The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-08
QUTMBY'S BONANZA.
nv EDGAR MAYHEM BACON.
Author Of .Ths Fugitives Of Tsrco." Etc.
~fcopyright. 1896. by Bachelor. johnson ana
Bachel,er.l
PART Ill.

PART Ill
The captains daughter brought sun
AGAINST the owner Of Flack's Neck as
she said hat she would. She was care
full 20 explain to the lawyer whom she
retained that the bargain mace oy
Dunn &c Dunn was probably a very
good one and she had no quarrel per-
s~onally with Mr.. Quimby, who seemed
N he n very estimable Sort of n man,
Int that being a New England oma
she hoped that she would never allow
feeling TO stand in the way of principle
and duty. Clearly. she argued, TO sell
her property without her knowledge or
consent was an infringement of her
rights, and il she, a lone m dio
not stand up for her own righfs she
would feel somehow unworthy OF
Bunker Hill and the Declaration OF In
dependence.
The lawyer twiddled his thumbs and
contracted his brows n tried TO LOOK
ms though he was giving serious atten-
tion to what his client was saying, bat
in reality he was listening only to her
voice, and for that, being a very young
man. he would have undertaken TO hti-
rate for the moon if h had happened
10 claim il. 1t did occur to him to ask
n question or two which seemed to have
mn Indirect bearing upon the case.
When the wreck had been restored TO
Che beach what did Miss Martling pro-
pose TO do with it?
She had not considered that matter
- 49,. nnatn xxhnn
the suit was won.
In the meantime Quimby and Moses
were disturbed by an unthought-of con-
tingency. just when they had COM
pleted the plans for h doors and par
~fitions: after consultations that were
ALWAYS earnest and sometimes warm;
and Moses had "got out the stuff" for
these architectural changes and i'm
provements, the proprietor was served
with an injunction, restraining him
from cutting, saving, or removing any
norton of the woodwork Of the Molly
u, of Bangor, or making any addition
thereto Of any character whatsoever.
"Look a-here,'' said Moses. II amt
been injuncted and what's to prevent
my dom the work on my own RESPONSE
bility?"
"That wouldn't do" said Nathaniel.
sLaw is law, and I'm going to abide
by il. But it looks like hard luck all
the same"
az see that woman in the village, In
she asked mt TO say to you that eff you
mint no objection She c~alclated TO come
down an look over what truck her pa
7ef' onto the derelick."
Moses paused and Nathaniel turned
with a ~livelier interest than he had
shown in anything since the lawyers
clerk had brought the restraining In
junction.
"What did you tell her?"
"Waal," drawled Moses, II told her
that / reckoned you had objections
enough to havin' anybody what was
crty." AS the sailor finished this speech
le looked serencly conscious of having
Gone his whole 9uty in a name that
was above criticism, so that the vehe-
1nence of Nathaniel's rejoinder startled
him. "You go up to the village and
tell that lady that you made the big
gest mistake you ever made i'm your
life. Tell her-no, hold IN. I'll write
her a note" Full of this purpose he
rose and started for the village, leaving
his henchman in a state OF bewilder-
ment that coull find no expression.
This was the note that Quimby
wrote after an afternoon of laborious
thought:
MISS ARTLINo,D Dear Madam: Ihave
Just been informed that a certain per-
son that did not know what he was
talking about, and taking a good deal
upon himself, which / never authorized
him to do, and which / have been very
much put out about, and wish to offer
you an apology for the same, told you
that / didn't want that you should
come TO the wreck, which il is perfect
.ly natural you should want 10 come,
seeing that it was your pas ship, and
he having, as it were, spent his last
days on board ner (nll excepting the
very final sad scene of all, when 1 don't
doubt he wished he was back on the
ship, i want you to know that you are
perfectly welcome at all times to come
and go as you please. and as for my car
ing because you are having me about
the wreck, 1t don't make any difference
about your coming there. l mean be-
cause i judge you are just standing up
for what you think is your rights, same
as ! am standing up for mine. Yours,
respectfully. NATHANIEL QUMBY.n
Asss Martling was ncttled az Moses
blunt rejection OF her overture. and did
not doubt that IL echoed the senti-
ments of his master. SO il was with a
harder feeling than she had yet cher
fshed towards her legal adversary that
abe went to the village post office the
next morning. When she received
Quimby's letter and had read IL, her
feelings toward the writer softened
wonderfully. why" she said to her
self, "he's just as sweet and kind as he
can be. ! wish IL was the other nasty
old thing was fighting"