South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-24

gether. IL had a fair-stzed township
around II In the shape OF land. with a
high stone wall for trimmin on the edges.
There was trees. and places for flower
/ beds in summer. and the land knows
what. We see right of that this was the
real Cashmere-on-t the Hudson: the village
folks were stranded on the fats--old
Dillaway filled the whole ship channel
WELL" I says to Jonadab. cit looks to
me as IL we was gittin' out OF soundin's.
What do you say 10 comm about and
maxim quick run for Orham again."
But he wouldn't hear Of it. "S'pose
I've spent all that money on buds for
nuthin'?' he says. mo. sir. by thunder!
1 amt scared OF Peter Brown. nor her
that's goin' to be his wife; and 1 amt
scared OF Ebenezer neither; no matter IL
he does live in the Manufacturers Build
in. with two or three thousand fathom
OF front fence" he says.
Some years ago Jonadab got reckless
and went on a cut-rate excursion TO the
Worlds Fair out in Chicago. and ever
sence then he's been comparln' things
with the Manufacturers Bulldin'" or
the palace of Agriculture" or Streets
OF Cairo" or some other outlandish
place.
"All right" says I. Darn the tor
pedoes! Keep her as she is! You can
fire when ready. Gridley!"
So we sot sail for what we judged was
Ebenezer's front gate, and. jest as we
made it, a man comes whistlin' round the
bend in the path anG I'm blessed IL
want Peter T. Brown. He was rugged
to kill. as usual. only more so.
Hello. Peterl" says. Here We be-"
II ever Teller was surprised, Brown
was that Teller. He looked like he'd
struck a rock where there was deep
water on the chart.
well. I'll be-" he begun, and then
stopped. What in the -" he COM
menced again. and again his wind died
| out Fin'lly he says: "Is this you. or
had I better quit and try another pipe?''
We told him twas us, and it seemed
to me that he want nigh so tickled as
he'd ought to have been. When he found
we'd come to the weddin count OF
Eberezer sendin' us word. be didn't say
nothin' for minute OF so.
"of course. we had to come" says
Jonadab. I'VE felt 'twou,lnt be right to
disspp'int Mr.. Dillaway."
Peter kind OF twisted his mouth.
That's So" he says. It'll be worth
more'n box OF di'monds to him. Dc
him more good than j'inin' don't wor-
ry club Well. come on up to the house
and ease his mind"
So We done 1t, and Ebenezer acted even
| more surprised than Peter
! / can't tell you anything about that
house, nor the fxin's in it.; it beat me a
mile-that house did. We had a room
somewheres up on the hurricane deck,
with brass hunks and plush carpets and
crocheted curtains and electric lights l
swan there was lookin' glasses in every
| corner-big ones, mans size. / remem-
Der Cap'n Jonadab hollerin to me that
night when we was gittin ready to turn
in;
For the lands sake. Barzillal" says
he. turn out them lights will y d? !
ANT over'n above bashful, but them
lookin' glasses makes me feels II 1 was
undressin' along with all hands and the
cook"
The house was full of comp'ny, and
I
don't talk! We felt bout as much at
home as COW in a dory. but we was
there cause Ebenezer had asked US TO be
there, so We kept on the course and
didn't signal for help. Travelin' through
the rooms downstairs where the folks
was. was good deal like dodgin' ice
bergs UP on the Banks. but one or two
noticed us enough 10 C.p the Coz and
one was real sociable. He was a kind OF
slow-spOken city teller, dressed as If his
/ clothes was poured over him hot and
! then left TO cool. His last name had a
splice in the middle OF it-'twas Gates
/ by-Stuart. Eveybody-that is. most
eYerybody-called him Phil"
Well, sir, Phil cottoned to Jonadab and
me right away. He'd git us, one on each
wing. and go through that house asking
/ questions. He pumped me and Jonadab
i dry about how we came TO be there, and
told US morn yarns than a few bout
Dillaway, and how rich he was. 1 re-
member he said that he only wished he
had the keys TO the cellar so he could
show us the money bins. Said E5enezer
was so jest-well, rotten with money, as
you might say, that he kept it in bins
down cellar. same as poor folks kept
ooal-gold In one bin, silver half-dollars
in another. quarters in another. and so
on. When he needed any. he'd say to a
servant: James. fetch me up a hod OF
] change" This was only one OF the fish
yarns he told They sounded kind OF
scaly n Jonadab and me. but II We hint
! ed at such a thing. he'd pull himself to-
: gether and say: Fact. I assure you"
In a way to freeze your vitals. lie
seemed like such a good Teller that We
didn't mind his tellin' q few big ones:
we'd known good fellers atore that liked
10 lie-guDners and sech like. they were
mostly.
Somehow or mother Phil got Cap'n
Jonadab talkin' boat" and when iona
dab talks boat" there amt no stoppin
him. He's the smartest Teller in a cat
boat that ever handled a tiller. and he's
won more races than any man on the
Cape. callate. Phil asked him and me
IL we'd ever sailed on an fee boat. and