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SHANGHAIING OF LITTLE WELSH By S. TEN EYCK BOURKE and CHARLES FRANCIS BOURKE Ir Wa? t. 11. V\..s J.ll.l Rail bi in. I Ightina Cr..?J. . on the h I LE 'I '< i\I WEL5II. \] i.ii, Saving Station ; man of Ban t in tb morning ?of a cap izt tl i land tattoowil and cnronii I teand an unfei ling world. II w ' i from . ln had been I'ast, | ? all con in t him. Evt-n the fiower ? : blue, like ts regula? tion ' th.- ['. S. life s iv< ;. ??? ?.-.'' hitherto, i vv. ? ['d kept my numb i rnful intro ? ? tin' incogneeto, proud an' ,w I'm on the bea< h with < ?M Hill i gjri, that lun '1 I ;: to the andj shoi ? ? ut, a lure of love, as fon i| ;-.-t L I ? Likewi ? thi i bulli< u B ni gat!" \\'i! ,;i broki off, i i ring, in heei inability to do to the appalling prospei I that confronted him ? ,ward. To !>< croi icd in love, even to be :;.,: irremediable. Thal he hook "lt a i the thick ? ' " ,:' |fM-? ' "'?? '' :' '" Little Tom Welsh, who notorio n ly i otih tl ati'l wl ? ? optimi m, odd oi | windup of i wl iriwind court p i l v k doth and aslus al Ship Bottom Life Saving I ' And '.i tim< limil ??? nearly up. Soon he'd !. . mu i(. a timi ? apir I man, trappcd and nll ..j,,,,,... (hx>ty! I mi ed thi: hne shot, I al all. ? : rf-c in the sUi k!" he said mournfully. ti, |<1 thal (.iinncr had een the thin, white lifeline fall short, noi ? , go lalow when I ' ? wmdablow. Bl -1 vi I how was hetoget back to Ships tottom from gconceaportofwhalingships? il | broken blindly for Firc Island any place away from the scene ol fiturc when Millv (a practi ,.,1 young woman) had made it tlear thal ikill al i line gunand rcckli i prodigality did noi necessanly make a i'oo'I providt i. ' ?Yrrn're awful nice, Tom, Milly laughing eyt bore oui the word ; but a giri'i gol to know a man s de : toleave hei fa go toa strange plao 8 Minci n't pul H clcarer. ! I i two forty-a-day sbotputter, and no penston in ighl even! Little Wefah had i m. of -^ W1^-i?^ ; ?but cofpretty Miss Miflj i position: doubly, trebly. in the light of the subsequent financial hole in his pocket (other hantLusualo, '? ?Uk1 had piled him up, nedof all hia belongings, and with nomean^even fheha ' ,,ofprovinghisidentityandappeahng t? iiu. brotherl.|of8urfmen,station?latthiw-rnile by with the hurry-up boat I d ?> heap rather go an rx ''\''.'!!o'K.ht was vaeuely germinating; but the yery I,,,;Vn:;iv'ilnsun'i:i^l^nc'l\NVlshfr',n,!,sp.i,rtu ters. An ii ' i ::'. n cenl ind ,i j i< kknife, al o "l>ui t. ?!." Tm woi ?? "tt than I '""" roul then . H< i (ome < ntup; bul he ain'l am hon d on a fourfold I he' -.'"t ;:i ..:i lefl tn move him down co H R| ncwj ,,t .. b ,.n bowed powi r . . , ],, ,, ,. ' ... keel with hei Blim hull, riding aton I I ning reflei tion mirrorliki oi l "That", the 11.ner boal fmm New England ports that broke off her i n w pro|x'ller bumpin' in over the bar. N.ailorizin', thai i ?' ''? !";i-' '" ,!'-'' '''?" '? w*i ki red Culx-an th toi : yonder waa yarnin' about." Recoll. i tii n "i th. ;?" iphehad overheard in pa ing through the village, in tim tivi-ly homii ? lt s<... broughl ,i growing int< n I in VVi 1 li' mahogany ? The trange i!.ner 1 id come into the offing only that morning; bul Pirc I land village wai inhahitcd i xelu siv.-lv by i ?? ea <' ipl iin . ? nrion ;i a colony ol i ??. ka fj ? !,,,| porl for filibu t. r or fugitives, smuggli i "t" fi :' pirati to cli ar from. -l: ,und onth'anl hc is, and ppojui-ting to meel his mate hen?, thai w i going to pilol him down the coast, so them An. M.t Marin i Nop ,,|; '"??"" ""l o' commii ion, an" his in.it. ' mi in or k< t< h..l; an ... ? ,,, ii| herdown, an' he can L Scared ,/ R, '.',,,?, . ,, n: he i too, like he w; mugghn' a new King down to Cubv. He's gol more troubli than ,,?. ,?,! w,.'n. \, dfor time By ( n< ky! ALAGGARD inspiration sud lenly thn w the I igh nayof the a a wide opi n to i xtrii ate I im fnmi his pressii i ent. lt' ,! !'' - ;- ?'hisken ! l.ipp.r a Kingmaker, or mea-Iy a mysU-riou r dotlgmg Rcvenue upeni ion for reasons of hi ? .1 itc had pil .:, i the crippled power ?r..it to Fire I land village ;,t the pre< i e p y< hological momi nl to t u ilit.it.? his own return to tne safe luven of Barn< gal Bay an I his matea al Ship Bottom, whom he should never have left to? mi ? in the troubled ?'!'- VV Ish wim . d, di mi ing the di iturbing thought. ?Der'Uct.h is. And hcwanl ia sailing ma '? i to take hjm down cou t under canvas! Well, here its that iden ttcal old aailor with a wooden leg, waitin' to be took aboard, an' show 'em how to make clipper ship that l"i ted gasj)ipe boat, and atand all thi dog w l