The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-10-17
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The Widow Won
Out
By CLARISSA MACKIE
By CLARISSA MACKIE

Maria Fish was baking mOlasses
cookies while | sat in the hot kitchen
reading aloud from the column OF
Social lettings" in the Ounce Harbor
Weekly Echo.
Our genial neigLbOr, Captain Bar
nabas Fish, spent Thursday in the
great metropolis. " read at last.
Trash snOrted Maria. popping q
pan of cookies into the oven and flying
pan.
It's true" ! remarked mildly, for l
found the Echo fascinating in tho
extreme. for it carelessly tossed a halo
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 capn went To the city. Every
Tom, Dick and Harry III town saw
him 20 off on the stage, and those that
didn't was up 10 the station loafing
around when the train went"
True" ] murmured. but it 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. Mebbc you can find a spec K
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 SIine-hcrer' | 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 TehHm. don't
encourage Barnabas in repeating those
/ Old yarns of his shipmate."
Has Mr.. Slime any reIatives:" l ask
ed. with interest.
| Has sister somewhere WHO dress
makes for Il living ana | reckon pro
videS 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 80 mortal mean and
! Stin@y. ! don't blame the woman.
Most any human being wouid get tired
of living with a google eyed Goldfish"
A google eyed Goldfish, oh. Maria.
is he as homeiy a. that" ga>pod.
Judge for Yourself Here he comes
said Maria simplify as she threw of
her Bingham apron and marched into
the front hail. Come along. Miss Tel.
ham. You'll have to talk 10 him while
! I'm getting dinner
MariI's bark was always worse than
! her bite. SO it proved in this particu-
| lar instance when she greeted the dap,
! per little man whom her husband in
| troducCd.
Maria, let me interduce my old
| shipmate, AnaniaS Slime. Ananias.
shake hands with my wife. Ha. hum
/ The captain smiled deiightedIy as Ma
ria gave pleasant greeting to the little
man, who did bear Il striking reSem-
b!ance to the google eyed Goldfish that
Maria had 50 graphically described.
PLEASED to meet YOU" grunted Ana
/ Mas, bobbing his long head first at Ma
: ria and then at me. At last. with a
great effCrt, as if the mere formalities
/ of conversation caused him agony, be
muttered Mice day"
! Pretty fair. considering that the
| winds in the east" retOrtcd Maria. ii
/ guess I'll leave you to talk to Miss Tel
ham, Mr. Slime, while l tend To din
ner. Captain, can You clean them
/ fish now"
I Course" aSSented the captain cheer
/ lily as he picked up Mr.. Shines shiny
black bag and lett it at the foot Of
! the stairs. Make yourself cOmf0rta-
bic. Ananias. Smoke if you want to-;
Miss Telham don't mind
Really, don't object" said.
1--WE 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 a lishy eye toward me, "A po-
SitiOn of trust"
7 HOW very nice. 1Ou mean III lne
Ounce HarbOr bank"
! "YeS'm."
/ | 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 iob:' he asked.
Yes. isn't it spleudid?"
Fine. Rollins has been talking
about taking on janitOr there said
he could act as night Waterman. too
and thought to myself that Ananias
was the man for the job. and he got
t too
Ananias shot Il sly glance at me-
Thanks to the captain" he muir
INJURED.
"Oh. 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
DIV ROwell. She'll make him almighty
comfortable" chuckled the captain.
"Dinner's ready" interrupted Ma ria,
appearing in the doorway to lead Us to
!he dining room.
1t was directly after dinner that
Ananias Slime disappeared. For three