Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
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special to do tonight. so thought I'd
hitch up and g, and git 'em myself.
You and Jerry can match cents to see
who does the dishes. | did 'em last
night, SO it's tIy watch below"
well. I shan't do 'em." declared
Captain Perez. blessed If I'd do the
durn things tonight if the president Of
the United States asked me to-
'Hunph." sputtered Captain Jerry
Il s'pose you fellers think I'll do 'e.n
all tho time. If you Go you're mistook.
| that's all. 'Twant last night you done
'em. Fri; twas the night afore
done 'em last night and Pm ready to
take my chances ag'in if we match.
but I'm iiggnred if | let you shove the
Whole thing off on to me. l didn't
ship for cook no more'n the rest of
you
Neither OF the others saw fit to an
swcr this declaration Of independence
and there Was a pause in the conversa-
ton. Then Captain Jerry said mood
lily:
sit amt no use 1t don't work -
sWhat don't work 2" asked Captain
Fri.
"Why, this plan of ours. thought
when we fellers give up goin' to sea
reg'lar and settled down here to keep
house ourselves and live economical
and all that. that twas goin' to be
fine. l thought | wouldn't mind doin
my share of the work Bit, thought
'twould be Kind Of fun to swab decks
and all that Well. twas for a spell
but faint now. I'm so sick of it that
l don't know what to do. And I'm
Sick of livin' in a pigpen too. Look
at them headlights. They're SO dirty
that when | turn out in the mornin'
and go to look through 'em cant tell
whether it's foul weather or fair
Captain Fri looked at the windows
toward which his friend pointed and
signed assent.
.s.ihere's no use taIkin'," he observed,
we've got to have steward aboard
this craft
YES" said Captain Perez einphat
icallv, "a.stewara of a woman. One
Of us III have to git married. that $
all
"Marrel" roared the two, in chorus.
THAT'S what | said, married, and
take the others to board i'll this house
Look here, now! When a shipwrecSed
crews Starvin' one of 'em has to De
sacrificed for the good of the rest. and
that's what we've got to do. One Of us
has got to git married for the benetit
of the other two"
Captain Fri shouted hiariously.
Good boy. Perez" he cried Coin to
be the first offerin'?"
Not unless it's my luck, Fri. Wen
all three match for it. same as we do
bout washin' the dishes"
.'Where are you goin' to find wife?"
asked Captain Jerry.
Nov, that's jest what I'm goin' to
show you see how things was goin',
and I've been thinkin' this over for
considerable spell. Hold on minute
till l overhaul my kit"
He went, into the front bedroom, and
through the open door they could see
him turning over the contents Of the
chest with r. r. in brass nails on the
lid. He scattered about him fish lines,
hooks, lead for sinkers oilcloth jackets,
whales teeth and various other arti-
cles, and at length came back bearing
a much crumpled sheet Of printed pa
per.
There! There she is. The Nup-ti-al
Chime A journal of Matrimony.' l
see a piece about it in the Herald the
other day and sent dime for a sam
pie copy It's chock full Of advertise
ments from women that wants hus-
bands"
Captain Fri put on his spectacles and
htched his chair up to the table. After.
giving the pages of the Nuptial Chime
hurried inspection he remarked:
"There seems to be strong runnin>
to viva -ci-ous brunettes and 'blonds
with tender and romantic disposi
TONS
"Oh, hush up, Fri. 'Tain't likely I'd
want to write to any Of 'em in there.
The thing for US to do would be to
write out advertisement Of our own
tell what sort of woman We want and
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