Axdhor of
Capn Eri, Etc.
TNustrations by
Ellsworth Youn
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» SYNOPSIS.
supposed widow, 1s
Trumet to Bos-
owing the death of her brother,
she had kept house
epps widower, offers marriage,
fodtininti y refused 1
els. leader of the Reg
Keziah a place 1
new minister, and
in Trumet Keziah
John Ellery,
him advice
members of
Keziah Coffin,
to move from
Mrs.
arran ged
ton, toll
for wh
S41]
he Ellery causes
sensation by atte a “Come-outer’
meeting Ellery gence is bitterly re.
pented by Eben of the
meeting Grace
guardian and ¥
the raln Capt
son, becomes a
packet into port
storm. Ellery finds
ter to some or
sponse to a de
tartled when in
Nat. Nat calls on
ops that they have
youth. Daniels remon
for attending *'C
lery is caught by
by Nat They
meets Grace while
and learns that s
Bunday. The
Sundays with
captain's
for
but
irink
Pret.
ty » and at
last ¢ h mast
We Was po ' 1s 1 ve , bu i
i that; 1 did star I took
app; arance,
His
and 4
ang oi-
ryt 1d
could
have stood
in sewin' and
somel
folks
fered
grace
a hurry
home,
I said noth
no children: 's the one thin
been
“You
WAYS
They
ow 80u
come around
patron
me money, sos I n dis-
in
me
eedn’t
then sent ‘em rightabout
while he'd c«
abuse me Still
¢ God, ther
ge
© Was
g I've
quiet al-
Amd
3
out
sty e311 od
enous,
but 1
came
could
there
wouldn't
that he tt
East
here
was ie
gomewh ‘ me | k
Sol broth-
for till
Indies
to keep house for
er, and 1 kept house
died tl offered
here at Arsonage.
my story it,
him he
this place
th
me
There!
and ey
the I at's
, part of more'n I ever told
afore, except Sol.”
The mini
the wi
in’ soul
She ceased speaking
who had sat silent by
apathetically listening or trying to lis
ten, turned his head.
“l apologize, Mrs. Coffin,”
dully, “you have had trials,
But"
“But they
you think? Well,
ished yet. After word come
husband's death, the other man
and wanted me to marry him.-
wanted how | wanted to! 1
cared as much for him as I ever did;
more, 1 guess But 1
wouldn't, though it wrung my heart
out to say no. I give him up-—why?
‘cause 1 thought
me.”
Ellery sighed.
duty,” he said
ndow,
hard ones
ain't as hard as yours,
of my
to—oh
“I can see but
“That is the duty
love.”
Keziah's agitation,
into flame.
“Is that as fur as you can see?” she
asked flercely. “It's an easy
thén--or looks easy now
harder one; it's to stand by the prom:
ise | gave and the man | married.”
He looked at her as If he thought
she had lost her wits.
“The man you married?” he replied,
“Why, the man you married is dead.”
“No, he ain't. You remember the
letter you saw me readin’
when you come back from Come-Out.
ers’ meetin’? Well,
from him. He's alive. Yes, he's alive
somewheres. Every little while
writes me for money and,
any, | send it to him, Why? Why
‘cause I'm a coward, after all, I guess,
and I'm scared he'll do what he says
he will and come back. Perhaps you
up with it;
would say
to put
| Pink I'm a fool
folks
| that's what most
{ they knew It.
to divorce him. Well, I can't, I can’t.
I walked into the mess blindfolded; I
married him in spite of warnin's and
everything. I took him for better
for worse, and now that he's turned
out worse, I must take my medicine.
I can't live with him-—that I can't do—
but while he lives I'll stay his wife
and give him what money |
That's the duty I told you was laid on
me, and it's a hard but I don’t
run away fr iH"
She DI short:
h her apron,
John
stairs,
one,
om
stopped then
I
heard her de-
as she
sllery
sobbing
remained In
It was six
vhen he entered
ah, looking up from
him. He was
afternoon he
Kezl
board, saw
worn and grim,
hand to her
' ” h
ne
said,
‘ou've shown me what de-
CHAPTER XIII.
In Which the Sea Mist Salls,
buried Captain Eben In
Outer cems«
tery at the 1
Fhe Come-Out
ind ( ‘aptaln
a memory in
pa
offin silent-
* ts
and Grace took
“tell me
ave It
ou? Do
to him.”
foun won't
‘Not
had a he's poling
stay right here an go on with his
And ever know,
Don't
worry.
to
work else’ll
Gracie.”
£)
ie
I cou
1d be one
and sweet
Aunt Keziah! if
as patient and
i as you 4
Sssh!
ha brave
Be kin
may
she
and
Nat
ten
Here
home
mn
in the volce
“Kez
Get
fas, I've been
in my shay
and
Sona Re
favitation
ise heside Cap
of the
aitin’
I'll drive you back to
Mrs
and a seat in the
Zeb. The captain
ead Come-Outer and
in the
He also spoke of the Rev
the affection he
feel for the young man
glad to hear you say so, Of
{ course Cap'n Elkanah is boss of the
| parish committee and-—"
“What? No, he ain't nuther.
1 In
the par
Coffin accepted the
che
tain spoke
(
for him
eread
| Ellery
come
“I'm
spite of diffarence in
John
and of
10
He's
secret. And, as Christians, we should
forget and forgive.”
Kyan Pepper was another whom the
news of the engagement surprised
greatly
at the dinner table, he dropped
| knife he was holding and the greasy |
| grove he could not understand; but |
{ he also remembered, even more vivid.
| ly, what Keziah Coffin had promised |
to do if he ever breathed a word. And
he vowed again that that word should |
not be breathed.
Keziah was the life of the gloomy
parsonage. Without her the minister
would have broken He
her “Aunt Keziah”
{ she continued to call him “John.”
| was in private, of course; In
{ he was “Mr. Ellery” and she
down.
This
“Mrs
| Coffin
In
| nothi ing of Grace and Mrs. Pound-
| berry and Captain Nat were still
| the old home and no
selves knew what thelr plans might
be. Yet oddly enough, Ellery was the
first outsider to learn these plans and
that from Nat himself.
He met the captain at
of the “Turnoft” day
gust. He tried to make his
cordial, but painfully aware
it
She
one save
the corner
in Au
bow seem
one inate
was ill that
was not Nat, however, seemed not
to notl road and
hele
el
rossed the
y Captain
{ Nat, 1 3 you're
in a hurry. Ju hought I'd
side ¢ i
ROB
run along
good-by. Don't
-¥Ou are go
owners have been
hile, but 1
ount of dad’s health
I've ttin’
wouldn't
on ace
got to
gain
yverhaul
loa
age,
in Nat's
few
at
i
i
{ eral
1
i re
the del
verdi
ent deat
is
1
OR
ilked
spared
{ have been
town via
Wednesday
had sailed
it for Manlil
i
CHAPTER XIV,
In Which Trumet Talks of Captain
Nat
i over,
Summer was
{ passed, and it
autumn «
was winter—John El
| and no What
| that?"
“Oh, nuthin’.
{ long as Elkanah was feelin’ that
Ellery wa'n't orthodox enough,
might be goin’ to make a change.
| didn't mean to stir you up, Zebedee.
| But from things Cap'n Daniels has
{ sald I gathered that he was runnin’
ithe committee. And,
{of Mr. Ellery, it—"
“Friend! Well, so'm 1,
i you ever hear of Daniels
tricks against the minister,
i for me, that's all.
Humph!"”
The wily Keziah alighted at the par
more,
M
ain't 1?
tryin’ any
I'll show him. Boss!
had sown seed In fertile ground
was quite aware of Captain Zeb's jeal-
ousy of the great Daniels. And the
time might come when her parson
needed an Influential friend on the
he news of the engagement
tween Captain Nat Hammond and
Grace Van Horne, told by Dr. Parker
| to one or two of his patients, spread
{ through Trumet like measles through
ia family of small children. Annabel
{ Danlels and her father had not expect.
[ed it. They were, however, greatly
pleased. In thelr discussion, which
{ lasted far Into the night, Captain Elk-
anah expressed the opinion that the
unexpected denouement was the result
of his Interview with Eben.
“I think, pa,” she sald, “that it's our
duty, yours and mine, to treat him just
as we always have. He doesn't know
| that we know, and we will keep the
|
|
i
firat
weirs were
ice,
in Trumet,
up,
packet
winter
taken
the
| They Shook Hands and Parted.
filled
run,
the bay
; with ceased
and the village
nate until
through on its regular trips, except
when snow or slush rendered the
roads impassable, but passengers were
very few. Twice there were wrecks,
one of a fishing schooner, the crew of
which were fortunate enough to es
cape by taking to the dories, and an-
other, a British bark, which struck on
the farthest bar and was beaten to
pieces by the great waves, while the
townspeople stood helplessly watching
from the shore, for launching a boat
in that surf was impossible. Mr. Pep
per made no more calls at the parson
age, and when the minister met him,
at church or elsewhere, seemed anx
fous to avold an Interview,
"Well, Abishal,” asked Ellery, on
to
spring
|
one of these occasions, “
Has your sister
ge
again
ain't,”
locked you up
‘No, sir, she replied Kyan
80 down on
be. I can g
myself
write a
ee fel
ot
ain't
| ler as she
once in a
when she
| somethin’
once In a week, | who
they're to, nuther talkin® of
goin’ up to Sandwich pretty soon.”
“She i187 Alone?”
“S80 she _
BAYS
“To leave you here? Why!
nigh so-
used to
by
to
out
while nowadays,
or
every
wants letter
Writes one about
don't know
She's
well, I'm
But she
change
up
hat
n't
won't
80 he I,
needs a
conference
“Godfreyvs mighty!
says she b'lleves she
and there's church
there, you know, and she figgers t
e do
s8'pose you'll
know when I
you, Mr. Ellery?
: Probably .
Lavinia got
gate and went, in company wi
ain Elkanah, Mrs
conference. She was
BO,
herself elected a
4
Mayo,
to the
attendant at the meectings
to be having a
introd
very
uced the mind
Pratt,
she
a}
cal'lated,
Well, oe 1
were-—weoere ad
ge, There was t!
cour
he }
hadn't
several
cific Is
seldom tou
may on
“John,” with a sigh,
“sometimes | you'd better get
another housekeeper.”
‘What? Are
2 You
“Oh, 'twouldn’'t be because I wanted
But it seems almost as if there
was a kind of fate hangin’ over me
that,” she smiled faintly, “as {if
sort of catchin’, as you might
verybody | ever cared for has
hin’ happen to ‘em My
died: my-—the man 1 married
to the dogs: then you and Grace
be miserable and 1 had to help
wu 80; | sent Nat away and !
me and"
“No, no. He didn't blame you
you word that he didn’t
Keziah, you're my anchor to
ward, as they say down here
lost you, goodness knows where |
should drift. Don't you ever talk of
leaving me again.”
“Thank you, John. I'm glad you
want me to stay. | won't leave ye!
awhile; never--unless I have to. John,
1 had another letter t'other day.”
“You did?
“Yup, from--" For a moment it
seemed as If she were about to pro
nounce her husband's name, some
thing she had never done In his pres
ence: but if she thought of it, she
changed her mind.
(TO _BE CONTINUED.)
asi)
we possibi
ITI
w he and
cited
Pa
vessels
wrecked s«
picked
cases
of islands
hh, and he and
sf these.”
answered,
think
ad been
up.
The
where
his
They
South
been
such
full
crew
be one
eha
you going to leave
tO.
"twas
8AY E
had somet
went
had to
He
Aunt
wind.
if 1
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