The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-03-18

coffyp No! Well, speak when yer cups
out, won't herP I'm goin' back ter the
beginnin' an tell yer all bout the
Cap'n's fairs; so flyer want anythin' Jes
speak it right out.
:. You'll remember some on it s g
long till l git down ter Their time yel
went off, prob'bly, yer mother must q
told yer bout itmore'n once. How
should like ter see yer mother a'gin
but
What did yer sayP Livin'i in Bostir
now. an yer mothers comm up here
mex month? Wal, yer tell her ter come
right here an stay; it shan't cost her s
cent. Tell her ter wait till near the enc
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 pay her board if she come!
Sho', now, she'll be welcome, pay or nc
pay; but s'pose yer able ter pay yel
way wherever yer 60. Dekin Hopkins
tod me more'n year ago that yer was
rich-wuth fifty MouSan' or more, Ide-
cl&r' it does beat all-apoor boy like you
ter go 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
was glad ter git back hum, whar could
breathe an think ag'n. Sech racket,
an everybody a-hurryin' long as eff thar
life depended ont. KEEP a-thinkin' of
the Scripter passage bout hastin' ter be
rich an fallin' inter pit or snare or
somethin', an eff it hadn't bin for father
a-ketchin' me should a. fell head over
heels inter hole myself. Father said it
was ther entrance ter Their barber-shop
down under their hotel. l do hope
they've got some kline of railin' round
it now! Why, l might "a broke my
neck. ..
$50 yer alvin in Bostin! Got fam :
ly, dispose, an live in greet style, O.
course. L
What! yer hain't married git? Wal,
yer ought ter be, if l do say it's oughtn'
ter, p'rap What yer goin' ter do with
all yer money? But, law! it's none O
"More coffy? Yes; I knew yer'd like
it. We don't give that kline O coffy to
eU'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, I know, only as
the light strikes on't-I knew It must
be you, an Imade up my mine yer should
have Their best Their house could furnish,
AM
"Bout the Cap'n? o, yes, Oas goin'
ter tell yer. WAL yer see, James was an
only child. The Cap'n come down here
an built that greet house out on Their 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 went
down thar to a 'cademv or somethin'.
Wal, you've heard how he got 'quainted
with that gal from Georgy, an arter he
went back the secon' time he writ hum
that he was a-goin' ter marry her when
he got through studyin' that year.
20, my stars, how NAL the Cap n was!
Wy, yer see, he was an out-an' out abo-
litioner, the Cap'n was, an he bin pre-
dictin' fur more n year that some time
afore long Their North an South had got
ter fight it out as he used to say. The
idee of his boy marryin' a Southern gal
like s not slave holders darter-
was more'n he could stan; in fac, I
think the Cap'n was REILLY crazy fur
spell.
oval, he wouldn't hear nathin' ter
Mis- Sanders. Poor soul! she didn't live
but bout tew months arter the Cap sent
Their fust letter. She was sickly when
they come down here, an folks said one
reason the Cap'n built way up thar on
the hill was ter git sea-breeze an a lam
breeze tew, in hopes one on 'em would
agree with her. As said, he wouldn't
hear a word ter her, but set down and
writ letter ter James an told him eff he
married ttat gal he should cut him off
without dollar.
"rUe allus had notion eff James had
"a come home an talked with the Cap'n,
instead O sendin' that letter bout loves
goin' whar it's sent and the a0orT an
promise of a Sanders bein' O. more value
than money! an all that, it might all
a been diff rent; but James was dret-
full high-steppin' an unreasonable, tew,
bOttO SOlllC IllllfSS. UcSO dtS SOOu us Inc
Cap'n got that secon' letter he packed
up ev'rythin' he could fine that b'longed
ter James an sent 'em tew him, an writ
him he should consider him dead an wus
than dead, and never ter darken his door
ag'in. f."H
"Of course you've heard most O. this
afore, an | won't stop ter tell it all. The
war come, sure 'nough, an the fust news
the Cap'n had from James for most five
years was when Dekin Hopkins son Joel
come home wounded an said he'd seen
James Sanders allyn on the battlefield
when he was bein' carried off, an he
made Their men twas carryin' on him
stop, so S he could speak with him. Yer
see, each side was a-takin care O. their
own dead an wounded, an, when the
men come back arter takin' care O Joel,
nothin could be foun' O James; he'd bin
carried of, prob'ly.
"Wal, Joel said that James told him
ter tell his father that he'd bin drafted
into the C'nfedrate army, but he'd bin
in hopes ter git taken pris' ner an git
over this side; he'd bin mighty sorry he
didn' Explain matters ter his father afore
he got married, an he wanted ter come
home an beg his forgiveness, an then
he'd Mist in the Union army. You've
heard it all, an how the Cap'n broke all
down an tried to fine him or any trace