Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-27

l.3he WIS cotiin' hor5c pretty ~,
Gomez III 20. and lie fell into joH.is.;. i
WHO'D : Well. Wonder he want ki.tcd.
hut lie WI II /. aud tllt,N f>,te! him ont
in a lit;Ic Willie He said that WAS the
deepest wei! he ever Saw; said he be
gun to think il Reached clear through
to t." hereafter. ana when he struck
the water he was Srrised to find it
want HOT. He isinci The church the
next week. ana somebody asked him if
he thong II religion would keep him
from feilin' into any more weis. lie
said 10: sal he WIS lookin out for
Solnct!iiH further on.
We'll. that's the way lis with Sol.
School committees all ri.it. bat this
sect;Gn Of :hc cape Eomilatei Il state
representative next Year
Il mustn't 70 81 to see Seth he
added. Il prom scd l woald. and. be-
Sides with Il wink. Il tlink 'twouIA
Re better TO do i, cause. be; ween You
and me. conf b .ipve Seth knows that
he's been thinkin Of runnin' for the
committee and has decided not to-
The second member of the school
board. John Mullett. was. so the cap
tain said. a sort Of me too TO Mr.
Eangj and wol:ld vote as bis friend
Greeted. TIE third member was Nh
Langworthy. the Baptist minister and
though = TO ] WAS Il clear nlajority
Captain Fri asserted that there was
nothing like unanimous vote, aA6 80
they decided to call upon the reverend
gentleman
They found him 1T home, and Elsie
was surprised after the previous inter
view to see how differently her cham
pion handled the case There WAS no
preliminary parley and no beating
about the bush Miss Preston's claim
to the soon to be vacant position was
stated clearly and With vigor; also
the reasons why she should receive
higher salary than had previously been
paid were set forth. 1t was something
Of surprise to Elsie, as it had been
to Ralph, to see how highly the towns
people-that is, the respectable portion
of them-seemed 10 value the opinions
of this good natured but unetlucated
seaman. And yet when she considered
that she, too, went to him for advice
that she would not have asked Of 9th
er and far more learned acquaintances
it did not seen so surprising after all
The clergyman had had several can
didates in mind, but he was easily won
over to Elsie's side And so, as Cap
f.liI Wi sd, ~
ing over, there was nothing to do but
to wait for the election, and Elsie and
he agreed to keep the affair a secret
until she received formal notice of the
appointment. This was undOubtedly "A
good plan: but. unfortunately for its
success, Solomon Bangs called upon
his fellow ia the committee. Mr.. Mu,-
lett. to Inform the latter that he. on.
tirely maiIe,l. had discovered the very
teacher that Orilam needed in he per
son ef John RaNteY's granddaughter.
Mr.. Mn lett. living up 10 his .ne too
iep,l';t -on. intlorscd the selection With
enthusiasm, and not only did that.
but also told every one he met. so that
Captain f'r"Z heard Of it at the post
Office tie ve"y next afternoon.
The material surprise of this gentle
man and of Captain Jerry at their
gueSts sudden determination was met
by plausible explanations from Cap
tain iIri to the effect that Elsie was :,
smart 81" and didn't like to be chang
in round ,!oin' nothin now that hel
%fahhpa was some better EIsic's
own reason. rs expressed to them. hc
ing just this, the pair accepted it w.lh
out further questioning. Neither oi
them attached much importance, to the
letter which she had received. although
Captain Fe""l lid ask Mrs Snow If
she knew from whom il came.
Ih" lady from Nantucket was moi
so easily satisfied At her first oppo,
tunity she cornered Captain Fri. and
they discussed the whole affair from
bcginnin= to end. There was nothing
unusual IN this proceeding for dis
concerning household matters
and questions Of domestic policy were
between thee tW" getting to be more
end Nor" frequent. Mrs Snow was
how accepted by all as one of the
family. and Captain Eli lad come TO
hold Il Ii 81 op.ni9H Of her and her
views.
The marriage ilea. that which had
brought the il '!Aiek,"per to Grlanl. WAS
now Sc,;Lo,. 4 mentioned. In fact. Cap
tain Eri had aliasst entirely ceased to
rutiie .jeriyS feelings with reference
to it. Mr.. Snow OF course said moth
ing about il. But for that matter she
said very little about herself or her
affairs.
1t was a curious fact that the lacy
from Nantucket had never referred cx-
cept in a casual way to her past his
tory. She had never told how she came
to answer the advertisement in the
Nuptial Chime nor to explain how so
matter of fact Il person as she was had
ever seen that famous sheet
Mrs. Snow WAS certain that Elsie's |
reason for wishing to obtain the po- !
siion of schooteacher was something
more specific than the one advanced. !