Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-13

Ieave him. Then Stan he told her she neednn
leave him; he WANT home much o the time
an when he was he could be with her, Jest ,:
be allus had bin; an he did think-thougt
he didn't say so-that eff he could put W
with the cap'n he might do as much for him
"But Alice she told him her father didn't
want her ter marry nobody, an eff she did he
wouldn't have nothin' more ter do with her
an 'twasn't ez eff he was Ike other folks who
had friends ter fall back cE-ef she left him
| he wouldn't have nothin'; then she looked at
| him and she SEE:
"'Ef loved man ever so much wouldn't
leave my father ter go off with him, cause
be has fust claim SEE she; an Stan be come
q step nearer, and he SEE:
"'Do you love me, Alice?
| ''She knowed she got ter answer that ques-
ton and she knowed 'twouldn't do ter have
him come no closer if she was goin' ter do her
dooty by her father. She'd never told lie
in her life but she looked at him and she
said it slow, like ez eff twas lesson she was
sayin'
:" mo, don't love you; you must CO.
"'Twas queer, but Stan b'lieved her. A
woman would "a knowed in a minute she
wasn't tellin' the truth, but he trusted her as
! angel. an he took her at her word.
AN the gate hadn't no moren banged
arfter him when the old cap'n jumped right
out o u bunch OF syringas, an stood i'll front
| on her in his tall hat, with valise in one
! hand and ombrill in the other, lookin big
! ger, redder, more bristlin' IAN ever; he'd bin
there the hull time, an heard every word,
but all he said was:
"'Good grill Done right That's the way
ter serve young scalawags. Ye won't have
/ no more trouble from EN-; yer old fathers
! come home ter stay
AN so he had He'd give up the com
mand O his steamship, an there lie was
We'll, Alice she took him inter the house,
an she give him his supper, an mixed his
rum punch fer him, an sot by while he
drinked it; then he wanted her ter sing Ter
him, and she went ter the pianner an played
an sung him his favorites-an' ne had a deal
o. taste in musician all the while there was
poor STAINS despairin' face in front on her,
an you'd a thought even the cap'n could a
told her heart was broke by the way she was
singin'.
AN Stan he went off an jined party o.
naturalist fellers who was goin' on a three
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landish species O spiders an caterpiliers an
SIGH. He didn't care where he went ter
AN Alice went on dom her dooty, keep
in things pleasant, an kinder maxim it up ter
the neighbors when the capn Quarreled with
'ein; but she grew paler an thinner every
day, tell she looked just like shaddeT o a
girl; but she didn't lose none O her prettiness
she couldn't; longs there was anything left
On her twas 'bliged ter be pretty.
"Well, after the cap'n had bin home year
or two he began ter find it kinder tiresome;
he'd done everything he could think on ter
his place, an twas then he took it inter his
head to buy his monnyment; that KEEP him
busy for months; he visited every marble
yard in the country fore he found anything
ter suit him. He said his Inonnyment was
like poor mans suit of clothes; he wanted
jest the right thing, cause it had got ter last
him.
''He was pleased 'nough when be finally
got it sot up; he'd wall down with Alice
every Sabbath evenin' ter see it, an he
hadn't bin ter visit his wlfe'5 grave fore
scncc she died; he clean forgot ter have her
name put on the tombstone.
''Well, things went on this way tell one
day he was took with it, and went ter lie
beside his nlonnyment. and Alice was left ter
take her Sabbath evenin' walks alone.
The minister h&d doubts bout the old
cap'n's futur', an he told her so; but Alice,
she SAID be want SO bad but she could love
him, an she rec.oned Gods love an mercy'd
stretch further'n ourn, an she couldn't help
hOpin,. He'd remember what hard life the
poor old cap'n had had, an make lowarces
fer him.
''The minister he didn't say no more arfter
that. [ guess he thought ef the idee was any
comfort te- her she might ez well keep it, but
it sartainly want orthodox.
. Twas bout this time Stan come home.
older an browrer an harnsomer'n ever. he
was real shocked when be heard bout the
capn, an more still when he see Alice in
church He'd thought she'd bin dyin' o o
broken heart all this time, bat when he come
ter look at her-not that ne s'posed thinkin' o
him had anything ter do with it--he reckoned
twas takil' care o. her father
He didn't 60 to see her. He llnowed he
was cured, but still he didn't want ter resk
gettin' hurt agin, he hadn't forgot what it
felt like, so he walked home from neetin'
with Judge Perkins darter, an was arst TO
stay ter supper, an spent very pleasant
evenin'; an Alice went home an cried her
self sick-differsnce tween men an women.
that's all
"Well, twas the old cap'n's queer charac.
ter that brought 'em together il the fust
place, an twas the same thing brought 'em
together in the end; ef t hadn't bin for him
l don't suppose they'd ever noticed each
other, an that's what folks git fer meddhn'
in other folks affairs.
Twas one Sabbath AFTERNOON iast arfter
meetin'; Stan was walkin in the cemetery
with his Inother-they was Goin' ter see eff
the grass needed cuttin' in their lot-an' ez
they passed by the cap'n's InonpyIneDt Stan
happened ter look toward it, an there he see
some heathern boy had printed Rum Punch
In big letters on the cap'n's Urn
Stan most felt ez If twas his own father,
il made him SO mad; but be didn't say uothin'
ter tract his mothers 'tention He got home
ouick's be could an be got some chemical
stuff on rag, an some sand paper an he
was gofn' back agin ter git them letters OF
fore poor Alice could coIue an see EN-: but
somebody come IN, an be was Rendered teV
t was pretty late fore be started
She want there when be got back, an be
warmed UP that rlornyInenf an be worked
Ike seventy-six. though he most spec.ed ter
hear the old csp'n orierin' ht1n of; but he
got it clean t last, an cluGnb down, an there
was Alice standiu' watcnia' him
Land salassi ef the folks amt all gone
inter uaeetin' while we've been selkinr Wen
be late, sures The world, arftsr hevi1 been
here an hour fore anybody ease.
Haven't finished the storyf us. have:
didn't tel ye Alice Broadus n.srer ne.zie.d
ter look at nobody uo-e'n oslceFAEGper.
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