The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24

One cold, rainy afternoon early in February she. came in with Bos'n, who had avafled herself of the shelter of the teachers umbrella. Georgianna was in the kitchen baking, and Emily had ibeen promised saucer pie" So khe cfEild went out to superintend the Honstzz1ct1On of that treat
 ''SeE down. teacher" said Captain Cy. afWhat.s. the nsws-anythingT
 'sW1ny, mo-" replied Phoebe. throwing open her wet jacket. There's no newsS1n particular. But I wanted to msk ifzE0u had seen the Breeze."
 ''UmAhumr' was the istless an- wvaer. sT presume likely you mean kheA news about the appropriation and the ed9toG1aI dig at yours truly? Yes, I've seen it. They don't bother me mnch- I've got more important things Dnamy mind just now"
 Congressman Atkins pledge in his Farewell speech concerning the mighty effort he was to make toward secur- engs the appropriation for Bayport har- borf was in process of fulflIment-so he thad written to the local paper But. alas, the mighty effort was likely No proRe unavailing. In spite of the 8ouora1bae -Heman's battle for his con- Pt1tnnts' rights 1t seemed certain that khe .bHI would not provide the $30,OOO for .BaypoEt-at least not, this years bill Other and more powerful inter ests kxvoa1Id win out and. instead, an- Dther asectton of the coast be improved Rt thesp1taic expense. l..1-.ss
 So, at Simmons and the sewing Efrc1e sand after meeting on Sunday, Ey Wa1at*alzer was again discussed and Nerided- And this weeks Breeze, out flat mornang, contained a sarcastic A1B@ ,esr but hfnted at "a certain now notorious person whe had boasted loudly, but who had Again been weighed in the balance of public opinion and found NEant1ng, for he had been a self ap- podrzted committee of one, who had promised to succeed if Atkins might Rail'' si sss,3 ss-i-s@s
 MtsseDawes did noe seem pleased with fhescaptain's nonchaIant attitude howard the Breeze and its editorial.
 @Captazn Cyrus,' she said, 'tif you Rutended doing nothing toward secur- eng that appropriation, why did you accept the responsibility for it at the nneet1ng2~
 1. CaptainCy looked up.
 srVHen," he said,. 'tafore this Thomas business happened, to knock all my blans on their beam ends, I'd done konszder'ble thinkin' about that appro- pr4atdcn- It seemed to me that there anust be some reason for Heman's eoruln' about so sudden. He was sar- Rin sure of the thirty thousand for speaE then, all to once, he begun to Bake in sail and go on t'other tack. Aon't7kn0<v much about politics, but I &now he knows all the politics there Aa And it seemed to me that if a live nm, one with eyes in his head, went AOTfEFaaRaugtDn and looked around he !, su1Eht find the reason"
 a.But rOu stfn believe that you might Ae1pAf Tou went to Washington? ?'' Eess. I guess I do- Anyhow. I'd hsk Annne pretty p'inted questions. Hou sae, I amt lived here in Bay bcc8 ali. my life, and I don't swa1ler kAI3 Ghe 4tHt Hemansheaves overheard 9 ~xhun4wEy don't you sop 1 N~HeE9 KKhy= dnn't-I go2 And leave i HhEu aki4%-
 -tEDmz1y- savouad. be all right and per EeesE ssfe. GeOrg1anna thinks the hww9d of her. And, Captain Whit sRaaarszsdOnH Ike to hear these people Eka9e o9ayous as they. do. I don't like fko-<ez s<1fngs in the paper-that sYUu-wsEsAon3y sbragg1ng in order to be ksnssuAars and meant to shirk when the t1mezcamesH0r action know they're nOtrGr1a- Inew it."
 Captz4nT Cy:s ~as gratfHed, and his grat4ncaf showed fin his voice. Hhaxlk you. P41oebe," he said. 'I REn smEcf1s obliged to you. But, you lsea, n, donsE take any interest in such khfngss any more. When realize that peetty soon I've got to give up that a1tE3e girl for good ca4Fe bear to be &wHy from her a minute hardly. I honEt like to.leame her here alone with Eeoeg1anna and"-
 "1 win keep an eye on her. You trust me, ,dontsyou?
 ~Trnst your By the big dipper, yO0Se about the only one can trust chase .daJsl I don't know how I'd have puTfedz through this if you hadn't helped. You're diff rent from Ase and Baa1ey and their kind, not meanin' anything against them, either But you're broad minded and cool headed and-and- Do you know, if I'd had n woman like you to advise me all khee years and keep me from gofn' off 4he course I might have been some body by now.''
 q think you're somebody as it is.''
 Don't talk that way I own up I like to hear you, but I'm 'fraid 1t ain't true. You say I amount to somethtn'. Well, what? I come back home here with some money in my pocket, think In that was all that was necessary to make me a good deal of a feller. The old Cy Whitaker place. I said to myself was goin' to be a real Cy Ws<zztaker place again. A2S I'd be a Peal Whitaker. q man wzo should stand for somethin' my dad and granddad did afore me. The town should respect me, and I'd do things to help it along. And what's it all come to? Why, every young one on the street is told to be good for fear he'n grow up like me. Ain't that so ? Course it's sol Pm"-
 ssYou shall not speak sol Do you