Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-13

TO excuse us tonight. I'm afraid W."
in Il ridicl lous scrape that we've got to
git out Of all alone. III tell You boui
ii some day. jest now wish Soud
keep this Kind of quiet to ohise me.
llazeltine saw that this was meant
as a gentle hint for, his immediate de-
parture. and. although he had Il fat
share Of curiosity. felt there WAS moth
ing else to do ts soon as he had
gone Captain Fri began to lay dow,
the law
Nov then" he said. there's been
some sort of Il mistake: that's plain
enough MGre,n likely the darky took
the wrong Satchel when she got UP to
come ont of the car That woman at
the house is the real Mar,hy Snow all
right and we've cot to go right up
there ana see her Come on.''
But Captain Jerry mutinied outright.
He declared that the sight of that dar
ky had sickened him of marrying for
ever and that he would not see th"
candidate from Nantucket nor any
other candidate
Go and zee her yourself if you're
so set on it." lie declared. 81 shan',."'
"All right" said Captain Fri calmly.
II will. III tell her you're bashful. hut
jest dyin' to be married and that she
can have you if she only waits long
enough
With this lie turned on his heel an4
walked out.
Hold on. Er"' shouted the frantic
Jerry. Don't YOU do il. Don't w.
tell her Chat Land of love Perez d"
vpg @poSe he WI.
Il 5!"n't hnnW." was the answer in
,ii> :@iiste,] tou" .Yn hadn't ought :.
ll1N" been 81 lli:l!"aG"4!. .fe'1y."
''.t'1' IN -; VII s@ teeth and de
tcinil: :. ." tF.itt"n OF, hi> f.'c" wa!
etI ,.l.s-.:.gt - t!se d'ni:4:s r3s't s'',n,.
iir:Ns.n& y - "n,:j1 7" f,4t"''"il Il
:.asr ..tep,1"d in.i'". Z woa;@, :" y Ii q
he"a si,i IL III '-.ptain P"r"Z's rz,s.,,."
70 !" as he e..inretl
T Wo94: " - I'd Il; tlle - II.
ami t.."=r,;'e1 i, la cd II er. -" ~;
>: middle 4"c. t31e' Hsd - u, #.t,'ps.s=
With :. i','r oi Keen sFes tshiI' hr -
rlnn Il 'zA,%.:3cles. and WIS ,lresscsl II
Il b' ok alpaca gown that NJ, fasst'a
\ Ito III n'.,ces and had lecn ne;.t..
m"n1ed IN others She spoke first.
You're not Cap'n Burgess" Size
said
NO. ma ;,m," said the cuptnin un
easily. "My nane is Hedge I'm :.
sor, Of messmate of his You're Miss
Snow"
"MrS. Snow. I'm a widow"
They sho " hands. Mrs. Snow calm
~ cNprctant. tie captain Very nervous
and not knowing how 10 begin.
II f.,el us if | knew you, Cap'n
HEDGE said tle widow as the captain
Slid Into his own rocker. ..fhe boy Oh
the depot wagon 1old me about you ana
Capn Ryder and Cap'n Burgess"
Did. hey:'' The captain inwardly
vowed vengeance on his ehums grand
nephew. Hope he gave us a clean
bill"
We'll, he didn't say nothin against
you, if that's what you mean. If he
had | don't think it would have made
much dilf'rcnce I've lived long enouyil
to want to find out things for myself
and not take folks say So
The lady seeming to expect some
sort of answer to this statement, Cap
tain Fri expressed his opinion that the
plan of finding out things for oneself
was Il good ''idee." Then, after an
other fidgety silence. he observed that
it was tine evening. There being no
dispute Oh this point. he endeavore'i IL
think of something else to say. Mrs
Snow. however, saved him the trouble
"CaD'u lieUgn.' she said. "aS I'm
here on what YOU nig.it call Il bus mes,
erraud. ANA as I've been w.i:tin pretty
nigh Two hours already. ''rapS we'd
better talk about Sotnethin bcSiueS
tue evenin'S. I've GUt 10 he 10 ai
Il hotel or haart.in' house or sonc
where's 10 stay tonight and can't
! wall much longer ieGge you go, my
letter aud WAS eH,'cttn me. Now. ii
it amt aSkn' too n.!.e Ii. Id like II
know where tab'n burgess is and Why
he Want al the depot 10 meet HE.
Ihs was /, ieH;.ing question: and tht
0.H
| ever. However. he felt that something
| had 10 l,e done and tllat it was wises1
! 70 get il over With as soon as possible
/ We'll. ma am" ne said. we we got
your letter all right. and. to tell yot
the truth, we Was at the depot Perez
and me and Jerry.
'You was! Well. then. for the lane
| of goodness, why didn't you let m'
know it: Such time as had tryin
to find out where you lived and ALL
! The captain saw but one plausible
: explanation. and that was the plair
truth Slowly he told the story Of th'
colored woman and the extension case
The widow laughed until her spertaelc'
! fell Oft
"Weu. there" she exclaimed, y
! that don't beat all. don't blame Cap'i
BURGESS \ mite. Poor thing gues
f; I'd have run. too, il I'd have seen 'ha
Aarky. She was settin' right in tn
next aeat to ne and she had a sh"t
over bag considerable like r.in~. an'
when she got mp to git ou' she tool
n,ine hv n,;StGke. WAS q good dea