Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-04-15


away. 1t was easy to trace the direc-
ton of Belindy's forced fight by the
various merchandise scattered along
the road. Suddenly the old sailor came
upon the very pail that the fair girl
had shaken at him us she drove past
and he sto0d on the deck of the Polly
Q. What emotions rent the cap'n's
soul as he looked at that pail. 1t was
half full of prunes, and he ate one or
two in the bitterness OF his spirit, and
rolled dejectedly on, expecting every
moment to fad the evidence of some
terrible catastrophe.
At last whom should he see sitting
beside the road on the seat of the dem
ocrat wagon? Belindy herself! When
the cap'n came up he hooked off his
hat, pulled his forelock, and showed his
right foot back along the grass
81 begs your pardon, muir, for ths
lannon's goin' off, an hopes no bones
is broke, an that sees you well2"
I'm all right" says the fair Belindy,
looking up with a forgiving smile.
"The seat jounced out'n the wagon,
an of course l jounced out with it
The horse was to blame"
After the cap'n had vented his
spleen, in a nautical way, upon all
horses in general, and the sorrel in
particular, he exchanged names with
Belindy and they talked and talked
until Simon Yarrup drove old sorrel
back with the idea of picking up the
remains of his daughter.
"Belindy," he said, in open-mouthed
wonder at discovering her alive and in
the company of Cap'n Bounce, whats
the matter? Answer your paw!''
THANK heaven!" put in Cap'n
Bounce, devoutly, your child is safe,
an finds herself, begs to report, as
hearty an ship-shape as jolly afore
breakfast"
Paw, said Belindy, with blush,
"Cap'n Bounce; Cap'n Bounce, paw"
This formality over with, mutual cx
plantations were made and VOW never
again to fire his cannon under any pre-
tense whatever was given by the cap'r
and solemnly recorded. After collect
ing the scattered merchandise, the
cap'n was invited to call on the Var
rups, the Yarrups were invited to call
on the capn and they parted Belindy
cast down her murky gray eyes and the
capn emitted sigh that cost him q
suspender button and considerable
feeling
Gone" he murmured, looking after
the democrat wagon. Gone, an my
heart has gone with her!'
The cap'n thereupon went in and sci
! himself to polishing up his thermone
ter which, in mockery of his wrought
up feeling, stood at sixty degrees
Everything lovely.
In this romantic manner began 6
courtship truly Arcadian. The cap'r
painted out the mysterious Polly @
and rechristened his shack the Belindy
Y. For some months everything wen
on swimmingly, and then. when the
cap'n had finally screwed up his corr
age sufficiently to ask Miss Yarrow tt
become the mate of the Belindy Y,
distressing mistake materialized tina
was far-reaching, indeed, in it's conse
quences.
Dragging from sacred locker blu,
cap with gold band that only saw tn,
light on state occasions, faultles
double-breasted jacket, and pair o
wide blue trousers, the old sailor ar
rayed himself and, just as the evening
shadows fell started for the home O
his inamorata. He had wrought him
self up for the momentous occasion
he would propose to Miss Yarrup.
just as he came within signaling dis
lance of the Yarrup demesne, however
he saw light cleaning from the win
dows of the ''best" room and he fell t,
wandering what this could mean. Mrs
Yarrup's ''best' room was only used OF
Sundays and on the occasions when tn
cap'n called to see Belindy; SO, as thi
was Tuesday, and the cap'n not ex
pccted, what meant that light?
The cap'n decided to rcconnoiter be
fore going in Creeping stealthily t.
the window he saw-oh, horror of hor
rors! Belindy Yarrup seated on a soft
with her hand In the hard of a long
visaged individual, who wore hgh
mustache and yawning smile
Great heavensl The twenty-fourtl
Teddy had proven faithless The cap'l
fingered until he saw the man with tn
long face embrace Belindy and then h
rushed off into the darkness. Afte
bordering over his sorrows a brief spac
in one of old Simon's straw stacks h
rose, brushed his clothes and drov
home. One thing was certain. TIL
future of Cap'n Nathan Bounce was DIES
tined to be miserable apology for a
existence. That night the cap'n wrot
q letter:
"BELINDY: have discovered you TO he falls
to me, but do not reproach nor condemn YOU
When you receive this shall be far away 10
intention being to spend my remaining days l
the Hottentot country or on the Mosquito coast
anywhere, but not here. l could bear up unde
twenty-three like Affections, but this, III
twenty fourth, has heaped my cup of unhapp
ness, and now leave your forever Farewell
"CAP'N BOUNCE"
But Cap'n Bounce got no nearc
HotSentot country than Bismarck
There he tarried, and one day Jim Lii
tel, of Paradise, ran across him mopin
along the Missouri river. 1t was the
that the cap'n learned how old Simo
Yarrup's son, whom they supposed to
dead, had come back to them As tn
description of this son given by Jir
Littel conceded with that of the oil
sailors supposed rival the cap'n di:
covered his sad error and hurried bae
to Paradise, but no explanation woul
avail with the fair Belindy. Old S
mons son had come back rich snd
was going to be the making of hi
folks. They were going east to live
and Belindy would henceforth be b,
linda and set her cap for somethin
higher than reformed pirate who wa
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