Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-04-23

house ourselves ana i've ecOHoIHiS"i
and all that. that twas goin' to be
fine. l thought / wouldn't mind dom
my share of the work a 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
/ don't know what to do. And I'm
sick of Twin in a pigpen too. LOOK
at them headlights! They're so dirty
that when l turn out in the mornln
and go to look through 'em I can't tel
whether it's foul weather or fair
Captain Fri looked at the windows
toward which his friend pointed ana
signed assent
sTheres no use talkin'," he observed.
"we've got to have a steward aboard
this craft"
yes" said Captain Perez emphat-
| icaIly. "a steward of a woman. One
of US IL have to git married, thats
| ALL"
Married. roared the two in chorus.
| THAT'S what 1 said, married, ana
| take the others to board in this mousse.
| Look here, now! When shipWreckeu
| crews starvin' one of 'em has to De
sacrificed for the good of the rest, ana
that's what we've got to do. One OF us
has got to git married for the beneht
of the other two"
. CAPTAIN Fri shouted hilariously
"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 90
bout washin' the dishes"
where are you goin' to find wife"
asked Captain Jerry.
"Now, that's jest what I'm goin' to
show you 1 see how things was goin,
and I've been thinkin' this over for
considerable spell. Hold on a minute
till 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 p. r. in brass nails on the
, lid. He scattered about him fish lines,
hooks. lead for sinkers, oilcloth jackets,
whales teeth and various other art1-
Giles. 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.
:! see a piece about it in the Herald the
O other day and sent dime for sam
20 pie CODY. It's chock full Of advertise
C ments from women that wants hus
bands"
a Captain Fri put On his spectacles anf
Y hitched his chair up to the table. Afte
4 giving the pages of the Nuptial Chim
! a hurried inspection he remarked:
: s"There seems to be strong runnln
TO .yi-va-ci-ous brunettes' and blond
with tender and romantic DISPOSE
- TONS :"
% "Oh, hush up, Fri! 'Tain't likely L,
= want to write to any Of 'em in there
. The thing for US to do would be
. write out a advertisement of our owl
J. tell what sort Of woman we want an
% then set back and wait for answers
10 Now, what do you sayP'
- Captain Fri looked at the advocat
a. of matrimony for a moment withou
$ speaking. Then he said. ''Do you reall
"a mean it, Perez?',
~ ''Sartin do"
r. "What do you think Of it, JerryY
nd AlIl1h II q SOOA 4dSC, SlA1d CIc
tancient mariner decisively. we've 81
ls to do somethin', and this. looks like tt
&c only sensible thing
NJ. ';Then Eri's got to do itv' asserte
Captain Perez Dramatically. "W
20 agreed to stick together, and two
ha ones a vote. Come on now, Fri, we
nd match"
nj Captain Fri hesitated.
nd "Come on, Erip' ordered Captain Je
TOO ry. ''Afn't goin' to mutiny, are your
~ "All right" said Captain Fri II
~ stick to the ship. Only" he adde
-. with a quizzical glance at his. col
:, panions, -''its got to be settled that t
Teller that's stuck can pick his wife al
don't have to marry unless he finds O
- that suits him."
,so The others agreed to this stipulatie
NO and Captain Perez, drawing a 10
a., breath. took coin from his peck
,aT, tipped it in the air and covered it as
DOL fell on the table with big, hairy hal
70 Captain Fri did likewise; so did ca
ho tain jerry. Then Captain Fri lift
inc his hand and showed the coin
,o,e meath 1t was a head. Captain Jerr
W. was a TAIL Under Captain Pere
nor hand lurked the hidden fate. The c.
nan tain's lips closed in a grim line. W
? If a desperate glance at the others,
ate 5erked his hand away.
be The penny lay head uppermost. c
tain Jerry was stuck"
rom Captain Fri rose, glanced at
watch, and, taking his hat from
,era shelf where the dishes should hi
,ax- been, opened the door. Before he W
, of out, however, he turned and said:
TO- ''Perez, you and Jerry can be fl
rels up the advertisement while I'm GO
ked You can let me see it when | CO
'em back. say, Jerry" he added to
hin, Sacrifice who sat gazing at the
I'd MES on the table in a sort Of tral
self. don't feel bad about 1t. Why, W
see you come to think of it, it's pr
last dence it turned out that way Me