I came to tell you, Katy, that the King of the Billows has been telegraphed." "Has she ?" exclaimed Katy, a deep blush suffusing her cheek.
"Yes; and you must go right down to the wharf, or we shall not be in season to see Captain Howard, who is coming up in a pilot boat." Miss Redburn hastened to put on her things, and she and Mrs.Parker seated themselves in the carriage that waited them.
Of course, you know Captain Howard, reader?
He has followed the sea only eleven years; and though but twenty-five years old, he is the commander of a fine clipper, and sails in the Liverpool line.

He is frequently quoted as an example of what patient perseverance will accomplish; for, with very little aid from friends, he has worked his way from the forecastle into the cabin.

He is a self-educated man, and has the reputation of being a thorough sailor and a perfect gentleman.
Pursuant to a little arrangement made between Captain Howard and Miss Redburn, just as he departed on this voyage, they were both seen in church on the following Thursday afternoon; and when they came out, people addressed Katy as Mrs.Howard.But to pass on to the occasions which she had chosen to call a birthday party, though it was not exactly that; and as it came immediately after the church service, some called it a levee.
There are a great many persons in the Gordon mansion, as many as two hundred, I should think.

Of course, I cannot stop to introduce all of them, but there are a few who deserve this favor.
"Mr.Sneed, I am delighted to see you," said Mrs.Howard, as a very tall and very slim gentleman, elegantly dressed, approached.
"You do me honor, madam.

It is the superlative felicity of my sublunary existence to congratulate you on this auspicious occasion," replied Mr.
Sneed, as he gently pressed the gloved hand of the lady.
That sounds just like Master Simon Sneed, only very much intensified.
Simon is a salesman still in a large establishment--has never risen above that position and probably never will; for, born to be a gentleman, he feels as much above his business as his business really is above him.
Simon's father and mother say a pleasant word to the bride, and pass on.