The Iola register., 1882-03-17

coffy? No! Well, speak when yer cups
out, won't her? I'm goin' back ter the
beginnin' an tell yer all bout the
Cap ms fairs; SO flyer want anythin' jest
speak it right out.
IS You'll remember some on it s go
long till l git down ter ther time yer
went off, prob bly,, yer mother must a
told yer bout it more'n once. How l
should like ter see yer mother a'gin!
but
What did yer say? Livin' in Bostin
how. an yer mothers comm up here
mex month? Wal, yer tell her ter come
right here an stay; it shan't cost her a
cent. Tell her ter wait till near the end
o. the month, so S ter be here when the
big weddin' comes off up ter the Cap'n's
place; but yer don't know nuthin' bout
that till teller yer, but
''Eh! Yer d pay her board if she come?
Sho', now, she II be welcome, pay or no
pay; but I s'pose yer able ter pay yer
way wherever yer go. Dekin Hopkins
told me more'n n year ago that yer was
rich-wuth fifty thomsan' or more. 1de-
clar' it does beat all-apOor boy like you
ter 60 out into the world all alone an
make afortin at thirty. s'pose Chicager's
quite a place; somethin' like Portlan', !,
mebbe. Iwent ter Portlan' once, an l
was glad ter git back hum, whar l could
breathe an think ag'n. Sech a racket,
an everybody a-hurryin' long rs ct thar
life depended ont. Ikep' a-thinkin' of
the Scripter passage bout hastin' ter be
rich an fallin' inter pit ora snare or
somethin', an eff it hadn't bin for father
a-ketchin' me Ishould a. fell head over
heels inter hole myself. Father said it
was ther entrance. ter ther barber-shop
down under their hotel. l do hope
they've got some kline of railin' round
it now! Why, 1 might a broke my
neck.
$50 yer alvin in Bostin! Got FAM
ly, dispose, an live in gre't style, O.
What! yer hain't married grit? Wal,
yer ought ter be, if I do say it's oughtn'
ter, prs aps. What yer goin' ter do with
all yer money? But, law! it's none O.
my biznis-
..More coffy? Yes; knew yer'G ike
it. We don't give that kline O. coffy to
er'rybody that comes long; but when
husban' told me yer name las'night. an
said yer had greet big black eyes an dark
red hair-'tain't red, l know, only as
the light strikes on't-I knew t must
be you, an made up my mine yer should
have ther best ther house could furnish,
am
"'Bout the Cap'n? o, yes, I a0as goin'
ter tell yer. Wal, yer see, James was an
only child. The Cap'n come down here
an built that gre't house out on ther hill
arter he left the sea an retired, as folks
say. He had consid' able money, an he
was boun James should have an edica.
ton. He had a sister down ter New
York, the Cap'n did, an SO James wen,
down thar to 'cademy or somethin'
Wal, you've heard how he got 'quainteo
with that gal from Georgy, an arter he
went back the secon' time he writ hum
that he was a-goin' ter marry her wher
he got through studyin' that year.
20, my stars, how mad the Cap n was!
Wv, yer see, he was an Out-an' -out abo
litioner, the Cap'n was, an he'd bin pre-
dictin' fur more n year that some time
afore long ther North an South had go
ter fight It out as he used to say. The
idee Of his boy marryin' Southern gal
like s not slave holders darter-
was more'n he could stan; in fac,
think the Cap'n was reelly crazy fur
spell.
"Wal, he wouldn't hear nuthin' te
Mis- Sanders. Poor soul! she didn't liv'
but bout tew months arter the Cap'n sen
ther fust letter. She was sickly whel
they come down here. an folks said on
reason the Cap'n built way UP thar OF
the hill was ter git sea-breeze an Ian
breeze tew, in hopes one on 'em woult
agree with her. As I said, he wouldn'
hear a word ter her, but set down ant
writ letter ter James an told him eft h
married that gal he should cut him ol
without dollar.
"pUe allus had notion eff James ha'
"a come home an talked with the Cap'n n
instead O. sendin' that letter bout love
goin' whar it's sent and the 'Uord an
Dronaise of Sanders bein' O. more valu
than money! an all that, it might al
"a been diff rent; but James was drel
full high-steppin', an unreasonable, tew
bout some things. Jest as soon as tn
Cap'n got that secon' letter he packe
mn ev'rythin' he could fine that b'longe
ter James an sent 'em tew him, an wrl
him he should consider him dead an WI
than dead, and never ter darken his doc
ag'in. -.
s.Of course you've heard most O thi
afore, an won't stop ter tell it all Tn
war come, sure 'nough. an the fust new
the Cap'n had from James for most fiv
years was when Dekin Hopkins son Jot
come home wounded an said he'd see
James Sanders a-lyin' on the battlefield
when he was bein' carried off, an h
made ther men twas carryin' on hir
stop, so s he could speak with him. Ye
see, each side was a-takin care O. the
own dead an wounded, an, when th
men come back arter takin' care o. Joe
nothin could be foun' o. James; he'd bi
carried off, prob'ly.
"Wal, Joel said that James told hiI
ter tell his father that he'd bin drafte
into the Cnfedrate army, but he'd bi
in hopes ter git taken pris'ner an g
. over this side; he'd bin mighty sorry b
didn't 'xplain matters ter his father afol
he got married, an he wanted ter com
home an beg his forgiveness, an the
he'd mist in the Union army. You'y