The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-02
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sensical. There is something in the air,
l dare say, or in the company" she con-
cludcd mischicvously.
The company without doubt" he
agreed. Il never pretended to amount
TO much, and | know | never shall. That
is why | never on1idered it worth an
effort"
why not?" she asked quickly, some
instinct prompting her sympathy. You
have SO much lesore you. 1t is never
too late to begin, neither is it ever too
early. That sounds like n paradox,
doesn't it? Your profession is an ad-
vantage in itself. 1t is such noble
one"
A dogs life when it comes to practice, y
he answered Il tell you there's a lot
of sentims ntality in tho world. People
talk about this thing and that thing be-
ing enrolling and eievat.ng, and all
that nonsense, when they know about
as much of 1t as | do of heaven. Much
good medicine has ever done me. I've
got my diploma. I've logged it all over
Europe, but it hasn't seen the light of
day for many long month. / know
this don't suit your ideas, but | never
realized the need of practicins for a
living / expected to be independent,
and where was the need"
But now?" questioned Margaret.
"Oh, now, my beloved cousin has
stepped in and I'm as poor as the devil
l beg your pardon. The words are
forcible but exl ressive. The feeling is
wretched, but the experience worse. / IL
worry along somehow, unless certain
event come at out. Are you going"
Yes" she returned, half absently
gathering her things togeth T. Il am
hungry. l think it must be twelve
o'clock, and here in S'coDset we dine at
that questionable hour"
A barbarous practice, but now that
you speak of it, l begin to feel some in
ward cravings myself. May walk I'M
der the shadow of your wing?"
Without awaiting her permission he
possessed himself of her shawl and
trudged by her side through the deep
sand to the villa ge.
Turning from o G of the groteSque
little streets, into q more grotesque
Broadway, Margaret found that her ap-
petite had been a true guide. 1t was
twelve o'clock, and all S'conset was GO
ing to dinner. This pleasant duty
Sconset never forgot, it being one of
the unwrittcn, yet faithfully observed,
the individuals occupation at the mo-
ment, the stroke of twelve should find
him ready, and all ideas gave way to the
reality-dinner.
After leaving Margaret Brian found
his own appetite had increased to an
alarming extent, and he very gladly be-
took himself to his unpretcntious abode
and the meal awaiting him.
He did full justice to the latter, and
at the same time managed to take in
the history Of Captain Folgcr's eight
brothers and sisters, all of whom had
reached their eightieth year and were
still in the land of the living. AS he
showed some skepticism on this latter
point, the Captain proposed a cruise to
town, where the house in which they
were all born should be pointed out to
him. 1t is needless to say Brian was
still unconvinccd. He afterward dis
covered that town meant Nantucket,
and cruise was the Captains word for
ride
These old seamen DO not take kin lily
to the expressions of landsmen. They
will greet you with the salutation,
where are you heading?' instead OF
where are you going?" They will
agree to land" milk and vegetabl al
your door, and if You happen to be rid
ing with an old captain you may be re-
quested to shift your seat fore or aft
or midship, or to sit to the leewar1, as
the case may be. 1t is even said,
though we are not bound to believe it
that when the whaling industry failed
through the discovery of coal oil, the
old salts, obliged through necessity and
not choice, to take to farming, en-
countered much difficulty from the fac,
that their oxen were land animals, and
when commanded to go to port or star.
board We're too obtuse to obey the order
Horses were equally trying. Con
| trary to tactics on shipboard, pull on
the port rein made the animal sheer tc
port. when the old captain was bent or
having him go to starboard.
Under such difficulties blowing was SLOW
work and farming a decidedly discour.
aging experience.
After Brian had disposed of the
double duty of eating and listening he
spent some time i'll walking up and down
the streets of the grim, small village
hoping for chance encounter with
Margaret.
He came to the old pump, reported tc
have been set in its present place in the
year of the declaration of American in.
dependence, and feeling in duty bound
he drank cupful Of its delie htfully
cold water. Still, not seeing Margaret
he determined to improve his hours o.
waiting by observing the cottages around
him.
Mathematical accuracy had not beer
considered in their erection. Their
slanting roofs, curious embrasures, ode
wings, and sprawling proportions, sup
plemented by grotesque OrnamentatioI
in the nature of nameboards OF ships
fantastic scroll work from unknown
prows, and gayly painted tgureheads
made them the strangest SHOCKING houses
in the experience Of man. Such names
as The Barnacle," The Anchorage,
Castle Bandbox," Big Enough" and
THE Sardine Box" suggested another
element of originality.
1T beats me-, commented Brian, in
terms evidently ineligible to himself.
Nothing interesting about them,
though. l wish she'd come"
She" not making her appearance to
suit his convenience, he decided to 60 in
search of her. He found her sitting in
the doorway of her little cottage sewing
and without asking permission, but only
sorry he had not come before, he sat
down beside her and proceeded to give
her ludicrous description of the cot
tages he had seen.
You come the day after the fair" she
laughed in answer. I've not only seen
their exterior but their interiors also
Did you notice Captain Bakers old
house? You must have, l think. 1t is
near the pump. They say it Is two
hundred years old. Looks like it, doesn't
it? Some day l want you to see the
curiosities it contains. The greatest
lot. Some Of them come from the
furthest corners of the earth. The house
has a real laughable history, too, but
I'll let Captain Baxter tell you that. In
story telling he is unapproachable.
Have you written to your aunt? She
might be worried"
"Oh, she's all right, be answered
I'll write tomorrow. Do you like to
sew"
Not particularly. But we're often
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