Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-25

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Tat 81" Ll1>t lun Upstairs III or,t":
HAT Mrs. >..ow 2.i cone down to
sul'h"r. tie ho...e le, Ger Gid con,
H""ii d fen minutes later and. rs she
W .ittt.">,e,! to know more ahou;
Ln}h"r D&V:s and Is sister the talk
t"eahio aluu.attd auH a,Iicral
Ii WAS after $ o'clock when Mrs.
Snow. having finished washing the
Gish"s she allowed no Que to assist
her III tais operation since The time
When -" caught Captain Jerry absent
mlndtGiI Using the Gn>t rag instead Of
;he Gis,he!,;li- Went ,pStAirs to her
patiol,t. Shortly aficrward Elsie came
down, wn:'.iilg her hat and Jacket
I'm going out lar little While.
she said. No. don't want any one to
g. with me. III I've back soon
Her back WAS turned 10 the three
captains as she spoke. but. as she
opened the door. the lamp!ight shone
for an ms: Un her face, and captain
Fri noticed. or faDe;ed that he did. that
She was paler than usual. He roS"
anu again tItIeu " dCCo'IlpdhS Hti. E.
but met with such a firm refusal that
he could moi insist further
Now, that's kind Of funny. amt IT,"
remarn ed Perez. II don't believe shes
been oEt alone afoye after dark sencc
she's been here
Where did you git that letter. Jo-
siah = asked Captain Fri.
/, may as well lie explained hero
that captain Pcrez's gra apdnephew was
a tEorn in the flesh Of every one, i'll
Gliding his indulgent relative He was
a little afraid of Mrs. Snow. and
obeyed her better than he did any one
else. but that is not saying great
deal. He was in mischief in school
two-thirdS of the time. anu his reports.
made out by the teacher We're anything
but complimentary. He was good
looking boy. the image Of his mother.
who had been her uncle's fayorite, and
he was popular with a certain class of
youngsters. Also. and this was worse.
his work at the livery stable had
thrown him in contact with a crowd
of men like Squealer WiXon Web
Saunders and others of their class, and
they appreciated bis New York street
training and made much of him. Cap
tain Perez, mindful of his promise to
the boys mother, did not use the nee
essary measures to control him, and
Captain Fri and Captain Jerry did not
like to interfere.
just ROW he was seated in the corner,
and he looked up with a start, hnr
rjedly folded up the tattered paper
book he was reading. stuffed it into bis
pocket and said, "What?'
"Who give you that letter that come
for Elsie!''
'.Miss Cahoon. up at the office 1t was
in our boz" said the boy.
"Humph. What are you readm'
that's so interesting"
"Oh. noti,in' \ book. that's all.
LET me look at it.
Josiah heSitated looked as though he
would like to refuse, and then sullenly
took the ragged volume from his pock-
ct and handed it to the captain, who
deliberately unfolded it and looked at
the cover.
"'Fightin' Fred Starlight. the Boy
Rover of the Pacific,'" he read aloud.
"Humph! Is it good?"
Bet your life! It's a redhot story
Il want to know! Who was Mr.
Moonshine what's his name - Star
light:"
He was sailor," was the sulky an
swer Josiah was no fool and knew
when he was being made fun of.
The captain opened the book and
read a page or two to himself. Then
he said: Il see he knocked the skipper
down cause be insulted him. Nice.
spunky chap. Id like TO have had him
aboard vessel of mine. And he calle.t
the Old man a 'caitiff houndY Awful
thing to call feller, that is. I'll bet
that skipper felt ashamed. Looks like
a good book. III borrow it tonight to
read while you're dom your lessons"
II amt got any lessons to do"
"Oh, amt you? thought that was
q 'rithmetic over there"
''Well, l know 'em now. Besides,
you amt got any right to order me
around You sin't my uncle. Can't
read that book. Uncle PerezY'
Poor Perez. Ne hesitated. swallowed
once or twice and answered: "Yoa can
read it. after you've studied spell
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