Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-16
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With u short "tiun'Hn me t'n, >,,,nu
followe l." into liz s.e,,rn s.hi'c
The .r.co ~ - ~ v. a. wed
at e. ,'n". ley .f-..,'. - ta'.
~. ~ ~ 'l;tti,rd meshe}p;ss ana ::av"
directions 1t did not need an expert
TO see that the new Ht3iSc understood
her business
WhcH the doctor cane ont his f,tt"
Shonc With GIL ificdlion.
"Shc'll do. II" >Jid enphaticallv. III
all Your relatives are Ike that. Eat}.G
Burgess, / Il like TO know en- 'Two@d
help me III my hu>u">s.' Thea hr
added in response TO Il question II
seems to hc Il little better Jus, NOW. !
jliEN there Will be no change for
awhile. If thcrc >i1ou, he >cn f15
u" III eal IN the morning Gr;teienS,
t'e almost daylight noW,,'
They %aW hM ta Ire toor and then
cam" 't"rk nlSiair- Mrs snow MAS
busy ;'rr,tn::.l.:. :. he pillows. setting a..
room - ssazs.o' 'ng ike order ana ar
ing for her l,ai .rnt'S garment that had
been tossed hrlter >heIteY on the tioar
in the hurry "f undressing she r:}.9.
TO the door As they ent"r"d taptai.,
Eri'S chamber
Mrs Snow" said the captain '-vou'H
better sleep in my room here longs
you stay. I'll bunk in v5'h Perez down
stairs. IL git my durlIa." out of her"
right off think like " you'li want Il
clean up SOME.
The lady from Nantucket ylaneed al
the bureau top and seemcd about tn
say something. but checked herself
What she did say WAS
'P'raps you'd better Introduce me to
Cap'n burgess. don't think we've
ever met, if we are relations"
Captain Fri actually bushed it'll.
''Why. of course" he said. "EAcnS,.
me, a'am. Jerry this is Mrs. Snow
l don't know what's got into me hem
so .:,rele-s
Tie sacrifice shook the nurses h.,n,}
and said something nobody knew rN
actly what. Mrs Snow went on 10
/ say. NOW. | Want You men TO go
/ right Oh to- bed, for know you're AL
tuc!lerc.I out We can talk tomorrow
]
Twas net door to daylight HON. |
shall sol rp M't.i Eap'n B;!ster, and if
need you I'll call yen. III call Yen
anyway when / think It's time. Goo!
| night
They protested, of course, but the
| lady would not listen. She calmly
seated herself in the rocker by the bed
ANA waved them to go. which two of
them reluctantly did ;ater awhile. The
other one had gone already. 1t would
be >;,pcr!luol.s to mention his name.
Downstairs again and in Perez's
room Captain Fri came in for a ques
tioiiiny lat hade fair to keep up for
ever lie shut off all inquiries, how
ever. with the announcement that ht
wouldn't tell them ii word about il til
he'd had some sleep.
Captain Perez fell asleep almost in
mediately captain Jerry. tired out.
did Tie san,e. hut Captain Eri's eyes
did not close. The surf pounded and
| gr,mhed. \ rooster. early HS,ir, crow
ed somewhere in The distance Danie'
thunped the side Of his stall and then
subsidized foi. another nap. The gY;tN
morning light frightened the window
| of the little house.
Then Captain Err slid silently ont OF
! bed, dressed With elaborate precau
tons against noise put on his cap and
tiptoed out of the house He walked
! through the dripping grass. climbe@
the back fence and hurried to the hil
where John Baxter had fallen. Ono,
there. he looked carefully around to bt
sure that no one was watching. Or
! ham, as Il rule is an early riser. but
this morning most of the inhabitants
having been up for the greater part o!
the night. We're making up LOST sleep
and the captain was absolutely alone.
Assured of this. he turned TO the bush
underneath which he had hidden the
burned coat. pushed aside the drenched
boughs with their fading leaves and
reached down for the telltale garment.
And then he made an unpleasant dis
cOvery. The coat was gone.
He spent an a.tated quarter Of an
hour hunting through eve:y clump of
, bushes in the immediate vicinity. bat
there wa 70 doubt Of it. Some one
! had been there before him and had
taken the coat away
(To Be Continued.)