Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-14

to the end O. time; an We all know how
twas with ourselves. But eff Alice had
had hard time afore, she had wus one
now; 'twas bad enough Ter have 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; he
didn't care cent for his temper an his
talk, an he loved Alice for all he was
worth. He couldn't see no ressoa why
she should be sacrificed ter the cap'n's
whims. There Want the fust thing
bout him for nobody ter obiet ter in
son-i Law; he was stiddy an he had good
connections, an there was money both
sides o. the house. He meant ger have
Alice, an he knowed ef he didn't get her
consent fore the csp'n got home he
wouldn't get it tall, an he did his best.
"But Alice, she was just like that
flower | told ye bout; it didn't make no
difference what a rough, ugly old rock 1t
Was CROWN next ter, the wind might
blow perfect cyclone, it could make
that flower tremble an shiyer en- bena
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.
$50 the time passed by, an Stan see
in the paper the cap'n's steamship had
rived, an he'd be home the next day.
Things looked desperate, but he wouldn't
give in.
"Well, that night Alice was ont in the
gardin after supper, wanderin' round,
thinkin' bout her father, an kinder wan
derin' If Stan would come. an hopin' he
wouldn't, an KNOWN down in her heart
she'd be disappointed eff he didn't, when
all ter once she heard that chain olank,
and her heart begun to beat, an she
couldn't help thinkiu' it might be good
thing eff tbs cap'n had got anchor
hitched to her too.
"She didn't need ter take but one look
at Stan ter know what he come for. He
didn't waste no time bout it neither.
There wasn't no putting him off; she'd
got to come ter the pint, an she did.
'She told him her fast dooty was to
her father; he hadn't got nobody bu
her, an che knowed 'twouldn't be RICH
ter 90 off an leave him. Then Stan he
told her she needn't leave him. he wasn't
home much o. the time, an when he was
he could be with her, jest : she allus had
bin; an he did think-though he didn't
say so--that eff he could Lut up with the
cap'n she might do as much for him.
"But Alice she told him her father
didn' want her ter marry nobody, an
eff she did he wouldn't have nothin' more
ter do with her; an 'twssn't ez eff he was
like other folks who had friends ter fall
back on EFF she left him he wouldn't
have nothiA'; then she looked at him aud
she seq;
I" 'Ef | loved man ever so much
wouldn't leave my father ter go off with
him, cause he has fust claim seq she;
an Stan he come step nearer, and he
SEE:
"'Do you love me, AliceS
"She knowe6 she'd got ter answer that
question and she knowed 'twouldn't do
ter have him come no closer if she was
goin' to do her dooty by her father. She
never told lie in her life, but she looked
at him and she said it slow, like ez eff
twas lesson she was seyin';
"'No, don't love you; you must co.
"'Twas queer, but Stan believed her.
woman would "a knowed in a minute
she wasn't tellin' the truth but he trust
ed her as an angel, an he took her at her
word.
"An' the gate hadn't no morn banged
arter him when the old cap'n jumped
right out o. a bunch of syringas, AN stood
in front on her in his full hat, with a va,
lise in one hand and ombrill in the 9th
er, lookiI' bigger, redder, more bristlin'
AN ever; he'd bin there the hull time, an
heard every word, but all he said was:
"'Good girl! Done righ! That's the
way to serve young scalswags Ye won't
have no more trouble from EN-; yer old
fathers come home to stay
"An so he had. He'd give up the com
mand o. his steamship, an there be 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, an she went ter the pi-
amer an played an sung him his favor
ites-gn he had a deal o. taste in music
an all the while there wss poor STAINS
despairiL' face in front on her, an you'd
a thought even the cap'n could a told
her heart WAS broke the way she was
singin'.
AN Stan he went off and jined party
O. aturiIist fellers who was goin' on a
three years trip to l don't know where,
after outlandish species o. spiders an
ostterpillars an SIGH. He didn't care
where he went ter.
"An' Alice went on doin' her dooty,
Beepin' things pleasant, an kinder max
in it up to her neighbors when the cap'a
quarreled with EN-; but she grew paler
an thinner every day, till she looked jest
like a shaddef % a girl; but she didn't
lose non o. her prettiness -she couldn't;
longs there was anything left on Der
twas 'bliged ter be pretty.
"Well, after the cap'n had bin home a
year or two he began to find it kinder
tiresome he'd done everything he could
on ter his place, an twas then he took
it inter his head to buy his MONUMENT;
that KEEP him busy for months; he visit
ed every marble yard in the country fore
ne found anything ter suit him. He
said his monnyment was like q poor
mans suit of cloJhes he wanted jest
the right thing, cause it had got ter last
him,
"He was pleased, though, when he got
it sot up; he'd walk down with Alice every
Sabbath evening ter see it, an be hadn't
bin ter visit his wife's grave fore sence
she died; he'd clean forgot ter have her
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