San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-07
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ton and she knowed twouldn't do ter have
him come no closer il 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 eft twas q lesson she was
sayin:
"'No, don't love you; you must CO.
"'Twas queer but Stan b'lieved her. A
woman would "a knowed in minute she |,
wasn't tellin the truth. but he trusted her asl
a angel, an he took her at her word.
San the gate hadn't no more'n banged |
arfter him when the old cap'n jumped right
out o bunch of syringas, an stood in front |
on her in his tall hat, with valise in onsI
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 'em; yer old fathers
come home ter stay
"An' so be had. He'd give up the COM
mand o his steamship, an there he was.
swell, 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
suuS idNOiiJoo-1u uc udl q 0c6k
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
years trip to don't know where, arfter OUT
landish species o. spiders an caterpillers am
SIGH. 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.
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 monnyment 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 he finally
got it sot up; he'd walk down with Alice
every Sabbath evenin' ter see it, an he |
hadn't bin ter visit his wIfe's grave fore
sence 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 fit, and went ter lie |
beside his monnyment, and Alice was left ter
take her Sabbath evenin' walks alone.
''The minister had doubts bout the old
cap'ns futur', an he told her so; but Alice,
she said he want so bad but she could love
him, an she reckoned Gods love an mercy'd
stretch further'n ourn, an she couldn't helpl
hopin. He'd remember what hard life the
poor old cap'n had had, an make qowances
fer him.
THE minister he didn't say no more arfter
that. guess he thought eff the idee was anyl
comfort ter her she might ez well keep it, but
it sartainly WANT orthodox.
"'Twas bout this time Stan come home,
older an browner an harnsomer'n ever. He
was real shocked when he heard bout the
cap'n, an more still when he see Alice in
church. He'd thought she'd bin dyin' o.
broken heart all this time, but when he come
ter. look at her-not that he s'posed thinkin' o.
him had anything ter do with it-he reckoned
twas takin' care o. her father.
''He didn't go to see her. He knowed 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 meetin'
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-difference tween men an women,
that's all
"Well, twas the old cap'n's queer charac.
ter that brought em together in the fust
place, an twas the same thing brought 'em
together in the end; eff It hadn't bin for him
l don't suppose they'd ever noticed each
other, an that's what folks git fer meddlin'
in other folks affairs.
"'Twas one Sabbath AFTERNOON jest arfter
meetin'; Stan was walkin' in the cemetery
with his mother-they was goin' ter see eff
the grass needed cuttin' in their lot-an' ez
they passed by the cap'n's monnyment Stan
happened ter look toward it, an there he see
some heathern boy had printed Rum Punch
in big letters on the capn's urn.
''Stan most felt ez if twas his own father,
it made him so mad; but he didn't say nothin'
ter tract his mothers 'tention. He got home
quicks he could, an he got some chemical
stuff on rag, an some sand paper, an he
was goin' back agin ter git them letters off
fore poor Alice could come an see 'em; but
somebody come in, an be was rendered tell
It was pretty late fore he started
''She WANT there when he got back, an he
warmed up that monnyment an he worked
like seventy-siS, though he most spected ter
hear the old cap'n orderin' INN of; but he
got it clean t last, an clumb down, an there
was Alice standin' watchin' him.
LAND sakes! eff the folks amt all gone