The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-09

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 Well, whaI's the matterS1rfth you2'' demanded the aEEtxal. ':Atnst too stuck up Co shakeshandssafter2aa years, areSouT'
 Bailey e5aculated:, 'sEZeH.yL sysan to mani E-I b'lieEe you're Cy Whit take<P
 A1ssaAngelfnesPhin made -no%Eess than nine calls that afternoon Be fore bedtime it was known from the last house 4n ''VVoodchnck lane" to the fish shant1es at West Bayport that young Cy'' FWhfttakerahad come back; that he had come back 'sfor good" that heswas staying temporarily at the perfect boarding house; that he was lawful well on,'' having made lots of money down inS South America; that be intended to fix over che Whit taker place and that itgvzas,to besdzed over not insa modern manner, with plush parior Gsets-a Ia Sy9Ranns Ca- hoon-or with onyx tables and blue and gold chadrsslike those adorning the Atkins mansion It was to be as near as possible a reproduction of what 1t had been in the time Of the late ''Cap'n Cy," young4Cy's -fatIaer.
 sT think, he's out of his head" de cIared Miss Phinney in confidence to each of the,nine fema1esSwhom she fla vored with her caIls-ss1ot crazy, you understand. ibut sort of Abotched in the, upper stoTy- says so to Madldy Tr1pp-safd ftsr1gflt outstoo- 'Mat1zdy,' Isays, he's gotsas screw loose up a1u4t just as sure as ypHsre a born Wonany What makes tyou tEainlz so2' says she. Well says I, 'doey eyDS11sspoSe anybody that v7aust .foolishazEouzd be for spend in good money oH an old house to make 1E- oadEP I says. GninsSto tear down the piazza the fIEt khing1 Per- fect1yx good ptazza that cost S9S~60 to buIld: know, because. I, see the bfa when sthe HOFVezess hadF4t done And he's godns to ssetsout1nx hedges some thin that atnyt been the style in this town sence Congressman Atkins pull ed uR h1s- sWhatszn the%Vfde world, Cap'R E7h9ttzkeE,' says T to him, do you want of box shedges2 Homely and stiff and funeral Iookd1's might have lem, around zny grave in the bury in ground says, sbutsnosEhezes else' sAu right. Ang1ess ssays he, you shall have lem there. T1Eeut some slips .pur- pose for you YtSn be a p1easzre,' he says Now, alnst that crazyr tazk-for . grown manT"
 Miss RhinneyssEas mot the only one sn our village to question Captain Oy Whfttaaer's sanity during the next few months T7ae-r1a 5orfty of OUT peo- ple didn't understand 5alfrn at all He was generally liked, for. although Fhe had money, he tt1 not.put on a1E, but be had his own wax of doing things, and they were not; Bayport WAYS
 True to hxS promise, he .aadEa squad of carpenters busy, on the day fol- lowing his arrival. tearing down the ISathedJ p1azza. These carpenters. and more were kepSsbusy throughout that entire springE and vEen into t7sesummeE. Then came painters and gardeners. The piazza d7sappearedsE a. new picket fence, exactly, like the old one torn down by the Howeses, was erected: new shutters were hung; new window panes were set, the roof was newly eht1g1ed- Captaia Cy senior had in his day cher1shed HSews sEngland fond ness for white and green painES, there fore the neWs fenee@Was ThHte. and the house wassE1kEte andsthe b1Snds.a bril- liant green Rows of box hedge, the plants brought from Boston, were set ut-onyeachss1deFoft the front.wask- The Hoves' front door zbeII-a cIamorous gong-vaassrem and a glass knob attachez1 to "a spring bell of tine old fashBoneds Jingle variety took it's place An1o1d fasI1ioned flower garden -Cap#a1n Cy's mother had lowed pO- sses-zasSlaidi out on. the west lawn beyond skhe pear trees All these changes .f<xze captain supeEintended. When they were complete he turned his atten41onAto interior decoration.
 And nov 4Captsin Cy proceeded to literally asb0nfsh the natives. Among the Howes Improvements" were gilt wall papeEsaand modern furniture for the lower floor of the house The fur Eitz1Ke they sIrad Etaken with them: the wazk paper had perforce been left be hind And the eaptadnshad every scrap of Ekzf papee4str4pped from the walls and sfhes latter recoFered with quaint, ugly, old fashioned patterns, stripes and E0EeslHnd lowered sprays with inn possible b@s1s Hitting. among them. heBessett- -deeeFakorS had pasfed the giztzznplORement over the old Whifta- her paper, and 1t EFas the Whitaker paper fEratkEhe captain did his best to matez1sseud samples here, there and ereryFga1ere in the effort Then upon AE1e sFa7as he EhHngi old fashto0ed pie t1rEs. suehsas BaEpoBt dzEelIers had longs to their attics, pic mues sHke 'sBDm Shore to Shore, g -Czw1stians Viewing fine City Beaut1- &nP and. Signing. the Declaration.' .'' EoAfheE hef ad1ed. bringing them from the czoET1ea gaEret of the homestead, oil pazntangssp Of ships commanded by hs9Ra1ers and sgrandfather, and family portraits executed-wh4ch is a pecul- l.- <ak&4w.--- H,-- arkBks in oH and =cEayOn
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