Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-04
THE CAPN'H u0NNyuENT


Wy m Iathrf i a was a spanish p,, Isl, IN. merchant
He tnli me t, In. stir,. and answer
no to all you said to me-
"Well IF we ein't here too early. after
all That's ,yhat comes a. Twin so fur
from the meetin' bouse an hnvin' no clocks
vuu can dauapd an Wepk DAYS il dnn't
matter SO much can kinder keep straight
hy the rart'rv whistles Well. if n rive Ms
a chance ter step inter the graveyard. A
good many o. the monuments have been
mt mn sense vou yas here THEY'RE most
| iy alike all cent old Cap'n Broadus's-he
was bound ter have something different
! He picked bis'n out bisself. an had il put
ut fore he died ter make sure there ya'n't
no mistake bout it. That's hisn over
tbere-a female figger boldin' urn. Some
| folk, would have ii twas a goblet. an said
! considerip' he'd ken somebody a -standin'
round with A ,lass ready for him all his
! ND. he miyht n dispensed with it when be
! come, ter he dead biit he WAS a dreadful ne.
.uliaruan an he didn't have many friends
! Didn't Won never hear how he sarved his
! barter Law. now we've cot time 'nough
we'll lest set down ON this bench. i'm th,.
! shade an I'll tell We 'bout If. while we're
waitin' the fu,t bell amt but lest rung.
.Hov ur.tty them moss .uipks look grow
! in' ,yar there ON Nyra Pratt's crave VIII
| R.,.r. ,,r,,,t4j them there 4yas keen
| I'M .nuuauy with her 8, hen she died Folk.
said he was 'mo.t distracted. bpt land ,
men i-it over sicb thing. he's ,oip' ten.
marry Fanny scott next week He,
| t,ught the Dunn farm. nm they're .,oiu'
| ter set mn there But WAS telliu Won
| 'bout Can'p Rroadus
He wa, a rr.at rough. red faced. black
| b.arded man. with "A voice ike a clan o'
]
| steamer, runpin' ont % New York an he'd
| bin in sailiu' vessels fore that. He'd blu
| in the Chinv trade an don't kpo0 What
| NOT He'd hin all over the world but
wherever he went he bore the same charac.
/ tar-a dreadful rouph man an dreadful
profane shouldn't think twas riybt Ter
! i4U sicb story ON the Sabbath. ef there
want sirb a lesson Ter he Iarned hy il
'.'Twas Gurus ter see the Cap'n an hi,
darter together. You'd never a Thought
| they was related but She took after her
mofbar I've been told. who died when she
was horn
IN, vou kno,y Them little del;cate flow
err. we ind 'hout the middle a. Nav CROWN
| in sheltered corners under the rocks an
busbes-pura white. lest streaked a little
! sometimes with mink ON the ed,es they
! have little slender stems an they tremble
an ,uivar at tho leastpst thin, We call
EN- Wind flowers in our part o. the country
AM never could look at Alice Broadus
,yitbo,,t tbinLin' an 'en
..Weu vo,rd s'posed prettv os Alice was
am rich as the Cap'n was knowed Ter he
rbars'd lin no end a feIIers bagin' round
! her like Lees round a boneysuckle but
! tho truth nn't was they was ali so scarf n
the Cap'n. an Alice herself wa, 50 took up
a.tryin' ter please him. an keen him from
min mad at folks while he was home an
| y,ban ba was f,ona a-trvin' to cit brsrad mn
| an ready for his next visit. that she didn't
| bnv,. no Time ter think a. nothing else Ff
y,u never see tn. Can'n. Won can't have
/ no i5ee the SORT o' man he was He'd stan
nm swear tilI b. WAS black in the face when
anything mt him out
3Bmt the vonng men GOT the ide. that
AIca was s,nck mn an felt herself hove
| 'em count a her money an eddicatiou for
the Cap'n said he'd 'compli,h her. an he
did-she PLAYED ON the pianner beautiful
But they didn't ike it cause she never no
ticed 'em-'stead o. bein thankful as they'd
orter bin She had queer slow way O.
iftin' her evelids, as ef her long black
lashes was so heavy she couldn't hardly git
'em high 'nough ter see from under but
when She dd git EN- up-weu she reelv
| ull have tile sweetest ewes / ever
girls face. an they had such innercent.
appealn' look. | s'pose she got it irwin
ter pacify the Capn. But She never need
ed ter try it twice ON nobody. an one
Young Teller found it out ter his cost but
twas all the Capn's fault it happened.
He was home one Sabbath. uglieI n usu-
! al swearin' at everybody an everything.
| high an low. an he ken il up all the morn
in tell he was fairly in meetiu'-he alters
went ter meetin'. reglar's could be
..Well he sot there in his pew his eyes
rappin' rnund spyin' ont suthin' ter find
fault with. when all ter once they lighted
ON Stan Purdy-Suare Purdv's son. YOU
know. He'd bin oil studyin' ter be a doc
tor an had lest come home for a little va
cation fore he begun ter practice. He was
a good lookin' Young Teller.
,,Weu h. was settin' there lookin' too
nm il lest shows how folks rit into trouble
when they spend their time starin' round
in meetin', stead o. pawn 'tention ter the
minister.
..Rut Stan ba,1 hin Io,liu, .t tb. CAM,
an, tbinli,I ,,i,at n ,,,,. Iii ,,.itta h.. ,,.o.
nm, bov, his Jartsr didn't looL mnrb liz
him on' then ms was nat'raI he Looked
ot Alics an his ewes hadn't fairl, ligbtad
an her y,ben the C9n'n turned an' ran,bt
him II seemed ~ ef that was What ill.,
oI5 fsllsr'd hin waitin' for He ril rigbt
nm in his seat his eyes rollp' in his head
an he took Alice by the arm. an he march,
ed ri,bt dovn the aisle out ~ maatin' an
ms h,, nassed the Pnrdy's new he glared sr
Stan tbougbt be was COIN ter bava a fit
an di5u't know, hut twas his dootv ter fnl
Ter ON arfter am tend ter him but 'tNa.
lest ms well he didn't
..The Cap'n made strai,,ht for home us
i'm most awful LANGUAGE lie said he know.
.d now ybv Alice was allus so onvious Ter
',o ter merfin' Ar''tva'n't no nse for he,
ter tell bim-yybat was the Ii,,in' truth
tbat She didn,t know sam purJ, iron, Ton
Mixes nm, hadn't never soft ewes ON him
H.. ,,n,,IJr,t L'Iis,s her
"Hs had ter 90 fer the city that nigbt
IrcL, ror her for She yyas cIaar wore ont
, bnt ye conldn,t blame her that next Sab
hatb She Iii Iook over ter the Purdv's new
ter Soc ,ybo 'tvas the Can'n maje sirb ,
T,,ss ILo,,t nm, Sta,, r.n,ei,i,srin, how, tb,
Can,n bad acted tbe u,set afore Ioole,
$ ,,.rpss at be,' last as sbs InoLoJ ot him
u "WslI I'm too old a woman te, fro ipte
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