The Red Cloud chief., 1883-05-25

iuS acTp%- the HAS Tor CLANS. or -sftlng
of on n days fishing cruise in their
boat. or c~arting up n load II seaxeesi
the garden. and wherever you see
Iii you WAS pretty SURE Ia see Cap'n
too. Iii wa~ n nice-lookiny boy.
full II life and fun. and n great favor
lie all over the village. Iva. n pity
things couldn't have staid - right
along. But when Iii got n little older
there began tn be trouble.
He wanted first Ia go To sea. but the
old man said No. and b. meant It. 80
after n while Iii gave IN. He had Ia.
There was no peace 10 le had with
Gap n Peleg unless you'd do jusi n. he
said But the trouble was that Hi Vas
innch the am way. and they'd dis
agree on m thing and then on anoih-
"r, though IL always ended by His CIV
ing in.
But ut last IL came TO n point where
he couldn't give in. They bad a grea,
dispute. and il hung on week in and
out. and they didn't 90 round
together ~ much a. usual. They never
told any one what IL was. but This I
know, that there wa one family in the
village. Cap'n Cyrenus Baxter -famiIy.
and that Cap'n Pelcg had always had a
grudgc against ihem-no matter about
the reason now. but he distrusted them
all, root and branch. Now tap'n Cy-
renu- had n family II nice smart girls.
and a. things would turn out, Iii bad To-
Ia going there Ia call evenings.
and twas about the time the old man
found out which way the wind Law that
he began to make trouble. But he'd
got his hands more'n full that time.
And the more they disagreed. the more
Iii seemed To look like him, with his
black eyes and eyebrows aud set mouth.
And he knew only too well that hi-
father never womb Weld on that point.
Twas no use thinking II such "A thing.
And ] guess for several days they hard
~ spoke Ia each other.
We'll, things couldn't last 80 long,
and one morning when Cap n Pcleg got
up. Iii was nowhere To be found. First.
the Cap'n thought he'd gone of To be
married. and he was terribly angry.
Cap'n rclcg was. and said he'd never
speak Ia his boy again. But after a
while he met Il man from the wharycs
that told him he'd seen Iii.
'Whercabouis?' saws the Cap'n.
"'Sctting sail with Cap'n Norris on
the Leading Breeze, says he.
'Cap'n Norris says the old man;
why. he's going off whalin'. on a three
years cruise. Why. I know Iii too well
Ia believe he'd go off that way, without
saying a word To his father
But he has says the man. Il was
down on the wharf when the wind
sprung up. towards morning. and they
was getting ready 10 start. and ] see Iii
come along through the fog and 80
aboard. GUESS he'd talked with the
Capn before, for he went right la work.
They got up their sails and weighed an
ch"r. and he came onto the wharf Ia
east of. 80 he Just shook hands with
two or three of us that was standing
there, and said '.Good-by" sort oi
quiet, and then jumped aboard. and oil
they went. and ! guess YOU can see the
vessel now'f YOU 90 up on the hill.
$50 up on the hill Cap'n Pclcg went.
And he thought he saw the Leading
Breeze. but il was f"9gy. and he WASH I
sure. He often said afterwards that he
did wish the fog could have lifted. for 4
few minutes. just then ~
II cant tell what passed in the old
mans mind those three years. liz
seemed the most unhappy man ! ever
saw, but | don't believe in all that time
he ever nee changed his mind. He goi
a letter from Iii from some foreign port
where they'd put in, just saying he was
well, and they was having good luck.
And 10y and by he got another. AMI
when two years had gone by. and Their,
WAS some reasonable hope Of their com
ing homo-if the whalcrS have good
luck they often make n shorter trip than
they expected he began to get nervous
and irritable, and he spent IA good dca
Of time on the hill just above tn,
house here. And very early. mornings
before he got there. | uSrd 10 see som,
else there, too. My house is th,
only n where YOU can see folks NJ
there where they look off. and | never
told any one about her being there. i
was easy watching then. because Their,
was no reason Ia be anxious if they
didn't come. But when the third YEA
| WIN Wv. oDt ttltt Nv hf'lliiN Nv -
creep along, and creep along. one aftcl
another. il was irving times. by and
by il was four Years. The old man
hair was fast getting white then. and h,
had Ia take a cane when he went up oi
the Hill. but he kept his spirits. and h,
was dreadful hard TO get along with
Aunt Nabby kept house for him then
and she said he couldn't sit still n min
ute, or think or talk about anything bu
Iii and the Leading Breeze.
Then il got Ia be four years and
half. and then five years. Most of tn,
crew on the whaler had been from othel
parts. 20 there weren't many others or
the lookout. and what there was los
all hcart-all but two; and they nevc
met.
But the old man was failing fast
One day. after he came down from TN
hill. he took To his bed. and he sent i,
for me and got me TO keep n lookou
for him. and he said that il he shoul,
hear the Leading Breeze was comm.
into the barber. he knew he could &c
right up and 20 down tn the wharyes &
meet his boy. But it didn't come. an,
he got weaker and weaker.
lone evening he sent for me to com
in. And when | got there. he couldn'
seem to make up his mind 10 tell m
what he wanted. But at last | gues>e,
what it was. and | e To Cap'n eyre
nus and told Abby what | thought TN
old man wanted. She WAS a real sensi
BILE. nice girl. and she put on her thing
and come right down. And she an,
the old man had a long talk. l don
know what he said. but when she cam
out. | saw she'd been CRYING. but sh
tried to smile. and told me she wa
coming down the next morning. an,
she guessed p'raps she'd better sta,
awhile and look after him. and try 4
cheer him up some.
II took her home. and when l cam
back Cap'n Peleg seemed u good dea
softened down. and he told me he wa
feeling considerable better. and said h
had more confidence in seeing Hi 500
than he'd felt for a long time. and h
meant 10 have Hi's clothes brought dow
from his the neN morning, an,