Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-08-27
Two of
A Kind
The Widow Won
Out
BY cLARISSA MAcKIE

cookies while sat In the hot kitchen
reading aloud from the column OF
social lettings" In the Ounce Harbor
Weekly Echo.
"'our genial nelghbor. Captain Bar.
nabas Fish. spent Thursday In the
great metropolis, " read at last.
Trash snorted Maria. popping a
pan of cookies into the oven and flying
back to the table to grease another
pan.
Its true" l remarked mildly, for
found the Echo fascinating In the
extreme. for IL careIessly tossed a halo
Of adventure or romance about the
most trivial facts of daily life In the
little Long Island village.
That's as II may be-" retorted Maria
grimiy. but faint no news to nobody
that the cap'n went to the city. Every
Tom. Dick and Harry In town saw
him go of on the stage and those that
didn't was up to the station loafing
around when the train went"
True" | 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 or
the city"
"You air romantic. Miss Telham."
Maria wagged her head severely at
me You can see romance In almost
nothing. Mebbe you can find 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-herer' cried Joy
fully. "oh. Maria. isn't that too spien-
did Just think OF hearing his yarns
at Hrst hand instead OF having the
captain relating them
More lies. Miss Telham. I don't
encourage Barnabas In repeating those
old yarns of his shlpmate"
HAS Mr.. Slime any relativesT ask
ed. with interest.
Has a sister somewhere who dress
makes for u living and / reckon pro-
vides a home for him when he's ashore.
He was married once and had a wife.
but hear she ran away and left him
because he was so mortal mean and
stingy. don't blame the woman.
Most any human being would get tired
Of living with a google eyed Goldfish"
"A google eyed Goldfish. oh. Maria.
is he as homely as thatT' gasped.
Judge for yourself. Here he comes!"
said Maria simplify as she threw OF
her gingham apron and marched into
the front hail. Come along. Miss Tel
ham. You'll have to talk to him while
I'm getting dinner"
Maria's bark was always worse than
her bite. So II proved in this particu
lar instance when she greeted the dap
per little man whom her husband In
troduced.
Maria. let me interduce my old
shipmate. Ananias Slime. Ananias,
shake hands with my wife. Ha. hum~
The captain smiled delghtedly 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 lrst at Ma
ria and then at me. AT last. with a
great effort. as II the mere formalities
of conversation caused him agony. he
muttered, Mice day"
"Pretty fair. considering that the
winds In the east" retorted Maria. IL
guess I'll leave you to talk to Miss Tel
ham. Mr.. Slime. while l tend to din
fafn HlnQn them
fish now?'
Course" assented the captain cheer
lily as he picked up Mr.. Shines shiny
black bag and left 1t at the foot OF
the stairs. Make yourself ccmforta-
BILE. Ananias. Smoke II you want to;
Miss Telham don't mind"
Really, I don't object" said.
"rve given up smoking" he said SOL
EMMY.
Indeed? Since whenr'
about an hour ago. I've taken a
position In the bank" said Anaplas.
turning fshy eye toward me. IA po-
sition OF trust"
How very nice. You mean In the
Ounce Harbor bank%
~ S m.
l pondered carefully what position
Of trust might be untitled 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 jobf" he asked.
"Yes. isn't it splendidT'
"Fine. Rollins has been talking
about taking on a janitor there-said
he could act as night Waterman. too
and l thought to myself that Ananias
was the man for the job. and he got
Il toor'
Ananias shot a sly glance at me.
thanks to the captain" he muir
INJURED.
.Oh. happen to be one Of the stock |
holders" explained the captain.
sThen Mr.. Slime viii live In Ounce