Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-05-14
Fri was decided.

HE won't be bounced" said the cap
tain. "Now you just put that down in
your log. Langley amt fool, and he
can put two and two together as wei:
as the next Teller If l thought Their.
was any need of it I'd just drop him
a hint myself, but there amt, so |
shan't put my oar in. But l wish you
two could have heard that youngster
talk to that Mclaughlin critter.
'Twould have done you good. That
boys all right"
Captain Jerry was alone when the
expected letter came. He glanced at
the postmark, saw that it was Nam
tucket and stuck the note behind the
clock. He did his best to forget it, but
he looked SO guilty when Captain Pc
reg returned at supper time that that
individual suspected something, made
his friend confess, and, a little later
when Captain Fri came in, the envel-
ope. bearing many thumb prints, was
propped up against the sugar bowl in
the middle Of the table.
1--WE didn't open it, Err" said Perez
thought all hands ought to be on deck
when anything as important as this
was goin' to be DONE"
Hes been holdin' it up to the light
for the last ha'f hour" sneered Cap
| tain Jerry. "Andbody d think it had a
| million dollars in it. For the lands
sake, open it, Fri, fore he has f1t!'
| +oiv Iyri nj cd 10 lntfQr
looked it over very deliberately and
| then tore off the end'o the envelope.
| The Enclosure was another sheet Of note
| paper like the first epistle. The cap
| tain took out his spectacles, wiped
them and read the following aloud:
| Captain jeremiah Burgess:
Sir-I like your looks well enough.
though 1t don't pay to put too much de-
| pendence in looks, as nobody knows bet
ter than me. Besides. Judge that picture
was took quite spell ago. Anyway, you
look honest, and I am willing to risk
| money enough to carry me to Orham and
back, though the dear land knows I amt
got none to throw away. II we don't
| agree to sign articles, I suppose likely
you will be willing to stand half the fare.
That amt any more than right, the way
look at 1t. I shall come to Orham on
the afternoon train, Thursday. Meet me
at the depot. Yours truly.
MARTHA B. SNOW.
P. 81 should have liked 1t better II
you was a Methodist but we can't have
everything just as we want 1t in this
world.
Nobody spoke for moment after thu
reading of this intensely practical note
Captain Fri whistled softly, scratched
his head and then read the letter ovel
again to himself. At length Captain
Perez broke the spell.
Jerusalem he exclaimed. "Sh'
don't lose no time, does she?"
"She's pretty prompt, that's q fact
J assented Captain Err.
} Captain Jerry burst forth In indigna
ton.
us that all you've got to say" b
} inquired, with sarcasm, latter gittin
me into a scrape like this? Well, now
tell you one thing, r.
NOW, hold on, hold on, Jerry! Sh
amt goin' to marry you unless 70,
want her to, faint likely. More
think Of it the more I like the woman
way of dom things. She's got sense
|
sell her q cat in a bag. She's comir
down here to see you and talk tn
thing over, and I glory in her spunk."
l wants me to pay her fare! 1 sc
myself DOM it! I've got ways enoug
: to spend my money without payiI
fares for Nantucket folks"
IF you and she sign articles, as sh
| tn tho
fares" said Captain Perez in a ma
ter of fact tone. Z think same as e.
does-she's smart woman. We
| have to meet her at the depot, {
course"
/ "Well, I won't! Cheeky thing! L.
her find out where I am! I capla1
she'll have to do some huntin'."
/ "Now, see here, jerry" said Capital
Fri, you was jest as anxious to hay
| one Of US git married as anybody els
You haven't got to marry the woms
unless you want to, but you have got
help us see the thing through. viii
! myself that we hadn't been quite
| pesky anxious to give her the latitut
and longitude and had took some SO
'
! didn't, and now we've got to treat
| decent. You'll be at that depot alol
with Perez and me-"
| Captain Fri did not go fishing t
next morning, but stayed about t
] house, whiting at the model of
!, clipper ship and tormenting CAPITA
Jerry. The model was one that he b
y been at work upon at odd times CIV
= since he gave up seagoing. It had ne
~ er been completed for the very go
Il reason that when one part was finish
~ the captain tore another part to piec
&c and began over again. 1t was a Sc
of barometer Of his feelings, and VIII
a his companions saw him take dOy
- the clipper and go to work they knt
% he was either thinking deeply upon
NC perplexing problem or was troubled
" his mind.
They started for the railway staff
Immediately after supper. AS th
IS passed John Bakers house they ]