Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25

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attractive face as she turned upon
her pretty granddaughter. Newer
but, grandma, that's what they all
call hin stammered the girl. who
was shocked 10y discovering for the
first time that her revered ancestor
had a temper in her composition.
That's the way of the world" with
diminished fire aud careful readiust-
ment of the cap that had been set awry
by her unwonted display of vigor. Eve
jump from appearances To conclusions.
and the result Il great deal OF inius-
tice TO our fellow creatures. We are
forbidden 10 Judge at all, and we GER
tainly should not render verdict till
we ascertain the inmost facts That
the way your grandfather would have
put II were he alive. He was bv far
the ablest lawyer in all this section. -"
Fearing a diversion TO the older
woman's favorite Acme, the younger
one promptly interrupted. "But isn't
Captain Spanker close-fis aud penu-
riousy His housekeeper has 10 take
meal out every once In while to
keep from starving, and they say that
his grocery bills are less than those
Of his poo, est tenant. can quite be-
lieve that lie puts in the first half Of
every night counting his gold.
Margaret Pemley. sit down and
hold your tongue. Just got through
telling You Il was wrong to talk as
you're doing, yet Won persist in it. 1
know the captain and you don't"
20, have n slight personal ac-
quaintance with him, grandma He
presented me with the image of "A
whale he had whitfield out OF "A pine
block one dav aud took particular
pains TO tell me that / was a real trim
looking little girl. though he knew
that Dick had asked me 10 be his
wife. He acted abominably about that,
and Just believe that il was because
lie was too stingy TO give Dick n start
IN life. Why, the horrid old captain
roared out a. though he was hailing a
distant ship and declared il nothing
but silly, stupid, childish affair. 1t
was worse than being miser TO come
between two young people as deeply
in love a Dick and myself"
You're just A. set as your grand
father was. Margaret. 1t is a grea.
deal easier To- get along with girls
dience than when one is reduced to
reasoning with them. Perhaps
shouldn't tell the captains secrets.
but there doesn't seem any other wav
TO convince you. l was quite a belle
when | was young" and the hand
some grandmother blushed IA she
gave deft push to her side curls.
Among other suitors | had CAPTAIN
Spanker. He was spruce Young
sailor then and OF good family. Ours.
You know, was among the most prom
lnent III the state | preferred YOUR
grandfather, but the captain and | al
ways remained good friends. He
finally consoled himself 10y marrying
Dicks mother. He was a little fellow
In a brave sailor suit when they ac-
companied the captain on voyage to
China. Ii was venture of his own.
and the result was that he smuggled
IN an immense cargo of opium. land
ing 1t at an out-of-the- and unused
harbor on the southern coast. As n
result OF this defrauding the govern
ment he became very rich man for
those days and, at his wife's solicita-
ton, bought the fine place where he
now lives aud settled down to enjoy
life as gentleman farmer"
And you defend smuggler, grand
map
There you go again, forming an
opinion on partial infor nation. Sea
faring men, then, had very little re-
gard for the revenue laws. Thew re-
garded them as an unjust restriction
upon their trade and chances to make
money. But when he was thrown
with different associations his esti-
mate of his duty toward the govern
ment was changed, and he resolved 10
pay the duty on all that cargo as con-
science money. think it was about
$40 a pound. At any rate it amounted
to very large sum and few
would have undertaken to pay it from
q mere sense of patriotism and right.
l know that the captain consulted
your grandfather, who gave his an
proval and assisted in borrowing the
money on mortgages covering the
captains estate The sending of the
money to the treasury created a great
deal OF conment at the time. but onlv
three of us knew who had sent il.
The captains wife signed the securi-