The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-03

politics, you know. The colonel was re.
publican to his backbone, as all his family
had been before him, an the cap'n was
a red-hot democrat. Lively times they
had when lection day come round you'd
thought the futur' O. the nation pended
on the way the vote went in that one
town. The year they was put up again
one another for representative was a reg
ular cautiou-I reckon twas done al
much for the fun o the fight as anythin'
an IL that was what folks wanted they
had their wish. But the cap'n come of
the best man. an the colonel chalked il
down on the score he had again him. an
vowed he'd be even with him some day
That was just after the ice-house business
had made matters kinder personal
tween 'em.
There was good deal o. hard feelin
bout that ice house, an you couldn't
wonder. 1t belonged to a dozen o the
men o the town; but as it stood on the
coloneps ground, he had a big share o
the management an 'sponsibiity, an il
was q business that paid him well. They
all made money out of it from the first
The situation. you see, was so uncommon
fine, not a quarter of n mile from the
mouth o Back river, where it empties into
the Connecticut, an the channel up close
10 the dock, 80 the biggest schooners
could sail up an get their supplies.
Well, all went on prosperous as could
be an would "a been prosperin' still il
CRp'n EZEKIEL Cary hadn't got it into his
head 'twould be good thing to CONSOLE
date with New York company. They
didn't all agree with him, an Col. Carpen-
ter stood out against it TO the last, but the
cap'n he owned a good deal o stock. an
some o. the party he Overpersuaded, an
some he Jus bore down, without ,akin' the
trouble 10 persuade EN- at all, an one
way'n another he carried his pint an
twas dOce. l can't 90 over all the par
ticulars now, but il didn't take the city
company long TO settle EN-, an the old
ice house was shut up with law upon il
that they couldn't never open another
there without the consent o. the men in
New York.
Twas pretty mean piece o. work all
round, an 80 they felt 1t. an the cap n
an colonel had It between 'em hot an
heavy. The cap'n said twas just an err
ror in judgment; he hadn't meant to lose
by it; an the colonel up an told him he
guessed his losses want heavy enough to
he'd been dishonest, an want hardly
fair 'Tain't never best to 'cuse folks up
an down till you've got your proofs In
your pocket.
But as / was sayin', the colonial.
What was he colonel Of? Why, in the
militia to De sure. when he was a Young
man, an the cap'n commanded sloop
fore he was married; then he sold out an
went into the dry goads business. But, as
] was sayin'. the years went by, an spite
o. the colonePs spirit, the cap'n's end al
ways 'peared to be KEEP up the best, till
one night young Josiah Cary went homo
With Polly Carpenter from sinRin' school,
IN the colonel sea EN- through the winder
Iayin' goodnight at the gate. Then he
knew he'd got a chance at last to score
one He didn't say nothin', but the next
mornin' Polly was started off to boardIn'
school, an she never knew, then nor ait
erward. that she owed her education TO
young Josiah.
Twas precious little eddication Josiah
could get himself, an it made him feel
bad, too; he'd set his heart on goin TO
college, but his father wouldn't hear ont.
The deestrick school he'd ben good enough
for him, and he guessed 'twou.d do ioT
his son. He want goin' to raise mp no
children O. his with high-hyin' notions
that was cut at the colonel an Folly
an he pinned Josiah down on the farm
an KEEP him there.
Ii the cap'n had any other children to
look to, | reckon Josiah would broke
away: but he was all there was, and l
s'pose ne had kind of sense o. duty, Tor
he buckied to an did his best. an farmin'
In Connecticut means plenty o hard
work an precious little time for foolin' if
you're goin' to make it pay; but the cap Il
he seemed 10 prosper in whatever he un-
dertook.
The colonel hadn't had no luck since
the ice house went 10 smash. lie lost a
power o money there, an wasted nigh as
much over the 'lectiOns, an he want one
that would ever get anead much farmin'
without somethin' outside to nelp along.
He worked hard enough, but he had
dreadful poor luck an large family de-
pendin' on him-four children sides
Polly, ell of 'em girls, an a married
daughter whose husband had ben out o.
health ever since she took him. He
meant well, but be never did nOthin', an
they had three small children; so, takin'
it all together, it cost the colonel a good
deal to live.