The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-10

him no longer than the coming week anew problem arose.
 -zWhfk," saiG Asaph earnestly. s.rcuve. sartdn made the place rise up out of its tomb: you have SO It's a miracle, pretty nigh, and cal'1ate it must have cost g heap, but you've done ian but the old folks themselves You can't raise them up, Cy; money won't do that. And you can't live in this great house all alone. Who's goin' to cook for you and sweep and dust and swazo decks and one thing a'noth- err You'H have to have hoQsekeep- er, as told you a spell ago. Have you done any th1nAdn' about t1atT'
 And the captain. taking his pipe friend and answered:
 ''Ry the big dipper. Ase I afn'ts remember we did mention it, but I've been so busy gettn' this craft off the ways that I forgot all about it.''
 The discussion which followed MT. T1ddttts reminder was long and seri- ous- AHaDh and Bailey Bangs raclzed theAr thrzIns and offered numerous sug- gest1caa. but the majority of these were nOts1RvorabIy received
 There's AGatiEdy THpp," said Bailey. -She'd Hks the job. I'm sartin. She's a widow, too, and she's had expert eDSs Eeepan' house along of Tobias, him that Ngas her husband But. if yousdo hire sher, don't let Ketury know I hanted at at, 'cause we're goin' to lose one boarder when you quit. and that's too many, 'co1did to the old RRdy%gt%ay of 'thtnktn."
 ~You. can keep .1Gadidy, for all me-" replied the captain decidedly. Come cutter rez1gien's all right for those that have tha& kind of appetite, but havin' tt passed to me three times a day, sRms as I've had 1t at your house. is enough; I don't banker to have it warned over between meals. If ship ped Matldy aboard here she and the Rev Daniels would stand over me, watch and watch, till I was convert cd or crazy. ,Gne.0r the other"
 well tf1ere's Angie. She~-
 @AngiEE" Gntned MT, Tids11tt 'rStop SOur 5ek1n', Bailey. This Is a serious natter"
 @I wan'tdokdns. what
 There, there boys!'' interrupted the captain Don't fight Bailey didn't mean to Joke, sAse- He's full of what the papers call unconscious humor' I'll give in 'thatsAngie is about as seri- ous a matter as can think Of without Bettdn' down to rest HumphI So fur we haven't gained any knots to speak ok Any more candidates on your mfnd?"
 More possibilities were mentioned. but none of them seemed to fill the bin. The conference broke up without arriving at a decision
 Monday morning after breakfast Captain Cy's trunk was put aboard the depot wagon, and Dan1 Webster drew 1t to its owners home. The farewells at the perfect boarding house were af- fecting- Mrs. Tripp said that she had spoken to the Rev. Mir Daniels and he would be sure to call the very first thing Keturah affirmed that the cap tRfn's stay had been a real pleasure.
 ~Tou never find fault, Cap'n Whit taker,' she snid- You're such a man Iy man, if you'll excuse my sayin' so. I only wish there was more like you" with significant glance at her hus- band As for Miss Phinney, she might have been saying goodby yet if the captain had not excused himself
 Asaph accompanied his friend to the house on the hill. The trunk was un- loaded from the wagon and carried Into the bedroom on the first floor, the room which had been Captain Cy's so long ago. Gabe shrfelred at Dan1 Webster. and the depot wagon crawled away toward the upper road
 '.Got to meet the up train" grumbled che drIver-'.not that anybody ever ennamg an 1t but I. carlate I'm s'poaed