The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02
UNCLE FRANK MAS sHUr DOWN

"H-
Ana Parched ssgshamptsn Threats Must
Again 30 Tsted Aeress the line.
Uncle Frank Tuttis, deacon Of Passport,
has put down the screws and hereafter
the parched throsts Of Eouthanpton town
ship will have to be toted scross the line
into Brookhaven township, Just - The
nsoeaaity was before the Eastport FOLKS
learned that the deacon had been pre-
sented Without let's commence at tho
beginosment. 40 the crane said when he
swallowed the snake.
Uncle Frank-snd II seems almost be-
Hitting to him to explain who be 10, 90 ven
known lie he through Southampton and the
surrounding 'townships-s the president
Of the Hunters Garden Association and the
most popular guide In al . sstport. H
rows q boat with the short, jS- = ss9skt
peculiar to his profession and 10 said ,ohSve
every big hass In the nearby watees ma4.sd
down on his chart. s.s...'
His round taos. sunburusd hy aehty-six
years mostly spent on the watsr, u en-
circled by Q struggling fringe which 10 ths
unfinished II hard to divide into 10 oon-
ponent parts Of hair and whishses. Eysn
In PASSPORT that-fringe about Unole Franks
chin IL q matter Of town pride and suvy-
and Passport Il far from being q clean
shaven colony.
The port cheek OF the hronssd fsoe be-
trays the presence underneath OF an ever
present quid. His figure b long, iank
and stoop ahoulderod Tho visible clothing
eomprises q hickory ahirt. brown o~veralls,
white socks, square toed boots and . felt
hat OF indeterminste shape and color.
Next to his knowledge Of fshine grounds
the deacon h best known for his tact, He
was never known, for instance, 10 ask for
q cigar. Instead altar q few minutes
rowing the speed Of the boat Win slsoksn
and the deaoonis eyes win roam simlessly
about the bay. Thsn In IN o6hAnd eort
Of way. 40 II merely impArtins b little OF
his store Of wisdom. he will ssy:
Sunny. oap'n. how betn' on the water
makes . Teller sort o. banker after . smoke,
amt iti'
II the days employer happens 70 DO par
ticularly dense the deacon may End II
necessary to lie motionlees on his oarv for
. few minutes while the force Of his rsmsrk
sinks In. Then. lighting the cigar With q
match which II not at first forthcoming
he obtains In q manner similarly suays be
picks up his oars and the boat moves on.
A half miles row sees the deacon again
becoming hstless. and soop after the cus-
tomary glance over toward the low lying
shore no coughs q dry. hacking cough. and
when be speaks his voice 10 husky.
Funny. cap'n, how smokin' makes q
feller's throat 90 dry. amt itt'
The flask 10 handed back and the desoon
resumes his oars. Soon tho cigar 10 burned
out and thrown away and Q new ouid tskee
up the accustomed position In the left cheek.
Tho next interruption TO the progress OF
the boat comes something after this Wis:
Eth. hemi That's Q right smart lookin'
flask ye carry. oap'n.'
lis your throat getting dry again. Uncls
Frankf'
wall. no. my throat amt 20 very div.
but ! swallered 9 little 'bsocy juice.
A short tina 6 one Of Unole Frank's
friends and admiren among the cottaaa
colony gave him O bottle Of old Hollsnda.
After q very few days Uncle Frank met the
cottager On the street,
Funny. cAp'n. how Q bottle o. ain don. |
last no longer n It does. amt ~ Thet
was good gin, though
why. Unole Frank. have you used mn
that whole bottle 90 quickf'
wall. oap'n.I amt had much Of Il. You
Gee Il gct out somehow or mother thst I had |
Q bottle o. gin, and every Teller in Ia town |
ship come 70 me N complained of havin' |
pains In their stummioks. Honsst. earn. |
/ didn't have the heart 10 refuse EN- vhsn |
was sufHerin' tibet way
Next day Q ~ bottle OF the sauna old
Hollands was brought 10 the deaconis house. |
Again. and mysterously a. before. ths
stream Of stomach ailins dsaoons md |
~ablebodied man In Eastport |
Ia one or the other: Unols Frank d ths oniy
Of both tltles-beean towing N
howard the little white cottage. But the
very first applicant was turned away.
-No, Stree the deacon declared with |
some v~ehemenee, Il have quite consldssabIe |
stummiok trouble myeelf. and I sin't cot a |
drop 10 spare. Not but what I'd HE 10 |
you. but I never know what |
minute I'm goin' to be took with them ssIns .
kind o. pains myself, an I don't dare % Be |
without 4 little gin In Ii. house, 'Tain,t |
but hall . mils over. tn line Into Brcokhaven |
III waikiki do u, pain sood. II
used 70 me before got % 6ld an stin.