Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-05-07

went by, and the three cap
SSsssssszss.s-.3 tains had received no an
- swers from the advertise
ment in the Nuptial Chime The sus-
pense affected each Of them in a diff
ferent manner. Captain Jerry was
nervous and apprehensive. He said
nothing and asked no questions, but it
was noticeable that he was the first to
greet the carrier of the mail box
when that individual came down the
road, and rs the days passed and moth
ing more important than the Cape Cod
Item and a patent medicine circular
came to hand a look that a suspicious
person might have deemed expressive
Of hope began to appear in his face.
Captain Perez, on the contrary, grew
more and more Disguised with the de-
lay. He spent good deal Of time
wondering why there were no replies,
and he even went so far as to suggest
writing to the editor of the Chime. He
was disposed to lay the blame upon
Captain Eri's advertisement and hint
ed that the latter was not "catchy"
enough.
The first batch Of answers from the
Chime came by an evening mail. Cap
tain Fri happened to be at the post
office that night and brought them
home himself. They filed three of his
pockets to overfowing, and he dumped
them by handfuls on the dining table
under the nose Of the pallid Jerry
What did 1 tell you, Jerry?" he
crowed. II knew they was on the
way. What have you got to say about
my advertisement now, PerezY'
There were twenty-six letters alto
gether. 1t was surprising how many
women were willing, even anxious, to
ally themselves with IAN ex-seafaring
man of steady habits" But most OF
| the applicants were of unsatisfactory
| types. AS Captain Perez expressed it
There's TOO many of them everlastin
blends and things.'
There was one note, however, that
even Captain Fri was disposed to con
slider seriously. It was postmarke6
Nantucket, was written on half shee
of blue lined paper and read as fol
/ lows:
Mr.. Skipper:
Sir-I saw your advertisement in thu
| paper and think perhaps you might sui
me. Please answer these questions b.
return mail: What is your religious be
lief2 Do you drink liquor? Are you
| profane man? If you want to, you migN
send me your real name and a photo
graph. If think you will suit maybe w
might sign articles. Yours truly
/ MARTHA B. SNOW,
Nantucket, Mass.
what 1 like about that is the ship
shape way she puts it," commente'
Captain Perez. "She don't say that sh
Jest adores the ocean, y
"She's mighty handy about takir
hold and bossin' things, there amt n
doubt of that" said Captain Fri. "Ne
tice it's us that's got to suit her, nc
her u.s. / kind of like that 'signin' art
cles too"
81 b'lieve she's jest the kind W
want" said Captain Perez, with COZ
-viction.
What do you say, Jerry?' aske
Captain Err. you're goin' to be th
lucky man, you know"
''Oh, don't know. What's the use {
hurryin'? More'n likely the next lot {
letters II have somethin' better yit."
"Now. that's Jest like you, Jerry Blu
gessv' exclaimed Perez disgustedl.
Want to put soH and put off and pr
off. And the house gtstjn,s more like th
fo'castle on a cattle beat every day."
81 don't b'lieve myself you'd do muc
better, Jerry ssaid Captain Fri ser
ously. 81 like that letter somehow
Seems to me it's worth try"
"Oh, all right. Have it your ow
way. OF course l amt got nothin'
say. I'm only the fool that's got to G
y married and keep boarders, that's all
- am. l don't care what you do. 6
= ahead and write to her If you want t
, only l give you fair warnin' l ain
goin' to have her If she don't suit
amt goin' to marry no scarecrow."'
Between them and with much dipl
macy they soothed the indignant ca
, didate for matrimony until he agree
: to sign his name to letter to the Ma
l tucket lady. Then Captain Perez sail
: But, 1 say, Jerry, she wants 70,
picture. Have you got one TO ser
r herr"
I've got that daguerreotype 1 hs
: took when was married afore."
He rummaged it out of his chest al
displayed it rather proudly. 1t show
. him as a short, sandy haired You
/ whose sunburned face beamed fro
t, the depths of an enormous choker al
whose head was crowned with IA