THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. OCTOBER 28, 1879.
The Secrets, of Dolly's Chair.
CONCLUDED. '.
THE shipper looked meditatively at
the young man, and turned the
quid In Lis cbeek, then carelessly
asked :
" Did you know that fool Wilson has
tumbled dowu the cliff steps and dis
abled himself, at least for this voy
age V"
"Your first mate? Hullo, skipper!
Is that what you mean t Will you give
me the berth V
".Hold hard, ladt What are you
squeezing my old flipper for, and what's
your rage for Halifax just now V Is the
English lass that was here last winter
up there, or have you quarreled with
your uncle, or"
" Never mind why I want to get to
Halifax," replied the young man, rap
Idly, Belzlng upon this version of his
eagerness to ship In the Dolphin. " But
saying I do, will you give me Wilson's
place V"
" Why, yes, Belknap, and be glad to
get you ; for I've seen you handle a boat
round the harbor here and up on the
fishing ground often enough to know
that you're worth having aboard, even
if you But look here ; there's the gal.
She's got to have the after-cabin, and
her meals are to be separate, and no one
knows all the fine airs she'll put on.
Maybe you couldn't stand It, and I don't
know as lean. The little she-Tory 1"
But John Belknap did not seem in the
least disturbed even at thla prospect,and
no other objections coming up, th bar
gain was boou concluded, the young
man's name set down upon the schoon
er's books as mate, vice Thomas WiU
son, discharged, and heat once entered
upon his duties. One of the first of
them was to receive and place the last
articles of Miss Dolly's luggage, Includ
ing the arm-chair, whiCh he was about
to have stowed in the hold, when the
young lady herself came off, attended by
her father. At sight of the first mate
standing beside the open hatchway,
reeving a line around the chair, Miss
Dolly showed signs of some embarrass
ment, whether arising from the sudden
appearance of her old friend and school
fellow or from his employment, no one
can say.
"Oh, Jotn but the chair is for my
cabin. And are you helping Captain
Peters get ready?" stammered she, and
the mate, hardly less disturbed, replied,
in much the same style :
" Certainly, Dolly of course, Mistress
Cathcart ; it will be as you diretc, sure
ly, and yes, of course; I am mate of the
Dolphin, you know."
" You mate of the Dolphint Since
when, John Belknap J1" asked Dolly's
father, severely.
"To-day, Sir. 1 was looking for a
voyage,and wanting to go upon my own
business to Halifax; and as Wilson Is
disabled, I took the place," replied Bel
knap, a little more coherently ,and meet
ing as best he might the piercing regard
fixed upon him by the major from be
neath his shaggy gray eyebrows. At last
the veteran, slowly spoke :
" You have a right to your own busi
ness, as you say, John Belknap, and I
have known you boy and man for an
honest, honorable, and true-hearted fel
low, until this foul breath of treason
swept through the land, tainting you
among the rest with Its poison. But.for
all that,I give this girl into your charge,
to guard her with all respect and modest
courtesy to her journey's end, remem
bering that her lonely and unprotected
state should be her best defense from
even an Idle word or look. Will you
accept the charge, and give me your
hand upon it, John V"
" Indeed I will, Major Catheart, and
you may demaud account of her when I
return as strictly as you will. I shall
not be ashamed to give it."
As the young man spoke he held out
his hand. The elder grasped it heartily
and for a moment the two gazed steadily
into each other's eyes. Then John
turned to resume his duties, asking :
" Did you say, Mistress Dolly, that
you wish this chair in the cabin V"
" If you please, Sir," replied the girl,
demurely ; and presently the great
clumsy structure was wedged in be
tween the table and the tijausom at the
stern end of the little schooner, taking
up much more than its share of room,
and greatly disgusting Captain Peters
by Its presence the first time he came
below. There was little to say, how
ever, this cabin having been secured as
much possible for Dolly's private accom
modation, the captain and mate only
visiting it for meals, which they took
at a different hour from their passer
ger, and sometimes of an evening,
spending the other hours off duty in the
house on deck or in their state-rooms.
The weather was, however, so lovely
that Dolly spent much of - her time on
deck ; and as the mate of the schooner
was, of course, obliged to stand his
watch, whether lie liked it or not, and
the quarter-deck, was his appropriate
place at such times, it naturally fell out
that the young people were a good deal
together, and Dolly found the anxious
kindness and attention of the mate a
pleasant relief from the decided gruff
liens and half-concealed suspicions of the
captain. Whatever arrangement he
could devise for her comfort was sure
to be made, even at risk of displeasing
his superior, and Dolly had often to beg
him not to attempt to serve her too open
ly, or -so much, lest he 'should bring
troub(e upon both their heads. John
promised, but the very same day broke
the promise, for, having noticed that
Dolly, try as Bhe might, failed to arrange
a comfortable seat by the combination
of a three-legged stool and a shawl, dis
appeared from the deck, and presently
returned, bringing, with the aid of one
of the sailors, the great easy-chair, in
whlph he had noticed that Dolly usually
sat when in the cabin. ,
"Boom won't swing over it, Sir,"
grumbled the man, as he set it down
near the wheel.
" No more It won't replied John, a lit
tle perplexed. " Well, If she needs to
go over, we can turn down the chair,
Mistress Dolly. At any rate you'll have
a comfortable seat."
" My eye ! won't the old man growl
when he comes on deck and Bees that
'ere!" muttered the sailor, slowly re
turning forward ; but Dolly, too pleased
with the attention to heed its conse
quences, seated herself in the chair like
a little princess, and thanked her gal
lant knight so prettily that he altogeth
er forgot the boom, the sail, the cap
tain, and the Bchooner, until the wind,
which had been fitful and gusty all
day, and of late had seemed dying out
altogether, suddenly revived, gathered
Itself together, and came swooping
down from out the angry sunset as if
determined to punish those who had
failed to respect its power and guard
against its attacks.
" Mr. Belknap, Sir, what are you
about, to let the schooner go driving
ahead with such a breeze as this coming
on!" shouted an angry voice ; and
John, who had been seated on deck at
Dolly's feet, suddenly remembered (hat
he was first mate of the Dolphin, and
that she was in immediate need of his
attention. His first act was to draw
Dolly from her seat, and then to throw
the chair upon its side, just in time to
avoid the great boom, which came fly
ing over, as the captain fiercely cried to
the man at the helm :
" Port your helm, you lubber port !
Mr. Belknap is this your watch on deck
or isn't it "
" The flaw struck us before any one
could have looked for it, captain, or I
should have been ready ; but there's no
harm done yet," replied Belknap, in
some confusion, and for with began to
bellow a series of orders bo numerous
and vociferous as to drown the steady
stream of gumbllng abuse that the cap
tain distributed upon his mate, his pas
senger, her father, arid the chair, which
latter he strode across the deck for the
express purpose of kicking.
Please not Injure my chair, Sir,'.' re
marked Dolly,standing pale and haughty
beside it. " To be sure, it can not kick
back again, but still it may not be safe
to abuse it."
Captain Peters was an angry man,
and more than one cause 'combined to
increase his wrath and render him glad
to vent it where he could. He bated
Tories in general, and Major Catheart in
especial ; he had not found the major's
daughter as genial and familiar as he
imagined all young women ought to be ;
he had not felt quite satisfied with his
mate's deportment toward the young lady
or toward himself ; and,to cap all.he had
been suddenly aroused from his after
dinner nap by . the steward knocking
down and breaking a pile of dishes,
and perceiving with the instinct of an
old seaman that all was not right with
the schooner, he had come up the com
panionway just in time to meet the
squall, and to see that the first mate
was in no wise attending to his duties.
Remembering all these causes of aggra
vation, let us condone, so far as possi
ble, the next words and act of the irate
skipper, for the words were too profane to
repeat, and the act was to seize the poor
unwelldy old chair in his sinewy grasp,
with the avowed purpose of heaving it
overboard. .
But the purpose was not effected, for,
pushing past him, Dolly seated herself
in the chair, as upon a throne, and with
flashing eyes and trembling lips asserted
herself and her rights.
" Captain Peters, if you throw' this
chair overboard, you will throw me with
it. How dare you, Sir, to use such lan
guage toward me, or to lay hands upon
private property intrusted to your
carer"
" If the captain had been angry be
fore, he was furious now, and roaring
profanely :
" Dare I I dare lay hands on any
old Tory's goods ! ay, and on his brat
too, if it comes to that!" he seized the
girl's arm, and attempted to drag her
from the chair. Dolly did not scream,
but her mute resistance was more than
the skipper counted upon, and he was
grasping for the other arm, when a lit
tle figure flew with a bound from the
top of the house to the deck beside the
chair, and a sinewy hand upon the cap
tain's throat hurled him backward with
Irresistible force.
" What does this mean t What was
that man saying or doing, Dolly V I'll
fling him overboard, if you say so,"
panted John Belknap; but before Dolly
could reply, the captain, foaming with
rage, was upon them, threatening his
mate with irons and close confinement
on bread and water, and Dolly with
nothing less than banging on Uie same
gallows with her old Tory father. But
Belknap had already recovered his men
tal poise, and standing between Dolly on
her throne and the captain, quietly
said to the latter :
" See here, Captain Peters ; in the
new times that you are so fond of pre
dicting, you say there are to be no mas
ters and no servants, and one man can
be just as good as another, or better if
he can prove himself bo. Now why
shouldn't we begin these new times here
and now V Say I've as good a right as
you to command this schooner, owned
in part by my uncle, and say that I've
as good a chance as you of the men's
good-will, what's to hinder me from try
ing to take the head of the concern t I
could do it, and you know I could, and
five minutes from now could call myself
master of the Dolphin, with the power
of ordering Irons and bread and water
to any body I chose. I could do all this,
I say ; but I'm a quiet and law-abiding
man, and apt to tlck to my word when'
it's once passed, and I don't forget that
I shipped for mate and not for skipper ;
so if this young lady and her property
are to have such treatment as Bhe has a
right to expect, and such as was engaged
and paid for by her father, and if she's
content to have it so, I'll agree to let by
gones be by-gones, and return to my
duty as mate. What do you say V"
Captain Teters stood for a moment
glaring at his mate with red and angry
eyes, and turned away, paced the deck
twice up and down, paused, and said,
In as nearly his usual tone as he could
manage.
Mr. Belknap, see every thing made
snug for a gale ; we shall have one be
fore dark. Mistress Cathcart, I must
have the decks cleared, and this chair
below at once."
" Certainly, Captain Peters," replied
Dolly, willing to accept even so rusty an
olive-branch, as this ; and as she de
scended the steps of the companion-
way, followed by two seamen bearing
the chair, John Belknap went forward
to attend to his duties ; buas the chair
remained for a moment poised at the top
of the steps, a sudden flaw caused the
Dolphin to lurch so violently that chair,
sailors, and all were precipitated down
the Bteps and into the little after-cabin
together, all Buffering more or less in the
descent the men from bruises and
abrasions, but the poor chair from the
loss of a leg and fracture of an arm.
The sailors would have raised it upon
the three remaining legs, but Dolly sud
denly begged them to leave it aloue, and
without apparent intention. Interposed
between it and them so as to nearly
hide it from view, while courteously
turning them out of the cabin, and clos
ing the door behind them. .
Soon after, Mistress Dolly herself left
the cabin, begged a few nails and a ham
mer from the steward, and, returning,
carefully reclosed the door, and proceed
ed to use them so vigorously that the
sound of her hammer resounded even
through the howling of the swiftly
risen wind and the tramping of the sea
men overhead as they obeyed the clear
and rapid orders of the first officer.
.The breeze grew to a half gale, then to
a gale, and at last to a storm so furious
and resistless that at the end of the third
day the Dolphin lay, mastless and rud
derless, a mere unmanageable hulk
rolling in trough of an angry sea. The
boats were got out, manned, and ready
to push off, when John Belknap came
down to the cabin forEolly, who rose
from her knees and met him with a
white but a very calm face.
" Come, Dolly, they can not live a
moment beside the wreck, and I think
the captain would be glad of an ex
cuse "
"He has found it!" interrupted Dol
ly, as a dark object swept past the cabin
windows, breaking for an instant the
sullen glare of the green and foamy
waves. Belknap leaped on deck. It
was too true. The captain, perhaps un
able to control his men, perhaps driven
by the waves, had allowed the boats to
leave the side of the vessel, and already
a dozen oars' lengths divided them.
" We are deserted," said a calm voice
beside the young man, as be stamped
and vociferated madly upon the deck.
" Yes, Dolly ; and, Dolly, I would
give my life for yours, if so it might be
saved."
" We shall both be saved, John, I am
sure of it, I feel it we and the trust
that my father has committed to
me."
" What trust, Dolly V"
" The arm-chair and the barrels and
boxes below."
John stared and wondered if the poor
child were going mad under this terri
ble strain ( but the peril was too pressing
for words, and John Belknap was a man
of act rather than speech. Persuading
Dolly to go below, he busied himself In
rigging a rude substitute for a rudder,
and then in getting up a slender spar to
serve as Jury-mast. With them, feeble
and incompetent as they needs must be,
he gained some control over the schoon
er sufficient at least to keep her before
the wind, and thus avert the immediate
danger of swamping.
The night passed, and the next day.
Dolly contrived to find and prepare food
for her guardian, who never was able to
leave the helm, although he slept grasp
ing the tiller, and became almost too
much exhausted for speech or thought.
But help was at hand, and th'e storm
was past.
As the sun set he threw a clear flood
of light across the subsiding waters, and
In its gleam shone out the top-sails of a
bark plunglag along toward them. The
signal raised by the girl, under her lov
er's direction, was seen, and an hour
later the Fairy Queen lay alongsldejthe
Dolphin.
The next morning the arm-chair, the
twenty boxes and barrels, and, last of
afl.Dolly herself, were transferred to the 1
British bark, whose captain had con
sented to carry the young lady's proper
ty as well as herself to the port where be
as well as she was bound.
Arrive, Dolly was welcomed by her
uncle, to whom she at onct confided her
charge, and received in return no meas
ured praise and commendation.
"Your father says it Is your own
dowrjV lass," remarked the uncle, fold
ing up his brother's letter. " So let us
see to what it amounts, and place it in
safety."
The china, the books, the stuffs, and
the household gear were released from
the boxes and barrels, and then the
poor old arm-chair was ripped up, and
the fine old family plate, brought from
England by the major's father, the
brocades and silks that had been treas
ures jof Dolly's grandmother, and still
waiting for occasions grand enough to
shape them into robes, a casket of he
reditary jewels, and finally the title
deeds of property both in the Old and
the New World, were all produced J and
Dolly told of the perils the poor chair
had passed on board ship, and bow it
had fallen down the companionway and
the silver coffee-pot bad peeped out and
nearly betrayed the whole secret, and
how she had protected it and cobbled It
up, and how she had been glad to be left
on board by the retreating crew that she
might not abandon the charge her father
had confided to her.
" And now, uncle," said she, in con
clusion, " I have promised, if you and
my father approve, to marry John Bel
knap ; and he never suspected a word of
all this."
" In truth, that is the most wonderful
part of the story," cried Jolly old Ralph
Cathcart. " Not one girl in a hundred
would have shown your patience and
courage, my lass; but not one in five
thousand would have kept a secret so
faithfully and long, especlaly with a
sweetheart at her elbow. , Well, when
the young man comes to-night, tell him
of your dowry, and tell him I'll answer
for my brother's consent, as well as my
own. He touched upon the matter in
his letter."
The next news fromilgrlm Vale told
Dolly that her mother was at rest, and
her father had accepted a brevet com
mission In the royalist army. Then
came an Interval of months, and then a
hurried scrawl written upon the field of
battle, and with It a letter from the
chaplain of the regiment, telling Dolly
that she was an orphan.
" No one earth now but you, John,"
sobbed the poor child In her lover's
arms.
" And I will try to be all that earth
can give, with a looking on to some
thing better," replied he.
And tradition says he remembered his
promise, ana tnat Airs, jueutnap was a
happy, a prosperous, ana a most Honor
ed wife.
And the old arm-chair V It stands
beside me, hale and hearty, in spite of
Dolly's cobbling.
Q3" There are a great many men in
this world who imagine they are born
with genius, and He down on the sofa
and wait for an inspiration until some
other fellow who thought himself a
dunce, rises by hard labor to competen-
cv. buvs the sofa, and leads the waiting
genius out by the ear. This is not a joke,
it is a fact.
Humbugged Again.
1 saw so much said about the merits
of Hop Bitters, and my wife who was
al-ways dootorlng, and never well, teazed
me so urgently to get her some, I con.
eluded to be humbugged again ; and '.
am glad I did, for in less than two
months use of the Bitters my wife was
cured and she has remained so for elgh
teen months since. I like such hum
buKRing. H. T., St. Paul. 44
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