Show love loi e in a ITIlia whaling ling ship it has become very ery common but fashionable for the ladies to spend pend a few weeks at the springs or the seaside sea side in in the summer season for the professed of improving their health and their dear papas have to lay ayde aside a few hundred dollars for that purpose every year while at the same ame time their mamas a have ha e quite another object in view new in their going but Y i e will not expose them in august list last a young lady of this city bitof of the writers acquaintance visited new london with no doubt the desirable object of regaling herself and enjoying the seabreeze sea breeze the time of her proposed absence passed rapidly rap dl and was no doubt agreeably pent yet no tidings were ft ere received from her by her friends until she appeared in person gallanted gallanter gall anted by Capt captain aill of the ship engaged in in the whaling ser vice lice the captain is is a fine looking man affable and a desirable companion to all appearances I 1 will not give iv e the parties names for I 1 do not aish wish to be considered personal the writer had a curiosity to learn he how w think things had progressed with our fair one and how she became acquainted with the gallant captain and with much impudence I 1 arria arrived at the following facts picking up a little here and a little there until I 1 got the whole story stor as I 1 suppose at one time the youn 5 oung m lady said one ei ening I 1 received recen ed an invitation to attend the party of mrs IV she was a very agreeable and pleasant woman and gave gai e a good party and I 1 had a pleasant time that evening I 1 had not been there but a few minutes when Y hera captan captain was introduced he appeared to be a gentleman in m every particular and proved himself to be an excellent and attentive live friend HP he invited us all to visit isit his ship the next day in company with his sister I 1 went w ent on board it was d a new ship and everything looked clean ind and udy tidy it appeared like a floating palace to ply between europe and this count country m the merchants service as thou thought ht I 1 heard the captain say at the party that he would be happy to give any of his friends a passage in in this ship well I 1 thought that I 1 should like to take a trip in in her and visit the continent for you know it might improve e m my health I 1 must have nade some such remark during my playful conversation for the captain kept me laughing so sc much that I 1 hardly know what I 1 edid idid did say the next evening again I 1 found myself and the captain and his sister at the tea table of mrs IV the next day the captain had to go to new york on oil business and his sister invited me to go with them and we all three stopped at the st nicholas and w we e had a delightful time oh such well idonat I 1 do not care the capt captain ainis is a good man in a few days we returned to new london and one afternoon I 1 again visited the ship and being weary I 1 sat myself down in the cabin with the captain the rest of our company being on deck the calta captain n asked me if I 1 would not like to take a trip in m his ship I 1 replied that I 1 should if we could have a pleasant and agreeable company the ca captain p tain asked me if I 1 thinkie think he was such I 1 blushed ard and it reflected on the captains face not a word was said for five minutes and until he requested an answer I 1 told him I 1 would give him an answer at hartford in in a few days I 1 thought it all over and came to the conclusion that a trip to england and the continent would greatly improve my health and I 1 told the captain so in in such a way that lie understood it I 1 made preparations for a tour and one dayi day I 1 asked the captain how long it it would take him bin to make a voyage ire he said if he had good luk about two years and a half for whales are not easy cay to be found what are you on eng engaged ged in an the w haling whaling business buscc yes replied the captain oh I 1 horrid said I 1 ill never go in a greasy ship she refused to see the die captain any more but in m about ten days afterward she received recen ed a beautiful box conta containing inin the captains card and the card of his hi s lady and some wedding cake he married a very pretty german girl who hohag had not such a horror for grease |