Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-23
(CoNCLUDED.)
CHAPTER XVII.

A QUIET, pretty little place it was,
xvhere. after long life of tossing hither
and thither on the sea- and sailing into al
most every port under the sun, Captain
Dick Waite had, with the odd fancy which
seems to possess sea.captains, settled
finally down on farm. Not that there
is ANYTHING odd in ones fancying farm,
nut that man whose whole life had been
full of stir and incident should choose
such an opposite life as quiet farm in an
inland State, where never so much as the
faintest scent of the seas salt breath could
come. But here he was, nevertheless, and
apparently content at his moorings. Said
moorings consisted, beside pretty farm
house and forty acre farm with all the ac-
cessOries, of fair faced, soft voiced, blue
eyed little German girl-or rather, woman,
"a abe has been Mrs. Waite three whole
years, but looking very childish still, with
her fresh face and simple ways-and
couple of the widest sweetest, plumpest,
most mischievous and most utterly un-
manageable little fellows one ever saw.
This brace Of boys were just two years
old-not very old you see, nor yet very
large or strong, but they ruled the entire
establishment, without more than half
irving, and as for the gallant captain who
had "ruled the waves" treading the
quarter deck, very king, for third OF
century-why, the lightest thread OF the
silken yellow hair could bind and lead him
whithersoever the pretty captors' fancy
willed. -,
There had been little fall Of snow a
day or two before, and these remorseless
tyrants had taken fancy that their slave
should draw them whithersoever he went
ON An abominable little sled, which was as
vicious as it was ugly, and threw, rather
to their delight, its riders at the slightest
nroyocation. The railroad ran little way
from the farm, and the depot" was the
nernetual. unsatisfed wonder of these
ANAL philosophers. Hither they must be
drawn punctually upon the arrival OF the
trains. or war was at once declared, and
hither their most devoted drew them for
the third time one day, and as he mentally
resolved for the last, though they had no
suspicion of the proposed rebellion OF their
subject, and. fully intended. to make one
more trip, talking to each other OF 1t, IN
their pretty, broken, German English, till
the Western train came putting and pant
ing to the platform, when they were i'm
mediately absorbed in the ever new de-
light and wonder Of their young lives.
Kalamazoo" called the conductor, In a
sharp, Incl i've tone, and pes ens ers Tor
Kalamazoo pushed and crowded and hur-
ried unnecessarily to get out, all but one,
and she came slowly and unsteadily, and ap-
narently a little reluctantly, and the con-
ductor, who had merely given careless
hand to other passengers, put up both arms
and lifted her down very carefully and
tenderly. and went with her to the door OF
the ladies' room, carrying valise and pack.
1~o o-1 ,,tttinu them in a chair inside
the door.
"S-," touching the station master on
the shoulder, there's young girl there
/ wish you'd look after q little. She is in
a high fever, if am any Judge, now, and
I ADVISED her to get out here, for she
couldn't sit up without fainting. Get her
into some Quiet place, and If she's i'll, and
is too poor to pay for the trouble, III see
1t done, if no one else does. WOULDN'T
want one of my girls out with such face
as she has, and I'd thank any man who
looked out for her, if she was"
The bell sounded, the sharp incisive
voice cIied out all aboard, and the train
moved away. The station master turned
to look after the girl and met Captain
Waite coming out OF the door.
"There's pretty little craft in there,
s., that has just tainted away; the
women are trying to bring her 10, now
he said.
Albright idea struck s..
"See here. captain, why can't you
take her up to your house, it's not far, and
that little sOfi-voiced woman Of yours
would be just the one to look after her.
The conductor spoke to me about getting
her In, somewhere; she was too III ~
travel, he thought, and she seemed quite
alone. He'll see you paid If the girls
poor he said he would"
"Thunder and Marsi What do you take
me for, S. p roared the indignant cap.
tain. "D'ye think I'm . pirate, that
wouldn't listen to signal of distress with.
out first maxim sure of my pays" and
without waiting for an answer he made
for the ladies' room again, where the
fainting girl had just recovered sufficiently
to open her eyes.
Look here, little girl" comingan lay.
ing his hand lightly on her wrist What
do you ny TO going up to my house and