Show COY j josephic aziler of jill ow mhd canja liri etc niu it rn tio iraa eusworth EUy worth C mj by comys SYNOPSIS mrs mr ah coffin supposed widow Is in arr to move from to doston tho the death of her br brother 0 her for whom sho she had kept house 11 kyan pr widower offers marriage and ian la Is bantly refused capt elkanah uan ian b fils 18 iader I ader of the re Ile gular u far church offers a li a place as aa housekeeper use keeper for or the new aster and she aho decides to remain fr ah maziah takes charge of oc rev hev j ohn john cilery the new and gives mm im advice as to hla his conduct toward rem bembers bers of he parish ellery causes a sedition seMi tiOn hy by attending a come outer presence pro Bence la Is bitterly re ato d by y eben leader or of the Z halall e ing orace grave ap 0 g s fo for her Oi ardlan and ana alfery e escolta i c 0 r t s her home in the th ruin capt nat hammond ebens xan on becomes a hero b the brackat backai into port safely t through fog ois and torm storm ellery finds keziah writing a let t tt tr r tn some one inclosing money in re ra anse to a demand she la Is curiously arild art ld led afien informed of 0 the arrival of vat nat nat calls on heziah tind and it develt IN abat they have been lovers since deneem remonstrates w with ith ellery hir for attending come outer on ter m eating el arr rr in IB caught by the tide and Is res rescue 7 it il y nat nat they become friends ea ellery lue ry meets meet grace graca while while walking in th the e fields alda ond n learns that she ahe walks there every cunday the clergyman cle reyman takes dinner sundays with the da dangela Dan lela annabel the tha daughter herself to rn an impression Impre salon on him she no erces with vexation hla his desire to get away wry very sunday at a certain time she ahe watches him through a spy apy klass glass nat araan importuners importunes Import Im unea keziah to marry him me e says eay he ha had haa a quarrel with hla his gather who w want hn ta him to marry grece rl allery le naska abka grace to marry hi him she rne 1 I 1 that hat she ahe loves him b but u aay ay I 1 be ae f rear r s to her guardian su ardlan el tishi daniels liels tells tella aben abben about themert the meet sea between ellery and grace eben res he will make mahe giace chosio be lirten him anil and tho the preacher grace grac finds ab in a faint following the excitement of r mian 7 canaba visit just before he dies steni ab exacts a promise from nat and vram that t thoy hey will marry heziah keelah reka weaks the ne news ws to ellery and later he mft e a riot 9 from grace saying she 1 Is is 1 marry nat and asking hire not dot to try to 10 ste K her again aK akala aln CHAPTER XII never mind about the other man we KB was handsome then in n a way and it 1 lad bad money to spend and be liked we be ile he wanted me to marry him if nabe bt ID other the lio ono one that went away sad lad written I 1 never would have thought of such auch a thing hut but be write and my pride abeln hurt and an n I 1 finally said bald yes yea to the sec second and thap chap 1 well tor for the first jeow year tali twant nt so BO stad not li exactly but not misery either that come later ills his people was well off and hed never worked much of any ile he did tor for a attle white while after we was married but mat for or long then he be begun to drink and nl carry on and lost his place pretty soon he begun to neglect me and at kast went off to sea afore the mast we was waa poor as poverty but I 1 could aade bat a stood that I 1 did stand it I 1 took in lad and leca up appearance never told a soul his yolks alks come patro patronizing around and offered me money sos I 1 disgrace them I 1 sent em am in at a hurry once in a while hed come coma elome got get tipsy and abuse me still 1 11 said in othin thank god there was so luo children theone the one thing iye ive been thankful for you cant keep such hanga things quiet always people are bound to find out they cometo me and said why dont you leave him but I 1 I 1 ald have divorced d him easy enough there was reasons plenty but I 1 do that then word came nit hiat he was dead drowned off in the indies I 1 come back bere to keep house bouse for sol my broth tr r and I 1 kept house for him till he be died and they offered me this place sere bere at the parsonage there I 1 lay story part of lt it moren I 1 ever told a livin acal afore except sol she ble ceased speaking the minister who had bad sat silent by the window pathetically listening or trying to listen turned his head bead 1 I apologize mrs afro collin be said ian dully lly you have bad trials hard bard ones bat but they aint as hard bard as yours you rou think well I 1 quite an fahed yet yel after word come of my bux bands death the other man come and wanted me to marry him and I 1 canted to oh ob how bow I 1 wanted tol to I 1 cared na ag much tor for him as I 1 ever did more I 1 duesi guess dut but I 1 I 1 though it wrung my heart out but to ear any 0 no o I 1 give him up why cause I 1 thought I 1 had a duty laid on me e ellery eliely sighed 1 I can see bu but t one duty hi b sald said that Is the duty liven us by god to marry the one we sove Kez laha agitation which had grown in he fold her story etory suddenly flashed into lamo I 1 Is that ns as fur as you in an see she asked fiercely ner cely its an easy duty abea theador or looks easy now ive got act a larder one its to stand by the prom jee ise I 1 gave and the man I 1 wa married Tried he looked at her as it if lie ha thought she he had lost her wits the roan man yo you ma madried tried ho be replied ivah why Y the roan man you married Is dead no lie w aint you remember the litter letter you saw sav ms that night xen X en you come back from rom come out eral ers VW that chat letter who was fro fr troia o him blin heb live alive yes hes alive anro and knockle knoch ln round the word every littlee i bile ho he writes mo mi for money rind and it if I 1 have any ny I 1 Eni litti tohle toh him lM why abee claued in all 1 I gleas nadim lil do what he be says bays persapa you I 1 i think yra im a fool act to put up with it what most moat folk would say it if they knew it tell me I 1 ought to divorce him well wall J I 1 cant I 1 cant I 1 walked into the mess blindfolded I 1 married him in spite and everything I 1 took him for better or for worse and now that hes turned out worse I 1 must take my medicine alcant J cant live with him that I 1 cant do but while he be lives ill stay his bis wife and give him what monel money I 1 can spare the duty I 1 told yoa yea was laid on me and its a hard one but I 1 dont run rule away from it she stopped short afien ien covering her face with her apron ap she ran from the me room john ellry ellery ler ber descending sc ac the stairs as she ebe went all that afternoon hei he remained in hs his chair by tho the window it was waa six hoplock op lock supper time when he entered the kitchen keziah keelah looking locking up from the ironing board saw him he was white and worn and grim but he held out his hand band to her mrs coffin he said im not going away youve shown me what de bomon to duty really I 1 shall sta stay here and go on with my work her face lit ift up will you she said 1 I thought you yet would I 1 was su sura you was that kind I 1 CHAPTER XIII tn in which the sea mitt mist sails they burled buried captain eben in the little come I 1 outer cemetery at the rear of tho the chapel the come bouters outers were there all of them and some members of the mayo dr parker keelah coffin mrs afro higgins and ike the little company filed out cut of the cemetery and captain in eben hammond was but a memory in reziah lin lingered kerei to speak a word with grace the girl looking very white and worn leaned on n the arm of captain nat whose big body acted actea as aa a butter buffer between her and t 1 0 1 11 lyl eld out both hands and grace took thern them eagerly eager lr auntie she whispered tell me did a letter did he be yes yea it came I 1 gave it to him did did he tell you do you know 7 yes I 1 know deary 11 did he be la is he iles hes well deary hell bo be all right ill look out for him you will wont you you wont let him do anything not a thing dont worry weve a had a long talk and hes going to stay right here and go on with his bis work and nobody elizell ever ever know grade 0 aunt it if I 1 could be one halt half as aa patient and brave and sweet as youage you are asahl here comes nat de be kind to him iles hes suf dufferin suffer ferin ln too maybe moren you imagine here she Is nat take her back home and be good to her 1 I tell you broke in the voice of captain zeb mayo keelah Kez lah ive been battin for you get in my shay and ill drive you back to the parsonage mrs coffin accepted the invitation and a seat in the chaise beside captain zeb the captain spoke or of the dead come outer and ot of his bla respect for or him in spite of the difference in creed he also spoke of at the rev john ellery and of the affection he had bad come to feel for the young man im glad to hear you say ro BO of course caan elkanah Is boss boas of the parish committee and what no he e aint auther iles hes head of it but his vote counts just one and no more what makes you say eay that oh euthin only I 1 thought maybe long so as elkanah was teella that mr air ellery want orthodox enough ho he might be gain to make a change I 1 mean to stir you up zebedee from things caan daniels has said sal I 1 gathered that he was t the committee and is as im a friend 0 oi mr ellery it driendl Fri endl well som 1 I aint I 1 it if you ever hear of daniels bryin any tricks aricks against the minister you so bend nd for me all ill show him boast humph I 1 the wily keilah alighted at the parsonage gate with the feeling that she had bad sown ped in fertile ground she was quite aware affre of at captain debs jealousy ot of the great daniels and the time might come aben wh n her parson needed an influential friend on an the committee and in the regular so society clety the news of the engagement bo be captain nat hammond and grace van horne told old by dr parker to 0 o one or or two ot of his patients spread through like measles through a family faintly of small email children annabel daniels and her fachet had not expected it they veru bo however wever greatly y pleased in their discussion which h lasted fur far into the night captain elk ahalt anati expressed thle the opinion that the unexpected dw ulment was the tha result af pf of lili his inter view with eben 1 I 1 think pa 11 she ahe bald that its ita our duty lutyj youra your ji anti and raine mine to treat him just juat as we always alway have ile he know that tha we know and wap will keep beep tha ui secret ha as christians christiana we should bortot forgive iyan er was another whom the news 0 i engagement surprised greatly en lafinta told him ot at lt it at the sr er table ho he dropped the knife h s holding and the greasy section balanced upon it IL kemem ig g what he had seen in tho the grove uld not understand but he also mb ered even more vivid IY wha ilah coffin had promised to do it wr r breathed a word ana devowe iaan in that that word should not be aed ed aa a the lite life of the gloomy without her the minister would b broken down ile he called her an aun at her request and sho she cont to call him john thin was aa in i ate of 0 course in public he e was waa r ellery and aha mrs collin in hla his iks lk about town he saw ay nothing c race she and mra lira pound berry erry an nat were still at the ie old t a aana and no one save themselves es k what their plans might be yet ly enough ellery was the flirt gotaj to learn leap these plans and that from it t himself ile ha met me ie captain at the corner comer of t the T oft one day late in ku au gual mufit ile he ed to make hla his bow seem cordial ardlan hi was as painfully aware that it was bot n I 1 mat af however seemed not to notice t crossed the road and hold aid out b hand band well ill 1 ellery said captain nat 1 I w wo keep you I 1 see youre in a hurry at thought id run alongside a mill i 3 and say goodby good by dont knows ill a you again afore I 1 sail before i sail 7 you you are going th g away yup AI i owners have bava been after me for a g i while but I 1 I 1 leave eave hm homo account of dads health N now w be hes g e ive got to be gettin back to sal san water vater again my ships been dryda d and overhauled and ashes in N a r now loadie tor for manila n I 1 I 1 a it its 13 along ong even it I 1 C coma m a back bach direct et which aint likely so 1 0 see for or a couple it I 1 years take care ol at yourself wor woi you good men ea as pec lally mini ers are bourse and from what I 1 sar ar about you I 1 ballate cal labe I 1 needs you ou when are w u going last of nea ne week most likely will you 1 hall all you go alone T are you to beto be to w 11 Mar married riedl tio grace and I 1 have talked it over and wey weve agreed Ws its best to wait till I 1 come hack shell stay in the old house litif hannah goodby good by captain goodby good by er eri I 1 say bay mr ellery hows things at the parsonage er keelah mrs coffin your housekeeper to Is she smart 1 l tv 1 its d str ay yo yoo 1 might tell her goodby good by for me it if you want to tell her X wished her all the luck there was and and jt say that there aint any well that her friend say ask just that will you T her friend said bald all right shell understand its aa a a sort of joke between us very good captain ill tell her and parted didama and her fellow news kenderis venders distributed the tale of captain nat wats 13 sailing broadcast during the next few days daye there was much wonderment at the delayed ni mari arrIage jage but the general verdict was that captain ebona recent death and the proper respect duo due to it furn furnished isted sufficient excuse hannah delighted at being so a close to tie center of interest talked and talked and thus grace was waa spared the interviews which would have been a trouble to her nit nat left town via the packet on the following wednesday another week came the news tilt flat his ship tho the aa mist bad sailed from now new york bound for mantlar manila CHAPT CHAPTER RR XIV L in which truid talka of captain nat I 1 summer was oxur autumn came passed and it wa wib winter john E elthey I 1 ki T P a shook handland hand and parted lorys first winter in brumet fish weirs were taken up the bay plied filled jdith ice the packet ceased to run and the village settle clown to hibernate until spring 16 stage camp cama through on its ita except when snow enow or slush hen rendered dered the roads impassable but T angera vere ore very few twice cherf th eNere r wrecks one ot of a fishing schoon ec hoon 1 the crew of which were fortunate ugh ough to escape by taking to the c 1 4 and another a british hark bark ad iw af struck on the farthest bar and a beater beaten L to pieces by the great baj while the townspeople stood help holy watching from the shore for lauchin 9 a boat in that ourt eurt was mr pep per made no more calla tabe parson age ae and when the manlier an fn je T met mel bam at church or anxious to avoid an Inter interview vier 1 I W well abishal Abl aska pam an on one of these how are you getting on oa at home has your y our lateri alster locked you up again T no air ahe he aint replied kyan lavley abes hea sort cort ot of lately she aint nigh soso SO so BO down on a feller as she bhe used to be I 1 can get out once in a while by myself nowa noward doya ays when she wants wanta to write a letter or writes one about every once cum in a week I 1 dont know who to auther ashes ol at goin up to sandwich pretty soon boon she lot alone T so she he says bail to leave you bore haet I 1 why I 1 well veil im surprised godfrois God Godf freye roys so BO be L but she bhe says bays she ni etca she ebe u needs a and theres church conference up there you know and she fingers 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