Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-08

than some letters, but thc S6p has
scarcely come Is her meorlnys whct
Ben Roland camc tumhling up the lad
I5.yr.
"Hul,p, Fred said liz, Com,
ashore; Nour wjte'S in town. and
/ rrckou she'd like 10 see YOU.
My wite' says l. ANA | rushed III
To my cabin and jumped into my he>t
/ SlotheS and was i'll the boat III 4 twink
ling
Where is She How did she sci
hcreS | shouted Thunder. man
IMhy don't yom ,alk9 and shook him
| 10y the back of his neck But he only
laughed and SAID She VAS 1T his house
~ didn't know YOU had i house
81 have though I've married
Julia and when your wife sot vou,
letter saving YOU were coming here
She told her father she couldn't stay
| from you any longer 81 she's been
waiting for You week
shes I'm angel said | aud said
/ all the Way 10 the house.
! She didn't know tie ship had ii,
lrivod. Ben had seen her from down
town, and SAC and her SISTER werc SIT.
ting III the pNrlor entertaining some
ladies, when Ben lei me- III with his
! Mch-krN. opened tho door, and
| there She WAS on the sofa, loskiuG lust
as sweet as when SAW her hast.
didn't stop for amy ceremony, can rs,
rurc YOU Ii wouldn't have made amy
difference If there had been my pce-
/ pile III the room Why, She WAS most
eaten M III minute and all the ladies
got up and laughed and said they guess
ed they had better so, didn't say
anything against il. and | don't think
Julia did either; sathcy Went away and
left us to ourselves
Then | had to do all my counting
Iovcr again, Tor we'd been separated 81
long We we're hardly acquainted And
this time twas lust us pleasant rs il
was the first, and for me great dcaI
IplcaSantrr; toc Nou see there wasn't the
least Int of doubt about the result; she
hadn't even ghost OF a chance to
say No. 50 bought 4 house ncM Il
Julia and Ben and Eve sailed out ol
the same port ever since only -
eu short VOYAGES NOW, and seldom am
away from her more than two months
ut time We have two sons and Il
daughter NOW, and She seems to bt
pretty we'll eoutcnted As for me, You
see am mot pming. am getting old
but my boys are growing up and
dear dear tonight is Just as hcau6
ful rs the night was mrAricd
What Il nice story, said Deb, smil
ing. ,Well, suppose some people are
interesting when they are at seal know
aim not
some people arc interesting nj sea-
said the captain. u guess they are
People have nothing else to do IL sea
and 81 Cupid has full swing Its II
mighty dangerous situation for ont
when pretty little hndsmun is put
under his charge, and lac mny as wei
strike his colorS II once. But il isill
So with Il lady. II she's Sca-sick, sh,
won't pay any attention To- layc-mnk
ing; and while ones counting her n,
hard rs hoean she's generally thinking
about laundering headache she has
or wishing she had Il little more ice
tell YOU, sailors are much abused ami
mails And the gallant captuin shooE
his head mounmlty,
BY this time the sun had hidden Iii,
diminished head and the moon WA
having il all her own way ThcWlrpl,
and crimson country had vanished int,
night the silver ship had sailed AVA,
down below the horizon. and the tlr,
little land bird had tucked his hea,
under his wing for the night Mrs
Boxer 4 Co, after the fashion Of won
en- nj sea, had gone TO bed with the sun
and We were alone ON deck, with only
tic man III the wheclnnd tile Southern
Cross blazing IN white splcndor {,
keep us company By-and-hN Jean
Mes pretty eyes began to close m,
Dch's answers 10 grow thick unt
dreamy, 50 We said goodnight, AM
were .oon doing or 70 sleep With I'll,
sound Of waves ia on. ears and dreams
Of Jessie and the captain still dancinl
| through 0ur heads