Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-11-15

out o bunch OF syringas, an stood in front
on her in his tall hat, with a valise in one
hand and ombrill in the other, lookin' big
ger, redder, more bristlin' AN 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 he was.
well, 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' he had 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'
can Stan he went off an jned party O.
naturalist fellers who was goin' on a three
years trip to don't know where, arfter out
| landish species o spiders an caterpilers an
sich. He didn't care where he went ter.
AN Alice went on doin' her dooty. keep
in things pleasant, an kinder maxim it up ter
the neighbors when the cap'n quarreled with
'em; but she grew paler an thinner every
day, tell she looked just like shadder o a
girl; but she didn't lose none o her prettiness
--she couldn't; longs there was anything left
on her twas 'blged 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 MONUMENT; that KEEP him
busy for months; he visited every marble
yard in the country fore he found anything
ter suit him. He said his monnyment was
like poor mans suit of clothes; he wanted
jest the right thing, cause it had got ter lasl
him
He was pleased nough when he finally
got it sot up; he'd walk down with Alic,
every Sabbath evenin' ter see it, an b,
hadn't bin ter visit his wlfe's grave for,
sence she died; he clean forgot ter have hel
name put on the tombstone.
We'll, things went on this. way tell ont
day he was took with fit, and went ter lii
, beside his monnyment, and Alice was left te
take her Sabbath evenin' walks alone
''The minister had doubts bout the oil
capn's futur', an he told her SO; but Alice
, she said he want SO bad but she could Low
him, an she reckoned Gods love an mercy
stretch further'n ourn, an she couldn't bel
hopin'. He'd remember what hard life tn
poor old cap'n had had, an make 'lowance
fer him
e "The minister he didn't say no mere arfte
3 that. guess he thought eff the idee was an
: comfort te- her she might ez well keep it, bu
!, it sartainly want orthodox
, Twas bout this time Stan cJrse hom,
|, older an browner an harnsomer'n ever. II
a was real shocked when he heard bout IL
n cap'n, an more still when be see Alice i
q church. He'd thought she'd bin dyin' O
r broken heart all this time, but when he CON
2 ter look at her-not that he sposed thinkin'
him had anything ter do with it-he reckone
a twas takin care o her father
4 ''He didn't go to see her. He knowed l
!, was cured, but still he didn't want ter res
9 gettin' hurt agin; he hadn't forgot what
v felt like, so be walked home from meeti
: with Judge Perkins darter, an was arst I
a stay ter supper, an spent a very pleasal
/, evenin'; an Alice went home an cried he
q self sick-differenee tween men an womel
a that's ALL
: "Well, twas the old cap'n's queer chara
7 ter that brought 'em together in the fu
a place. an twas the same thing brought e
n together in the end; ef I hadn't bin for hi
r l don't suppose they'd ever noticed eac
;, other, an that's what folks git fer meddli
\ in other folks affairs.
Twas one Sabbath arfternoon Jest arftl
meetin'; Stan was walkin' in the cemeteI
h with his mother-they was goin' ter see
n the grass needed cuttin' in their lot-an'
r they passed by the cap'n's monnyment Ste
happened ter look toward it, an there he s.
3 some heathern boy had printed Rum Pune
d in big letters on the cap'n's urn.
n Stan most felt ez ii twas his own fathe
|, it made him so mad; but lie didn't say nothi
Il ter tract his mothers 'tention. He got hon
o quick's he could, an he got some chemic
4 stuff on a rag, an some sand paper, an
was goin' back agin ter git them letters {
= 'foro poor Alice could come an see 'em; b
n somebody come in, an be was rendered II
D twas pretty late fore he started
''She want there when he got back, an
n warmed up that monnyment an be work
n, like seventy-six, though he most spected I
n hear the old capn orderin' him off; but
n got it clean Z last, an clumb down, an the
m was Alice standin' watchin' him.
d Land sakes, ef the folks amt all go
n inter meetin' while we've been tslkin'! We
a be late, sure's the world, arfter havin' be-
"a here an hour fore anybody else
Haven't finished the story1 Yis, l hav
., didn't l tell We Alice Broadus never need
- ter look at nobody more'n onceF-Hsrpe
n Weekly.