The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-20

lege to git sech husband"
well, 'tis." declared the sacri-
flee Indignantly. They might
git a dum-sight worse one"
81 cal'late that's so, jerry"
said Captain Fri. "Still. Perez
amt altogether wrong. Pass me
that pen."
Captain Perez gladly relin-
quished the writing materials,
and Captain Fri, after two or
three trials, produced the follow
ing:
WIFE WANTED-By an ex-sea-
faring man of steady habits.
Must be willing to Work and
Keep House shipshape and
aboveboard. No sea lawyers
need apply. Address Skipper.
care the Nuptial Chime, Bos-
ton, Mass"
The line relating to sea-lawyers
was insisted upon by Captain
Jerry. "That'll shut out the
tonguey kind" he explained. The
advertisement, with this addition,
being duly approved, the re-
quired SO cents was enclosed, as
was a letter to the editor OF the
matrimonial journal requesting
all answers to be forwarded to
Captain Jeremiah Burgess, Or
ham, Mass. Then the envelope
was directed and the stamp at
fixed.
The cod bit we'll next morning
and Captain Err did not got in
from the Windward Ledge until
afternoon. BY the way, it may
be we'll to explain that Captain
Jerry's remarks concerning "set-
tim down" and "restin' must
not be accepted too literally.
While 1t is true that each of
the trio had given up long voy-
ages, It is equally true that none
had given up work entirely. Some
people might not consider it
restful to rise at four every week.
day morning and sail in a cat
boat twelve miles out to sea and
haul a wet cod line for hours, not
to mention the sail home and the
cleaning and barreling Of the
catch. Captain Perez was gen
eral caretaker during the own
er's absence at Mr.. Barry's sum-
mer estate on the cliff road
AS for Captain Jerry, he was JAM
tor at the schoolhouse.
The catch was heavy the next
morning, as has been said. and
by the time the last fish was split
and iced and the last barrel sent
to the railway station it was al
most supper time. Captain Fri
had intended calling on Baxter
early in the day, but now he de-
termined to wait until after sup
per.
For forty-five years John Bax-
ter was called by Cape Cod peo-
pie 'as smart a skipper as ever
trod a plank" He saved money,
built an attractive home for his
wife and daughter. and would, in
the ordinary course of events,
have retired to enjoy a comfort
able old age. But his wife died
after the daughters mar
riage to a Boston man, and on a
voyage to Manila, Baxter himself
suffered from a sunstroke, that
for time threatened to unsettle
his reason.
The threatened insanity disap-
peared. except for a religious IA
that caused him to ac-I
cept the Bible literally and to in
terpret 1t accordingly. When his
daughter and her husband were
drowned in the terrible City of
Belfast disaster, 1t is an Orham
that John Baxter. dress
ed in gunny-bags and sitting on
an ash-heap, was found by his
friends mourning in what he be-
lieved to be the Biblical sack
cloth and ashes" His little baby
had been looked
out for by some kind friends in
Boston.
In Orham, and in other Sec
lions of the Cape as we'll, there
is a sect called by the ungodly,
1.-THE Come-Outers." They were
seceders from churches
who disapproved of modern inno-
vations. They come out" once
a week to meet at the houses of
the members.
John Baxter was a "Come-Out-
err" and ever since the enter
prising Mr.. Saunders opened his
billiard room the old mans
TRADES of righteous wrath had
been directed against this den of
iniquity.
When Captain Fri raped at
John Baxter's kitchen door no
one answered, and, after yelling
"Ship ahoy!" through the keyhole
a number of times, he was forced
to the conclusion that his friend
was not at home.
"You lookin' fer Cap'n Bax-
teri" queried Mrs. Sarah Taylor.
who lived just across the road.
"He's gone to Come-Outers' meet
in, guess. There's one up to
Barzilla Small's tonight"
So the Captain proceeded to
Mr.. Small's. There he found the
usual gathering. The meeting
was more lively than ordinary,
for the "Come-Outers" had heard
OF Web Saunders receiving his
license.
The Captain was disturbed
not over the condemnation OF
Web and his business-but as to