Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-03-17
HOW THE CAPTAIN
GOT HIS REVENGE,
By MARTHA 0 DARoAN.

were mol 50 EO0a as the present "
any means-s young sailor uamed VII
ridge, who was DOT 80 infatuated With
bis religion that be must deeds With e.
make a bonfire Of those who disagreed
With him Oh dOctruar subjects, came
out 70 Boston from England and stayed
long enough 10 fall Ia love witt ia
tlence HartshOrnc. the daughter " 9
Puritan. Patience was engaged tO Do
I married 20 Aminadab LOHgshauks,
yOung man OF sauctimOniOus air aud
a nose that was very blue 40 soOn
AZ the JACK tar made his appearance
she became fascinated With his dcyi.
may care ways aud forthwith. as We
would put it today, shook The said
Aminadab aud married the sallOr
Amlnadub nfterWard married CDuse
Grafton Smith. but be never f0reayo
Wltrldge for cutting him out
Time came when Wtrldge got ship
OF bis own aud sailed away with the
products Of the soil Of Massachusetts
skins OF Wild beasts 10 visit forcigu
lands and bring back such things, pots
aud kettles principally, MS were needed
IA the colonies He babe adieu 70 bis
wife aud a little boy and girl who had
come TO him since his marriage with a
sad heart, for he WIS not 10 meet them
again for three years aud was 10 the
meanwhile 10 encounter the pcrlls Of
the sea- II was a long three years for
them both.
But II Is a long road that has no
| turn, aud Que Sunday morning the cap
tain. who had arrived ln port the night
before, Just as the sun was rising aud
Patience was preparing breakfast
rushed into the house and with the
windows all open. for Il was summer
caught her and the children ln MS
arms. Few people were 10 the street
at that early hour, and the captain.
who suddenly remembered that il was
1 Sunday and that a man was not per
United TO kiss his wife on that day
/ thought no one had seen him. Buf
I Patience disabuscd his confidence.
/ when her husband kissed her she was
4 fnclng the window aud saw the lank
! form of Ammadab lOngshauks go By
and n corner of his eye turned toward
the house.
The next day Captain Wiridge was
taken before magistrate and con
victcd OF "lewd aud unseemy con
duct" IN kissing bis wife on the Lords
| DAY. lie was forced 10 pass two hours
In the stocks and to pay tne of live
pounds Il was not known except to
/ the Wltridge family who was the in
/ former aud the captain charged bis
wife TO say nothing about her having
y scan AmluauaD so BY the house at the
dime the "lewd aud unseemiy couduct'
was enacted The fact thnt the IN
former had been Mrs. Wilridge's be-
trothed would place her husband IN
an uuenymble position II l.ougshanks
chose to deny completely in the matter.
Witridge made several voyages after
that, accumuiatiBg snug property,
He was happy except for one thing
be had not got even with the informpr.
one Saturday night, when he was
ashore. Patience told him that Truth
HOLSTER had told her that Eunice
Trotter had told her that AminJdni
Longshanks was hurrylng with prepa
ratlons 20 go to New Amsterdam JB
important ll-rsiness. Il struck the cap
l. IN thar possibly the business nigga
be so consequential that his enems
would be tempted to travel on the
Lords day. He would not likely start
however an after sunset, which CLOSED
the Sabbath The captain wished IA
his heart that his enemy might so
earlier In the day. that be- might be
tempted 70 kiss his wife before start
lng aud that be (Wltridgel might catch
him IN the act
The next afternoon Captain Wit
ridge took walk about the town.
Something prompted him TO turn his
steps toward the I.ongshanks dwell
Ing. lie passed Il about the hour OF
sunset lie saw Aminadab come ont
of the house and glance NC the sun.
His horse was before the door. held
by negro. Mrs Longshan6s came
out. and the two looked ut the sun TO-
Eether The atmosphere was murky
aud II WINS impossible 20 ten whether
the sun was setting beneath the hori'
son or q cloud When it disappeared
Mrs. iongshauks put her arm about
her husbands neck and their lips met
In kiss Then Amlnadab mounted
his horse and rode away
Several persons saw the act and they
were uncertain whether or no the sun
had set beneath The horizon or cloud
They watched for a matter Of I've
minutes. when the lower limb OF a dull
red ball protruded beneath the clouds
when Amlnodub I.ongshanks re-
turned from New Amsterdam be was
met oy a charge Of having kissed his
wife on the Lords day aud was dned
and put into The stocks
White Amiuadab was 10 the stocks
Captain Wluldge- and this was not
known 70 any one IN the colony eSceP'
Airs WltrIdee- placed shavings Ia his
chimney. made spark uear them
with Clint aud rushed down TOE street
crying ure The citizens rushed So
the opposite direction, When the cap,
tain reached the spot where his enemy
wns sltting IN he stocks he found the
culsflt alone, an having gone TO the
fire. Approaching his enemy the can