The Red Cloud chief., 1880-06-21
MARRIED N THE DARK.

al THINK. sir" said the old sailor.
"that the more comb.Euou>-iike make
this here warn, so far - localities and
personalities are ~con~aTned. the better
il Will he. because there's them Twin
at this blessed minult aS would tum
blc to il. 50 10 speak. and might have
hard fcciin aglu me rs ~Iyin' EN-
dead away IN a matter as wasn't cne
of nv blessed business. Whether.
therefore, ii Were the James River.
MIN hand unto CITY Pint. or whether
il were Mobile Rav. or whether Calves
ton Roads. or where not, don't matter.
NcltIrrWi~e do II matter whether him
: As were skipper of the craft | were IN
Were ca.i-d smith. Brown or Jones: thu
way ! call him VIII bc Clarke. q Young
chap and awful >poouey onto a gal. she
bGn a ship. with fore and m'zZrH
stump to -ailan' maStS. bound 10 Hayrt
with terba-krr. not bein' able IL load
alongside Il the wharf on account al
drau-ht and obliged to drop down when
h~aif-ioaded To a pint some four miles
below. and insiStin on goin' up even
night 10 See her. | bein' coxswain of the
gig and frequent KEEP waitin' TIL two
tIAA- VI ~ IA y Mn VAIN ~ u
make his appearance.
"Hpws'ever, ii happens, sir. as men
will go free. and go free, and 90 free,
under most bewltchin an enticin' CIR
cumstarceS. and all of a suddint like.
>~hen ii are least To be expected. some
woman viii drift athW art their hawsc.
anu they re foul in q instant. SO 4:
. were with this here skipper. He'd run
the rae down in London and gone
through the seductionS of hoardin-
houses in Liverpool and New York.
and beyond temporary be~guilements
had 'Scaped unframed, spooncy rs he
was: but here. in 4 little t~wopenmy-ha,-
penny bit of Il village, he come athwar'
his fate.
Wed been a layin' there for a week
] suppose when away come a bark To
load for Rio. The skipperof her wa Mt
named Williams. which are why | calls
him SO. and HIM and our old man they
otis acquainted. and this here Will
Jams be ropoSe 1 our old man for T.
90 uo to the hotel and have 4 game OF
billiards.
I've been here a week says our
old man. and | don't believe as there
are sich a place
40. YES. there are. says this ( other
skipper. come along; and away they
coe-. and fetches Up-as I've often
heerd our old man tell the siOry-at the
biggest house in the place, a BIG white
house onto a hill.
This don't look like q hotel, says
our old man.
Yes it are SAYS the t'other skip
per. a pullin' OF the bell: its all right.
but in country places Ike this they shut
up carlv-'
We'll. there a darkv to the
door. and this skipper says. Where's
al the folkS?'
Gone to bed. sar. SAYS the Niger.
-.Call 'cm up SAWS the skipper.
bold Is brass. and il lie marched to a
weILfurnished parlor. followed by our
old Nan.
Bowed if l think this are a hotel;'
saws our old man. and the other chap
hecin for 10 be doubtful. but both on
,em WAS completely fiabber-gasted
when arter waitin' a half hour, there
sailed into the room two OF the most
beautiful creeterS.' so u old man al
WAYS said when tellin' the yarn, as Z
Were seen
Wei. sir. / needn't for 70 tell You
thai sailors i the b~ashtuiest folks IL
the world. and neither u Old man nor
the tothgr skipper could say a word If
i vas to save en-. The gals stood q
wa;rin' for a explanation, and the two
skiuperS stood shcep!Shly, not knowln
what to say. At last 4 ot the gals
asked what it all meant. and then our
old man. though he were dead mashed
with her rs asked. mustered up courage
for 10 say. 1t are all a mistake, marin,
.nd ir-U be a lesson for me all the days
Of my life never to steer my boat by any
I other mans compass; but thls here
cb,o mn and tells me as he know q OF a
col hotel. | bein' here a week and
E.o.yin' nothin' of il, and ike 4 mutt |
Tc,mes with him. and we fetches up
hero a-rouSin' o out OF your beds al
on unseemlv hour, though for the mat
fer OF that it Amt Yet gone four bells.
and so amt very late
lyon see. ladies' this other skipper
chimes in, so I've heerd our old man
,aIi we're here, bein skip
ners of the two craft down AZ the dock,
eena time hangin' heavy onto our hands
We thought 2 game or two OF billiards.
uould be about ionnuck, and BEN told
> rs the hotel are up this way
- see saws one of the gals, 'yoa
uS+ook the street: the hotel, or VIII.
nasses for one in this little place, are
Two streets below
lis then there come in a Old chap
core the father of one of the gals
~ the uncle of the other, and the
81 had to be all explained to- him.
md he invited the two shippers for to
., down. and they done so. and was
- draw'd out Tor TO spin some yarns
>. 70 gales of wind as they'd seen and
dsu~ers they'd been into, and by and
hy The gals got the pianny sgoin' N 1t