The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-05-01

cracked.
"Bymeby little sail boat from Pork
erpine hove in sight. There wa MT
breath of wind then, an they was q
rowin' on her, but knew we should Git
it hot and strong before long; so was
kinder Uneasy till they got landed.
"There was three or four o. them
slim fellers, with knee breaches an
smart stockin's an hats fixed up like
gals, an Il parcel o. gals. 1 took notice
OF the fust gal that stepped ashore, and
she was about as poorly cretur as |
ever see; tall an high steppin', with
rosy cheeks, an eyes as bright as but
tons, an slick, brown hair. Jonas he
stood up an stared at her, an the cur.
usest look had come over his face that |
ever see; he looked as eff he'd grown
young. can't describe it in no other
way.
"' Kate! You are Kate! An knew
you'd come! / allus knew you'd comet
She looked kinder 'stonished, but she
gin him pooty smile.
"' Yes, I'm Kate, says she.
can then the others drew her away.
They was agoin' to explore round.
Jonas he started to foller, but I pulled
him back. was afeard they'd make
fun on him, or else that he'd scare the
gals with his crazy ways. He gave up
pooty easy an sot down, but he never
took his eyes off'n her as long as she
was in sight. | see jest how twas; the
gal was the fat woman's darter, an she
looked jest as her mother used to.
SIT KEEP calm all the time they was
gone, but l knew squat was comm,
an told 'em so when they was putin
off, but la! these city fellers hes so
much college larnin' about boats that
you can't tell 'em nothin', though it
don't bender 'em from gittin' upset
once in while. Jonas he see what
was comm; in his wust times Jonas
was allus sailor enough to obsarve wind
and weather, an there want man
on Barberry Island knew how to man.
age boat better'n he did; and he
begged on 'em to take him along ef
they was sot upon goin'. l knew twas
on account O. the gal that he wanted to
go, but still l kinder encouraged them
takin' on him, for l thought he might
keep 'em from gettin' upset as they was
likely to by themselves. They laughed
about it consid'abl an some o. the
fellers was sot agin it, but Jonas hung
on soft they finally concluded to take
him.
"When they was goin' round Dead
Mans Pint the squat struck 'em. Jonas
he had the sail down in a jiffy, but the
boat she gin lurch, an somehow or
mother the gal, Kate, fell overheard.
An Jonas he dove in arter her with his
heavy jacket an his boots an all on.
Twas heavy sea an the fust time she
came up he didn't ketch her; but the
second time he did, though she was a
good ways off, and he swum with her to
the boat near enough for them to reach
her an pull her in. How he ever man.
aged to do it there couldn't none o.
them fellers tell. They tried to grab
him when they grabbed her, but the
minute he let 60 his holt of her he sunk
jest like lead
"That was the beginnin' of a storm
that lasted three or four days. When it
cleared off they found his body washed
ashore on the rocks, right there to Dead
Mans Pint.
ellis old sweetheart an her darter
they come over to the funeral, an they
wanted to put up a big MONUMENT to
him; but Elviry she wouldn't hear
nothin' to it, an she was so grim an
starn that she scairt 'em. She took it
pooty hard, Elviry did; he was her
brother, eff he was cracked, an they'd
lived together for a long spell. Last
spring she up an merried Absalom
Peasley over to the main, tibet he'd he'd
q hankerin' arter her when she was
young. He was widderer with nine,
Absalom was, an l calkilate she has
enough to keep her mind sot on without
broodin' over nothin'.
GAS for Jonas, poor creetur, you
can't say as he added none to his tai
ents, but I calkilate It he didn't hev
but one, an that sech a measly little
one that the Lord won't be hard on
him."
"Then it was an enchanted prince
instead of a princess" we say at
length, rather to ourselves than to the
deacon.
But he hears, and answers with the
digniied assurance of sage who en-
lightens childish ignorance:
"No, there want never no princes,
nor princesses either, here; but there's
ben kinder Gurus things happenin', as
there mostly is where there's human
mater. As fur as Pm consumed I've
allus ben dretful pertickler to steer clear
O. the wilin' ways o. women folks"
And 1 suppose that is as much of a
moral as we could expect to bring away
from the Island of Calm Delights
Sophie Sa0ett, IN Good Company.