The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-03-10

and IL amt that kind"
The door closed. The captain. with
ont looking at his friends. led tile way
10 Che dining room.
Come on out here" he whispered.
I'VE can talk better here"
Naturally they wanted to know MI
about the girl. who she was and where
she came from. Captain Cy told as
much of the history OF the affair 81 he
thought nee essary.
Poor young one~ he concluded.
"She landed on me in the rain, soppin'
wet and half sick. couldn't turn her
out then-nobody could Course it's
an eyerlastin' outrage on me and the
checklist thing I ever heard OF. But
what could ! do? ! was fixed a good
deal like an English Teller BY the name
or Gatenby that I used to know In
South America. He woke I'D in the
middle Of the night and found a boa
constructor curled On the foot OF bis
bed Next day. when n crowd of us
happened in, there was Gatenby, white
as a sheet, starin' down at the snake
and 1T sound csleep. i didn't invite
him. he says, but he looked so bloom
In comf'table admit the cart to dis
turb Inn Same way with me The
child seemed so comf'table here / amt
had the heart to disturb her-yet."
But she said she was goin' to stay"
put In Bailey you amt goin' to keep
her, are you?"
The captains indignation was in
tense.
'Who! Me?' he snorted. what do
you think am? I amt runnin' an or
phan asylum. No, sir! I'll keep the
young one day or SO or maybe a
week, and then I'll pack her Off to
Betsy Howes. I amt SO soft as they
think am. I'll show 'emr'
Mr. Tidditt looked thoughtful.
"She's kind OF cute little girl, amt
she?" he observed.
Captain Cy's frown vanished, and
smile took its place.
"That's So" he chuckled. "She is
now that's a fact. I don't knows i
ever saw a cutter"
The girl stayed on at the Whitaker
place and grew to be more and more
part Of it. 1t the end of the second
week Captain Cy began calling her
"Bos'n."
"a bos'n's a mighty handy man
aboard ship" he 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.
ly. She was quite contented to be
called almost anything so long as she
was permitted to stay with her new
friend Already the bos'n 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 go to church.
Mother and | always went at
nome" she said. And Auntie Oliver
used to say meeting was a good thing
for those that needed It."
think 1 need 1t, do you" asked the
captain. who in shirt sleeves and slip
pers had prepared for q quiet fore
noon with his pipe and the Boston
Transcript.
81 don't know, sir. heard what you
said when Lonesome ate up the steak,
and | thought maybe you hadn't been
for a 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
tention. Fragments Of a converse
ton heard by Captain Cy as they
emerged into the vestibule had mo-
mentous consequences.
Kind of pretty child. amt sheT'
commented Mrs. Eben Salters, patting
her false front into place under the
caves of her Sunday bonnet
Pretty enough in the face" smiled
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 Whittaker's money
I'd be ashamed to have q relation OF
mine come to meetin' that way. Even
if her folks was poorer'n Jobs or o.
I'd spend Il 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 shj. looks. Them feathers on
her hat must have cost somethin', bet
YOU. Howdy do, Licia, dear? When's
your pa comm homer
The Honorable Heman had left town
on d business trip to the south. Alicia
was accompanied by the Atkins house
keeper and. as usual, was CARRIED re
CARELESS or expense.
Mrs. Salters smiled sweetly upon the
Atkins heir and then added in church
whisper: Don't she look sweet? i
agree with you. Sarah; it - strange
how Captain Whitaker lets his little
niece 60. And him richg'
"Niece?" repeated Mrs. Simpson
eagerly. who said twas his niece2
| heard twas a child he'd adopted out
of a home. There's all sorts OF queer
warns about. L Oh, good mornin',
Cap'n Cyrusl How do you do"
r-Hz 1,-+oir ,YruD+od an answer tO