Drift from Two Shores

. Off the coast of Patagonia a long, low, black schooner proudly rides the

? or at intervals, with daring grace, guides an ebony velocipede over the polished black walnut decks, and in and out the intricacies of the rigging. Who is it? well may be asked. What name is it that blanches with terror the cheeks of the Patagonian navy

us not seek to disclose the awful secret hidden under that youthful jacket.

d sicken o'er th

him, perhaps too well-a queen of the Amazons, taken prisoner off Terra del Fuego a wee

proffered her hand and her kingdom in marriage, "and know once and

the surface he captured a mermaid, and, placing her in charge of his steward, with directions to give her a stateroom, with hot and cold water, calmly resumed his place by the Am

lope with me; and, with the entire cash assets of the bank, we fled together." He paused, overcome with emotion. "But fate decreed it otherwise. In my feverish haste, I had forgotten to place among the stores of my pirate craft that peculiar kind of chocolate caramel to which Eliza Jane was most partial. We were obliged to put into New Rochelle on the second day out, to

her?" asked the Amaz

fore

omley Chitterlings, that I am Eliza Jane. Wearied with waiting,

eleasing himself from her encircling arms. "Eliza Jane's age

much, and time passes rapidly, and I've grown. You

replied, in glo

"If you are affianced to another, l

through scenes of suffering with tearless eyes and unblanched cheeks-now retired to the spirit-room to conceal their emotion. A few went into

sped the Pir

eamed the Ama

n mermaid, who, emerging from her state-room and ascending the companion-way at that moment, had

aid, rising with dignity, "to leave the

she is my

being her own hair!" she added with a scornful laugh, as she rearranged her ow

too!" hissed the Amazonian queen. "I suppose you don't dye it on

might improve your

creamed the Am

!" shrieked

ant they had se

Prodigy, rising to the occasion, and casting asi

ght and two wome

aid, significantly, to the Amazo

ian queen, stepping back. "F

eam of rage, the mermaid grappled he

his feet. "Up with the black flag, and bear away for New London," he

had again loosed himself from the trammels of