Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-09

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| tell y@N wh&t. e You'll i,t.49 -
| here with me and d7a't mind wai,;I'
till leave these barrels at the house
of the man that OWLS EN- III drive YOU
down to the shore. and maybe find
somebody to row YOU over-that is
with chuckle, ''if you amt dead set
on walkin'."
The stranger laughed heartily. I'm
not so stubborn as all that he said
ITS mighty good of you. all the same"
Don't say word" said the captain
) Give us your satchel. Now your flip
per. There you are. Git dap Danl.'
Daniel accepted the captains com
mand in Il tolerant spirit. He padded
along at 4 Jog trot ftr perhaps Il hun
drcd yarGs. riri lien. q iNcs ~ ,,-i', !,
that he had done all that could I've cy-
pecte,l. settled back into Il wax The
captain turl.,;. toward his comranio.
Oh the seat.
Il don't know rs | ment ioned It. he
observed. but my naine is HeG ge.
Glad to meet you Mr.. Iieise," said
the stranger. My name is Hazel
tine
Il kind OF jedged it might be uhen
YOU 81 id you wanted 10 g! 10 the c:gI,lr
station. We heard YOU was expected"
Did You? From MIR Langley, I
presume
MOO: not directly. or course we
knew Tlrker had been let 80 and that
some, ,Jody would have to take his place
l guess likely it WAS Ole of tie opera
tors that told it fE>t that you was the
man, but anyhow it got It's FUR as
NJ 'lissy Busteed. and after that twas
plain sailin'. You come from New
York. don't you? Is this your frs,
visit TO the Cape%'
Yes. | hardly know why I'm here
now. l have been with the cable conl-
pany at their New York experimental
station for some years. and The other
day the general manager called me into
his office and told me was expected
to take the position Of electrician here.
l thought it might add to my expe-
rience, SO l accepted"
"Humph. Did he say anything about
the general livelness of things around
the station:'
Mr.. Hazeitine laughed "Wby,' he
answered, NOW that you speak of it, /
remember that he began by asking Inc
if had any marked objection to pre-
mature burial
The captain chuckled. The outer
beach in winter aint exactly camp
meeting for soc;ablencss, he said.
And the idea of that Bartlett boy tell
in you how to walk 1here!'
rs he specimen of your Cape Cod
youngsters:'
Not exactly. He's new shipment
from New York Graadnephew of IL
mesSnlate of mine, Cap'n Perez Ryder.
Fc'"2. he's a bachelor, but his sisters
daughter married Il Teller named Bart
lett. Maybe you knew him. He used
to run a tusboat in the sound"
MI HaZeltine. much amused, denied
the acquaintance.
We'll, | s.rose YOU wouldn't, nat'ral-
ly,' continued the captain. "AnyhoW,
Ferez's niece's husband died, and the
boy sort OF run loose as you n ight say
Went to school when he had to and
raised Ned when he didn't. nears can
thd oHt. 'l.izabeth, that ~ IS ma, died
last .rring. and she made Perez prom
ise-he being the only relation the
youASster had-to fetch the boy down
here and sort of bring him up. Perez
knows as much about brngin' up :,
boy as hen does about the Ten Com
man,ments, and 'L;zGbeth made him
promise hot to lex tiie youhgster and
whole lot more fooIisnne*s School
don't commence here iii october. no
we got him a job with Lem Mu}.ett Il;
the Hv'ry stable. He's bourtiln' with
Lem till school opens He ain't Il reel
bad boy, but he knows TOO much 'bony
some things and not haf enough 'bou.
others. You've seen fc.le:s like that.
maybe:"
Hazeltine nodded. There are Il Kood
many of that kind in New York, I'm
afraid he said.
Captain Fri smiled. IL shouldn't
wonder" he observed. The boys down
here think Jos!ah's the whole crew, ana
The girls ;iin't fur beii3,. There's he"r
more deviltl:' III t!.!s v. ag .,, Il
landed than here ever VS. afore He
needs son.ethin'. and needs it bad, but
amt t,ccised jest what it is yit Are
YOU Il married man?"
No"
Same here. Never had the disease.
Pere" hos had symptoms every once
in awhile. Int nothin' ,astin'. Jerry's
the only one Of US three that's bec.
through the mill. His Wife dics
tTeA:y year ago. cont know as !
told YOU. hHt .jcTy ana Perez and ,ae
are heepin' house down by the shore
that is. we call It Eeepin' house, but
Here the captain broke off and
seemed ID lceGitate.
Ralph lIaze.;;i.e forbore to interrutt.
and occupied h!:"self by scrutiu!ss-
the building THAI they We're pas,;::sss:9,;;
They were nearing the center of toe
toN4 n3N'. and tAe houses were closer |