Show 3 0 ff c ws du copyright 1906 by dally daily story pub co A man came down the wharf at bonner s point and beholding captain silas bugbee leaning over the tall ral of the schooner amanda accosted him can I 1 hire this boat to take me to rushton tonight to night he asked the skipper turned his hard blue eye on the speaker whose habiliments and manner bespoke a city bred man you can t ho he replied she ghe a a job for ton tonight agh t that B bad responded the pros hirer 1 I am anxious to be in rushton in time to take the steamboat for baltimore I 1 d give ten dollars for the passage the tha skipper moiel uneasily with the present sou west wind a run over to rushton would rit take more than three hours ten tell dollars was not to be passed by and as a matter of tact fact the skipper expected to spend five dol lars that very night when do jou iou want to start he asked III be ready at six a 0 clock and I 1 suppose you can tet let me ma in rushton by nine the steamboat leaves there at ten tell still the skipper pondered lie ile proposed to be married that night and was then preparing to go across the bay tor for that very important accessory to a wedding a clergyman in fact an engagement had bad already been made with ith the reverend gentleman Ilo however ilowene weve a Ned wedding ding can be postponed one day and a clergyman to Is likely to be at leisure most any evening and then thell ten dollars III jo it said the skipper be here at six by five a 0 cloch captain bugbee had overhauled his running rigging and made all ready for hla his sail ball to rush ton ills customer appeared on the hour in a hired wagon which the captala captain knew belonged in bonner banner I 1 wonder who the feller faller Is he mur inured 1 I dont don t know of no strangers str angera here the man assisted another man curt curl bously muffled tor for the time of car out of the wagon A man very awkwardly clothed and muffled as to the neck in ili a comforter A slouch hat bat was pulled tar far over hla his face something queer muttered the skipper shipper but it a no business of mine illis Is captain bugbee the owner of the boat remarked the man who had arranga negotiations to Ms his corn com panion the muffled man emitted a sound very like unto a smothered laugh and turned hla his face away from the skipper P er my friend la Is sick said the hirer of 0 the boat irn im anxious to get him to baltimore help him up the plank then a big portmanteau was brought over the rail and the sick man went down don into tie the cuddy the skipper shipper cast off and was hold tug ing the schooner hard against the 16 1 you cant he replied hea a job for fop tonight to night wind when he be was vias hailed from a skiff which had bad put out from the opposite side bide of the bay that captain bugbee 7 balled a aman man in the little craft to an at af formative fIrma tIve answer anam er he went on 1 im I lin the rey rev mr clubb and you were coming for me this evening I 1 put out to meet you captain now the captain as before hinted intended to marry miss Ar arabella W pit una that very night nigh miss atkins lad had teen been left the most d sum of 95 5 by her father la im possession of which the she was to fo pome on attaining her event would t occur ithe orning I 1 grinte I 1 na was viewed a with ap rt uncle captain abel woods in whose care she had bad been committed by her father it was A as obvious that a girl as aa attractive as was arabella and with money to boot would not long remain unmarried and when she did marry the allowed him annually for or her maintenance and schooling ceased then captain bugbee came on the scene and paid ardent court to ara bella it Is possible that captain bug bee had bad had bad a regard for his parents and also as to tho the future welfare of his soul but the one thing he be loved was money had he been a poet and happily he was not his impassioned lp L i st C A marriage be I 1 howled the skipper odes would have been dedicated to dollars rather than to raven tresses or to liquid blue eyes ees the very attractive personality of the girl was vias entirely secondary to the snug sum bum ot of money she would inherit and captain bubbeo determined at all odds to have the money and as a necessity the girl but lie did not find favor with arabella and the wily mariner enlist ed the support of captain woods by playing upon his cupidity he promised that lit la the event of At ababella marrying him he would reside with his wife at the woods home and the would be increased to 1500 a year As arabella was gentle and obedient captain woods and his wife had bad no doubt 0 of succeeding in per shading her to consent to marrying captain bugbee ite had no alpar ent rivals for or country beaux were not countenanced and she knew no one outside of 0 the village true she had bad spent two months in baltimore the past year with mrs woods sister but she seemed to have made no acquaintances the negotiation dragged and captain Dug bees hunger hulger to possess the money grew finally arabella was commanded by her uncle to pre pare to marry captain bugbee in three weeks and to hla his surprise the gli atil I 1 made no violent protest you see I 1 was all prepared for or the wedding said the tha clergyman as aa ho he reached the deck of 0 the schooner pointing to a book in his hand I 1 it wont be until tomorrow night re plied piled the sll skipper I 1 I 1 was obliged to run up to rushton to night As long as im aboard ill go with you responded the minister 1 I ve a few things to attend to in rushton are you a clergyman enquired the man who had hired the amanda aud and who lad had just come up out of 0 the cuddy mr dir clubb replied in the affirmative then said the man ad id like a word or so with you the two disappear el down the add dy ladder I 1 hope that sick man wont won t ills die on board mused the skir skipper per I 1 he must bo be worse or hat would a preacher have to do the ibe occupants ot of the cuddy remain ed below until the schooner reached its destination and then with a preoccupied countenance count enarce the rey rev mr air clubb accompanied the two to gers ashore asking the skipper to wait a half hour for him when he came back the mariner in quiren it if he be had bad burled the sick man rather brather mysterious but license all regular replied the clergyman the sick man happens to be a well and ive iva just married her to the man mail wip ohp accompanied her did you find out her name asked captain bugbee turning pale INN V hy how else could I 1 have mar tied her her name e c arabella pit hins and she told roe me there was a ho hoi old wretch trying to force her to marry him she a to disguise her sel belf f as a 1 nan ban to escape a ca ahe I 1 he ina hafl 12 16 bla it me in dall las year ile hb teems seems a very good sort son us uj fellow alter after an astonished pause the clo cw 9 gyman said bald sharply please cleabe kemem ber my calling captain bugbee such language as aa you are using Is disgraceful and I 1 ve a mind to refuse to perform the marriage ceremony to mor row night tor for you I 1 marriage be howled the tha skipper and mr clubb fled down into the cuddy |