The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-27

Captain Colepeppcr looked at the farmer.
and his little pigs eyes wandered ever
her from hair to slipper, People al.
ways did seem to have confoundedly
rude habit Of staring at Miss Colepep.
Per, thought Guthrie angrily; but, to
tell the truth. she seemed rather to like
1t than otherwise On this particular
occasion, however. after she had been
gazed at fxedly for five speeches. min
utes, she did have the good taste to
blush. and, tnrning away, began to ex-
anime one of the doctor 9 skeletons. OBJ
serving this sign of grace in the lady,
Guthrie suddenly realized that the or
deal had been really somewhat cruel
one, and 80 he concluded that 1t was
time to draw the farmer into converse.
ton.
"Mr. Cain" he began-but the man
interrupted him with wave of one of
his huge hands.
"Just Cain, IL ZEE please, zur," he
said abel, ZEE be master now, an 20
zee be the master in our warm"
This was disconcerting, and 1t was
now Miss Colepepper's turn to come to
the rescue. She plunged, therefore, into
the topic Of chickens and the enormous
difficulty Of rearing them IA subject Of
which she afterward confessed that she
knew nothing) and very soon she man.
aged to work the farmer up into quite
an animated conversation Before three
minutes had passed he had given her
an invitation to come down and stay a
month at the farmhouse and assured
her that, though Abel was hard
mouthed man to most of his species, he
knew what was due to his betters and
would behave as though it were Queen
Victoria herself who was visiting him,
In fact, Cain almost became voluble,
which after events showed was won
derful testimonial to Miss Dolly's pow
ers.
When Dr.. Tring returned, he brought
his partner with him. Captain Colepep-
per looked at the farmer, said nothing
for about minute, and then, turning
to the doctor, remarked shortly in an
UNDERGONE, mo sailor. doctor, and
never will be; but he'll do TO turn that |
crank Of yours.
"Then you think we had better &C.
cept the gentleman's offerf'
Eyes"
And thus Cain Laversha's name was
written under that Of Tom Jelly, and
the ketch Eureka added another and
surely the strangest specimen Of all to
her collection of nautical curios. No,
Captain Colepepper was not proud Of
his crew.
But the captain, the doctor, the I'M
dergraduate, the two Jellys, the waiter
and Cain Laversha mnde up only seven
Of crew, and just now 1t was stated
that there were eight. Who. then, was
the otherf
1t was Miss Dolly Colepepper. As Dr.
Tring had prophesied that she woul..
shs claimed to benefit by the precedenr
which had been set up by their accept
ance Of Mrs. Jelly; If one woman was
eligible. their argumenta. she declared,
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fell to the ground. And so they might
do as they pleased about giving her per.
mission, for she meant to gol At this
declaration her father fumed, the doctor
demurred argumentatiyely, and Guth-
rio, with the mistaken daring Of mex
perience, ventured to support her appli.
cation. She, in return, snubbed the I'M
laughed at the doctor and
kissed her father. and that was the end
IF it. The opposition, though thorough
y disorganized. Of course made show
If further resistance. but the young
lady had her way, and perhaps, If the
ruth had been spoken, neither her IA
her nor Dr. Trine was in bis heart
'orry that his authority was thus de-
'idsd. And, as for the undergraduate.
ae was openly and shamelessly glad
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