Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-10-30

secret. And. as Christians, we should
forget and forgive"
Ryan Pepper was another whom the
news OF the engagement surprised
greatly. When Lavinia told him Of II.
at the dinner table, he dropped the
knife he was holding and the greasy
section OF fishball balanced upon 1t.
Remembering what he had seen in the
grove he could not understand: but
he also remembered even more vivid
ly, what Kegiah Coffin had promised
to do If he ever breathed a word. And
he vowed again that that word should
not be breathed.
Keziah was the life of the gloomy
parsonage. Without her the minister
would have broken down. He called
her Aunt Keziah" at her request and
she continued to call him John" This
was In private, of course; in public
he was "Mr. Ellery" and she MRS.
Coffin"
In his walks about town he saw
nothing OF Grace. She and Mrs Pound
berry and Captain Nat were still at
the old home and no one save them
selves knew what their plans might
be. Yet oddly enough, Ellery was the
first outsider to learn these plans and
that from Nat himself.
He met the captain at the corner
Of the Turmoil" one day late in Au-
gust. He tried to make his bow seem
cordial, but was painfully aware that
1t was not. Nat. however, seemed not
to notice, but crossed the road and
held out his hand.
We'll. Mr.. Ellery." said Captain
Nat, 81 won't keep you. see you're
in hurry. Just thought I'd run along
side a minute and say good-by. DOM
knows I'll see you again afore l sail.
Before you sail? You-you are go
ing away"
"Yup. My owners have been aftel
me for good while, but l wouldn'
leave home on account Of dads health
Now he's gone, I've got to be gettin
back to salt water again. My ship
been drydocked and overhauled ant
she's In New Yor& now loadin' for Ma
Mia. It's a long wage, even II
come back direct, which amt likely
So | may not see the old town agail
for a couple Of years. Take care O
yourself, won't you? Good men. Ell
pecially ministers. are scurse, an
from what / hear about you l cRllat
Trumet needs you"
: When are you going?"
Of -
. VIII you-shall you go alone? Ar
you to be-to be"
Married? No. Grace and I hav
. talked 1t over and we've agreed st.
Il best to wait till come back. She
Il stay in the old house with Hannah"
"Good-by. captain"
u "Good-by. Er-I say, Mr.. Eller,
. how's things at the parsonage? Err
. Keziah-Mrs. Coffin. your housekeel
70 er, is she smart?"
" Yes. She's we'll"
= That's good Say. you might te
IN her good-by for me. II you want t
Tell her | wished her all the luc
there was. And-and-just say th'
there amt any-well. that her frieI
Bay JUDI ludls Will NOu lllti
~ said twas all right. She'll understand
IT'S "a sort OF joke between u.s."
Very good. captain; I'll tell her"
:, They shook hands and parted.
VI Didama and her fellow news-vende
distributed the tale OF Captain Nat
sailing broadcast during the next fe
days. There was much wonderme
'e at the delayed marriage, but the &c
~ eral verdict was that Captain Eber
10 recent death and the proper respe
w. due to 1t furnished sufficient excui
Hannah Poundberry, delighted at |
'e ing so close to the center Of intere
Ct talked and talked, and thus Grace W
spared the interviews which wor
40 have been a trouble to her. Nat |,
De town via the packet. on the follow
h. Wednesday. Within another we
De came the news that his ship. the
Mist, had sailed from New 70
OF bound for Manila.