I THE TIMES “I caught It w itn fath er's old boat book, and I fished for It from the butt'ry w indow ," returned M aria defi­ antly. I stared. “From the buttery w in­ dow?" I repeated incredulously. “Yes,” she said crisply and closed By M. QUAD the conversation w ith th a t iuonosylla- — I C opyright, 1911, by A ssociated Llt- I hie. Bv IVAN WIIXOWSKY J erary Press. Bv F. A. MITCHEL As the m eal progressed I noticed She Had a Novel Way th at M aria did not eat any of the fish, lu fact, she ate very little dinner, but The Countess Melikoft was sitting in Five men sat around a supper table "Jack." said Deacon Henderson to of Doing It ! she drank several cups of strong green ber boudoir in Moscow, Russia, when in a faw ner's kitchen after a hard his daughter, Jacqueline, "a new min­ tea. I could not help associating her the curd of Colonel Micbalovsky was day s work in the cornfield. ister is comlDg to occupy the pulpit gloom w ith the ad reu t of the bluefish banded her. She directed the servant There w as Moses Bright, the father, made vacaut by .loruegau. whom you B y C L A R IS S A M A C K IE on the table. There w as a m ystery to adm it him. fifty live years old uud a widower; oat ot tt." connected w ith the catching of this "My dear countess. " he said. "I have there was Abraham, aged thirty; drove "Papa!' fish th at tantalized me. come to ask a favor. Knowing you to “ ’T ain t no fishing w eather today,” there was Leviticus, aged tw enty "Yon know very well that you flirted said C aptain B arnabas Fish when I As 1 sauntered around the frostblt- be intim ate with the Imperial fam ily, seven: there w as Philetus. aged tw en­ with him, then refused him ” teu garden I became aw are th at Lucy that the em press esteem s you highly. 1 expressed surprise at bis idleness one ty live: there was Aaron, ageil twenty- "But i didn't drive nim aw ay.” Drake wag moving listlessly am ong should lie obliged if you would use your |’wu Not a son had left home yet. crisp October morning. her gorgeous chrysanthem um s. H er ' influence to secure for my nephew a “A braham .", said the father as the "W hen be handed me Ills resignation “Too much sea?" I inquired. meal was finished, "there’s a wldder he told me that It would be im possi­ H e nodded and scratched his gray delicate face, w ith its long, thin, pink commission lu the navy stubbly beard. “W ind’s been east for uose’ w as dolorous enough. I w ent "Colonel, you overrate my Influence j woman nam ed (’arsons bought the ble for him to live near you aud tor three days now, and th at there oily roll out of tile gate and w alked along the I I am not Often bidden to the palace. Taylor place. She brought w ith get her you.” a | Indeed. 1 fancy 1 have been forgotten j span of bosses, four cows, sixty sheep, would turn my dory bull up’ards in no \ ^ellLe by Lucy s flowers, Jacqueline hung her head. tim e. No. m a’am , yon can- tell Miss ; "Your chrysanthem um s are lovely. there. eight hogs and fifty bens. She's a "This young man who Is com ing in W eeks’’— Miss D rake.” 1 ventured sociably. "H ow can that be when Grand Duke | hustler. Site can mow and plow and Ids place lias Pecii accepted at my in- “You can tell her yourself, cap’n,” Lucy turned tow ard me. "They are V. is to dine w ith you this evening.” chop wood.” Kigution because he is painfully Home­ "W hat of it?" asked Abraham. cam e Miss M aria's sharp voice from pretty," she adm itted, her weak eyes “W ho told you that?" ly. has fiery red hair and freckles; filling w ith tears. "W hy, the duke's m ovem ents are nl- the gate. “ H ere I be!” “ You wash up. grease your boots and be is He long boued aud disjointed." “You have a cold?" I asked. 1 ways known He inform s the police hair anil go down and ask her to m ar “T here's some roll on today,” he said, No, oh, no, but I have suffered—a of his engagem ents in order th at they ry you. You are thirty years old. and "W hat has th at got to ijo w ith it?" looking aw ay over the greenish gray loss." She cam e close to. the fence \ may provide for his safety." “A greut deal. It ts Impossible for it’s tim e you w ere m arried." w aters of the bay. “F irst tim e 1 ever suspected you was and leaned over, speaking freely as j "Do the police consider publishing Abraham got ready and departed. you to let a handsome, attractive man glad of a listener. j his w hereabouts providing for bis Moses B right was boss around th at nlone. 1 expect Mr. Mulduon to repel a fair w eather sailor,” sniffed M aria though "1 um sorry. Miss Drake. May I safety?" house. T he young man arrived ns tile you by his ugliness. We are getting scornfully. j “They have not published his eom- j widow w as straining the last pail of tired of hunting up m inisters for you “ It ain’t m e; it's the fish,” explained ask w hat it is?” "My fish," she whispered. "T he love- i ing here. 1 was conversing w ith one I milk. H e sat down on the doorsteps to m ake fools of aud drive aw ay We Captain B arnabas hastily. “I ain’t liest bluefish you ever saw. The ca t j of the police officials about securing w ith his back tow ard ber and said afraid of w eather.” [ my nephew an appointm ent in the never u word. lie was in greater fear are going to try one of a different “I shouldn't think the fish would be stole it.’’ “W hat cat?” I asked m echanically. arm y. This man knows of my ae- tban as if a bull had been chasing him kind." either, they being m ore used to the ” 1 am not sure w hether it w as my j quaintance with you and said to me: across the meadow. The widow took “Why not get an old m arried man?" w ater than you ure.” “They won’t bite,” explained th e cap­ Snowball or M aria W eeks’ Ginger. | 'G rand Duke V. dines w ith the couut- notice of him at once and then ignored "Y'ou know very well w hat the sal­ You see. it w as ail ready to fry for ess today, if you see her and ask her him for a long teu minutes. Then she ary Is. If we should do as you sug­ tain w ith dignity. dinner—setting right on the shelf In j influence in the m atter she will un- stopped singing to say to him: gest we would have a family to sup­ “ Fiddle!" snapped M aria so sharply tbe window, and the window douhtedl.v secure a promise of the np- 'Get out!" port besides the m inister, und we nre th at C aptain B arnabas jum ped in his was butt'ry wide open. W hen t w ent to get i poiutm ent while he is at the ta b le .'” Those w ere blessed words to A bra­ too poor for that." sea boots. “IIow is it I’ve sm elt fish frying over at Lucy D rake's every it it was gone.” She spoke as tragi- “Well, my dear colonel. I am willing ham. lie got. He fairly flew for the “Well, papa, if Mr. Muldoon is as as though she had lost a dear | to oblige you if I flail an opportunity, first forty rods. W hen he reached hideous ns you say 1 don't think yon night this week? Somebody m ust call.v but you m ust not rely too m uch upon home he found his father sitting in will be put to the trouble of gettiug catch ’em —I’ll find out who it is." She friend. me. I wish you were to be a m em ber the door, pipe in mouth, and sat down another man on my account.” turned aw ay and w ent up the grav­ •’A bluefish?” I w as thinking guilt- | of dinner party. I would invite on the nearby wash bench. Ills broth­ The first Sunday tlie new clergy­ eled path to the little w hite house th at ily of the one I had eaten at dinner, you our except at the grand duke, as ers had gone to bed. It was live m in­ m an preached Jacqueline w as indis­ faced Quince harbor. A fter she had and I had a m ental vision of Miss you know, m th ust a list before­ utes before th e father took the pipe posed and should not have gone to slam m ed the side door I stole a glance M aria leaning from her buttery w in­ hand of other guests have w herever he goes, from his m outh to query: dow and coolly fishing for Lucy a t C aptain B arnabas Fish. church, hut she was so curious to know rake’s fish w ith th e late Mr. W eeks' and now there is not tim e.” "W hat'd she say?" ‘ Leaning against the picket fence, D boat bow homely he really was th at she "I have no especial desire to meet hook. I w anted to laugh, it was “ ‘Get out!’ ’’ his hands in the pockets of his blue all so funny and so unaccountable. w ent to hear and see him. H e w as him. But since you are to g ran t me T hat was all. There was more corn homelier than he bud been painted. flannel trousers, his blue eyes squint­ this favor is there nothing I can do “Why should M aria st—M aria’s cat planting next day, but h alf an hour be­ Besides Ills natural blemishes there ing across the bay at the black line your bluefish?’’ I asked to cover for you?” fore quitting tim e the father said to w as an artificial one. When a boy be of breakw ater. C aptain B arnabas seem ­ steal "N othing th at I think of.” barrassm ent. Leviticus, who was w orking next to bad fallen against n buzzsnw. which ed indifferent to the anger of the my “To em eat. would not have cared “ 1 have ju st received a box of fruit him: plump little woman tow ard whom I only”— Lucy I blushed had left a frightful sear on his left the south. Would you like some “Abrnbniu don’t know enough to cheek. w as sure bo nourished n secret attach ­ turned aw ay her head. painfully and from Then when preaching, having for your table?” crawl under a haystack when it's rain ­ m ade a point th at especially pleased ment. “ Indeed I would. F ru it a t this sea­ “ It is too bad. I’erhaps C aptain ing pitchforks. You go over there to­ “Somebody m ust catch fish for Lucy B arnabas could catch another one.” I son is not to be had." him. he would smile, and the contor­ night and spark th at widder.” tion his face took on was expressive D rake." I whispered softly. “I won suggested. “I will bring it before the dinner is A fter supper Leviticus went. It was der who It is!” of a pain 111 his stomach. over." “H e doesn’t seem to have very good either suicide or go. He found the A red flush crept from th e captain’s At first it (lid not seem to Jacqueline “Can you not send it?" widow m ilking the last of her four that she could endure to look at him. sun bu rn t neck np to his ears and dis­ luck fishing.” she said and hurried into "Send it! No. Do you suppose I th e house w ithout ceremony. cows. She looked up as be entered the appeared. “Miss T elham ." he said sol But he had u rem arkable Intellect and I walked down to the end of the row would tru st a servant w ith w hat can barnyard, but neither spoke. The the gift of expressing his Ideas In em nly. “it’s me!" not be bought for love or money? He of low. com fortable bouses th at strag ­ young m an stood w ith his back to the “I thought—you said—th e ilsh would For aw hile she listened to him along the beach road, and then would either eat it or sell it and say fence and chewed on n straw , !tud she words. not bite!” I gasped indignantly. I was gled w ith her eyes turned aw ay. By de­ th at he had been robbed. I shall loyal to M aria, for she w as a line soul turning w ent back to my boarding briug it myself. W hat o’clock will hummed the air of a hym n as she m ilk­ grees she w as enabled to endure the ed. W hen she had finished she rose up sight of him for a few m inutes nt a in spite of her affected crustiness. place. D inner would be cleared aw ay your dinner be served?” and asked: Lucy I »rake I did not like. I turned to by tills tim e and M arla taking her nf tim e, and before th e end of his ser- “At half past 8. We shall be ready the gate, but the captain lifted a huge ternoon nap. I w anted a nap myself. for fru it by half past 9. The grand “Any m ore idiots in this neighbor- | mou sbe hB(j quite forgotten his ugll- When I reached the front door the hood?" brown hand to check my departure. gate clanged noisily and I turned to duke does not like to sit long a t table; “Y’es—no—yes!” stam m ered tlie young ness. "It may seem queer to you, m a'am , see T he next Sunday she was obliged to C aptain B arnabas tram ping heav­ he is a very busy m an." man ns lie made for the highw ay and begin all over again, but the process afte r my prom ising M aria I'd bring her M icbalovsky left her shortly before ily up the graveled path. H e cam e ur borne the first ketch of flsh, but I had to th e steps and stood, grim and unsm il­ th e dinner hour. of getting used to looking upon him, It was potato planting next day. At bis fiery red hair, his scarred cheek take them flsh to Lucy D rake!” "So the police told my cousin that, ing, beside me. the supper table the fath er reached for and w orst of all thnt dreadful smile “W hy?” 1 asked bluntly. “ Miss W eeks to hom e?” he asked im ­ did they? 1 know; better. T he police a third slice of fried pork null said: “Becuz.” he said, with discouraging politely. at clinching an argum ent, required less do not tell such secrets. Alexis got It “Philetus. ile up and grease up. Four tim e than the Sunday before. More­ brevity. elsewhere. But w here? He certainly sixty sheep, eight hogs." "You could easily have brought some “1 believe so. Come in and sit down, over. Ills Intellectual part began to In­ not have got it from any of the cows, Philetus turned pale and lost his ap­ fluence ber. W hat com prehensive ideaal to Miss M aria as well,” I said disap­ captain." And I ushered him into Ma­ could duke's household. T he colonel would ria's sitting room. bet be obeyed. He found tile W hat heart! W hat n different way of provingly. use It for any other purpose than petite, widow uprooting burdocks in tlie front looking at things from the cut nnd "Luck was ag’in It.” he returned To my surprise she w as in there, sit­ not the pretended one. But the duke's life gloomily. “You may not believe it. ting very pale and unhappy looking In Is in danger every m om ent from revo­ yard, and before be could say anything dried theology th at hnd come down big rocking chnlr. she nsked: Miss Telham. but I tieen out every day a “M the centuries! How her heart thundered C aptain B arna­ lutionists, and If It is known th at he "A in't there another kid named through for a week past, and I ain 't caught but bas. aria!" bled for those whom he pictured driv­ is to dine w ith me tonight he m ay be And when I would have fled M a­ Aaron?” one flsli each day—and th at there flsh ria beckoned m e to rem ain. T herefore assassinated either com ing or going. en by their surrounding circum stances "Y’es." I had to give to Lucy D rake." Into crime. “The children of the poor,” I will send a m essenger suggesting "Then I hovered near the door, feeling very run home and send him along be said, "nre sent lo jail, tile children "Then you have been out fishing this uncom fortable. th at he stay aw ay.” m orning?" She w rote a note statin g th at his ex­ and I'll sta rt an in fant asylum with of the rich to dancing school." “Do I look like a fair w eather sailor, "D on't you 'M aria' me, B arnabas pected visit was know n and begged him!" Anil so he accounted for th at grow Aaron w ent and cam e back to shake ing crim inality am ong the children and m a'am ?” he asked coldly. “I w ent out Fish,” said M aria coldly. him not to come. But be replied in bis bead and hear bis fattier call him youth of the land, filling more nnd at daybreak, and I caught one fish, "M iss W eeks, w hat did you do it I person. sam e as usual, and I suspect th at you for?” he dem anded, fixing his bright "Ah. countess," he said gallantly, “do a dinged idiot. T hat night the four more the columns of the new spapers. and M aria will soon be ketching the blue eyes on her snapping black ones. you suppose fear would cause m e to sous entered into a conspiracy, aud it Illustrating their Inevitable course by smell of frying fish from Lucy "D o w hat for?” M aria's tone w as forego the pleasure of dining with was a t th e breakfast table th at A bra­ j such graphic words ns those quoted. surprised. ham said: D rake's." | Jacqueline w ent borne from church you ?" ‘‘Father, th e W ldder Parsons is a hus­ nnd all the rest of the day was think I turned my bead tow ard the neat “You see my schooner down there?” "D id nothing happen on the w ay?” tling w idder woman. Two bosses, four C aptain Fish pulled back the window Ing on that fearful procession of little w hite cottage next door to M aria’s. “N othing.” cows, sixty sheep, eight hogs and fifty children with but one path before Surely I could detect a smell of frying curtain and pointed a horny forefinger “B ut I fear for your return.” hens." nt the graceful lines of the Indus, an j them , and thnt lending to crime. And fish! “B anish it from your mind. I am The w histle of the flour mill smote chored opposite the W eeks cottage. j mingled with this picture was tlie face here to enjoy n pleasant evening w ith "W aal, w hat of it?” w as asked. "1’es, I see it. I don't see how I can I you. Let us throw fear to the w inds.” "It's your turn to go sparking." the stillness of the day. of the m inister, hut one engaging feu "It's dinner tim e." observed Captain help seeing It, planted right th ere In They dined together, and during the “Boy, don't gim m e any suss!" ture In It—sym pathy lighted by pro Fish. and. with the sam e nervous haste front of Lucy D rake s cottage. M aria (jinncr th e countess asked the duke for “No use to bluff, father. You either i test against this hum an Injustice. exhibited by all Quince H arborltes at was jealous. Now I began to under- t|le appointm ent as sbe bad promised. go sparking or we qul^ tlie farm ." For a tim e Jacqueline tried to stop the hour of noon, he nodded briefly and stand. "A t whose request do you iisk me for The old m an w as given the day to her enty against tills childish wall plunged down the beach tow ard the “I was sitting out there Just before this favor?" he said lifter prom ising consider the m atter. W hen supper was Any effort to relieve It seemed hope over and w ithout a word to any one lie less But she was at last won over by dinner, and I had the glasses. I w as the commission. dory draw n up on the sand. H e slept and ate and m ade his home looking at your iiouse. I w as”— Cap­ “My cousin. Colonel Alexis Miehalov- slicked up a bit and took the highway. the m in isters exhortation to work un­ Tlie widow sat on her doorsteps, smok­ der tlie Inspiration of faith and leave on board of his schooner, the Indus, tain B arnabas blushed and cast about sky.” ing her pipe. She bowed aud made the rest to Providence. And so under nam ed afte r a ship in the Calcutta for an excuse »for his lover’s foolish­ “Colonel M icbalovsky?" room beside her. Not a word w as said his direction she becam e the lender of trad e of which he bad once been m as­ ness. “I was w ondering if Miss Tel- “Y’es. Do you know him?" for a long m inute. Then Moses clear­ an association of women w orkers in ham had gone for a walk. I w as look­ “Only ns colonel of n regim ent.” ter. A half hour afterw ard 1 w ent up the ing. when I saw you. M aria W eeks, At the m om ent n dish of exquisite ed Ills throat and rem arked: the field of charity. W hile the hand path into M aria's house, sniffing ra th ­ steal Lucy's fish off her—w ith a boat cut glass was brought in on which "Them four dough headed sons of some, gentlem anlike pastors ot her er guiltily at the smell of frying blue- hook!" Did C aptain Fish chuckle? was mellow fruit, surm ounted by a j mine seem to think I'd better get mar- church had discoursed to her from fish. which seemed to em anate from M aria blushed and then paled. “It large orange. T he dish was set on I ried ag'in. And being as you appear to the pulpit upon theological princi­ Lucy D rake’s little kitchen. To my w as my flsh.” she said obstinately. , the table between the tw o, and the tie nlone In the world and being I ples that had been wrangled over for surprise I caught a glim pse of Lucy “You had promised it to me.” ages and nt other times had poured I countess was taking tlie ornnge from think I'd lie happier"— D rake's thin nosed face at th e window, 'I promised one to her every day un- the top of the pyram id when th e serv- "Oh. I don’t know." Interrupted the soft nothings Into her willing ear this ; widow, draw ing away a bit. “ I’m "frig h t" by a sym pathy for his fellow and she was dabbing n handkerchief til—until she colleeted her interest ant said to her: against her eyes money. She's been bard up. Fish ain 't "Colonel M iehalovsky begs th a t be alone in the world, but I seem to be beings bad unconsciously walked by a When I entered M aria's house I was so terrible hurdy. but they’re brain may speak to yon a moment, it Is having a party good tim e" straight path to her heart. The hair Instantly hungry. On the oval table food anyw ay, and you know I.ury about the appointm ent. He w ishes to "B ut them fool sons o' mine!" was still a fiery red; the sear, the ex "Yes. I know. It's dreadful to have rruclntiiig smile, were as hideous ns be­ In the low dining room was a platter. D rake ain't got any too many brains, ¡change his request." On the platter was still sizzling a de­ She needs ail th e fish she can eat." 1 But th e countess did not hear On a lot o' Idiots around You don't say fore, but not lo her. for sbe did not see licious looking bluefish, brown and The captain w as trying to cover liis taking up the orange she noticed a It's love at first sight, do yon?” tbem They had been obscured by a crisp from the frying pan. T here were own kindness w ith a clumsy Joke. "I small spot where It had been plucked "N-o-o. not sknssly. but I'm a hus- divine light that em anated from the a plate of corn bread and a dish of promised her a fish every morning. I from the tree She held the orange | fling man. and you are a bustling wo­ spiritual part of Ibis repellant Imdy cream ed potatoes and other good thought It would is- easy to ketcb nnder her nose aDd noticed a pecul­ man. an d —and”— line day the deacon, Jacqueline's fa things 1-plenty of 'em. but. d rat it all. I never iar odor Then suddenly sbe saw a "And yon think we ought to hustle ther. said lo ber: Miss M aria flew in from th e kitchen, caught but one every day. and she j tiny flash such as m ight come from In tills rase?" "Jack. I have noticed th at you are her cheeks a bright crim son and her needed It. M aria!" His tone ended in fhe fuse of a firecracker. T here was "T hat's about It." taking h great interest In the work In­ "Then you come along three daya Alack eyes snapping w ith some inward tin apologetic note. beside ber a finger bowl th at had lieen spired by Mr Muldoon I brought him excitem ent. M aria Weeks arose, conscience strick­ placed on the table w ith the fruit from now. afte r I finish planting my here thinking that his ugliness would "I was Just going to call you to din­ en. “I took her fish—and she's hun­ j The countess quick as a flash Im ta le rs" protect him. I fear th at It bus failed ' ner. Miss Telham ." she said shortly. gry. I m ust go and see her a t once. mersed the orange in the w ater. W hite Anil when the father got botno and "F ath er.” said the girl Impressively, As we sat -down she bobbed her head She m ust come to supper and”— as a cloth, she told the duke to run foi found his four sons w aiting and grin­ •when again you choose for such a pur ning he said- and ottered a hasty and rath er un­ "I will go and ask her. Miss M arla." his life jioMP a homely man to occupy the pul i "Two homes, four cows, sixty sheep, pit of our church I would advise yon lo gracious benediction over the flsh plat­ I said hastily, and as I went I beard ! "Not w hile yon sit still,” he said ter. select one w ithout the gift of Intellec C aptain Fish’s voice growling out When the bomb was cut open by the eight bogs”— But w hat of the wldder?" w as ask- tuality snd the divine attributes of a "H ave som e fish?" she asked shortly. some question and M aria's im othered police It was found to be an orange “If you please So yon got one, a ft­ shriek of dismay. »kin filled with nltroglyceriD The fuse real C hristian If you Intend to warn er all?” I rem arked “Oh. Barnabas! I could never keep b*d burned within an eighth of an "She’s mine, and ss she don't like me It Is too late But this time It Is ehlidren every last one of von can pre­ "Tes. I got it.” she said significantly. bouse on th at schooner!" inch o t the contents he who toss won the game not I. Last "W ith a silver hook. 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