The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-16

y
the wish of her lawful father, elm
under age. The law be on her ter's
side like, so to save trouble an Z the
job o 1t o hand, I've coined rig chit alNg,
an il you'm ready for me, Prsn ready fr
you. IT'S six weeks job, an the d.
bein' Monday, an the hour fnoon. mape
you cude make a note of it in war O.
your prison books.
IF Bill had axed the m.2n to hang I'm
| he couldn't looked more SURPRISED.
81 thot to come hersZquiet, an d, tbs
time, an then go h95me along, al no.
body any the worse, he SEE.
Giant be- SEE The man. 4 wish I
could take e in, Slim sure you'd 10 us
all power o gpod, but you mus. get
the usual roAtuctions. L daresa, the
maids faither'4 manage all that for e
right an regular when you go home
an tell un what you've DONE
"'Ess, he viii sure 'nough, an swers
Bill, awnly I'd hoped to save uD the
trouble. Us Was gwaine to keep the
weddin' secret till I'd took the publish
mont of the law on it. Then wheh tn
auld man up an said as he'd send rhe to
chinl1, l should up and said.'paci1 as I'd
bin
THAT was the end III Bits notion.
He tramped it homset to Merivale. an
next day MARCHED of to see the innkeep-
er an tell un how matters stood. Apple
bird was in a sweet mood, luckily
enough, for win the hour h., .,a.S aS'
the rick what Bill had saved for n
/
fort. But it made it harder for Bill in
a mannero' speallin, because before he'd
got time to bring out his bit of noos,
Applebird seq: All, Bill Vogwell, you've
; come at the right moment, my son.
Here's five shillin' for e along o savin
the wheat-stack awhile since
Bill. he spawli theer an then, wiout
takin the money:
"'What you SEE be Fighter than you
llnaws, master. l be your son. Me an
Polly was of a mind an US married each
other in Exeter yesterday marnin'. Us
bant in no hurry, as you'm so set again
it; but us tho't as theer weern't no harm
in maxim the future sartin, so us was
> married.
"Auld Applebird sat back behind the
4 bar, an he was tn surprised to be angry
: for awhile. Then, arter he grasped hold
! o what Bill had said, he sent a stable
7 boy for a policeman an tongued Bill
l proper. -.,
"'Ess, fay, I knawed yo do that,
r SEE Bill, while he waited an Applebird
5 drawed breath. L knawed you'd have
f the law o me, an when was in Exeter
t arter we was married, Polly an me went
: down to the gaol, an was for gwaine
in theer an then to save e trouble, but
D they wouldn't take me. You'd got to
5 summons me furst, and then I'm brought
a up in due coourse afore a iustice, an
, he sentences me to six weeks for mar
=, ryin' gal under age. 1 thot to have
t saved e all that confusion, but it can't
/ be, they towld me. So you'll have to go
1 through wi it, an get six weeks
S Six weeks, you damn young rip
4 bust out Applebird, sweatin' wi rage
= I'll have e theer for six years hard la.
t Dor, if lawyers can work it,
They can't seq Bill 'Six~teekag'I II!
t get-then I'll come back to Merivale.'
o at happened that the p'liceman
+ couldn't be found just then, an Bill
, sayin' as he would be at his fathers
: house, went off. He waited till evening"
but no p'liceman coined. Next dav he
went to see Master Applebird again;
an the auld man tawld un to get out the
bar, but he said nothin' bout the p'lice.
man. An four followin' marnins he
went to knaw when the p'liceman was
comm. Then Polly coined home an
faced the moosic; but you see, Polly was
wound too tight around her fathers
heart for un to cast her off or anythin
outrageous like that. Then in the
spring Bills father died, an twas found
he'd saved matter of eighty three
pounds in silver, which had took fifty
year o fuzz-cuttin to do. But theer il
was, an when auld Applebird heard as
Bill meant buyin' fraish paper for the
cottage walls an improvin' the place
general he was interested; an when he
heard Bill was specially axed to paint a
CERT elephant on a sign at Travistock for
two pounds ten he was 'mazed with won.
der
Eighteen months dawdled by, an
|
said. Wan day Applebird sees his dar.
ter helpin' the servant gal downstairs
with two boxes, an he also sees a bwoy
WI barrow fore the inn door, waitin'
: "'Wheer be gwaine?' he seq to Polly
Down long to my husband, Bill
Nogwells house. SEE Polly.
y 'Neyer-not while 1 can stop e,
1 he answers back. but rather tame like
o for theer was many things in his mint
by that time.
: God bless e, father she seq, Goo
a bless e, but you CANT stop me. Dc
e f'e knaw the day?' she SEE.
mo he seq.
y my birthday see seq. 4 be coined
y of age, an l loves e so dear as ever. an
} Bill no less than l did when us was
$ married. It's my bounden dooty, dear
|. father she seq.
t The auld man answered never a word
$ but he stood at the door with his CERT
0 double chins all rumpled up as he put