The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-03-17

81 twas long toward the end or
the season AT the Old Home. and
Brown had been advertising IN the
New York ana Boston papers TO bag
the Ieftovers.' as ne called II. Besides
the reg'lar gush about the breath of
old ocean aud the simple. cieaniy
living VI the bygone days we dream
about" there was some new froth con-
corning hunting aud fishing You'd
think the Wild geese roasted on the
flagpoIe nights and the bIueiish clog.
ged up the bay SOS you could walk ON
their back tins without wetting your
feet --that II. IL you wore rubbers aud
trod light.
THERE says Peter r.. waving the
advertisement and growing gladstone.
They'll take TO that like your tempr.
ance aunt 10 brandy cough drops.
Wen have 10 put up barbed wire TO
keep 'eln on"
.'Humph." grunts cap'n Jonadab.
Anybody brt a born fool n know
there Amt any shooting down mere
this time OF year"
Peter looked nj him sorrowful
Pop says ne. did you ever hear
that Solomon answered summer no
tel ad.; Yen set back and count the
clock ticks
Well. that's bout all we had To do.
We got bosrferS enough from that RI
dicuious advertisement 10 OH every
spare room we had. including iona
dab's and mine. Ne aud the cap'n mad
TO bunk In the Barn loft. but there
was some satisfaction In that. II give
us ~ excuse 10 get away from the
sports IN the smoking room.
The Todds vas part Of the haul. He
was little. dried up man. single and
a minister Nigh q could md out.
he'd given up preaching by the re-
quest Of the doctor and his iasr rongre-
CATION. He mad notion that De was
a mighty hunter sfore the Lord. like
Nimrod IN the bible. and ned come 20
the Old Home 20 bag a few gross OF
geese and ducks.
His sister was an old maid and
aim. neither Of which failings was
from choice. I cal'inte. She wore eye
glasses and veiI 10 preserve her
complexion" and her idee seemed 20
Be that native Cape codderx lived r.
tres and ate cocoanufs. she called
EN- ''barbarians utter barbarians.'
Whenever she pped flames" Der
brother had TO drop everything and re-
port on deck. She was skipper OF the
Todd craft.
Them Tpdds WAS what Peter T. cali
ed ''the limit and q chip or two over"
The other would be- runners and fsh-
ermen were satisfied to siam shot
after saDdpeeps ~ book stray srul.
pin or a nakr. hut 'fwa'n't 50 with
brother Jamrs Todd aud sister clarls-
n. Ducks u was In the advertising.
and nothing but ducks they wanted.
Clsrissa. she commenced 20 hint md
ding pinfed concerning fraud.
Finally Ne lnsi patience. aud Peter
7. be sald they'd got 70 b. quieis-d
somehow or he'd do some shooting On
biz own hook. said Too much Teddy
was going 20 his bead Then suggest.
Cd fnklng 'em down the beach sssre-
wherr On the chance ~ seeing a stray
coof or loon or something anything
that eonhI ~ shot ut. Jonadab aud
Peter nafetd TWAS good p,an. nnd
we maic5rd 10 se who'd b. guide.
And ! gui stuck. ~ course. My tuck
agar
SO the next morning W. started. me
and the Rev. Jumes and i'larissa In
tho Grcns,.d lightning. Peters new
m0tur laEnch. Clafi.sa Srl around
doing thr heHyy cuniempinotIs aud
turning ~ her nose az creation gener.
ally. II must have It's drawbacks.
this roosting - fur above the common
flock
Well. By aud by Lonesome IIuckle-
berries Ehanty hove In sight. and 4
was glad 60 .r Il. although 1 hau 20
answer million questions about Lone
some aud hls history.
/ told the Todds that. NO fur as na-
tionallty was concerned. he WIS a lit.
tie OF everything. IKE n picked up din.
principally Eyetallan and iortu-
gee. l carlatr. with streak Of Gay
Head lnjun. lie lives IN the patch
work shanfy on the beach down there,
he Is deaf aud dumb. drives liver col
ored. balky mare that no one bur him.
self and his daughter l,ccky can han
die. aud he has love for lad run
and temper that's landed him In the
welImouth lockup more than once or
twice. Hes Que of the best gunners
slongshorc. ard nj this time be owned
n dock Of live dccoys that bed refused
ss high az SIS apiece for. told all
this aud lot more.
When we struck the beach Ciarissa.
she took her paint box and umbrella
and mosquito 'intmcnt and the rest Of
her cargo and went on by herself 10
sketch
James and me went pcruslng mp and
down that beach Ia the blazing sun
looking for something to shoot We
went way beyond Lonesomc's shanty.
but there want nobody 10 home. Todd
vas cheerful talkcr. but limited. His
favoriir remark was. "Oh. | say. my
deah msr. T,ia's What ne kept calf.
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