Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-07-23

the PAIR rose before daylight ana sldIL-
ed fer the fishing grounds. There were |
two or three outbreaks on the part OF |
the liable seaman" but they ended in |
but one way, complete submission. |
After awhile Josiah, being by no means |
dull came to realize that when he |
behaved like a man he was treated |
like one. He learned to steer the Mary |
Ellen and to handle her IL al meath
ers. Also his respect for Captain Fri
developed into q liking.
Captain Perez was gratifed and de
lighted at the change in his grand
nephew's behavior and manners, but
hIs mind was too much occupied with
announcer subject just at this time to-l
allow him TO be overinterested. The
other subject was Miss Patience Davis.
! Miss Davis, her visit with her brother
| being oyer, was acting as companion
| to an old lady who lived in little
| house up the shore, mile or SO above
! the station. This elderly female, whose
| name was Mayo, had a son who kept
| grocery store in the village and was,
therefore, obliged to be away all day
| anu until l1lG III Tie ShCAA4S' AAAoo
| Patience found Mrs Mayo's crotchets
a bit trying, but the work was easy
and to her liking, and she was, as she
said, right across the way, as you
might say, from Luther" The way"
referred to was the stretch Of water
| between the outer beach and the main
land.
And Captain Perez was much inter
eSted in Miss Patience-very much So
indeed. His frequent visits to the
Mayo homestead furnished no end of
i amusement to Captain Fri and also to
Captain Jerry, who found poking fun
I. at his friend an agreeable change from
tire old programme of being the butt
himself. He wasn't entirely free from
this persecution, however, for Fri more
than once asked him, in tones the sar-
casm of: which was deliberately yelled,
if his matchmaking scheme had got
: tired and was sitting down to rest, to
which the sacrifice would reply stout
lly, "Oh, it's comm out all right; you
wait and see
! But in his heart Captain Jerry knew
better. He had been wise enough to
! say nothing to his friends concerning
his interviews With Elsie and Ralph,
but apparently the breaking off be-
tween the. pair was final Hazeltine
called occasionally, it is true, but his
stays We're short, and at the Slightest
inclination shown by the older people
to leave the. room he left the house.
There was some comment by Fri and
Mrs Snow on this sudden change, but
they were far From suspecting the real
reason. Elsie continued to be as reticent
!, as she had been of late. Her school
work was. easier now that Josiah was
no longer a pupil.
Christmas was rather failure
There were presents, of course, but the
planned festivities were omitted owing
to a change in John Bakers condition.
From growing gradually better he now
grew slowly, but surely, worse Dr.
Palmer's calls were more frequent, and
be did not conceal from Mrs. Snow or
the captains his anxiety They hid
much of this from Elsie, but she, too,
, noticed the change and was evidently
. Worried by it. Strange to say, as his
| strength ebbed the patients mind grew
, ! clearer. His speech, that in his inter-
walls Of consciousness had heretofore
; dealt with events of the past, was
| now more concerned with recent hap
penings, but Captain Fri had never
!, heard him mention the fire
One>afternoon in Jasuary Mrs. Snow
and Captain Fri were together in the
sickroom. The rest of the household
was absent on various errands-Cap-
tain Perez paying a visit to the life
i savers sister and Elsie staying after
school to go over some examination
= papers. Captain Baxter was apparent
ly asleep.
LET me see," said Mrs. Snow mus
ingly in a low tone. 'I've been here
now two, three, over four months
Seems longer Somehow
Seems almost as if you'd always
been here" replied Captain Fri. "Quee,
how soon we git used to a change.
| don't know how we got along afore
but we did some way or other if yoI
call it gittin' along" he added, with {
shrug 81 shouldeehate to have to TT!
1t over again.
Its always seemed funny to me,
| remarked the LADY, that you men, al
+ sailors and used to dom for your
FL selves, should have had such tim
when you come to try keepin' house."
ut does, don't it? I've thought o
g that myself. Anybody d think we wa
y the most shif'less lot that ever lived
but we WANT. Even Jerry-an' het
al the wust one of the three when i
he comes to leavin' things..at loose ends
If always had a mighty, neat vessel ant
o. had the name of rnakiR hissereWs to,
h the mark ! honestly b.ueTe it GENE o
1t nssbein'$pa shore isannm the she
-e bang on:a share AMI share ahka idee
feH If therei'd beer a skipper, .feller t
is boss things, we'd have done better, blu