A Whaleman's Wife

The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Whaleman's Wife, by Frank Thomas Bullen
THE CRUISE OF THE CACHALOT. THE LOG OF A SEA WAIF. THE MEN OF THE MERCHANT SERVICE. IDYLLS OF THE SEA. WITH CHRIST AT SEA. A SACK OF SHAKINGS. DEEP SEA PLUNDERINGS. THE APOSTLES OF THE SOUTH-EAST. WITH CHRIST IN SAILORTOWN. THE PALACE OF POOR JACK. THE WAY THEY HAVE IN THE NAVY.
SHE STOOD THERE FRAMED IN THE PORTAL LIKE A GRACEFUL PICTURE.
A Whaleman’s Wife By Frank T. Bullen
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TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A SMALL TOKEN OF THE AUTHOR’S ESTEEM FOR A STRONG CHRISTIAN
UNREQUITED LOVE
‘Yew don’ seem ter keer any gret amount fer me, Pris.’
The speaker was a young man of twenty or thereabouts, whose loosely jointed frame showed, even under the shapely rig of homespun, consisting of just a shirt and pants, a promise to the observant eye that he would presently develop into a man of massive mould. He lay upon the stubbly ground, his head resting on one arm, looking wistfully up into the face of a girl about his own age. His clean-shaven face wore that keenness of outline so characteristic of the true Yankee blend in which the broad Saxon or Frisian features seem to have been modified by the sharp facial angles of the indigenous owners of the soil. But in the softness of his grey eyes a close observer would have foreseen a well of trouble springing up for their owner on behalf of others. It was the face of the typical burden-bearer.
In her face, on the other hand, there were evident manifestations of discontent and weariness of restraint. A healthy, pleasant countenance enough, with dark brown eyes and curling hair, well-shaped nose and short upper lip just spotted with freckles. The eyes looked, however, as if they could harden and grow black upon occasion, while the square chin and firm curve of the shut mouth told a plain tale of self-will. There was just a touch of petulance in the quick movement of her head as she replied: