Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-21
CHAPTER III.

l5SMsaJ razors to molasses and ladies'
dress goods. Somewhere within this
extensive range was limited supply
of what Mr.. Weeks advertisement in
the Item called youths, Mems and
Children's Clothing In Latest Styles att
Moderate Prices" The styles were|
"late' - about year late - and the|
prices were moderate when the
lengthy period of credit given to GUS
toners is taken into consideration.
Captain Titcomb, exchanging greet
ings with the half dozen loungers by
the stove, whose business there was.
as Mr.. Weeks himself said, ito swap
bad tobacco smoke for heat" passed to|
the rear of the store, followed by Brad
ley. There he proceeded to select an
entire outfit for the boy calculated to|
clothe him in successive layers from
the skin outward When the pile Of
garments on the counter was complete
the captain and Mr.. Weeks entered in-
to a lengthy argument concerning
price There was a Sunday hat In
vOlved in the transaction, and about
this piece of headgear the battleE
waged fiercest
"It's too much money, Caleb" said
the captain finally. II guess I'll try
the New York store. Tom Emery's|
always treated me fair enough, and
I'll give him chance. Come on,
Brad"
"Ill take off quarter on the suit
conceded the storekeeper. who wasI
loath to see so much custom go to
rival.
mo" was the reply, that amt
enough to amount to anything. Toll
YOU what I'll do, Caleb. Throw in that
Sunday hat and I'll take the lot and
pay you cash for it and run my risk Of
gittin' the money"
So the bargain was concluded on that
basis. Bradley retired to the back
room and emerged clothed in his new
garments and tremendously conscious
of the fact. The captain said he look
ed so fresh that you could ''smell the|
paint on him."
"Say, Caleb" said "Squealer' Wixon|
after Captain Titcomb and his protege|
had left the premises, "did Ez tell you
who that boy was?"
mo, he didn't. I limited two or three|
times, but he wouldn't say"
"Well, I'll tell you. Twas the old
maids boy-Ben Nickerson's son. Bar
ney said he brought him over in the
coach last night"
"You don't mean it, exclaimed the
chopfallen Mr.. Weeks. well, if that
amt enough to- Ez made me throw
in hat that was with a dollar n
hat cause he said he'd pay cash for
everything and take his chance of git
tin his money back. And Prissy and
Tempy always pay cash for everything.
Regular Titcomb trick"
The loafers about the store roared
with delight.
ooh, l tell you," remarked "SQuealer,"
you've got to keep your weather eye
peeled when you're dealin' with Cap'n
Ez. He'll have you, head and scales,
if you amt careful"
That's all right grumbled 'Bluey"
Bachelor, "but he'll git fetched up all
standin some of these days. You can
call him smart if you want to, but it's
pretty risky smartness, most folks
think You notice his schooners al
ways maxim record trips, and he's al
ways havin' presents give him and all
that. How many presents did you
~r;, t1 To hnv xtrh
you was runnin' coaster?"
mot a one" Indignantly replied the
person addressed, Captain Jabez Bal
ley. Not one. What got had to
work for"
1t may be that Captain Jabez over
worked during his sea experiences. Ger
tainly no one in Orham had known him
to do a stroke of work since he retired
to live on his wifes earnings as a
dressmaker.
WELL" commented Captain Fri
Hedge, who was not member of the
circle but had dropped in to buy some
tobacco, 81 like Cap'n Ez. He does
love to git the best Of bargain, and
he's driver on a vessel, and perhaps
he likes to shave the law pretty close
sometimes. Ez IS regular born gam
bier for takin' chances, but l never
knew him to do q mean trick"
what do you call that game he put
up on the old maids?" asked "Squeal
err" "You knew bout that, didn't you,
Jabez? Seems Prlssy and Tempy
wanted to sell that little piece of Gran
b'ry swamp of theirs cause it didn't
pay them TO take care of it and keep III
in shape Prissy told Seth Wingate
about it, and Seth said he didn't want
1t, but that he'd give them so and So
a fair price, consd'rln', Well, theyl
was goin' to sell it to Seth, but Ez
comes home bout that time, hears oil
the deal and goes to Prssy and buys
It for $40 MORN Seth offered, And in
side OF three months along comes that
0stable company and buys all that
land for their big swamp. They say
Titcomh made more'n a hundred dol
lars out of that deal II you donH
thInk that's a mean trick. Napu Erll
you ask seth MlugaIe What Ar thinks
OF ith