folks that ken whaur your braw duds cam frae. But bide ye. I'm gaun to hae the lawyer here and I'll settle ye. And I'm gaun to hae Bob Boss as a witness " "Bob Ross!" muttered Cargill, for the first time roused from his lethargy; "he's etemahy turning up where he isn't wanted." "Ay, it's like you to misca' folk that are better than yourseF. He looks after them that belanes to him whiles ye gang aff to j our grand chambers in Edinbro' and Lon don, and are feart folks should ken you got your siller faire the puir auld fish-wife that ye leave here." His lethargic nature was not capable of burning into a flame; but the spark which she had thrown into it by the mention of Bob Boss had stirred the embers into a glow, and this last shaft elicited a spark. "You know quite well, mother, I have pressed you often enougii to leave this place " "Leave this place!" she crid angrily, "where everything was won na likely." "Very well. 1 don't try to force you, and I don't think it is fair that you should grum ble at me because you are here." "It's because of you that I am here. But wait till I get up and I'll settle ye." "Well, well, let that be. I want to talk to you about this arrangement with the captain." "Aj, ay," muttered the old woman with greedy eyes, her whole manner to him sud denly changing as if she were about to make a bargain with him. "What aboot that? What aboot that?" "He has no objection to the match pro vided we can show money enough to start with, and he will settle everything upon his daughter." "That's capital," cried the old woman gleefully and quite reconciled to her son, forgiving in that moment all his extrava gances. "But the lass what did the lass say?" "1 have not asked her yet" Bell Cargill leaned back in her chair and stared at her sou, gasping. "Ye idiot do you no ken that was the first thing ye should hae dune?" "I shall have plenty of time for that" was the placid answer. "Murray has got a cargo for Peterhead and lam going with him; and she will be there of course. But in any , case she wou!d not say no when her father said yes she is accustomed to trie worn ol command." The mother looked at her son admiringly, a' most for the first time. "Weel," she said, chuckling, "there's some o' my bluid in ye after a'. That's just fine. You'll hae her a' to yoursel', aud a lad o' ony mettle can mak' a lass agree to onything when that's the case, if he just speaks pretty enough." Old Dick Baxter put his head in at the door. "Here's Bob Ross noo. Bell. Do ye want him to come up?" he said. CHAPTER V. MISCHIEF IX TIIE WIND. Under ordinary circumstances Ross would never have thought of waiting at the foot of the stair until he learned whether or not Bell wanted him. He would have walked up and entered the room with no other cere mony than the unnecessary question "Are ve at tiaiue. mistrps-.?' Uli uie present occasion, nowever,' rear ing that her son was with her he shrank back, and would have been glad to eaeape from his promised visit altogether. Cargill and he had never boen friendly, although there was no open enmity between then. But now he felt an almost nnconquersblev dislike to meet the m in. At any rate Uwr whs no need to piect him except when necessary, aud that necessity was to arise aoon enough. Their relations to each other were now clearly defined; they were both fighting for the name prize the one with his money, the other with his love. Cargill, the dandy ele phant regarded Bob K ss, the pilot, with contempt, that might easily develops into hatreid If it had not already done so; Ros regarded Mm with aim pie dislike and a de sire to avoid him. There could bt; no pleasant encounters be tween two men holding such a iosition to wards each other. That was why Itoss sent Dick to ask if ho were wanted, much to th surprise of Bell, who was unaccustomed to such ceremonies. "Cry to hi in to come up," was her quick answer to Dick; "he could hae come him sel' to speer." Cargill for a moment hesitated whether or not he should leave; but desirous of dis covering what his mother had wanted with Rons, decided to remain. He nodded with lymphatic placidity to the visitor as he entered. "How are you to-day. Mistress Cargill?" asked Ross he was the only one who call ed her Mistress Cargill; to everybody else about the place she was still Bell, or Bell Cargill. "Brawlys, brawlys, thank ye for sneering. I'll sune be up and aboot noo. But I'm na gaun to fash you this afternoon. Bob, nor the lawyers either. I'm gaun to tak your counsel, and let the thing he." "I'm real glad to hear that, Mrs. Cargill. You would have been sorry for it after wards." "I'm na sure o' that yet llows'ever, Jeems has done something at last; he's to marry a las wi a tocher, and that's satis feein' in a kind o' way. But when I get bout mysel' I'll ken Ix-tter what to d ie. For the time being there's na- need to fash oursel's. I'm obleeged to you, a' the same, and you were riht enough to say that he would patisfee me yet." "What is all this about, mother?" broke in Cargill, who very much disliked being called "Jeems" at all times, and especially now. "Never you heed, Jeems. You may thank your frien' Bob, that you dklna ken a' aboot it afore noo." "1 am sure I urn extremely obliged to Mr. Ross for any kindness he has been good enough to do me, but " "Will ye drap that ye fool, and speak like an ord'nar body?" almost screamed Bell. "But I should like you to explain," he went on stolidly. "Then I'll na explain naething till I'm up. You marry skipper Duncan's dochter, and there'll be nae need to explain. What are ye gaun to be after next. Bob?" "1 am to take the MeruuiUl to IVterhead next," was the quiet answer, but not with out a secret feeling of satisfaction that he could give this rub to Cargill. It was more than a rub it was a blow. Cargill's pluffy cheeks and small.protudlng, dark eyes fish's eyes were incapable of expression ; but they could show the signs of biliousness, and at this moment they looked very bilious. His voice, however, expressed neither passion nor surprise as he said "Oh, you are to take the Mermaid on her next trip?" "Ay, I believe so. But 1 have to go now, mistress, as you are na needing inc. Good day, mistress good day, Mr. Cargill." Glad to escape, he sprang down the stair. But he had not gone many stei.s when he heard a plethoric voice behind him. "I want to speak to you. Boss?"' It was Cargill who had followed him in stantly. "I'm in rather a hurry, Mr. Cargill, as I ought to have been home two bonis ago." "1 can walk with you. Thu mailer is one of great importance to you." "What Is it?" inquired Boss, slackening his pace, so that the other might with more ease and dignity keep up with him. "That is to say, I think it of great import ance to you; possibly you may think other wise." "What Is 't?" T have a friend who is the head of a firm of shipowners, and he told me that they are in want Of a men who should be himself a pilot to take general charge of all the ar rangements with the pilots for tlieir ships. He wouid have a permanent engagement at a good salar), and it struck me that you were the very nian for the post." ! might be," was the reply with a sub dued smile, which Cargill did not observe. "You would be. Why should you waste your time in such ferry-boats as the Mer maid when you have such a chance as this? For you have only to say the word and I cun almost promise that you shall be the man chosen." "And when would I be wanted?" "Well, as I understand, you would have to be at the office in two or three days." "I doubt it cannot come my way." "Why not?" "Because I have to go with the Mer maid." "Oh, you can easily get out of that en gagement I will undertake to arrange it for you." "Thank you, but I promised to go and I am going. Moreover, I like to manage my own business." "Then you refuse?" "I am not clear that that there is anything to refuse except to break my word, and I do refuse to do that" "Oh, very well," said Cargill loftily, "a you please. I thought to render you a ser vice, and 1 can assure you such a chance is not likely to fall in your way again." "Then I must just try V) do what is in my power to get on without it." Ross gave a parting nod and went oil Cargill halted abruptly and stood looking after him as long as he was in sight. What was the man thinking about? The drooping of the heavy brows over the small dark eyes suggested that his thoughts were unpleasant ones. He had tried a harmless expedient for preventing Boss going with the Mermaid and had failed. He believed that he could have secured for him the eti grgement he had spoken about, but he had somewhat metamorphosed Its real nature In order to suit his purpose. Well, there were other ways of keeping him out of the Mer maid, at least for this trip. He would see old Murray (that was the irreverent way in which he thought of the great Captain Duncan I), and get him to cancel the engagement. Yes, he would see him before the night was out What a fool the old skipper must be cot to see that this fellow was after his money and his daugh ter! But he would see him put that little mat ter right. After all, it was the easiest way, aud he had been only wasting time in try ing another. ITo le ContFruieo