Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-27
Bright Stories by Members of the Club
TIE STORY THE FISHERMAN
TOLD.

TOLD.
Part H.
Well" resumed the old man. hay-
ing lit his pipe to his satisfaction. las
was sayin'. they went right up 10
his house an found Jake there. but
stephen gone! Jake said as how
stephen had to.c him that he wuz
Goin' ter TIL city ter buy Nellie
.weddin' ring rs she had said she
would marry him. They sent tcie-
gram ter waylay any man answerin'
ter stephens description. cause. OF
course. they though, he he'd run away
WIN IN money pretending that he
"uz Soin ter git Ncilie's ring. Well.
they brought him back ter Green's
.Goro an searched his grip an found
y full Of paper money. stephen
'elared all he had in his grip wuz a
fresh collar nm tie when he started
an that somebody must changed
III contents. When they asked him
where tn rest OF In money wuz lie
.tiared h" didn't know an they
.'hoGght. Of course. he must hey had
somebody ter help him, AN he he'd
got away They pu, him In jail tina;
night. an III mex mornin' h. wuz
gone. lie had dug tn dirt away from
m bottom OF his cell an made a hole
right through II an crawicd out.
There wuz a train that come long
ipug bout midnight, an sposc he
stole ride on 4;
Nellie fwho he'd lived with nor
/. mothcrb fell sick from worry because
she d!dnt hoy nuch MONEY no how.
an. when she foun' out that stephen
wuz a thief AN :. murderer ii near
bout kat her. 'causc II. he'd de-
ceived her by say.n' hc wuz soI;. ter
buy her i rus
Well. nou, 4 yea, passed an Mel
Hes mother dl,d an ,hc didn'; hev
so when Jake asked her to marry him
shc said she would because there
want nuthinE left In her lifc.
'Shc--Shc's rot married" sasped
! tho young man
The fisherman turned an amazed
{, look upon him.
: Il dom, see how that could con
. Germ you. Stranger" lie said with
, look OF Interrogation. The "ounG man
had by now controlled himself. and
lie said, go on please
We'll" il, asked her 10 marry him.
Jake was awful rich hy nos. il. said
he had sold some sort OF IN .nven.
I. ton ter tn govt. an money was just
roiIin' in. bar he couldn't tel! what
tn invention wuz because il wnz
secret and he couidn't tell II yet.
on tn day -, FER III wcddin' jake
fcl! or horse that he va. ridiE'
. tor Neliic's house an rolled into a
ditch.
Y. Somebody fouu' him .herc an
brought him ter Nrliie's house. where
she wuz waiiiu al dressed up in
satin an stuff.
lie wuz hurt 50 bad that lie didn't
hcv bu, few hoirs left ter live an
then he made a confession.
lie said as how he WIZ tn one that
stole the none: an everything.
u thought" SEE hc. that money
might win Nellie. an aimed tel lay
iii blame on stephen. When stephen
went ter git his ticket / filed his
z grip with n lot Of my own money"
The night that stephen left xii;
IN old man"
He said he didn't mean ter Kill til
old man, but he jos, brought long a
knife lin case The old man caush;
him. though.
Jake wuz jcct bout tor lie back an
.ilie peaceful like. but they asked him
what he he'd did With tn money. 10
said that he he'd buried it in tn back
yard an that wuz where all his money
wuZ comm from That he he'd not
;. sold any secret ter anybody
y Iut. ,r f..Il
hack.
wcddn' day wuz not set till bout
four years after stephen left
i4s Well. that's all 'ccpt that twas put
: in tn papers in tn hope that stephen
might sec it. an Nellie is still wish
Z in Stephen will come back
Nellie went ter work in some fac
tory up in tn village an she's just
maxim 'nough fer her ter keep alive.
The old man shaded his eyes and
gazed up the road. Il bli've--yes.
it's. Nellie comm MP tn road
y short distance up the road u
young girl was seen approaching.
holding her hat in one hand rs she
trudged YEARLY along.
The young man jumped up. of
come false mustache. off cam. a
wig. Stephen" exclaimed the fish
erman. lie fell back in surprise.
Stephen did not hear him. up the
road lie ran 10 NEE, the girl. who was
but few yards away. The fisher
man wished to see the end OF his
story. But he smiled and modestly
turned his back. lie. too, had been
young once.
MINNIE LEWIS.