The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-13

Cap'n Eben had arrived in New York
a good deal sooner n was expected and
would be home0n Thursday morning.
Amt that splendid? says Phoebe.
Il thought twas splendid for more
reasons than one, and I went out feel
ing good RHt as come around the
corner of the house there was some
body by the back gate, and ] heard a
girls voice saying: oh. no, no! /
can't caI7ty
Barbara come hurrying past me
into the house, and by the light from
the back door / see her face. Twas
white as 2 clam shell, and she booked
/ frightened 1otdeath.
| Thinks E That's furnyl It's q
providence Eben's coming home so
soon
And the next day saw her again.
and she was just as white and
| wouldn't hook me in the eye. Wednes-
day. though. 4 felt better, for tine serT-
ants on the Davidson place told me
that Allie had gone to Boston on the
morning train to be gone for good.
early that afternoon 4 noticed a.
steam yacht at anchor two mile or So
of the bar. Then / see a lingey with
three men aboard rowing in. and L
walked down the beach to meet lem
There was Teller In a uniform cap.
steering the sdingey, and. b-ieve it or
not, III be everlastingly keeIhauled If
he didn't turn out to be Ben Henry.
who was second mate with me on the
old Seafoam
:" Well, Ben says after we had
shook hands, my shanfy amt exactly
the United States hotel for gilt paint
and bill Of fare, but / have got eight
or ten gallons of homemade cherry
rum and some terbacker and an exuy
pipe. You fall into my wake
/" I'd like TO. Dbed,' he says. III
like to almighty well, but I've got 10
go up to the store and buy some stuff
You see. we got orders 10 san In
tearing hurry, and
Send one OF them fo'mast hands
TO the store says 4 You got to come
with me-
"sYou buy 30 and So says he to his
men, passing 'em a ten dollar bin.
and, mind, y9u don't know nothing.
# anybody asks, remember that
yachts the Mermaid M-u-r-m-a-d-e,
he says. and she belongs to Mr.. Jones |
Of Mobile Ca
Csc the men went away. and me and |
Ben headed for my shanfy, where ne
moored abreast of each other at the |
table. with jug between us for
buoy, SOS to speak, and the tide went /
out In the jug consider BILE sight faster
than twas ebbing on the fats. After q
spell | asked him about the man that
owned the yacht
Who? Oh-er-Brown.' he saws
why, he's
: Brown says I. Thought you said
twas Jones? Who does own that
yacht. anyway
He looked at me mighty solemn
cherry rum solemn. sObed. he saws.
you're a good Teller. Don't give me
away now or I'll lose my berth. The
man that owns that yacht . named
Davidson, and he's got summer place
right In this town
sDavidsonr says /. Davidson?
Not young Allie DavidsonP Il
!" That's him. says he. And he's
he blankety blankest meanest low
Town cub on earth There 7 feel !
lOme better. Give me another drink .
o take the taste or him out OF nv
MOUTH
But young Davidson's gone to /,
session, I says. Went this morning.
That be hangedr says Ben. sAnIls
now Is that got q dispatch from
I'm at Newport On Monday afternoon
cling me to have the yacht abreast :
ms town at u O'Clock tonight. cause !
e was coming or to her then III bis
aunch with q friend Friendg and i
Z laughed and winked his starboard 7
ye.
Ell didn't saT much, being too busy
linking, but Ben went % telling