Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-10

est tides. When THi,t..n Eri. a fter
beaching aud anesior.t.g his dory and
stabling Daniel for The II gh,. entered
the dining room he fos:Hd his two mess
mates ueep in consultation and with
evidences OF strenuous mental struggle
written upon their faces. Captain Pc
rez's right hand was smeared with ink
and there We're several Si,atters of the
same fluid on Captain Jerry.s perspir-
ing nose
We'll, you felers look as if you'd
had rough wage. commented Cap
tain Fri, slipping out Of his own jacket
and pulling his chair up beside those
Of his friends. Whats 'he ,roulle:'
Gosh, Er I'm glad TO see YOU" eN-
claimed Captain Perez. How do you
spell conscientious"
II don't, unless it's owners orders. y
was the answer. What DO you want
to sur it for:''
tve writ muc.l as 400 advertise
ments do believe. said Captain .ler
~, land there amt enc of them tit to
feed to a pig. Perez here. he's got such
hifalutin natioDs tia, nothn' less than
VA circus bill II Go Linn. | don't see why
sometnin' plain aud sensible. like 'Wo
man wanted to do dishes and clean
house for three men, wouldn't be all
right: but. no, it's got to have more
fancy trinlnlin's than Il Sunday bun
nit. Fooiis';neSs, ] cali it,
you'd have whole lot of women
answerin' that advertisements. now
wouldn't YOU" snorted Captain Perez
hOtly. ITO do dishes for three men
That's healthy bait to catch wife
with, ain't ii: | can sec 'em comm. /
callate you'd stay single till jedSment,
and then You wouldn't git one No, sir.
The thing to do is to be sort of soft
soapy and high toned. Let em think
they're goin to git a bargain whep
they git you. Make believe it's goin' to
be privilege to git sech Il husband
u well, It's, declared the sacrifice III
dignantly They might git DUN
sight worse one
Il callate that's so, Jerry" said Cap
| tain Fri. Still. Perez amt altogether
wrong. Guess you'd better keep the
dishwashin out of it. ! know dish
Washin' would never git me. I've got
4 20 bate the sight of soap and hot wa
ter bad as if was Portugee. Pass
me that pen
ID Captain Perez gladly relinquished
the writing materials. and Captain Fri
after two or three trials produced the
Following:
Wife Wanted-By an ex-seafaring ma n
OF steady habits; must be willing to work
and keep house shipshape and above
board; no sea lawyers need apply. ADJ
\ GFess Skipper. care Nuptial Chime, Bos-
ton, Mass.
The line relating to sea lawyers was
Mefsted upon by Captain Jerry. "rhatl II
nhut out the tonguy kind he ex-
splained The advertisement, with this
1ddition. being duly approved. the re-
auired 80 cents was inclosed, as was n
3etter to the editor of the matrimonial
Il 3Curnal requesting all answers to be
xorwAu!ed Captain jeremiah Bur
II 0ess. O.ham. Mass. Then the envelope
was directed and the stamp affixed.
lsss .sThere." said Captain Fri. that's
done All you've got to do now. Jerry.
RR1 TO pick out your wife and let US
3knpw what you want for a weddin'
w pert You're lucky man.
". let = talk about S,t.ucth;n else.
It'd the lucky enc rather ".oom!iy
fnal's the news up at the depot
Ghcy received the tidllgs of the com
OF Ha2eitiuc with the ilteles: due
@Such an event Captain Fri gave
em detailed account of his mee,.iig
4h the new electrician, emitting,
wevar. in consideration for the t"c
8 OF Captain Perez. to mention e."
ut that ii WAS the Bartlett boy who
lrted that ge:ltiem;n upon lis walk
the cable station.
We'll, what did yrl think Of him.
ked Cantain Perez when the recital
BIS finished.
'Seemed To Inc Ike q pretty 81" !;
Her" answered Captain Hi deiin'
|ately He didn't q: mad at t,t'
he the gang played on him. for ore
ling. He amt SO smooth tohGned -
Mixer used to be. an. he ',t.nt trf'tt
aXter ard me rs If Cape Codters W;''
kind of animals, The WY s>'!!e Of tie
hmmer folks do He had the sense
bt to offer to pay ne for takii iin
yer to the station, and | liked that.
AXE it altogether. he seemed like =
fetty decent h;p-for Il New Yorker.
added az III ;sfte:,houglt. Il
But, say he said Il moment late",
We got some mere news, and it a..
bod news, either. Web Saunders ha*
Dt his liquor license"
Il want to know" exclaimed Captain.
ereZ.
You don't tell me!' said Captain
erry.
Then they both said, "What will John
|axter do now?" And Captain Eri
hook his head obviously.
The cod bit well next morning, and
aptain Fri did not get in from the
Nindward ledge until afternoon. EI
De way. it may he well to explain tbs
Eaptain .Ic.r.a remarks concern .ng
seitlin' down ana ''resiin.' WiifG'l &c