Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-26

''Who?" be asked.
ooh, all of them! The captains and
Mrs. Snow, and Captain Davis and his
sister. They are SO simple and kind
and generous. And the best Of it is,
they don't seem to know it, and
wouldn't believe it if you told them"
Ralph nodded emphatically.
81 imagine it would take good deal
to convince Davis or any Of these sta
ton men that there was anything he
roic in their lives" he said. CAS- for
Captain Fri, have known him only
month or two, but 1 don't know Of
any one to whom would rather so if
I were in trouble"
Gle has been so kind to grandfather
and me-" said Elsie, that 1 feel as
though we were under an obligation we
never could repay. When came down
here knew no one in Orham, and he
and Captain Jerry and Captain Perez
have made me feel more at home than
have ever felt before. You know"
she added, grandfather is the only rel
alive I have"
II suppose you will 80 back to your
studies when your grandfather recov-
ers."
II don't know If grandfather is
we'll enough think shall try to per-
suade him to come up to Boston and
live with me. Then I might perhaps
teach. This was to have been my last
year at Radcliffe, SO my giving it up
will not make SO much difference. Do
you intend to stay here long? l sup
pose you do. Your profession, know,
means SO much to you, and your work
at the station must be very interest
ing"
ut would be more SO If had some
one who was Interested with me. Mr..
Langley is kind, but he is SO wrapped
up in his own work that I see very
little Of him. took the place because
thought it would give me good deal
of spare time that 1 might use in fur
thering some experiments of my own.
Electricity is my hobby, and have one
or two ideas that am foolish enough
to hope may be worth developing.
have had time enough, goodness knows,
but it's a lonesome sort of life. If 1t
had not been for the captains-and you
Il think 1 should have given 1t up
before this"
ooh, hope you won't"
"Why?"
'sWhy-why, because it seems like
running away, almost, doesn't 1t? If
a thing is hard to do. but is worth
doing, think the satisfaction in doing
1t is ever so much greater, don't you?
I know it must be lonely for you; but
IS. for Mir. Langley ana
o,GC.' zen TOO"
Il doubtaif Mr. Langley would be
happy anywhere else, and the other
men are married, most Of them, and
live over in the village"
Now there isn't any real reason why
this simple remark should have caused
a halt in the conversation, but it did.
Miss Preston said, ooh, indeed!" rather
hurriedly, and her next speech was
concerning the height Of particularly
big wave. Mr.. Hazeltine answered
this commonplace somewhat absent
mindedly. He acted like a man to
whom startling idea had suddenly
occurred. Just then they heard Cap
tain Fri calling them.
The captain was standing on sand
dune near the station, shouting their
names through a speaking trumpet
formed by placing his hands about his
mouth. AS the pair came strolling
toward him he shifted his hands to his
trousers pockets and stood watching
the young couple with a sort of half
smile.
II s'pose If Jerry was here now" he
mused, "he'd think his scheme was
workin'. Well, maybe tits, maybe tits.
You can't never tell. Well, swami
The exclamation was called forth by
the sight Of Captain Perez and Miss
Patience, who suddenly came into view
around the corner Of the station. The
captain was CALAMITY assisting his
companion over the rough places in the
path, and she was leaning upon his
arm in manner that implied implicit
confidence. Captain Fri glanced from
one couple to the other, and then
Sl1uHSu UlOuQly. Liz grin udu uOL cll-
tirely disappeared. when Captain Perez
came up, and the latter rather crisply
asked what the joke was.
"Oh, nothin'" was the reply. II was
jest thinkin' we must be playin' some
kind Of game, and was It."
"It?" queried Miss Patience, puz-
lied.
"Why, yes. I'm kinder like 'Rastus
Bailey used to be at the dances when
you and me was younger, Perez. Old
man AleYander-he was the fiddler
used to sing out, Choose partners for
Hull's vict'ry,' or something like that,
and 1t always took 'Ras SO long to
make up his mind what girl to choose
that he gin'rally got left altogether.
Then he'd set on the settee all through
the dance and say he never cared much
for Hun's vict'ry anyway. Seems to
NE I'm the only one that amt choosed
partners. How bout it, Perez?"
More fool you, that's all I've got to
say" replied Captain Perez stoutly.
Miss Patience laughed so heartily at