The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-03-24

mind how-just get EN-. that's all"
Captain CT was thoroughly enjoying
himself The struggle suited him to
perfection He did not. however. for
get Bos'n. He took the child into his
confidence and told her of the daily
gain Or los iii votes IT, III Site were his
own age She understood little of
All this and tried hard ~ understand
the rest. preaching between times To
Georgi;,nna how the bad men are
trying M beat Uncle Cyrus cause he
Is EooGPr Than they. hut they can't.
cause every body loves him SO" Geor-
gamma had some doubts. but she Kept
them to herself.
Among the things i'm Bosn's box"
was long envelope. sealed with wax
and with lawyers name printed in
one corner. The captain opened it,
at Emily's suggestion. and was aston
will, dated some years back. in which
Mrs. Mary Thomas. the child's mother,
left to her daughter all her personal
property and also the land in Orham,
Mass, which tad been willed to her
by her own mother. There was n note
with the will i'm which Mrs Thomas
stated that no one save herself had
known of this land, not even her hus-
band She had not told him because
she feared that, like everything else,
1t would be sold and the money vast
cd I'm dissipation He suspected some
thing OF the sort" she added, ''but he
did not find out the secret, although
he She had evidently scratched
out what followed, but Captain Cy
mentally filed in the blank with de-
tails OF abuse and cruelty. tic any
thing happens to me-" concluded the
widow, Il want the land sold and the
money used for Emily's maintenance
as long rs ii lasts"
The captain went over to Orham and
looked UP the land 1T was a strip
unstable at present. The taxes had
been regularly paid each year by
Mary Thomas, who sent money orders
from Concord. The self denial repre-
sented by these orders was not little
Never mind. Bos'n," said Captain
Cy when he returned from the Orham
trip. Your ancestral estates amt
much now but a sand flea menagerie.
However, if this section ever does get
to be the big summer resort folks are
prophesying for it you may sell out to
some millionaire and you and nell 90
to Europe. Meantime wen try to keep
af1oat, IL the Harniss bank don't spring
a leak"
On the day following this converse
ton he took flying trip to Ostable.
the county seat, returning the same
evening and saying nothing to any one
about his reasons for going nor what
he had done while there.
Bos'n's birthday was the 18th OF No
yember. The captain, in spite Of the
warmth Of his struggle for committee
honors, determined to have a small
on the afternoon and even
Ing Of that day.
The supper was a brilliant success
So was the cake, brought in with can
dies ablaze, by the grinning Georgian
ma. Toward the end OF the meal, when
the hilarity at the long table was at
its height, an unexpected guest made
his appearance. There was knock at
the dining room door, and Georgianna,
opening II, was petritied to behold
standing upon the step no less per
sonage than the Hon. Heman Atkins,
supposed by most Of us to be then
somewhere in that wide stretch OF ter
ritory vaguely termed 1.-THE south"
GOOD evening, ALL" said the illus
trious one, removing his silk hat and
stepping into the room. what a
charming scene! ! trust do not in
trude."
But Captain Cy rose to the occasion
grandly.
Intruder he repeated. mot mite
of it! Mighty glad to see you, Heman.
Here. give Us your hat Pull up to the
table When did you Get back2
Thought you was in the orange groves
somewheres."
"AhGm! was. Yes. i was In tnat
neighborhood. But it is hard to stay
away from dear old Bayport-home
ties, you know, home ties. came
down on the morning train, but I
stopped over at Harniss on business
and drove across. Ahem! Yes. The
housekeeper informed me that my
daughter was here. and, seeing the
lights and hearing the laughter, could
not resist making this impromptu call.
I'm sure as an old friend and neighbor,
Cyrus. you will pardon me. Alicia,
darling. come and kiss papa"
Darling Alicia accepted the invita-
ton with a rustic OF silk and an C
static squeal Of delight During this
affecting scene Asaph whispered to
Bailey that he ''cal'lated" Heman had
a hurry up distress signal from Simp-
SON, to which sage observation Mr..
Bangs replied with a vigorous nod,
showing that Captain Cy's example
had had its effect In that they no
longer stood In such awe OF their rep
resentative at Washington.