Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-06-13


Kinvig. turned aside, instructed Jane
and resumed the thread OF his technical
explanations
Let me show you this knot again.
That bum bailiff creature was botherino
you before. Look now. Stand here-so. "
YES, " said Christian, with the resigna-
tion Of a martyr.
Then Kinvig explained everything
afresh, but with an enthusiasm that was
sadly damped by Christians manifest In
ability 70 command the complexities of the
invention.
81 thought once that you were going to
be bit OF an engineer yourself, Christian
Bless me, the amazing learned you were
at the wheels, and the cranks, and the
axles when you were lad in jackets;
but, with q suspicious smile, "it's likely
you're doing something in the theology
line now, and that's sort Of feeding and
sucking and suction that won't go with
the engineering anyhow" Christian
smiled family, and Kinvig, as IL by an
afterthought, shouted:
"Heigh-hol Let's take the road for 1t.
We've kept this young woman too long
AAVhA hDA NOIk OuOs
"You didn't give her much Of spell at
the work while was away" (outside.) J
"Oh, saw the little bit Of your sweet
hearting as came back. But it's wrong,
Christian It's shame, man, and a mid
ding big one too"
What's shame9" asked Christian,
gasping out the inquiry.
why, to moider q girl with the sweet
hearting when she's got her living to
make. How would you like it, ehS Mid
ding well? Oh, would you? All piece
work. you know; so much piece of net,
100 yards long and 200 meshes deep; work
from to 8; IA shillings week, and
widowed mother to keep and little sister
as we'll How would you like it, eh?'
Christian shrugged his shoulders and
hung his head
''Tut, man alive, you fine fellows brows-
ing on your lands, you scarce know you're
born. Come down and mix among poor
folks like this girl, and her mother, and
the little lammie, and you'll begin to
know you're alive"
II dare say" muttercd Christian, MAX
ing longish strides to the outer gate A
broad grin crossed the face of Kerruish
Kinvig as he added:
''But, l tell you what, when you get your
white choker under your gills, and you do
come down among the like of these people
with your tracts, and your hymns, and all
those rigs, and your face uncommon sol
emn, and your voice like gannet--none
of your sweethearting, my man. Look at
that girl Mona, now. 1t isn't reasonable
to think you're not putting notions into
the girls head. It's shame man."
"You're right, Mr.. Kinyig," said Chris
tian, under his breath, IA cursed shame" "
And he stretched out his hand impatiently
to bid goodby.
mo. I'll go with you to Tommy Bill
beg's. Oh, don't mind mel I've nothing
particular on hand, or I wouldn't waste
my time. on ye. Yes, as say, it's wrong.
Besides, Christian, what you want to do
now is to marry a girl with property.
That's the only thing that will put yonder
Balladhoo right again, and-in your ear,
about what your fathers
looking for"
Christian WINGED and then tried to
laugh
"Oh, that's it, is it?" he said absently.
"But leave the girls alone. They're
amazing like the ghos' es are the girls. Once
you start them you never know where
they'll stop, and they get into every skele
ION closet about the house-but of course
IF course I'm an old bachelor and, as the
saying is, don't know nothing"
'4Ha, ha, ha, of course notP' laughed
Christian, with tragic effort.
They had stopped outside the ivy cottage
IF the harbor master, and that worthy,
who was stumbling there, had overheard the
ast leud words of Kinvig's conversation
''What do you say, Tommy ll-beg?"
ssked Kinvig, giving him prod in the
ibis
II say that tho gels In these days ought
jo get wcdded while they're babbies in
rms"-
''That n do, that II do, " shouted Kinvig,
with roar of laughter.
At the same moment one of the factory
girls appeared side by side with stranger.
'+Goodby, Mr.. Kinvig" said Christian.
Good day." Kinvig answered, and then
hoUtfng tothe stranger, "This gentleman
Knows something Of the young vagabond
you want.
so I see," answered the stranger, with
\ cold smile, and Christian and stranger
stepped apart.
When they parted, the stranger said,
Well one month let it be, and not day
onger." Christian nodded his head in as
ent, and turned toward Balladhoo. After
Inner he said:
Father, I'D like to go ont to the her
,ings this season 1t would be a change"
'"HumphP' grunted his father. (which
)oatp
Well. Thought of the Benny -chree
he's roomy, and, besides, she's the adj
nirars boat, and perhaps Kisseck would
lot much like to hear that I'd sailed with
mother master"
'+You'l LII soon tire of that amusement"
Mylrea Ba1ladhoo.