THE MORNING ASTOMAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
Captain's
By FRANK M. SWEET. !
Copyright, 1907, by Frank
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ELILYI You J Dolllyt" called
Ouptitta Drew sharply from
tbe door of the cottage which
fronted the marshes, at the
mouth of Squanton river.
At tilt sound of Itli volet i girl of
fifteen, who bud been bulf bidden by
tbe manb grass while slowly ranking
her way In a boat through the narrow,
winding suit stream, stood upright aud
looked calmly toward the shore. Tbe
light of the sunset ws on her face,
oftenlug Ita habitually grave and de
termined esprcsslon. '
. "Come 'ere, I said," repeated thi
man, coming down the patb to tbe di
lapidated float The girl, till atandlrtg,
leaned on ber oar and puNbed the boat
to He tnoorluga,
"What's wrong, dad)" the aaid light
ly aa abe made tbe rope fast. Her face
abowed apprebenalon of aome out
break. "I've been robbed, that's what
Lookl" be sidelined, polntlug with a
long, work atalned linger la the direc
tion or the house. "Look a-tbarl"
With tome dismay Delilah aaw tbe
high backed, old faahlonod pew which
they bad occupied ao long In Squan-
ton cburcb leaning agaluit tbe porch.
"They've lipped 'em all out" contin
ued ber father In a snarling tone. "III-
fluga boys been wbeellu' all of 'em
borne this afternoon. They air goln' to
hev op'ry chairs now. Pews Isn't styl
Isb ao' society fled enough, fur 'em.
They got to be? op'ry chairs."
"Ob; no, dad. They have decided to
put In good, comfortuble hardwood
pewa, and tbey will give you one."
"I dou't want It! I won't bev It!" be
erltxi excitedly, "Tbey didn't bev tbe
right to rip up ay pew unless I said
tbey could."
"But tbey voted, dad, and Mr. Doane
ays church property ain't like other
property."
"Well, he'll And mlue Is," said tbe
captain sourly. "If I'd 'a' knowed they
was goln' to rip up my pew, I'd 'a' atud
over It with a plstoir
Delilah was silent. She could re
member lb substance, but could not
repent all the minister had said In his
comprehensive, busineasllke directions
about the renovation of 8quauton
church. Farwelng, but never vlalon
ary, be had held before their eyes a
pleasing picture of their future pros
perity, when, attractive surrounding
would be no small help In drawing to
themselves people from tbe outlying
towns. One half tbe espense of re
pairs be bore himself.
"We air turned outcn our rightful
ettln'," reiterated tbe old man. "My
father's father set In that pew."
"Why, dad," argued bla daughter
gently, "you wouldn't wear tbe same
clothe your father did. Why ahould
you mind having a new pewT
"I ain't golu' to bev no new pew, I
tell ye, nor you anther. You ain't
Sever goln' to set your foot In that
cburcb ag'lnt"
"Ob, dad, I must! I can't mind you
thla time!"
"If ever you go In thar ag'ln, Dellly,
yon needn't come back here!"
Delilah ant for some time as he had
left ber. 6be was to be deprived, then,
an excuse for bis Intended call at j
the cottage of Csptuln Draw, b was
ferbaps ss near a deception as so con
scientious a man could be. Ills real
purpoae wna to determine In what
way he could lt mitigate the bitter
ness toward himself which he knew
tbe old man felt,
Dellluh met him at the door with
eyes that he thought more wistful and
features sharper than he remembered.
"I can't take them, thank you," she
said firmly, refusing the proffered
books. "ifaUier would not like It"!
she added, with a blush, ;
"Khe dou't want the books," said the
gruff voice of the captain behind ber.
I rend thnt the helpless men would CO
Quwn Irfrfore their very cys.
The wreck, though It iny In that part
of the channel where the current was
not at Its strongest, was pounding
erm a reef of rocks that Jutted out
from the bend. A sand bar, over which
the waves were rolling like snow
crested hills, Jsy between. To reach
the Magnolia from tbe other side of
tbe bay meant a journey of ten miles
by land,
Tbe vessel was pitching about like a
desperate thing, showing first ber keel,
then the full sweep of the deck, with
the crew clinging as tbey could. Tbe
mast was broken off six or eight feet
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Before tbe people crowding tbe bead
land could understand what was tak
ing place Captain Drew bad mustered
a volunteer crew and in tbe lighthouse
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TO LETFURNISHED ROOMS
FURNISHED COTTAGE ON 15TH
street with piano and sewing ma-
boat was making bis way along the chine to parties without children, 120
snore w cross below tbe bar. Tbrougn a month rent Address D. BV As
ii mi uemuu croucuea oesiae a uuge 1 torian. f 8-22-tf
w wider, wun aer neep, concentrated
gase nxtd upon ber father's figure. .
The distance that Captain Drew and
bis volunteers bad to row was not
great but against tbe power of sea and
wind tbey made little progress toward
tbe wreck. Once a
"thmb's a waici orw ootrm's beach,
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"Hhe won't be ' com In' over to tbe
church any more outlier."
"I hope you will reconsider," began
Mr. Donne. "
"Well, I shan't It don't take me
long to wrtke up my mind, and when
I do It's fur good. Jestlee Is Jestlce."
IH-Illuh bad allpped away down tbe
path and leaned llatleasly over the
gate. She could not bear to bear ber
nuuer s woros. Arter wnat seemed a
lifetime she saw Mr. Doane courts
oiwly withdrawing In a manner which
politely auggested he was tearing him
self away rather than fleeing from tbe
captain's Invective and terrible accu
racy of statement At the gate be gave
his band kindly to Delllnb.
"We shall lie sorry to lose you from
Sunday school for a time," he said, bnt
he added, with a hopeful smile: "No
doubt your father will think betler of
(bis by and by, If yon are in need of
help, come to me."
The next few, weeks were trying
ones for the girl.' Whenever she came
niHin a group of people talking earnest
ly the conversation, wblch was Inva
rlnbly upon church matters, was linme
dlately bushed. She felt keenly the
looks which tbe young people cnt ci
on her. When a kind nelghttor nctel.
"How's your father feeling today y
she felt conscious and uncomfortnlile.
In each yard through the village she
round an unwelcome reminder, for the
people hnd utilised tbe old pews foi
garden seats. The postmaster had
placed his against the wall In the of
fice, where It was speedily occupied by
unemployed male Squnnton. The chil
dren appropriated the sliver numbers
and wore them jauntily In their but
bands or, on their coat lapels fo.
badges.
Tbe summer waa nearly passed be
fore the cburch waa opened for wor
ship. It was a stid day for Delllnb.
When the bell rang, she took ber little
Bible and wnlked across the fields to
the pine woods. Companionship with
nature seemed to strengthen and exalt
her. Then she felt submissive and
forgiving for the first time.
On a stormy day In November a hur
ricane raged along the north shore, and
the little sea girt town of Bquanton
was laboring with It In the village
store the Idlers refugees from tbe bur-rlcane-crowded
alout the stove and
agreed thiit the storm was a "peeler."
"It's the kind that soaks In!" ex
claimed Captain Drew, rising to look
at the blurred pane. "Wouldn't keer
to be off Thatcher's Jest now."
over tbe boat and a cry went ap from
tbe shore, but out of the trough tbe
men rose again and bid gained a
length toward the other side.
It was the work of hours to make
tbe lines fast and transfer tbe half
froeen men to tbe shore. Tbe rain was
falling less heavily, and tbe agitated
watchers could see the saved and sav
ers climb on by 'one over the steep
bank. Mr. Doane's strong. light fig
ure, that they all knew so well, wss
tbe last to reacb tbe shore, and bardly
had be done so when tbe vessel parted
amidships.
It was be wbo first discovered, In the
terrible coufualon of storm and wreck
age, that Captain Drew, who bad been
standing far out in the surf, with a
rope slung about bis waist bad been
struck by a floating spar and borne
down by tbe current Tbe end of bis
rope, which bad been colled ashore,
was already vanishing on a retreating
wave.
Without a word the minister plung
ed Into tbe surf after the rope. Though
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rax HuisTXB nvsazo INTO TBI bubp.
an expert swimmer, be waa twice
beaten back. In vain tbe men sbouted
to him that it waa useless, worse than
Impossible. He was deaf to their ap
peal, and just as the rope appeared on
tbe crest of a huge swell be made a
leap forward and-seized It. The next
Instant be was lifted on a tremendous
breaker and thrown far up tbe beach.
He had made a
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sharp turn of tbe house block within 10 days from date
rope above bis waist and, though of signing contract; said bids to be
shaken and bruised, he recovered him
self quickly and helped tbe men draw
tbe captain ashore. They felt bis
heart They watcbd his lips. They
believed he was dead. But tbe old
mariner of Squanton had' a strong bold
on life. . ..
It was some weeks before Captain
Drew could be removed to his own
home from the farmhouse to which he
bad been carried and months before
he rose from bis bed. Meantime Mr.
filed with the clerk on or before
August 24th, at 9 o'clock a. m., 1908
contractor to furnish bond in the sum
of one hundred ($100) dollars. Court
reserving right to reject any or all
bids. By order of the County Court
J. C. Clinton, County Clerk. 8-18-6t
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fiettllllff hack. h stntfhMl Ma Inrii,
limbs toward the stove again with an Doane had supplied the best medical H (J 1 (J K COLD
aauea sense or comrort. am. During Ms frequent visits to tbe
Tbe sound of. laughter and greeting captain their disagreement was never
HH DON'T WANT THI B00X8," SAID TBS
CAPTAIN.
of the chief pleasure In her lonely
life. It metut, too, separations from
those who bad been so kind and to
whom she dung with girlish adora
tion. It seemed to her to be the climax
of all tbe troubled, uusatlsfied experi
ences of ber life. She thought of ber
mother, whose gentle face she could
scarcely remember. Did she have to
bear such things? In thinking of her
she grew loss rebellious. She would
be gentle and patient, too to do right,
for what was life given? .
Tbe winged needles of the pine trees
over her bead sifted down about ber
on the night breeae, and wben the
mists hnd enveloped the sand dunes
and tbe tide hnd covered the ma'rshes
In n sblinmei-lng surface she still sat
as her father hud left her. '
Wben u few duys later the Rev.
Howard Doane selected from his abun
dant library a few interesting books
was hushed suddenly, and there waa a
perceptible backward movement near
the door to admit a dripping figure. It
was Delilah, with a white, scared face
and long balr blown In a tangle about
her head.
"There's a wreck" oft Colon's beach,
dnd!" she gasped. "They say it's the
Magnolia."
Captain Drew came to bis feet In
stantly, with every man present
"How'd you know 'bout It Dellly r
he asked as he buttoned bis greatcoat
"I was on the point looking at the
waves.". -
"You've no business to go prowlln'
round In eech a storm," be said, not
unkindly.
She drew him one side. "The minis
ter Is on board, dad. He was coming
down from Boston," she said.
"Well, we won't see hlra drown right
under our noses, I guess, without try
In to save Mm. You leave it to your
father." : . '
In tb teeth of the gale tbey forced
their way to the shore. Above the
terrible roar of wind and sea they
shouted to Captain Drew that tbe life
boat bad been manned and repeated
uuaucceHsrui attempts made to cross
the channel. Tbey told him that the
efforts to shoot tbe line across the ves
sel and thus bring It Into communica
tion with the shore had been fruitless.
On every face there was unspeakable
touched upon.
One Sunday morning In spring when
the syrlnga bush near the. door was
all abloom and tbe willows bad put
fcrth a tender green the captain, lean
lug heavily upon Delilah, hobbled Into
the sunlight and sat down upon tbe
old pew. .
"It does make a tol'ble comf table
settee,, don't It, child T be said amia
bly. -
Delilah did not reply, but she looked
at him wistfully.
"Yes; my father's father used to set
In if he continued.
Just then the dear bell from the
cburch at the head of the cove rang In
vitingly. The captain listened thought
fully, digging bis cane In tbe soft earth
at his feet .
"Dellly, girl," he said at length, "I
guess, beln's tbe parson didn't bold out
agin me when I was hangln to thet
rope out thar in the stream,-1 dunno
as I oughter hang out agin blm any
longer." .- , ;. v
"Oh, dnd!" exclaimed Delilah glee
fully.. '; ; ,
"Ye-es. 'Oh, dad,' has been kinder
crasy fer a spell back, but he's come
to his rightful senses now good an'
strong. I guess, Dellly, now If you'll
put your mother's Bible 'longslde of
me I'll set here an hour or two. an'
you,1 Dellly, git your bunnlt on an go
over an' set In t'other pew.'
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