Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-04
@Re SiIence Of
Dean Qaitland.
BY NE<MELL GREY.
Continued.

toss ME who'll treat Granter.
The guardian of the cart-horSeS
thought ii pity not to follow 50 good
an example; SO also did Hale. the
wheelwright who lived al the opposite
corner; and Wax. who Glanced TO be
the school master, and Baines, the
tailor, whose monotonOus indoor oc-
cupa tion. though varied with pig job.
bing and gardening, required frequent
solace of this nature, Hale's brother,
Tom, soldier resting from wars
alarms in his native village in very
undreSS uniform, consisting of no belt,
a tunic buttoned all the way down
and displaying n large eApanSe of
striped shirt, trousers tucked UP round
the ankles, Il short pipe, and muffin
cap perilOuSly aSkeW, considered it a
breach of manners unbCc0ming Il sol
der and a gentleman to permit these
worthy Wen to drink without his as
siStance. and similar feelings animated
his brother jim, a sailor, bearing the
legend, H Ms. 'Bellerophon,' on his
cap. So the brave fellows accommo-
dating their pace to that of Granfer,
which was more dignitird than swift
turned in Us one man beneath the low
doorway of the Sun, and grouped them
selves about the cozy, sanded bar
where the freight was beginning to-
look chcerly, rudy in the fading after
noon.
And | Zaid," added Granfcr. Strik
Ing the Sanded floor dramatically, with
his stick, "'Zend for Miss llian-zend
fur she.
"Ay, Granfer," growlcd the smith,
its all very we'll for Miss Lillian.
She amt got Il wife and seven chill
dren, and her bread to git
Il Zcs, yes l." interposed the skeptc
in the Smock-frock. who had taken Il
pull at his tankard. and was removing
the foam from his lips by the simple
application of the back of his hand
Where's the use of Il SAL I've a
Yin it, and | believes it. | shouldn't
a believed it if | hadn't Il Yin it,"
You never believes nothink" OBJ
served jim. All! if you'd Il sin what
I've sin aboord the 'Bellyrutlian ="
'Or, if he'd a sin they thee snake
charmcrs in India. what he won't be
lieve in" added the soldier.
All" broke in the clerk. you put
Miss Lillian aboord the 'Belyrutlian.' or
take her out to lnjy and let her charm
snakes, and I'll warn't she'll do it,
That ar buoy Dick, whatever she done
to he. nobody knows A bad 'un he
were, wouldn't do nothing he hadn't
a mind to. You med bate 'ln till you
couldn't stand. We have broke sticks
about his back, and covered 'un with
WealS, but catch he gwine to school
if he'd a mind to niche Srs to Miss
Lillian, | SeS, I've Il bate that ar buoy
black and blue | SEES and I've KEEP
'un without vittlcS this two days, and
he wun't do nothm he ant a mind to-
And She ups and SEES, Stevens she SEES
i should like to bate YOU she SEES;
i should like to bate you green and
yaller, she SeS. Lard love 'cc Mis-;
Lillian, whatever would We bate | forT
| SEES. SeS |. Because YOU are Il fool
Stevens she SEES and YOU are running
that boy, and turnn9 him into a ami.
MAI Nll' SIS ANU Nllt Noth tll NI
rectory, and KEEP 'un there a day, and
SAn1 'un home AS good as gold And
she made me promise | wouldn't bate
'un no more for t 40 good weeks, and |
amt bate 'un Zincc, and he'll do what
hes told now without the stick. Il
should like to bate YOU green and val
Ter. StcN ems she Sos. And she'd
done it. she would, green and yaller-
all. that she would mates
Il don't deny" said Baincs. the
tailor, whose profession rendered him
morbid. revolutionary, and inclined to
distruSt the utility of existing institu-
tons. "but what Miss Lillian may have
her uses.
"Ah. Baines," interrupted the soldier.
you amt such fool as you looks.
after all.
Before the Stupeticd BaineS, who was
accustomed to have his remarks re
ceived with reverence. could reply to
this insult, public feeling was suddenly
outraged by the following observation
from the smock -frockcd skcptic. the
want Of wisdom in whom was account
ed for by his having only recently
come to Maibourne from village at
telligence.
least ten miles off that center Of in
But what shall us do when Miss
Lillian gets married."
"Marr1ed"' shouted the clerk. And
who ses she's a-gHine TO marry
She med marry; then agen she
NEEDN'T" replied this foolish person,
unabashed by the dark glances bent
upon him.
Miss Lillian" obsery I'd Granfer, who
had been indulgently listening while
he dispatched his beer, and thus af F.
fording weaker wits the opportunity
of exercising themselves during his |
forbearance, amt gwine to marry no
body" and. thrusting his staff forward |.
aud resting his two hands upon it, |.
Granfer looked round tie assembly |
with austere menace in his shrewd
gray eyes.
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