The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-01
Two of
A Kind
The Widow Won
Out
By CLARISSA MACKIE

Maria Fish was baking molasses
cookies while l sat in the hot kitchen
reading aloud from the column Of
Social lettings in the Ounce Harboi
Weekly Echo.
"'Our genial neighbor, Captain Bar
nabas Fish, spent Thursday in the
great metropolis read at last.
TRASH" snorted Maria, popping 8
pan of cookies into the oven and flying
back to the table to grease another
pan.
ITS true" 1 remarked mildly, for ]
found the Echo fascinating in thu
extreme, for it carelessly tossed hale
Of adventure or romance about the
most trivial facts of daily life in the
little Long Island village.
That's as it may be-" retorted Maria
grimly, but faint no news to nobody
that the cap'n went to the city. Every
Tom, Dick and Harry in town saw
him go off on the stage, and those thai
didn't was up to the station loafinG
around when the train went"
True" l murmured, "but 1t does
sound SO impressive when one reads
that Captain Barnabas went to the
great metropolis It's much more
suggestive than plain New York OF
the CITY,"
you air romantic. Miss Telbam.'
Maria wagged her head severely at
me. You can see romance in almost
nothing. Mebbe you can find a speck
Of rosy color In the fact that Barnabas
met that old scamp, Ananias Slime, in
New York and has invited him down
to Ounce Harbor for SPELL"
"Ananias Sline-here" l cried joy.
fully. "Oh, Maria, isn't that too splen.
did, Just think Of hearing his yarns
at first hand instead of having the
captain relating them!'
"More lies, Miss Telham. I don't
encourage Barnabas in repeating those
old yarns Of his shipmate."
Has Mr.. Slime any relatives" ask
ed. with interest.
Has q sister somewhere who dress,
makes for living and / reckon pro-
vides home for him when he's ashore.
He was married once and had wife,
but l hear she ran away and left him
because he was so mortal mean and
stingy. l don't blame the woman
Most any human being would get tired
of living with google eyed Goldfish"
"a google eyed Goldfish! Oh. Maria
is he as homely as that?" gasped.
"Judge for yourself. Here he comes!
said Maria simplify as she threw of
her bingham apron and marched into
the front hall. "Come along, Miss Tel
ham. You'll have to talk to him while
I'm getting dinner"
Maria's bark was always worse thar
her bite. So it proved In this particu
lar instance when she greeted the dap
per little man whom her husband in
troduced.
Maria, let me interduce my ole
shinmute, AnaniaS Slime. Ananias,
SHAKE hands with my wife. Ha. humr'
The captain smiled delightedly .as Ma.
ria gave pleasant greeting to the little
man. who did bear a striking resem.
blance to the google eyed Goldfish that
Maria had so graphically described.
PLEASED to meet you." grunted Ana
Mas, bobbing his long head first at Ma.
ria and then at me. At last. with O
great effort, as IL the mere formalities
Of conversation caused him agony. he
muttered. Mice day"
pretty fair, considering that the
winds in the east" retorted Maria. 81
guess I'll leave you to talk to Miss Tel
ham, Mr.. Slime, while tend to din
ner. Captain, can you clean them
fish now?"
Course" assented the captain cheer
lily as he picked up Mr.. Shines shiny
black bag and left it at the foot OF
the stairs. Make yourself comforta.
BILE, Ananias. Smoke II you want to;
Miss Telham don't mind"
Really, j don't object" said.
"T've given up smoking" he said sol.
EMMY.
Indeed? Since when?"
"About an hour ago. I've taken a
position in the bank" said Ananas,
turning fishy eye toward me, "a po-
siton Of trust"
How very nice. You mean in the
Ounce Harbor bank"
"Yes'm."
| pondered carefully what position
of trust might be unified in the village
bank.
At that moment Captain Barnabas
drifted on to the porch and sat down
in his old hickory chair.
"Ananias been telling you about his
good job" he asked.
eyes. isn't it splendid?"
"Fine. Rollins has been talking
about taking on jantor there-said
he could act as night Waterman. too
and thought to myself that Ananias
was the man for the job. and he got
it too
Ananias shot n sly glance at me.
Thanks to the captain" he muir
INJURED.
ooh. ] happen to be one of the stock
holders" explained the captain.
"Then Mr.. Slime will live in Ounce
Harbor." remarked.
"He's going to board with the Wild
ow Rowell. Shell make him almighty
comfortable" chuckled the captain.
"Dinner's ready interrupted Maria,
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