Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-25
CHAPTER IV-C0NTINUED)

certain that 1t would take some time TO
get used to it, As Il 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 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 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 4 black eye
and a swollen nose, which were the
cause of his being in disgrace at home
for week. Also he joined the Jolly
club" secret society that met on sat
urday afternoons in "Snuppy' Blacks
barn.
During the long summer vacation
there were chores to do, but there wGH
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
weirs where the nets were hauled.
Captain Titcomb came home in August
for an intended stay of two weeks,
and he made the boy happy by taking
him for an all day sail and blue fishing
excursion off Setuckit Point.
That fishing trip had unexpected
and Hateful results. The captain had
called on Miss Prissy and her sister
the morning of his arrival in Orham
op1 oc u-oc bf- c,1ctn7,, he'd brc,,rh+
each Of them a present-eXactly alike,
of course. He had promised to dine at
the Allen house the following Sunday.
But it happened that Peleg Myrick
wanted to make one of his infrcQuent
visits to the mainland that week, and
he seized the opportunity to hail the
catboat containing Bradley and Cap
tain Ezra as it passed his quahaug
dory and beg for a passage up.
Mr. Peleg Myrick was a hermit He
lived alone in a little two room shanty
on the beach about half a mile from
Setuckit Point. He owned a concer-
tina that squeaked and walled and
Mexican dog-gift of a 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 at singing and
boosted that Skeezicks-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 He boosted that he could
smell 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 longshorempn
swore by his prophecies.
He was a great talknr when he had
any one to tall, to and was gossip
whose news items were usually about
three months old. Captain Ezra ap-
preciated odd characters, and he vel
coined the chance to get little fun
out of Pelog.
"WeH, Peleg,' said the captain as
the catboat stood about on the first
| leg of the homeward stretch, what's
the news down the beach? Any Of the
sand feat got married lateiy:'
Don't ask me for no news, Cam
~. fePaea 'iF. MyF.ch. gu re lHe
Teller TO have news, You amt mar