Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-27

like q dream along o. tEfnkin' yOu'm my
avn wife by law. what none short O. God
Almighty couldn't take from me-
wi that he hinged the goal bell an
brave noise is made: an chap opes a
little bit of a gate in the middle Of big
wan an axes Bin his business.
~ wants to see the head piceman,' seq
Bill
"'P'raps you'd like to talk WI the gov
ernor hisself? SEE the nan.
" 'Ess, | lay he'll do seq Bill, not SEEM
the man was larfin.-
We'll you CANT. for he'll away today:
but p'raps, when alrs said, might sarve
e?' tt man.
And Vogwell SEEM the chap was a
officer of some sort, reckoned he would do,
an set out his business short and plain.
"''Tis like the ere, he said. I be new
come from marryin' this maiden against
the wish Of her lawful father, her bein'
under age. The law be on her fathers
side like. so to save trouble an gete the
job out O. hand, I've coined right along,
an if you'm ready for me, I'm ready for
you. 'Tis a six weeks job an the day
| bein' Monday, an the hour noon, maybe
you GUIDE make note of it In wan o your
prison books
IF Bill had axed that man to hang un
he couldn't looked more surprised.
:" If this bant the FUNNIEST START ever
I heard tell on. the man. Then he
laughs continuous for bout five minutes.
an SEE. Sorry enough to disoblige you, my
son, but You CANT come in here for the
AKIN. You must be took up 'cordin' to
law, then tried 'cordn' to law, then SEN
tenced 'cordin' to law. fore you comes
be tn careful bout visitors in a place like
this. cause theer's so many bad caraters
about nowadays. an we don't want our
morals upset by strangersr
But bless your life. Bill couldn't see the
cove was gettin' at him.
thot to come here quiet. an do the
time. an then go home along. an nobody
any the worse he seq.
" Cant be - seq the man wish
could take e in. for I'm sure you'd do US
all a power o good, but you must get the
Usual introductions. 1 daresay the maids
fa1ther'Il manage all that for e right an
regular when you go home an tell un what
you've done
'Ess. he will, sure 'nough,' answers Bill,
awnly Id hoped to save un the trouble.
US was gWaIne to keep the wedding secret
| TIL I'd took the punishment Of the law on
it. Then, when tn aud man up an said
as nee send me to chnk. 1 should up and
said back I'd bin
" Never heard tell O. nothin' like If
afore, said the prison man. 'You'm wan
o the Lards avn chosen fules il ever
there was SIGH. Never mind. Gude-bye.
Ihat was the end of Bilrs notion
He tramped it home to MeriyaIe an rext
day marched off to the nnkeeper an
ten un now matters stood. Apple was
In sweet mood. luckily enough, for win
the hour he d sawld the rick what Bill had
saved for II pun note more'n he'd reckon
ed to gete for l. But it made it harder for
Bil In manner O. speakin, because before
he'd got time to bring out his Bit of noes
Applebrd seq: 'Ah. Bill Vogweu. You've
come at the right moment, my son Here's
hve shillin' for e along O. saving the
wheat stack awhile since
Bill. he spaWk theer an then wi'o,,t
takin the money.
What you seq be Fighter than YOU
h master. be your son. Me an
folIy was OF a mind. an US married each
other in Exeter yesterday marnin' Us bant
III no hurry. as your set again it: hui
US tho't as theer weren't no harm in
maxim the future sar;in, so us was mar
RED mai
Aud Applebird sat back behind tho b.r
an ne was tn surprised to be angry for a
Nnlle. Then. arter he grasped hold o. what
Bill had said. he sent a stable boy for the
Policeman an tongued Bill proper
." Ess. fay, ] knawed you'd do that. sez
Bill while he waited an Appiebird drawed
breath. 1 knawed you'd have the law of
me, an "hen l was to Exeter arter we was
married, Polly an me went down to the
goal, an was for gwaine In theer an
then to save e trouble, but they wouldn't
Jake me We got TO summons me fust,
an then In brought up in due course
afore justice, an he sentences me to SIX
| weeks for Margin a gal under age. I
mo 10 nave saved e all that confusion
but II can't be. they towld me. So you'll
weeks e' ''>
Six weeks you d--n young rip bust
out Applebird, sweatin' wi rage IN
/
lawyers can work it
They can't, seq Bill. Six weeks I'll
set-then I'll come back to Merivale'
1t 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'hceman
coined Next day he went to see Master
Appleblrd again; an the aud man tawld
un to get out the bar, but he said nothin'
bout the p'liceman. An four followin'
Harnins he went to knaw when the p'Iice-
man was comm Then Polly coined home
an faced the moosic; but sou see Polly was
wound too tight around her fathers heart
Tor un to cast her off or anythin' ont
rageous like that. He stormed steady for
fortnight, then the doctor from Princeton
gave I'm brace O. pills for his vitals an
taWld I'm that anger turned the blood sour
II persisted in too long. Meanwhile Bill
went about his business an ken away
from the 'Huntsmans Rest as though
twas the gatc to perdition. That's wheer
the famous o Bill coined in-alroost con-
trary to human nachur. 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
cuttln to do But tkeer it was an when
AUD Applebard heard as Bill meant buyin'
Trash paper for the cottage walls an i'm
prcvin' the place general he was interest
ed an when he heard Bill was 'sDeciaIIy
axed to paint CERT elephant on sign at
'maZed with wonder.
Eighteen months dawdled by, an then
coined the tail to the story, as l said Wan
day Applebird sees his darter helpin' the
servant gal down stairs with two boxes.
an he also sees bwoy wi a barrow fore
the inn door, waitin.
"'Wheer be gwaine? he SEE to Polly.
Down long O. my husband Bill Vor.-
wells house. SEE Polly.
Never-not while j can stop e. he an
swers back. but rather tame like. for tbeer
was many things in his mind by that time.
God bless e, faither.' she seq. God
bless e. but you cant stop me- Do e
knaw the day?' she SEE.
No he SEE.
" My birthday she sez I be Of coined age
an loves e so dear as ever, an Bill no
less than did when was married. TITS
my bounden dooty, dear father she SEE.
The aud man answered never a word.
tut he stood at the door with his CERT dou-
bic chins all rump]ed up as he put his head
down like bull snortin' an putin So he
watched her go, an then went in the door.
Nobody seed un all that AFTERNOON. but
when evenin' came an the lights twinkled
out o Meriva1e. like row O. glow worms
climbin' the black hill, Applebird he put on
the velveteen coat he uses for rabbit shoot
in, an brushed his white hair till 1t shone
an counted out a tidy lttlespile of sover-
eigns from q bag, an took his stick an
tawld the stable boy, as also served in the
bar, he'd be back in an hour or less Then
he Sneaked down the hin rs though he was