The Yankee Champion — page 173: what you’re looking at

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166 THE YANKEE CHAMPION. Walter considered upon the subject for several moments, and at length he resolved to wait until morning, for he feared that old Maynard might be uneasy about him. He communicated his thoughts to Luke, and the latter at once agreed to take the last ebb of the tide early in the morning and come down to the brick-yards, and take him back with the first flood. When our hero reached the dwelling of Jacob May- nard he found the old man and his wife both up, and he noticed that they were sad and downcast; but they grew cheerful as he entered, and ere long they began to converse with as much life and free- dom as ever. On the next morning Walter was up early, and having requested Maynard to go on board the brig during the forenoon and explain the cause of his ab- sence, he set off for the brick-yards, where he found Luke Soper in waiting. The tide was just turning upon the flood, and the two men set off up the river at once, and before nine o’clock they landed near the Quaker’s house. Walter’s heart fluttered in his bosom as he ap- proached the ‘dwelling, and when he entered he found the family at breakfast. Helen Ryan sat by the side of Mrs. Goodhue, at the head of the table, and as the sound of the coming footfalls fell upon her delicate ear she started up from her chair, and an expression of ineffable joy overspread her beau- tiful features. But in a moment she seemed to re- member that there were others about her, and she sank back into her chair, while a deep blush mounted to her cheeks and temples. Gideon sprang forward and caught the young captain by the hand, and a tear of joy and grati- comicbooks.cor