The Jasper news., 1918-05-16
CHAPTER Vlll-Continued.


swell, nothin', l guess. l am glad
you understand matters q little better
and don't intend for the estate nor you
to pay these Moriarty bills. Just get
'em off your mind. Forget 'em. I'll see
that everything's attended to. And,
later on if you and me can, by putin
our heads together, help those folks to
earnin' better livin, why, we will,
hey?"
The girl smiled up at him. II think"
she said, that you must be one who
likes to hide his light under a bushel.
Thank you-uncle"
She left Captain Elisha in a curious
state of mind. Against his will he had
been forced to accept thanks and
credit which, he believed. did not right
fully belong to him. 1t was the only
thing to do, and yet it seemed like dis
loyalty to Malcolm Dunn. This trou-
bled him, but the trouble was, just
then, mere pinhead Of blackness
against the radiance of his spirit.
His brothers daughter had for the
first time called him uncle.
A note on the dining room table
proved, to the captains delight, to be
from James Pearson. 1t was brief and
to the point.
why don't you come and see meT
wrote the young ma 1--WE been ex-
pecting you, and you promised to come.
Have you forgotten my address? If so,
here it is. l expect to be in all day to-
morrow"
The consequence of this was that II
o'clock the next day found Captain
Elisha pulling the bell at brick house
in a long brick block on west side
street. The block had evidently been In
its time the homes of well to do peo-
pie, but now it was rather dingy and
gone to seed. Across the street the
first floors were for the most part small
shops, and in the windows above them
doctors signs alternated with those OF
modistes, manicure artists and MILL
ners.
The pull at the boarding house bel
was answered by a rather slatternly
maid, who Informed the visitor that
she guessed Mr. Pearson was in. He
most always was around lunch time
So Captain Elisha waited In a typica
boarding house parlor before a CRATE
with no fire In 1t and surrounded by
walnut and plush furniture until Pear
son himself came hurrying downstairs
Say, you're brick, Captain War
ren," he declared as they shook hands
Il hoped you'd come today. Why
haven't you before"
The captain explained his having
mislaid the address.
The captain asked about the move
and how 1t was progressing. Els com
panion admitted having made som
progress, more in the line of revision
than anything else. He had remodele,
his hero somewhat In accordance wit
his new friends suggestions durinI
their interview at the Warren apart
ment and had introduced other charac
tiers, portrait sketches from memory o
persons whom he had known In hi
boyhood days in the Maine town. Il
read n few chapters aloud, and CAP
tain Elisha waxed almost enthusiast
over them.
Then followed long discussion owe
point of seamanship, the handling Q
a bark In a gale.
At length Captain Elisha, havin
worked "Uncle Jim" into safe hal
Dor after a hundred mile cruise unde
jury rig, with all hands watch an
watch at the pumps, leaned forward 1
triumph to refill his pipe. Having don
SO, his eyes remained fixed upon
photograph standing, partially hide
by a leather collar box, upon the dress
er. He looked at 1t intently, then ros
and took 1t In his hand.
"Well, 1 swan !" he exclaimed. "Eithe
what my heads Seen the fullest @