Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-21

way clear to do So
"But," said 1, IL am not going to leave
the watch long. shall send for it in q
weok, perhaps in less time.
$50 thee says, and no doubt thee thinks
SO, but thee will be off the island, and
then how can get at thee?"
"Yes, but you can tell whether that
watch is worth more than twice twenty
dollars or not" Ut cost sixty.) "1fit is,
can't you see that it is my interest to re-
deem it?"
"Well, thee knows best about that, but
it wouldn't be worth that to nc, for
be off the island, where I can't get at
thee"
This was the key to the whole matter.
The ideas of the old gentleman were of a
date when the whaling business WAS good,
and when his sailor customers were in the
habit of disappearing at "TurkeywOnner,"
"Hilo,"" Sidney" and other Pacific ports,
and also of reappearing after many days to
claim long forgotten deposits. Time being
a commodity of which there was super
abundance in Nantucket, the market was
not brisk. Time was not money.
Invent home to dinner. There is that
comfort in hotel, that the vacuus uiator
can feed equally we'll with King Cresus
until the landlord says, "Go" At the
table took my accustomed seat, opposite
Miss Minnie P. We had made &C.
quain.ance but fortnight before, through
her brother Fred, whom l had "rescued
from watery grave; l mean, pulled
iuto the boat from which he had tumbled
overheard on q blue-fshing excursion. She
was somewhat older than l, and that did
not interfere with our rapidly getting &C.
Quainted.
She expressed great pleasure at finding
me still on the island, and that we should
be fellow travellers the next day. "1n fact,
Mr.. Woodbridge, I think. if I may take
80 great liberty, will put myself under
your care, and let Fred stay another week" ;"
acQuiesced, though sorely doubtful
whether l should have the pleasure. How
ever, thought I, she will hand me her
purse to get the tickets and things, and
then l can pay for two, and return it when
I get to Boston. l blushed as l thought
it, but would have given much for the
privilege of waiting on Miss Pa noted
Boston beauty; and, moreover, l was
madly in love with her, of course,
though very much in doubt whether
it would be prudent to tell her
50. Then she went on: II
nave uCVCI ONCu W CIAC OONSA A1uVAS Ii OLA
tho three weeks stay have made.' My
impulse was, of course, to invite her to
dive thither with me but that bill in my
pocket! She went on in the most aggrav.
ating way, "After yesterdays blow, they
say the surf will be splendid, the finest
this season." l was on the point of pro-
posing that we should soalk there, when
She said, "Would it be too great favor, il
you are not otherwise engaged, for you to
drive me out there? Fred has gone shark
fishing, but he promised to order buggy
before he LETT
OF course I joyfully accepted, and ! in
wardly blushed as I thought what might
not turn up. If, after all, should find
favor in the eyes Of the daughter of mil
lionairc, all would be we'll and if not, r.
me have what comfort can. Toey It
the fellows that are to be hanged call or
what they like for their last break!st,
believe! So thought; and when MISS
p went up to put on her tfngs,
went to the front of the Ocean puse TO
await the team. 1t came, but tF stable
help in charge seemed to have smethlng
on his mind. He looked uneas, and then
said, as approached to look the horse
| and inspect the harness, "Wo shall this
lie put down to? Mr.. P was over
this morning and paid his ILL., and said ne
was going off the leland o,morrow, and
didn't say nothing aFat ms slster 8
having any team. She snt over aDou! an
hour ago, an the boss eys ne sposes II 5
all right, but WINNIE Is iofget1oi, ana
mustn't let them 20 wtnont knowing VINO
was to have it." I'VE my name but my
dealings having yen WIN inc othel
stable, it made lss impression tnan II
should have dor. fernaps, saio he'
"you wouldn't .ind settling now IN adj
vance ; n fact, 8 charged to me anyhow
and for the af:rnoon It'll De three DOL
lars. And thA you can stay al the onore
s long g yoy'ke.
and felt + lust act quickly. "Can you
chanoe cha ~ tis?" said I, taking out the
twenty twenty No, l see you can't. Very
wrIl dat keep the lady waiting, but
t,cv III ,ay you at the office" And, be-
t,,re he ad time to accept the situation, I
had ny Miss p into the buggy and
was Owing away.
IT, not exciting to drive in Nantucket
unlts over the trotting- course. The roads
ara trif1e sandy and are deeply rutted, so
TIT your horse travels in a groove, and
vur wheels do the same. Dexter himself
ould hardly run away, and you are as fast
led to the track as if in a city strcet-car.
But once out on the broad, breezy
downs, and it is very enjoyable. The ali
is fragrant with the warm and aromatic
smell of the bayberry- bushes and the
basamic breath of the pine trees, the
tallest of which tower full seven feet in
air. Behind is the clean quiet town, and
before dark blue line on which here and
there glitters the sunshine, while white
flash of surf springs up ever and anon
above the low sand drifts on which grow
the spursc tufts of hcach-grass.
Nobody can long feel blue on those
plains of Nantucket; beside that, had a
project which was to put me all right.
So I chattcd with Miss Minnie, and
never had enjoyed myself so much. II
might have been fancy, but thought she
was a little diytrait. Could it be that
had made an impression? II 50 oil will
be we'll, thought L and then l wished thu
Shore thirty miles of, instead of three
A 4 WAS we reaol4eu the end of oul
1.-Two before felt quite certain enough t.
commit myself 1t would be awkward tt
he refused and have to drive her home
afterward. Az neooh n;...
but it was not solite1w wre,ch tmefe ,,,' was some
one on a, Mere. ~: a Umbrella, like huge muyi1.
nau'eu re''m str r~pup in the sand, and under it he
,vu was ag, skc1ching.
20 ~ t''tIe nc way from where my horse
b aS g, oe tied Was his horse and bug.
~: M;,o , 6D'mehow, he seemed to expect
MISS - for he rose lD and came tn
aI:'ea aIeet her as soon as had helned her tn
allght; and before | could soo,,ro ~ w, W.
steed Miss P and the strangrr s seema1 1
20 nave got wondrously well acnna;ntnd ]
Il 1 dlo not remember to nave seen lin, on
!he island, and he certainly did M, no,na w
IN IN inc boat while l was there, for the cvcnt %
I "1 'ne Gay was to see the passengers land
ana Deslde that, where would he 90 hmt -