Show J Partners of the Tide By JOSEPH C. C LINCOLN A Author ut h or 0 of f c n Eri E. En rl V Continued V t 1 Time The TIt pepper tN tea was sas prepared prepared-a prepared prepared-a a double dose this time an time and and the sisters I sat fat sipping it It I. I Miss 15 Prissy with wih many cou coughs h and amid grimaces and Miss ls Tompy Tempy with wih the appreciation lon of oC a n connoisseur eur After a n mom moment enl silence lence she hc ca said n I ti 1 Prissy do o you JU know what Ive I've I e been heen think In Ivo 10 been what a t be lie 10 If we had to go to for advice now no Humph If I Ive I've Ive thou thought ht that hint once Ive I've I e thought It I a a million times In the thelast thelast last year was tho ho decided tU answer s' s cr It I was after aCter 10 o'clock and Bradley's Bradleys Bradleys Bradley's Brad Brad- leys ley's absence had p prevented cne the tle la ladles les from going to bed hed when tho ho outside e edoor door of the thc room shining opened an antho and the lie missing bo boy came caine In Bradley y Nickerson where've vp you been exclaimed Miss Hs Tempy running run run- ring ning to meet him Weve deve been ben pret pretty nigh worried to deth death Why h dont don't lont you shut the thc door dOO Who's Wo that hat out there Why Vii wh h why that cried Miss I Prissy hurrying In You dont don't mean mean mean- Well el Good evenin wont won't you ou step tep In The captain accepted tho thc invitation He was n as much embarrassed ed as the theold old 01 maids malls even more mol so o than Miss Pris Prissy who vimo Immediately after a swift sidelong glance of or disapproval at her n agitated sister r assumed an air of dignified calmness How dye dIe tb cn do Prissy stammered the captain Tompy Tomp I hope youre you're wel well Yes Im I'm Im feln fair fah to 10 No thanks I aint allt gem goin oin to stop long Its It's prel pretty late for fur clR calls Fact Is Is Brad heres here's got to A say Heave ahead lm Brad The Tire bo boy too was embarrassed but butas us ns the two looked ed at him e expectantly he fidgeted with wIh a n button buton on 01 his jacket jack jack- et Ct and said Miss Hs Prissy I didn't menu mean to listen but the tire door wasn't shut tight and andI I couldn't help holp hearing what you nn and ago Miss Ii s Tempy empy were saying a little litle while There e exclaimed Miss Tempy Temp I Iwas Iwas was afraid of if that door dool You remember ber I Bal said so Prissy But Dut Miss Prissy didn't answer anwer she sho merely looked hooked at BradleyI Bradley Brdley I heard what you ou sid said nervously went on the tire bov boy and arid when you told about about about aholt about what you was going to lo todo do tin sos so's I could go 10 to o high school cloI I II II II I I thought first Id I'd come right In and tell you you ou But Hut when I r thought you wouldn't believe heleve I meant It or wouldn't pay ia any an attention to t If I did so I went vent outside to think It over o I by hy myself And then then then-then then I went went- right up to see the f c r I hope s said il Miss Prissy sternly that th didn't talk t you OU repeat repent our to n Cai without telu us you 01 was goin to No 0 no he lie hast hastily broke In the captain He didn't t tell teli i a word Youve You've got a pretty fair aim fal kin kind of a boy here If you want to know he added with wih more mor than his usual enthusiasm Hum was Miss I Priss rs r's on only I com conr- ment mn Go on nr Bradley le All AU I 1 tol told him said was Bradley that I didn't think It I was as right for forme forme or orinc me inc to go to school und arid col college ge when I r ought to be le earning Im I'm Im going on seventeen onteen now and nd lot lots lotsof lotsof of or follows fellows I know know- 1 al' al are are- going it to work wor r I Ilont hUe o Id I'd Il make e a vel very goo good minister with n a n look of or appeal l' l atI at Miss I Tempy and amid Id I'd a ft good gool deal A All folks ha have rather go to sea se I fU our I been to sea ca My Iy father Cather and arid my grandfather r. r y Yes anti and your YOl father too you know kno knoThe The last a as a happy in inspiration ton ph-ton Dont you think that we know host best what what began began Miss but the tire Captain a again aln Interrupted herLet herLet herLet her Let him hint spin his yarn yam Prissy h he said Is settled lle yet so dont don't worry worn S o D I went to the went on 01 Bra Bradley ly and asked him him If IC hed he'd tat take tako me mc on board his schooner I aint a sailor hut but I know knott a lot Jot about boats and amid I dont don't get ge seasick even en e when ls Its It's mi mighty ht rough do I Ezra No o replied Captain gravely gla You manage manag to I keep cep your cargo front from pret pretty well wel for a agreen agreen green hand han And An he said sid hed he'd take me as a akin kind kin of cabin boy didn't you And Anti learn me things and get me roe ad- ad as soon as I 1 was lit fit ft for fOl I It And hell he'll hel Ila pay ra me rime wages too right from the start start AntI And I wont won't cost you youa OU OUa a cent more Please let me go go Well I never exclaimed Miss IS romp Tempy She would have hn continued but her sister spoke It I seems to me nie said I the latter that you ou would have havo done dono better beUer b by byus us Bradley if you'd oud asked ed our OU advice ad- ad vico vice before you JoU went to to Tit- Tit comb or anybody else Wed We'd e planned to give gl c you a good education sos so's you OU might amount to in inthis inthis inthis this world Sea Sea-goin 1 is all al right right right- the land knows theres there's been enough of it In our OUI family family but but everybody e says fYS it aint what it I used to b be and It Its It's a dreadful hard life Do Boy on a schooner even en e with wih the tho hero helO aint much of a place It'll Il be a good good while fore you OU amount to much or rake make much mone money Braille Bradley would have replied but Captain hel held up his hand Brad he commanded go 0 Into the gal galley y an and amid shut the time door The bo boy didn't hesitate he he obed obet- tenth turned and went ret into lute the the n The he Captain looked klch- klch after hir him ap- ap Ii ro vi I UI like He a chap that obeys or orders ers 1 he oh observed Prissy you OU and know me ri-me an alit and you ou know w I like Brad Bral and arid want to see him hint do O wel well But nut J I want to tell tel you OU this Ivo Ive Ivo seen lots of oC joys boys and I was ono one myself and If i-i i i to oy gits Sis the tIme salt aH water rater notion into his head git Sit U it I out noton but Ito a good sized lose ose of that same amo nT water antI and a first t orate mate Jr and arid a t ropes rope's end K git t It out lien I then If It hes he's r really got tire the al disease but it'll 11 prove o I whether Its It's Ia grow in pains or 01 the genuine rheu- rheu matics mighty might quick Chuck The old man man- dad r mean was mean was all for fOI al a doctor out of me but when he lie a caught me one m my duds te tied caught up In 1 n a newspaper read to run aWa an amid on a cattle boat he hc Sarah he catte sa s 's to Ive gave ra e In lone done I e m 01 best to malse a looks i r but It us as Ir if hut but a lot Job after all Au ht al Al 11 lie he if f youre you're to eat says s salt hess tin du rel bl bilge e. e OU can do ho Fal-ho It I hut but you'll nd It Under I that I ful amid hot on Oh a no Tim Pim take you ou If I asic him to Eie says antI I if he dont don't ont for pickle work work the taste taste out or of you ou th n there thore aint that can cnn he say layl Well Vel the Captain a twist of his with wih mouth cap Tint TIm tried Ill I'll Il say that or him fot Ill I'll forget that first voyage Il ne el But th time old when man I I com come homo home anti and tol told was gob oln I held u up hi hIs harida Wa ho he Says a ho ot Ie That to be Settles the tho san it I I J kind of a n fool that thal I am an and my father fath fath- er was wa afore me Its It's ls l's the Lod Lords Lord s doln doln's 3 lr tho the shift an and Im I'm Im thankful I can shir blame blam onto cute him he lie says a g So with Brad Dmd If l hes he's bound bount to go gosea sea hell he'll go o sometime or nother nether it I was rim my idea to lo take lake him as ns n a n sort ort of mixture of roustabout and cabin boy an and try tT him out omit Olt If I I dont don't euro cure him wh why thy I 1 need je Jest t such a a feller a ahe as an ashe he Is Js to 1 make lale a mate of some 0 of these days das da's If I It does doe hes he's only wasted u ri summer vacation and anti got a 0 little cash for Cor It It Seems Seem to tn me Its It's worth the time tr try You think it over and send me IC word I up at al the Rp Rest t. t Ill I'll Il h be he there theN for fo the next week treek or so Well Sehl cl I 1 mustn't top slop an any long longer r Good Goo night But But faltered altered Miss Tempy Temp avoiding her sisters sister's eye e wont you ou a set down Jest a minute to to to-to to rest yourself fore you go back home No thank you OU was WS tho the quick Tp re T- T p ply Its Is so o late Jato now that If i 1 aint Ill I'll Il have to git It up UI afore i I go to he bed 1 like tire the Irishman Eri En Ell Hedge e tells teUs about I 1 hope you wont won't H le think Im I'm Im JOl iii m my oar Into this busness busness bus bus' ness of or Brads Its It's Is I's Just jUt as I s say I Ik like him that's al all Well Wel all ni right Tell Tel him if hes he's headed up m my way hed he'd bet better belter l' l drop in and ant have I another tal talk So o long TIle he They watched him hint go down own the walk mid anti up the moonlit i-moonlit roa road Then Miss I s Prissy shut the tire door anI and after calling calling caliS call call- cal cal- ing Bradley ley from m Cr remit the time kitchen they adjourned iS lo Xo the sitting Long LongHe after He the boy had been sent to lied bed liedthe the sisters sat st In their rockers talking of him of his future tule f and anti what It Il was of the Iho wisest to do tin They talked captain too but only so 50 far as Bradley's Bradleys Brad Brad- leys ley's sailing sing with wih him was concerned It I was wa not riot until tIre they were on their way WY upstaIrs that Miss Prissy said If Capis Tempy I Im I'm Im Ezras Ezra's conrin here tonight means that thal hell he'll hel Come conn- often like he lie used to Was Vas you OU that asked Tempy I hI was too but hut I didn't spose you'd like Ite It J If it I I said sahl an any timing thing bout It it it You was so 80 dreadful cool when he was here here But nut the tho captain did not again visit the Allen Alien Alen home honre although next da day Dm Bradley ley called calel on him at his room In Inthe Inthe inthe the hotel hotel They talked of or the propos propos- ed cd plan of course hut but Captain Til- Til it H- comb did not urge urAe Its acceptance On he lie plainly of or orthe the contrary spoke very vel the disagreeable features feature's of a sailors sailor's lors lor's calling and hInted that being beHIg aboard a n vessel was like being in jai Jail Only he said theres always a chance for fora forn a n feller felor to break out of jail At the tire end o of the tire interview inter lew he Ire saul said glI Brad Brac I aint a kin as in any que questions lom bout hout what made male you OU take this sU sudden en ft lit fit hut but Id I'd Id like lH to know this Do the theold theold old maids s know bout hout that Sampson fund mind for or sailors sailors' lolS children They could git git over r a hun hundred red a n year ear out of that If it they applied for COI It i you OU understand under tinder stan stand I 1 dont don't believe heleve they'd thel take e a a cent If It i was anything anything like charity charlt re replied replied re- re plc plied th the ho bo boy u Miss r s Prissy especial sires she's awful down on folks foUts that she SIH says Fays are living on charit charity Urn Um hum hunt I see Well VeU I Know linow a n nI I Cel feller that's that one of oC the head cooks an und and washers bottle washers washer's of the Sampson I crew ciet Maybe I could rig It I sos so's Well sos os o's Well never r mind dont don't say ny yet et Three las days ater It was wa settled Bradley was ras was to go to Boston the tire fol- fol folI I Monday wih Captain arid and ship with wih him hint as the time combination a aho ho boy and anti rom roustabout for or a period bf or three months Really it i wn was settled when the C t CI Captain i ln M suggested gg Stcl It I. I but lit Ct U took some somi time for or tho tito old maids to tel formally make lI up tip their minds to the tiit tl decided echle change and anI for Miss Tempy Tempy Tem Tem- py to get rid of oC her desire for a clergyman in iii tIme tho family tH ll Prissy sh sire she said if ulf wo we cant can't ha have haa a minister I think i Id I'd Id rather have ha e a sea a than most mORt i r el else ele e. e You YOl see eo thieves there's al alwa always always al- al wa ways been at least one among I the Aliens Bradley ho hos ho's he's hes so smart will smart mart wl will git to be of a great glear steamer tealer like le one of the time Fall Fal River lU er boats he really will be bo wi or of a n Fall Fal River boat boat Jest think Then you jou OU and amI me ri-ic might go to New e York YOI again or i If Bradley look took us to lo NewYork New Nets York for ol by that 1 time we Wt e could afford to go on an nn excursion front from New Nert York to Washington Its It's Is I's been heen one of Iii my dreams to go to Washington ashl ton and anti se see the tire President anti and the Washington Monument and amid the Senators and arid nil all al the in in tho thin Smithsonian Institute Braille Bradley told Gus the great great news s no as aR soon as it was officially announced by Miss Prissy sy Gus Gusa was a disappointed because her chum was not going to high school with her but she sire rejoiced with wih him hint upon his free freedom om front from the tire ministry t Im glad al youre you're ro not trot S going to be u a r minister she he raid faid That Is I Is if iC you ha had to be one down here hel lit In n Orham I should Orhal Si hate to have you OU living on one five e hun hundred a a year em ant and donation partes and antI your wife scare scared donaton to death eve every y time She ha had a new bitt for fear Melissa lu Busteed teed and th tire the rest would f say she he was S too extravagant t. t Youre You're going to s go to lo places olg Pac s and arid see ee things i T I wish I was instead staying of oC sta staying in hr here ero to study les lessons and amid read the Item to da dato has his to a new coat of I over at said Bradley reflectively Theres lots of fellows and to high there girls go Yes I so But Ill I'll miss and Clara you Write to me you I to hear from you 01 coUrSe anti besides Its It's fun to go to tIme postoffice get letters of your own Yes Ill I'll write And you'll write to me you Yes Ill I'll and tell you whose cort is and how mart boarders are in town amit which one ii Hungry Bills measles Great Iran got ii to write about are down here she this this- I can about parties i go to if I tire go to I have any wont won't gone anybody to go with not youre you're had art there pleat uneasy notion that of that be glad to Parties it flashed escort her to the Once that Gus across hint all at was pretty It not Positively lore occurred to hint belore be- be that Is It was vi OtC of net it l l Just junt then time ill i kottIng older sign that thit no lie was good bye he out hJ Irand holding Gooi Then tire said Cus taking it sa again anti good bye Separated wished he had bad ki li i her Bradley almost like a soft ti but med liming not lili- lili like forfeits at V to J 10 n a lii cold blood bloo thing lung like that party or 1 any any- Packed Monday his trunk amid was take and it to Small called to maids The old ft wept Sy told Over to be hint anti MIss PrisSy Pris- |