San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-07

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went he bore the same character-a dreadful
rough man an dreadful profane shouldn't
think twas right ter tell SIGH story on the
Sabbath eff there want SIGH lesson be larned
! by it.
"'Twas Gurus ter see the cap'n an his dar-
ter together. You'd never "a Thoughts they
was related; but she took after her mother,
who died when she was born.
well, you'd s'pose, pretty as Alice was
| an rich as the cap'n was knowed ter be-
there'd be no end o. fellers hangin' round
her, like bees round honeysuckle; but the
| truth ont was, they was all so scarf o. the
cap'n, an Alice herself was so took up airy
in ter please him, an keep him from gettin'
mad at folks while he was home, an when
he was gone a-tryin' to get braced up an
ready for his next visit, that she didn't have
| no time ter think o. nothin' else. Eff you
| never see the cap'n, you can't have no idee
the sort o. man he was. He'd STAN an swear
| till he was black in the face when anything
| put him out.
"But the young men got the idee that Alice
was stuck up, an felt herself Dove em count
| O. her money an eddication; for the capn
| said he'd 'complish her. an he did-she
| played on the pianner beautiful But they
| didn't like it cause she never noticed EN-
stead o. bein' thankful, as they orter bin. She
| had queer, slow way O. liftin her eyelids,
as eff her long black lashes was so heavy she
| couldn't hardly get 'em high 'nough ter see
| from under; but when she did get 'em up
| well, she RELY did have the sweetest eyes !
ever see in a girls face, an they had such a
innercent, appealin' look. spose she got it
| tryin' ter pacify the cap'n. But she never
| needed to try it twice on nobody, an one
| young Teller found it out to his cost; but
twas all the cap'ns fault it happened.
"He was home one Sabbath, uglier'n usual
swearin' at everybody an everything, high
an low, an he KEEP it up all the mornin' till
he was fairly in meetin'-he alters went ter
meetin', reg'lar's could be.
"Well, he sot there in his pew, his eyes
rangin' round, spyin' out sunthin' ter find
fault with, when all ter once they lighted on
Stan Purdy-Squire Purdy's son, you know.
He'd bin off studyin' ter be doctor, an had
jest come home for little vacation fore
he begun ter practice. He was good lookin
young Teller.
''Well, he was settn' there lookin' too-an
it jest shows how folks git into trouble when
they spend their time starin' round stead O.
payin' 'tention ter the minister.
But Stan, ned bin loollin' at the cap'n, 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 capn turned an caught him. 1t seemed
ez eff that was what the old feller'd 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
pow he glared so Stan thought he was goin'
ter have fit, an didn't know but twas his
dooty ter foller an tend ter him; but twas
jest as well he didn't.
THE capn made straight for home, usin'
most awful language. He said he knowed
now why Alice was allus so anxious to go ter
meetin'. An 'twa'n't no use for her to tel
him-what was the livin' truth-that she
didn't know Stan Purdy from Tom Nokes,
and hadn't never sot eyes on him. He wouldn't
b'lieve her.
HE had ter go ter the city that night,
lucky for her, for she was clear wore out;
but We couldn't blame 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.
'Well, I'm too old woman ter go inter all
the particulars o that part Of the story.
Young folks will be young folks to the end o.
time; AN we all know hsw twas with our
selves. But eff Alice had had hard time
afove she had a wus one now; twas bad
enough ter have hot an hasty old father,
but when you come ter have hot an hasty
youna lover CT wei, things git complicated.
Stan WANT 'fra!d of the cap'n; he didn't
care q 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 'Dout him for nobody ter object ter in
q 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
no knowed eff he didn't get her consent fore
the cap got home he wouldn't get it tall, an
he did his best.
But Alice, she was jest like, chat flower l
told We bout; it didn't make no difference
what a rough, ugly old rock it was CROWN
next ter, the wind might blow perfect cy
clone, it could make that flower tremble an
SILVER an 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 to him.
$50 the time passed by, an Stan see in the
paper the cap'n's steamship had rived, an he
| anowed he'd be home next day. Things
looked desperate, but he wouldn't give in.
"Well, that night Alice was out in the gar
| din after supocr, wanderin' round, thinkin'
bout her father, an kinder wonderin' eft
Stan would come, an hopin' he wouldn't, an
KNOWN down in her heart she'd be disap-
| pointed eff he didn't, when all ter once she
heard that chain clank, an her heart begun