Show miss dorinda dodd dy by CLARISSA MACKIE copyright bcd acar U all captain read the let lct ter 1 I now nov take in cay y pe pen a in hand to tell you that I 1 am going to california to keep house bouse for my brother so that I 1 cannot work for you any longer ile he needs me so I 1 cannot wait until you come home from this trip dorinda dodd will take my place place as your housekeeper and you can change it if neither one oce of you please tile other yours respectfully ailen ilen smith Dorin dorindia dit dodd I 1 Suffer ln ash flohl I 1 groaned young captain clark ns lie he put the letter away and leaned against tile rail of tits Ms fine schooner breeze a large three masted essel that raced through deep sens seas think of golpl home and not seeing ellen smith at the helm Is dorinda dodd the only woman without without a job in n FaIr ile iio asked himself this question many a as the breeze neared new york they touched at the big city and took a fairport man homo home with them jabez case offended tile the captain before the tha ship lidd left the east river 1 I hear dorinda dodds going to keep house for you gossiped jobe jabez lazily until I 1 can turn around and find someone eoin cone else said the captain a frown on tits his handsome bronzed face find nd someone elsel alsol the matter mettr with dorinda dodd jabez fairly squeaked tits his surprise site she makes the best apple pies jn in fairport the captain hesitated that may be and apple pie is my favorite but I 1 stand being talked to death by dorinda talked to death repeated the stu pitted jabez 1 a 11 said IV it jabez became silent lie writ watched ched the captain gloomy face as he stood by the wheel they were entering the sound and the navigation through hell blell gate required the caPt captains close attention once jabez slapped hl his knee just as though he be had made made n delightful discovery folks Folk sare are gossiping already bill you know old dorinda dodd always wanted to 0 o get married dont be a fool jabez arn srn snapped aped capt bill billmark clark dark 4 0 0 0 0 4 tile breeze Is in port I 1 the word flew around the village of fairport but no one had bad till nn opportunity to have a word with the captain who went ashore at once and took a short cut across the bluffs to ills his little white hone on the hill bill ile he had bad been born rind raised there and it pleased him to live on in the house that av was as so eloquent I 1 of his mother nod father fat lier dead these ove years past there were many houses whose doors opened gladly to receive the handsome young oung master of the breeze and many a fair damsel set her pap cap for him but lie was n shy illy sal sailorman lorman whose only love wits wag ills his ship thus far lie had escaped ellen smith had always mada a pleasant home bome for him the very notion of that dRagi disagreeable ceable dorinda dodd with her morose fare face and bony hands always around depressed him film ellen had been fat and florid aind jolly oh confound the women bomeli 11 he groaned as he entered the atle front yard gny with summer lowers flowers all blowing lit in the wind the old lady likes posies he grudgingly admitted ne ile entered the front door and stood in the familiar entry with bared head bead it was a little littie tribute that he always paid to ills his dear ones then he hung bung his lint on the deers antlers anglers ant lers arid looked into the parlor everything wits was in an its accustomed place and immaculately clean the small front windows were open and the scent meent of cinnamon roses filled the room ills throat tightened memory seemed so insistent lie ile til most sense sensed the presence of his mother lie ile left hastily passed through the quaint dining room and sought the kitchen and dorinda dodd there was a delicious fragrance of 01 linking coke cako on a side table were I 1 till ill the erl evidences dences of molasses cookies to come but no dorinda dodd oli oil miss dorinda I 1 1 lie he sang lustily cheered for or the moment by the coin tort fort of lils his home and with the words scarcely uttered out of the pantry stepped a woman it must be bb captol n clark I 1 she ex tended a plump capable hand welcome home thank you maam I 1 was expect expects ing to see alias dorinda dodd here so I 1 just gang out he explained oh ob why I 1 am darinda dodd ile he stored nt at tier her doubtfully 1 11 I was expecting on fin elderly fadle ina J went nent to school to tier her once upon a time chilt was rathers fathers sister rind aunt dorinda died last tt winter inter poor dear iam I 1 am sorry that flint you are disappoint ed disappointed ho roared wiy should I 1 ile be lie ho ad mired thy the pretty light blue dress she wore and the way in the nape 0 of tier her pretty neck send tier her anway lie hoped nothing would halt pen to tempt tier to leave tits his abode site she was as a little more than thirty and he was a sober thirty six ax and lie was home for or the summer I 1 when hi bl was to sall sail on hla ni next it long voynne ho be met jabez case on tile the street how Is miss dorinda billy billyy asked jobez capt billy clark grinned happily there lint tiny any alss doranda dodd now novi jabez its walnda dark clark had and were off on our |