Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-07-09

Captain Fri whistled "I want RI
know." he exclaimed. Then he said.
Look here. Elsie; l don't want Won
TO think / am tryin' to be curious ,bout
your affairs, or anything like that but
are you sure there amt some reason
moren you've told me of for your
wantin this place? / amt no real re- |
latiOn Of yours, you understand. but I 1
would like to have you feel that Won |
could come TO me with your troublesst
Jest the same as you would TO your
grandpa. Now, honest. ana true. amt
there somethin' back Of this?~
It was onlyfor moment that FL
sic besiIared, but that moments hest
.tation and the manner in which she an
swered went far toward confirming the
\ CAPTAINS suspicion.
NO. Captain Fri" she said. eft is
lust as I've told you. 1 don't want to
/ be dependent on grandfather any
| longer"
And there amt a single other rea-
son for OF course l ought to mind
my business. but Well, thereI What
was it you wanted me to do-help you
I git the place!
eyes. if you will. know Captain
Perez has said that you We're interested
in the town meetings and helped to
| nominate some of the selectmen and
1 the school committee, so thought per-
haus. if you used your influence, you
might get the position for me-"
Wei, don't know. l did do a little
II. I'M fol
and maybe they'd ought to be willin'
to do somethin' for me- Still, you can't
never tell \ cat IL jump over your
hands if she knows there's a piece
Of fish comm afterwards, but when
she's swallowed that fish it's a diff
eut job altogether. Same way with "a
politician. But, then, you let me think
over it for a s7eIl. and p'raps tomorrow
well see. You think it over too.
Maybe you'll change your mind"
mo. shan't change my mind. I'm
ever and ever so much obliged to you,
though"
All that evening. Captain Fri worked
at the model of the clipper, and the.
expression on his face as he Whitfield
showed that he was. puzzled and mot a
little troubled.
He came back from his. fishing next
day little earlier than usual, changed
his working clothes for his second
: best suit. harnessed Daniel into the
buggy and then came into the house
E and announced that he was going over
to the Neck on an errand, and if Elsie
wanted to. go with him he should be
I glad of her company. AS this was
l but part of a prearranged scheme, the
young lady declared that ride was
: just what she needed.
Captain Fri said but little as they
drove up to the "main road" lie
seemed to be thinking Elsie, too, was
very quiet. When they reached the
fruit and candy shop just around the
corner the captain stopped the horse,
got down and went in. When Ire
came out he had a handful of cigars.
l why, Captain Err said Elsie, 81
didn't know that you smoked cigars. !
thought pipe was your favorite.''
: "Well, gin'rally speakin', it's" was
S the answer, but I'm electioneerin
e now, and politics without cigars would
u be like a chowder without any clans
n Rum goes with some Kind of politics
s but terbacker kind of chums in will
It all kinds. 'Tain't always safe to jedg
W a candidate by the kind of cigars b.
g gives out neither. I've found that out
They reached that part of Orhan
s which is called the Neck and pulled u
N before a small building bearing tn
to sign, Solomon Bangs, Attorney a
er Law, Real Estate and Insurance.
lg Here the captain turned to his CON
b. panion and asked: "Sure you haven
e. changed your mind, Elsie? You wan
that school, teachin' job?"
lg 81 haven't changed my mind, Cal
tain Fri"
IL "Well, l wanted to be sure. I shoul
Ut hate to ask Sol Bangs for anythin
= and then have to back out afterward;
'u Come on, now"
~ Solomon Bangs was the chairma
=. OF the Orham school committee. Fl
"a was short, stout man with sand
side whiskerS and bald head. Il
-. received them with becoming cond
Oh scension and asked if they wouldn
- sit down.
why. I've got a little business
70 want to talk with you bout, SOL sal
the captain. Elsie you set down hel
in and make yourself comftable, and S
and me IL so inside for aeminute."
n As he led the way into the little p1
k" vate office at the back of the buildir
All and seemed to take it for granted TIL
tell Mr.. Bangs would follow, the latter ge
tleman couldn't we'll refuse The pI
ont vate Office was usually reserved for i
terviews with widows whose HON
stead mortgages were to be foreclose
cal guileiess individuals who had indorss
her notes for friends, or others whose blu:
not ness was unpleasant and likely to
/, 1 accompanied with weeping or profa
liv- n.y. Mr. Bangs didn't object to for
closing mortgage, but he disliked
i've, nave prospective customer hear Il
int dialogue that preceded the operation.