Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-14

anu there We're several SpdtterS Ol tuc
same fluid on Captain Jerry's perspir-
ing nose.
We'll, you fellers look as If you'd
had Il rough wage" commented Cap
tain Fri. slipping out of his own jacket
and pulling his chair up beside those
Of his friends. "What's the trouble"
Gosh, Fri, I'm glad to see yOu!' ex-
claimed Captain Perez. "How do you
spell conscientious"
81 don't unless it's owners orders"
was the answer. "What do you want
to spell it for?"
"We've writ much as 400 advertise.
ments, do believe" said Captain Jer-
ry, "and there aint one of them fit to
feed to a pig. Perez here, he's got such
hifalutin notions that nothin' less than
n circus bill IL do him. don't see why
somethin' plain and 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 trimmin's than a Sunday bun
nit. Foolishness. call It,"
You'd have whole lot Of women
answerin' that advertisement, now
wouldn't yOu?" snorted Captain Perez
hotly. "'To do dishes for three men!
| That's a healthy bait to catch a wife
with, amt it? l can see 'em comm.
caplate you'd stay single till jedgment,
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 when
they git you. Make believe it's goin' to
be a privilege to git sech a husband"
"Well, 'tis." declared the sacrifice in
dignantly. "They might git a dunn
sight worse one"
Il caplate 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
washln' would never git me. I've got
so hate the sight Of soap and hot wa
ter as bad as il / was Portugee. Pass
me that pen"
Captain Perez gladly relinquished
the writing materials. and Captain Fri
| after two or three trials produced the
following:
Wife Wanted.-By an ex-seafaring man
| Of steady habits: must be willing to work
and keep house shipshape and above
| board; no sea lawyers need apply. Ad-
dress Skipper. care Nuptial Chime. Bos-
ton, Mass.
The line relating to sea lawyers was
insisted upon by Captain Jerry. "That'l
shut out the tonguy kind,' he ex'
planned. The advertisement, with this
addition, being duly approved, the re,
quired so cents was inclosed. as was a
letter to the editor of the matrimonial
journal requesting all answers to be
forwarded to Captain jeremiah Bur
CESS, Orham. Mass. Then the envelope
was directed and the stamp affixed.
There" said Captain Fri. that's
Zone. All you've got to do now. Jerry.
is TO pick out your wife and let us
know what you want for weddin'
present. You're lUcsy man."
"Ay, let's talk about sOme;hin' else,
sail the lucky one rather s:oomily.
What's the news up ut the depot,
E.;:"
They received the things Of the COM
Ing of IIazeltine with the interest due
to such un event. Captain Fri gave
them detailed account Of his meeting
| with the new electrician, omitting.
however, in consideration for the feel
ing, of Captain Perez. to mention the
fact that it WAS the Bartlett boy who
Ltarted that gentleman upon his walk
to the cable station.
well, what did you think of him?
asked Captain Perez when the recital
was finished.
Seemed to me like a pretty good
feller." answered Captain Fri delib-
era civ. "IIc didn't git mad ut the
io.:e the gang played OH him. for one
thing. He amt so smooth toMsued as
Parker use, to be. ana he didn't treat
Ba:. ter AID E!e as II Cape Codders was
a kind of animals, the way some OF the
summer folks do. He had the sense
not to of.cr to pay me for takin' him
over to the station, and l liked that.
Take il altogether. Ec seemed like
pretty decent chal'-fOr Il New Yorker
he aided as an afterthouGht.
But, saw" he said moment later,
T'vc got some more news. and 1t amt
good news. ether Web Saunders has
got his llCuor license"
81 want to known exclaimed Captain
Perez.
"You don't tell me!' said Captain
Jerry.
Then they both said. "What will John
Baxter do now?" And Captain Eri
shook his head obviously.
The cod bit well next morning, and
CAPTAIN Eri did not get In from the
Windward ledge until afternoon. BY
the way, it may be well to explain that
Captain Jerry's remarks concerning
"settlin' down" and "restin'," which We
chronicled in the first chapter, must
not be accepted too literally. While II
Is true that each of the trio had given
up long voyages, 1t is equally true that
none had given up work entirely. Some
people might not consider it restful to
rise at 4 every week day morning and
sail In catboat twelve miles out to
sea and haul a wet cod line for hours
: not to mention the sail home and the
cleaning and barreling Of the catch
, Captain Fri did that. Captain Perez
, was what he called "stevedore"-that
, is, general caretaker during the own
ers absence at Mr.. Delaney Barry's
I summer estate on the "cliff road" As
for Captain Jerry, he was janitor al
the schoolhouse.
The catch was heavy the next morn
Ing, as has been said, and by the time
the last fish was split and iced and the
last barrel sent to the railway station
it was almost supper time. Captain
. Fri had intended calling on Baxter
early In the day, but now he deter
mined to wait until after supper.
The captain had bad luck In the
: "matching" that followed the meal
j and 1t was nearly 8 o'clock before he
, | finished washing dishes. This distaste
full task being completed, he set out fo'
the Baxter homestead.