Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-01-06
HOW THE CAPTAIN
GOT HIS REVENGE
pr MARTHA .. oARoAN.

: ridge, who was DOT 80 infatuated with
& his religion that be must needs wish Il
make bonfire OF those who disagreed
, with hlm on dOctrlnal subjects, came
OUT 10 Boston from England aud stayed
long enough 20 fall Ia love with Pa
tlruce Hartsborne. the daughter Of a
Puritan Patience was engaged 10 be
married % Aminudab LOngshauks, a
young man OF a sanctlmouious air and
nose that was very blue. As soon
az the Jack tar made his appearance
she became fascinated with bis devil
may care ways and forthwith. as we
would put II today, shook the said
Amlnudab aud married the sallOr.
AmlnadBb nfterward married COnse-
cratlou smith. but he never forgave
Wiirldge for cutting him out
Ilne came when Witridge got a ship
OF his own aud sailed away with the
products Of the soil Of Massachusetts-
sklus Of wild beasts-to visit foreign
lands aud bring back such things. pots
and kettles principally, as were needed
ia the colonies. lie babe adleu 10 his
wife nnd little boy and girl who had
come 70 him since bis marriage With a
sud heart. for be was not 70 meet them
again for three years and was 10 the
meanwhile TO encounter the perlls OF
the sea. Il was long three years for
them both.
But It Is long road that has no
turn, aud one Sunday morning the cap
tain. who bad arrived Ia port the night
before. just rs the sun was rising and
Patience WIS preparing breakfast,
rushed into the house and with the
windows an open. for II was summer,
cnught her aud the children IN his
arms. Few people were 10 the street
at that early hour. and the captain,
who suddenly remembered that Il was
Sunday and that man was not per
mitted TO Kiss his wife on that day
thought no one had seen him. But
Patience dlsabused his confidence,
When her husband kissed her she was
faclng the window aud saw the lauk
form OF Amluadab Longshanks go by
aud corner OF his eye turned toward
the house.
The next day Captain Witridge was
taken before magistrate aud con
ylctcd OF 'lewd aud unseemly con
ducp 10 kissing bis wife on the Lords
dag. lie WIS forced to pass two hours
IN the stocks and 10 pay due of i've
pounds. II was not known except 20
the Witrldge family who was the In
former, aud the captain charged bis
wife TO say nothing about. her having
seen Amlnadab go by the house ut the
time the '1ewd and unseemly conduct
was enacted The fact that the IN
former had been Mrs. Wbrldge's be-
truthed would plnce her husband Ia
an unenvable position II i.ongshanGs
chose TO deny completely In the matter
Wltrldgc made several voyages after
that. accumulatlug snug property
lie was happy except for one thing
he had not got even with the lnf0rmer,
one Saturday night. when he was
ashore, Patience told him that Truth
uolllster had told her that Euuice
Tfotter had told her that Amlnadab
Longshanks was hurrylng with prepa
rntlOns to 90 20 New Amsterdam on
important business IL struck the cap
tain thnt possibly the business might
be- so consequential that his enemy
would be tempted 10 travel on the
Lords day lie would not likely start.
however. till after sunset which closed
the Sabbath. The captain wished IN
his heart that his enemy might so
earlier IN the day. that be might be
tempted 10 kiss his wife before start
Ing aud that he (witridgel might catch
him Ia the act,
Tho next afternoon Captain wit.
ridge took walk about the town
Something prompted him 10 turn his
steps toward the LOngsh0nks dwell
ing lie passed Il about the hour OF
sunset He saw Amlnadab come out
Of the house aud glance at the sun
his horse was before the door, held
by a negro Mrs. Longshanks came
ont. aud the two looked az the sun to-
gether The atmosphere was mur6y
aud Il was Impossible 90 tell whether
The sun was setting beneath the hori-
aon or a cloud When Il disappeared
Mrs. loueshanks put her arm about
her husbands neck and their lips met
n Kiss. Then Amlnadab mounted
is horse and rode away,
Several persons saw the act aud they
we're uncertain whether or 10 the sun
had set beneath the horizon or a cloud
They watched for mauer OF tve
minutes when the lower limb OF dun
red bali protruded beneath the clouds.
When Aminadah Longshauks re-
turned FROM New Amsterdam be was
met ~ charge OF having kissed his
wife on the Lords day aud WAS 6ned
and pot into the stocks
While Amnadab was To the stocks
Captain Witrldge- and this was not
known 10 any one 10 the colony except
Airs. witridgc- placed Shavings In his
chlmney. made spark near them
with 0lnt aud rushed down the street
crying tire The citizens rushed 10
the Opposite direction. When the cap
tain reached the spot where his enemy
was sitting 80 the stocks be found the
cuWrii alone, an having gone TO the
ers Annroathins his enemy the can.