Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

self Dove 'cm count q her money an
dedication; for the cap'n said he'd
'complish her, an he did-she played
on the pianner beautiful. But they
didn't like it cause she never noticed
'em-'stead o. bein' thankful. as they'd
orter bin. She had u queer slow way
o. liftin' her eyelids, as eff ner long
black lashes was so heavy she couldn't
hardly git 'em high 'nough ter see
from under; but when she did git 'em
up-well, she RELY did have the sweet
est eyes ever see in a girls face, an
they had such q innercent, appealin'
look. s'pose she got it tryin' ter
pacify the cap'n. But she never needed
ter try it twice on nobody, an one
young teller found it out ter his cost;
but twas all the cap'n's fault it hap
pened. @
He was home one Sabbath, uglier'n
usual, swearin' at every 4. body an
every thing, high an low, an he KEEP
it up all the mornin' tell he was fairly
in meetin', reg'lr's could be. "- s-s
''Well, he set there in his pew, his
eyes rangin' round, spyin' out sunthin'
ter find fault with, when all ter once
they lighted on Stan Purdy-Square
Purdy's son, you know. He'd bin off
stadyin' ter be a doctor, an had jest
come home for q little vacation fore
he began ter practice. He was d good
lookin' young Teller.
swell, he was settin' there lookin',
too-an' it jest shows how folks git
into trouble when they spend their
time starin' round in meetin', stead o.
payin' 'tention ter the minister.
but Stan, he'd bin lookin' at the
cap'n, an thinkin' what Gurus old
critter he was, an how his darter
didn't look much like him; an then,
as was nat'ral. he looked at Alice. an
his eyes hadn't fairly lighted ON her
when the cap'n turned an caught him.
1t seemed ez eff that was what the old
fellerd bin waitin' for. He riz right
up in his seat, his eyes rollin' in his
head, an he took Alice by the arm, an
he marched right down the aisle, out
O. meetin', an as he passed the Purdys'
pew he glared so Stan thought he was
goin' ter have fit, an didn't know
but twas his dooty ter foller on arfter
an tend ter him; but twas jest as
well he didn't.
The cap'n made straight for home,
usin' most awful language. He said
he knowed now why Alice was allus so
anxious ter go ter meetin'. An 'twa'n't
no use for her ter tell him-what was
the livin' truth-that she didn't know
Stan Purdy from Tom Nokes, an
hadn't never sot eyes on him. He
wouldn't b'lieve her.
He had ter go tor the city that
night, lucky for her, for she was clear
wore out; but We couldn't blaine her
that next Sabbath she did look over
ter the Purdy's pew, ter see who twas
the cap'n made SIGH fuss bout; an
Stan, rememberin' how the cap'n had
acted the week afore, looked cross at
her jest as she looked at him.
f. 'Well, I'm too old woman ter go
inter all the particulars o. that part o.
the story. Young folks will be young
folks ter the end O. time; an we all
know how twas with ourselves. But
ef Alice had had a hard time afore,
she had a wus one now; twas bad
'nough ter have a. hot an hasty old
father, but when you come ter have a
hot an hasty young lover ez well,
things git complicated.
''Stan want 'fraid of the Cap'n; no
didn't care a cent for his temper an
his talk, an he loved Alice for all he
was with. He couldn't see no reason
why he should be sacrificed ter the
cap'n's whims. There want the fust
thing bout him for nobody ter object
ter in a son-in-law; he was study, an
he had good connections, an there
was money both sides o the house. He
meant ter have Alice, an he knowed
ct he didn't git her consent fore the
capn got home, he wouldn't git it
tall; an I tell you he did his best.
''But Alice, she was jest like that
flower told ye bout; it didn't make
no difference what q rough, ugly old
rock it was CROWN next ter, the wind
might blow a perfect cyclone, it could
make that flower tremble an SILVER
and bend an bow, but when it got
through, that flower was CROWN there
jest the same. An try his best, Stan
couldn't git her ter listen ter him.
$50 the time passed by, an Stan see
in the paper the cap'n's steamer had
rived, an he knowed he'd be home
next day. Things looked pretty des-
perate, but he wouldn't give in.
1.-The cap'n's house an gardin spot
was a dreadful queer-lookin' place.
Alice didn't seem ter care, but it most
distressed Mis- Willard-she KEEP house
for EN-, you know-ter death. There
was a heejus great figger-head nailed
up over the front dOor-'nough ter
scare We outer yer senses-an' shells
layin' round everywhere We could think,
an a big red buoy out in the middle o.
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