The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23

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you're expected to sail 'cordin' to their
orders If there's one thing that I've
always stuck to it's obey orders or
break owners Sometimes owners or
ders don't jibe exactly with your own
ideas, but never mind-they pay the
wages, see?"
"She's good girl" said the boy
stoutly. "She came in and took my
part when she didn't have to, and
like her. And I won't promise not to
speak to her, neither"
The captain looked down at the lads
square jaw and whistled.
...issKiilt' he said, Il don't b'lieve you
need to promise, but don't whoop too
loud about it. Run as close TO the wind
as you can, and don't carry all sail in
a two reef breeze jest to show you
amt afraid to. Catch my drift?'
eyes, sir" answered Bradley, rather
doubtfully. You mean be chums with
the girl, but don't tell Miss Prissy and
Miss Tempy about it,"
Moo" Captain Ezra looked some
what put out by the literal interpreta-
ton. THAT amt jest it. Be-well, be
easy and oh, thunder. Let II go at
that / guess you know what mean.
How do you think you're goin' to like
your schoolY
Bradley answered, Pretty well, 1
guess. when | get more used to IT."
but, although he did not say so, he was
certain that 1t would take some time to
get used to It, AS matter of fact,
however. that very lively first day was
the only serious trouble for him during
the entire term. He was quick to learn
and so found little difficulty with his
studies and advanced as rapidly as
other boys of his age. AS for his be-
havior. it was no worse than that Of
any other healthy youngster. At the
end of the year he was promoted
that is, he was no longer a member Of
the fourth class, but instead proudly
left his seat when the third was called.
Gus was promoted" also, much to
the surprise of the "old maids" who
could not believe there was any good
in the dog girl" They gradually ceas-
ed to urge the boy not to have anything
to do with her for the very good rea-
son that in this matter their urging was
of no avail. They grew to understand
their colt better as the months passed,
and they learned just how tight a rein
it was advisable to draw
Bradley also grew to understand the
sisters. He discovered that Miss Prissy
was the business woman and that she
paid all the bills. bought all the house
hold supplies and did it without con-
sulting Miss Tempy, whom she treated
as a sort of doll with a mechanism that
must not be Jared.
Bradley made friends among the vii
lage boys and did not make any viru-
lent enemies. He had his interrupted
fight "out" with Sam Hammond and
emerged a cOnqueror with a black eye
and a swollen nose. which were the
cause of his being i'm disgrace at home
for week Also he joined the Jolly
club" a secret society that met on Sat
urday afternoons i'm "Snuppy" Blacks
barn.
During the long summer vacation
there were chores to do. but there was
also all sorts of fun along shore, dig
ging clans on the flats. spearing fiat
fish along the edge Of the channels or
rare and much priced trips to the fish
wcirS where the nets were hauled.
Captain Titcomb came home in August
for am intended stay of two weeks,
and ha made the hoy happy 10y taking
him for an all day sail and blue fishing
excursion off setuckit Point.
That fishing trip had unexpected
and fItcful results. The captain had
called ou Miss PriSsy and her sister
the moraing of his arrival i'm Orham
and. as was his custom had brought
each of them a prescnt-cXactly alike.
of course. lie had promised to dine at
the Allen house the following Sunday.
But it happened that Pclcg Myricll
wanted To make one of his nfrcquent
visits TO the mainland that week. and
hc seized the opportunity to hail the
catboat containing Bradley ana Cap
tain Ezra as it passed his quahaug
dory and beg for passage up.
Mr. PClog Myrick was a hermit. He
lived alone I'm q little two room Shanty
ON the beach about half a mile from
Setuclit Point. He owned a concer-
tina that Squeaked and walled and a
Mexican dog gift Of wrecked skip
per-that shivered all the time and
hOwled when the concertina was play
ed. Peleg was certain that the howl
ing was an attempt mt singing and
boaSted that SkceZicks-that was the
dogs name-had an "ear for music
Jest like a human"
Among his other accomplishments
Mr. Myrick numbered that Of weather
prophet. lie boosted that he could
"smeu a storm further n a cat can
smell fish" 1t was odd but he really
did seem able to foretell or guess what
the weather would be along the Or
ham coast, and the longshoremen
swore by his prophecies
He was a great taller when he had
any one to talk to and was a gossip
whose news items were usually about
three months old. Captain Ezra ap-
preciated odd characters. and he wei
coined the chance to get a little fun
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