Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-10-12
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Stock Exchanqe Seat.

NOVEMBER weather ON Cape Cod
is what Captain Elisha describ-
ed as considerable %chancey."
1.-The Teller that can guess 1t two days
ahead of time he declared, lis vast
In his talents. He could make a Twin
p~rophesyin' most anything, even the
market price of cranberries." When
Caroline, Sylvester and the captain
reached South Denboro after what
seemed, to the two unused to the
~leisurely winter schedule of the rail
road, an interminable journey from
Fall River, the girl thought she had
never seen a more gloomy sky OF a
more forbidding scene.
But she kept her feelings hidden on
her uncle's account. The captain was
| probably the happiest individual In the
state of Massachusetts that morning.
He hailed the trains approach to Sand
witch as the entrance to Ostable coun-
ty, the promised land, and from that
station on excitedly pointed out ia
miliar landmarks and bits of scenery
and buildings with the gusto and en-
thusiasm of a ~schoolboy.
At Denboro he pointed out Pete Shat
tuck's livery stable, where the horse
and buggy came from which had been
the mean of transporting Graves and
himself to South DenbOro.
Seer he cried. "See that Teller
holdin' up the corner of the depot with
his back, the one that's so broad In the
haop M hn hoo IN drax I'm his hrnQfh
| afore he can button his coat. That's
Pete. You'd think he was too sleepy
to are whether twas today or next
week, wouldn't you? We'll, If you was
q summer boarder and wanted to hire
a team you'd find Pete was awake and
got up early. If a ten cent piece fell
| off the shelf in the middle Of the night
he'd hear it. though I've known him to
| sleep while the minister's barn burned
down. The parson had been preachin'
against horse tradin'. Maybe that ser
mon was responsible for some of the
morphine influence"
Sylvester was enjoying himself huge
". Captain Elisha's eXuberant CON
ments were great fun for him. This
IL NudI L Cdn1c IOI. AC NCllhdC0 "
Caroline. 81 don't care if it rains OF
SHOWS. l could sit and listen to you
uncle for a year and never tire. He's
a wonder"
Dan. the captains hired man, met
them with the carriage at the station
and Miss Baker met them at the door
of the Warren home. The exterior o.
Al HI. 1II qorhiOrod ra m hItnU hnIlCa
was inviting and homelike in spite OF
the gloomy weather, and Caroline
cheered up a bit when they turned iii
at the gate. Five minutes of Miss Abb
CALLS society and all gloom disappear
ed. One could not be gloomy where
Miss Abbie was. Her smile of vel
come was so bread that, as her EN-
some of Punkhorn Neck" a place
which, he hastened to add, was forgot
durin' creation and has sort Of hap
pened of itself since"
Abbie conducted Caroline to her room
old fashioned, like the rest of the
house, but coy, warm and CHEEKY
and, after helping in the removal Of
Aer wraps, seiAcu HSi W DOth II
and took a long look at her face.
you'll excuse my bein' SO familiar
IN short acquaintance, dearie," she
said, "but I've heard so much about
you that l feels if l knew you like
own folks. And you are W felix's.
amt you? Course you are. Every one
Of Lisha's letters have had four pages
of you to one of anything else. be
gun to think New York was nothin' but
you and a whole lot of ten story houses.
l declare. you're almost prettier than
he said. May l kiss you? I'd like to"
She did, and they We're friends at
once.