Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-06-18

Hnt$TD@Y smoking ana IuluklHS. he
(S&GeJ had done a good deal of the
first ever since he was sixteen years
old The second was in a measure a
more recent requirement. The captain
had. things on his mind. Then came
Captain Fri, also smoking.
"Hellow said Captain Jerry. "How is
it you amt off fshin' a morning like
this 2"
"Somethin' else. on the docket" was
the answer. Flows matchmaker these
days?"
Now, this question touched vitality the
subject of Captain Jerry'sH thoughts.
From placid, easy going retired mari.
ner recent events had transformed the
captain into a plOtter, a man with a
deep laid scheme" as the gentleman
ly cigarette smoking villain Of the mel
Odrama used to love to call it. To tell
the truth, petticost government was
wearing on him. The marriage agree
ment, to which his partners considered
him bound and which he saw no way to
evade, hung over him always, but he
had put this threat Of the future from
| his mind so far as possible. He had not
| found orderly housekeeping the joy
that he once thought it would be, but
even this he could bear. Elsie Preston
was the drop too much.
He liked Mrs. Snow, except in a mar
rying sense. He liked Elsie better than
any young lady he had ever seen. The
trouble was that between the two he,
as he would have expressed it, didn't
have the peace of a dog"
Before Elsie came game Of check
ers between Perez and himself had
been the regular after supper amuse
ment. Now they played whist, Cap
tain Fri and Elsie against him and his
former opponent. AS Elsie and bel
partner almost invariably won and a.
Perez usually found fault with hin
because they lost, this was not al
agreeable change. But it was but one
He didn't like muslin curtains in biz
bedroom because they were nuisance
when he wanted to sit up in bed ant
look out of the window. But the cur
tains were put there, and everybod.
else seemed to think them beautiful, 81
he could not protest. Captain Pere
and Captain Fri had taken to dressing
up for supper to the extent Of putin;
on neckties and clean collars; also the.
shaved every day. He stuck to the oil
'twice a week" plan for awhile, bu
looked so scrubby by contrast that on
Of mere self respect he had to follow
suit. Obviously two females in tn
house were one too many. Something
had to be done.
Ralph Hazeltine's frequent calls CAV
him the inspiration he was looking fol
This was to bring about marriag
between Ralph and Miss Preston
After deliberation he decided that
this could be done the pair would liv
somewhere else, even though John Ba1
ter was still too i'll to be moved. Elsi
could come in every day, but she woul
be too busy with her own establish
! ment to bother. with the Improve
I ment'' of theirs. 1t wasn't very bri
l liant plan and had some vital obje,
2 tons, but Captain Jerry considered
wonder
8 He preached it to his partners, keeI
l. ing his real object strictly in the bael
:, ground and enlarging upon his gree
|. regard for Ralph and Elsie and the
e obvious fitness for each other. Ca
tain Perez liked the scheme we
: enough, provided it could be carrie
4 out. Captain Fri seemed to think
r better TO let events take their oW
II course. However, they both agreed
help If the chance offered.
K So when Mr.. HaZeltine called