The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-16

her, are your
The captains indignation was in
tense.
who! Meg he snorted. what DO
you think / am? | amt runnin' an or
phan asylum. No. sir! I'll keep the
young one a day or so or maybe a
week. and then I'll pack her off to
Betsy HOwes. | amt so soft as they
think | am. I'll show 'emr'
Mr.. Tidditt looked thoughtful.
She's kind Of cute little girl. amt
sheY he observed.
Captain Cy's frown vanished, and a
smile took its place.
That's So" he chuckled. "She is
now that's a fact. l don't knows /
ever saw a cutter"
The girl stayed on at the Whitaker
| place and grew 10 be more and more
part Of it. At the end of the second
week Captain Cy began calling her
! "Bos'n."
"A bOs'n's a mighty handy man
| aboard ship" be explained. land
/ you're so handy here that 1t fits in
/ first rate. And. besides. 1t sounds so
natural. Ny dad called me Bos'n when
/ was little"
/ Emily accepted the title complacent-
I ~. She was QUITE cOntented to be
/ called almost anything 50 long as she
/ was permitted TO stay with her new
I friend. Already the bOsn had taken
( charge of the deck and the rest Of the
/ ships company. Captain Cy and Lone
/ some. the cat. obeyed her orders.
ON the second Sunday morning after
her arrival Bos'n suggested that she
and Captain Cy 20 to church.
Mother and always went at
home" she said And Auntie Oliver
used to say meeting was good thing
for those that needed it,
Think | need it. do youE' asked the
captain. who in shirt sleeves and slip
pers had prepared for quiet fore
noon with his pipe and the Boston
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81 don't know. sir | heard what you
said when Lonesome ate up the steak.
and | thought maybe you hadn't been
for long time. | guess churches are
different in South America.
So they went to church and sat in
the old Whitaker pew. The captain
had been there once before. when he
first returned TO Bayport, but the ser
mon was more sOmnolent than edify-
ing. and he hadn't repeated the ex-
pertinent The pair attracted much at
tenriOn. Fragments of converse
ton heard by Captain Cy as they
emerged into the vestibule had mo-
mentOus consequences.
kind of a pretty child. amt she?'
commented Mrs. Eben Salters, patting
her false front into place under the
caves of her Sunday bonnet.
Pretty enough in the face" shifted
Mrs. Tad Simpson. who was wearing
her black silk for the first time since
its third making over. Pretty enough
that way, s'pose. But. my land, look
at the way she's rigged-old dress,
darned and patched up and all out
grown If had Cy Whitta6er's money
I'd be ashamed to have a relation OF
mine come to meetin' that way. Even
if her folks was pOOrer'n Jobs of OK
I'd spend a little on my own account
and trust to gettin' it back some time.
I'd have some care for my own self
respect Look at Alicia Atkins. See
how nice she looks. Them feathers on
her hat must have cost somethin', bet
you. Howdy do, Licia, dear? Whens
your pa comm homer"
The Honorable Heman had left town
on a business trip to the south. Alicia
was accompanied by the Atkins house
keeper and. as usual was CARRIED re-
CARELESS of expense.
Mrs. Salters smiled sweetly upon the
Atkins heir and then added in church
whisper: "Don't she look sweet?
agree with you. Sarah; it is strange
how Captain Whitaker lets his little
niece go. And him richr'
Niece" repeated Mrs. Simpson
eagerly. who said twas his niece?
| heard twas child he'd adopted out
of a home. There's all sorts of queer
warns about. l. oh. good mornin',
Cap'n Cyrus! How do you do?"
The captain grunted an answer to
the effect that he was bearing up
retty well. considering. There was
scowl on his face and he spoke little
as. holding Emily by the hand, he led
the way home. That evening he
dropped in at the perfect boarding
house and begged to know If Mrs
Bangs had any fashion books around
.b,, sba didn't want
II mean-er-er-maga gaines with PIC
lures of women's buds in EN-" he
stammered in explanation. "Bosn
likes 10 look at 'em. She's great on
fashion books. BoS'n is"
Keturah got together half dozen
numbers Of the Home Dressmaker and
other periodicals of a similar nature.
The captain took them under his arm
and departed. whispering TO Mr.. lid
dit as he passed the latter in the
hall:
Come up by and by. Ase. want
TO talk to you. Bring Bailey along.
il you can do ii without startin' di-
vorce proceedin's."
Later. when the trio gathered IN the
Whitaker sitting room. Captain Cy