Beadle's Dime Novels, No. 11 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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COULD WE EUT GO BACK! 13 ask the captain; tell him I will pay him any price—and yet —it would be madness to return. Oh! why was I born to be the sport of fortune?” 5 All this time the stewardess was looking on pityingly, but ~ wondering. . “Dear young lady,” she said again, in her soft, soothing ° voice; “it can’t be helped; don’t weep so—you will be very ill.” . “T think the captain is to blame; it was cruel, cruel in him not to send the men back; I will never forgive him, never!” | she,cried, the Spanish blood mantling her cheeks—her large eyes flashing anger. “Was it a conspiracy? Is your captain a gentleman? an honest man?” ; “What! Captain Wyllies? I will hear no word against him,” cried the stewardess, almost angrily; “you have no right to blame him. He was worn out, and had to sleep, everybody was busy—they thought Ae would come in another boat, and it was all unfortunate and unhappy, but not on purpose. No one thought of such a thing. Iam sorry for you, but you must say nothing against Captain Wylies, be- cause he is a good man. He would not do wrong for the whole world.” At that moment, the captain himself appeared. He looked quite pale and troubled. “ My dear young lady,” he said, “this is very unfortunate ; I assure you, I would give a great deal, if I were back in the harbor of Havana, this minute.” His frank, honest face, and real concern of manner, banished any lurking suspicion that had troubled her mind before. “© captain! I can hardly think how to do or act,” she said, her hands working over each other uneasily, her lips quivering. “I think, under the circumstances, you had better let things take their course,” he replied. “There is no way for you to return, unless I chance to speak a vessel bound to Cuba, and that is. extremely improbable. If I do, however, and you should desire it, I will place you on board. Very likely, Mr. Gorebam was detained by some of the custom-house officers, who had, or thought they had, some other formalities. to go through with, and he will take the first vessel bound for comiliclooks. conn