The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-02-24


reason The Teller thai tambIcd overs
board weni 10 the bottom, Twas the
handiest place % 60
Anyway. we was there. aud / was
proppIng 10 HE stove with my feet
and iluiding down chair with the
rest Of ne when Ionadab heaxes
alongside Tying distress signals. He
had IN enyeIoir ia his sfarbcaru NIT.
ten hpd. coming 10 anchor with dop
In the neAr chair. sets shifting the
thing from ole hand TO the other as il
twas red hot
Twas a queer looking envelope.
moren the average length fore and
aft. but Kind OF s,anr in the beam
There was a puddle Of red sealing wax
on the back IL II. with a ID" In the
middle. and up IN one corner was a
kind OF picture thing IN colors. With
some printing In foreign language
underneath L. The envelope was adj.
dressed 10 captain Jonadab Nixon.
Orhan,. Mass"
Twas In my box" says he. Must
have come IN ionighf's mall"
didn't know tue mall was sorted.
but when he says thar | unlocked my
box. and SWAN 20 man II there want
another envelope. just like Jonadab's.
except that twas addressed To ..Bar.
xilla Wingate.'
~Hunph." says l. coming back to
the stove. 'you Amt the only one
that's heard fran the Prince Of
Wales. Look herer'
lie was the most surprised man bu,
one on the Cape. was the one. We
couldn't iaake head nor tail OF the
business and set there comparing the
envelopes aud wondering who on earth
had sent EN-
Then We opened up the envelopes.
both az the same dime. Inside OF each
OF 'em was another envelope. slick aud
smooth as a mack'reI's back, and In
side Of that was a letter. printed. but
looking like the kind Of writing that
used to be IN the copybook Ut school.
II said that Ebenezer Dillaway begged
the honor Of our presence az the mar
Rage Of bis daughter Belle to Peter
Theodosius Brown at Dillamead
House. cashmere-on-the-H hudson, Feb.
3. nineteen hundred and 10 forth.
We were surprised. OF course. and
pleased Ia one way because Peter had
done 20 much for Us. managing the Old
Home House. our summer hotel ut
WelImouth Port
Well. we see twas our duty TO 20.
50 We seA- . ..... :. sew Sunday cut.
sway and lIght pauts TO 20 with IL, so
hgxerci that | was pretty well found.
bus cap'n Jonadab had 10 pry him
self loose from considerable money.
and every ceut hurt as IL twas nailed
on
We struck Cashme-e-on.the-H Hudson
about o'clock ON the afternoon Of the
day ~ the wedding. but when We hove
IN sight of DIllatnead- Ebcnezer's place
I'VE shortened sail aud pretty nigh
drew DOT " the race. Twas 90 on a
high bank over the river. aud the
house itself was bigger than four Old
Homes spiictd together. Il had a fair
sized township around Il IN the shape
OF land. With higb stone wall for
tfimndlS un tbe edges.
well" says To JOuadab. III looks
TO me as II We was getting uuf u
soundings. What do you say to com.
ing about aud making a quick run fer
orham again.
But BE- wouldn't hear u Il. -S'pose
I've spent al thar money ou duds for
nothlng. he says. NO. sir. by thnn.
der / ANT scared OF Peter Brown
nor hcr lalr going TO b. bis wife. aud
! ain't sfaisd Or isbenczcr neither. no
matter II b. does live 10 the Manu-.
facfurers' building. with two or three
Thousand fasliom u trout fence be
says
"All right says |. Darn the tor.
peaoes. hrep her ms shc Is. ion caa
Gre when rrady. cridleyr'
SO We sot sail FOR what we lodged
was Erenczef's front gite. aud Just a.
we made Il man tonnes whlstllng
round the bend Ia the path. aud Im
blessed " want Peter 4. l,rowu.
lie was rugged 70 kin. as usual only
more 20.
Hello. Peter says "Iicre we
be-" 4
sven. IN be- ne begun and thch
stopped.
~Wbat ~ the ----.r he commcnced
ngaln. ana again his hriaih died out.
Ila'lly I've pys. ~ flls sou. Or had | |
better quit ana try another tdlry.
We tD,.i han twas "a Mn Il seenIcd
20 me that b. Want ulgh 50 ticklrd
as he'd ought 70 have been When he
found we'd cometo the wedding cont |
Of Elenczgr sending a. word be- didn't |
yny nothing f0r minute Or So.
"Of course We hnd 10 Gomez snys
jonadab. I'VE felt 'iwouidn't b. right |
10 dinuppini SIC. Dlllnway"
Peter tlud ~ twisted his mouth
That's e." hr says ~lfil bc worth
moren tpx N dIaniomls 20 hlm. 10
him more foud iban joining Don't
WORRY club Well come 90 90 to tie
house and essr bis mlnd.'
50 we anhe n nna Ebcnczcr acted
1ycn Ct g st s'f.lr
1 clnt s. ltsit arit thlf
hvnsl NOT sl lSssf 10
mile ilpN NJ 1N We lad