Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-21

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t44uuu.uS' that's what they
all call him." stammered the girl, who
was shocked by discovering for the first
time that her revered ancestor mad
temper in her composition.
That's the way of the world" with
diminished fire and careful readjust-
ment of the cap that had been set
awry by her unwonted display of vigor.
eve jump from appearances to conclu-
Sions, and the result is a great deal OF
injustice to our fellow creatures. We
are forbidden to judge at all, and we
certainly should not render a verdict
till we ascertain the Utmost facts.
That's the way your grandfather would
have put it were he alive. He was by
far the ablest lawyer in all this Sec
ton
Fearing diversion to the older wom-
ans favorite theme, the younger one
promptly interrupted. But isn't Cap
tain Spanker close-fsted and penu-
rious? His housekeeper has to take
meal out every once in while to keep
from starving, and they say that his
grocery bills are less than those of his
poorest tenant. can quite believe that
he puts in the first half of every night
counting his gold"
Margaret Pemley, sit down and hold
your tongue. just got through telling
you it was wrong to talk as you're
doing, yet you persist in it. know the
captain, and YOU don't"
ooh, have slight personal ac-
quaintance with him, grandma. He
presented me with the image of whale
he had whitfield out of pine block,
one day, and took particular pains to
tell me that was real trim looking
little girl, though he knew that Dick
had asked me to be his wife. He acted
abominably about that, and just be-
1ieve that it was because he was too
stingy to give Dick start in life. Why,
the horrid old captain roared out as
though he was hailing a distant ship
and declared it nothing but silly, stu
pid, childish affair. 1t was worse than
being miser to come between two
young people as deeply in love as Dick
and myself"
you're just as set as your grand
father was, Margaret. 1t is a great deal
easier to get along with girls when one
has to spank them into obedience than
when one is reduced to reasoning with
them. Perhaps l shouldn't tell the
captains secrets, but there doesn't
seem any other way to convince you.
was quite a belle when was young"
and the handsome grandmother
blushed as she gave deft push to
her side curls. Among other suitors
I had Captain Spanker. He was
spruce young sailor then, and of good
family. Ours, you know, was among
the most prominent in the state.
preferred your grandfather, but the
captain and 1 always remained good
friends. He finally consoled himself by
marrying Dicks mother. He was lit
tie fellow in brave sailor suit when
they accompanied the captain on voy-
age to China. It was venture of his
own, and the result was that he snug
gled in an immense cargo of opium,
landing it at an out-of-the-way and I'M
USED narDOf on the southern coast. AS
a result of this defrauding the govern
ment he became a very rich man for
those days, and, at his wife's solicita-
ton, bought the fine place where he
now lives, and settled down to enjoy
life as a gentleman farmer"
"And you defend a smuggler, grand
MAJ"
There you go again, forming an
opinion on partial information. Sea-
faring men, then, had very little regard
for the revenue laws. They regarded
them as an unjust restriction upon
their trade and chances to make mon
ey. But when he was thrown with diff
calm