Show LAR COT N k josephic Josep liC lincoln author of cu whiten altoe placa cuan sri etc tio ellsworth youn C I 1 aw by 13 SYNOPSIS coffin sup led 1 widow is too brumet ton on mal f n 1 beet to roi B for lh tho death 31 of t hm her brotter when whom a 1 a had a pepper sia Si kept pt h han s er otter offers mar i a g and ref used 4 1111 elkanah un ills 1 l leader IA 0 f the krahi regular W church offers nw new minister a 1 aper kp er lor for the in brumat aa I 1 she decides to t remain tin john 11 cl ct arge rire of iley ev kiter ellear the th new min leter ant nl eves alvice as te to his hl conduct toward ambs rn of 0 the 1 ellry every nan sensation by C ce ome meeting ril r Y I 1 presence in 1 bitterly roo r by n hammond lepler ot of th the KUM t grace ara polor for br her and ellery liar fame ti 1 el L clap iba eben a 5 itri a or allian Al liAA try ry S idda lazla ta b r A 1 1 a ti irr 2 obet Q 0 I 1 nione money 1 in A r open ani 6 u a S 1 I 1 tl u startled nat lart led nat when informed of 0 j jbf ac ot at bealls on kmeth itah end it del 44 P thai tha ay have been lovers since bouth for cuth h daniels t with ellery ellry ury or aj I 1 bend eau hey t F agwu n I 1 is el by N friends hilory ineeta ab wakine in the n IN and coarns ta t t 8 0 6 ary V bunday sunday T e 1 dinner canfil th 11 th W aels annal bet th the 0 ca 11 n a daughter exe rim helt te to make an 1111 on 0 ha him she no n with vex tion his hl desire to 1 met 1 away evy every 1 at t a 1 l certain time she rho wat watches el t him ft a spy pr 91 6 nt nat lain I 1 itah to mirry marry him 1 0 says 4 e ha has hd had a with hi his father 1 who ante him to mrry marry orace grace asks grate 0 1 to tl marry him she 1 l enUs ses that she he lve loves him but iye says the S lears to displease her guardian urdan urd ln U kanah dall tells eben but the meet inai between ba ellry ellery anoll na ilace eben declare lt clr he will make grace choose chee bo boo him md and the th preacher prea oher grace finds him t in a faint following the th excite excitement mont of c elkanah a vleit jut just before he dle ollos exacts exact a premise from nt nat ana and orate I 1 that they will marry kich breaks the th news to too flierl and lter later he receives a neta note from grate she he Is to marry nat nott and itkins him not to try marry to 10 see her L r ax a in 1 keilah eziah tella tells the a aery cry ot of her own marriage danl with a man wl 0 turned out to N h a good for nothing aej an who VM ru reported to have been lost at set a and of her lov love for nat whom the cannot marry became because the husband if is alive captain nat a eills aills ills tar for manila to be gone on two aars lie ile says y he and gra c p hav have decided not riot to marry until he aie r return e turns nat at Is I 1 overdue and it to I 1 feared that he has been lost at b ka keelah gets ef a letter trem from her huttl laying saying he la Is coming back orace grace goei goes on a visit to 0 re relative atlas of the hammonds A vessel flying distress dl signals ti Is discovered covered dio off the coast ellery toe goes with party to board the ressel vessel A man la Is fund suf ul fering vorn f om smallpox the reel rest of 0 the crew haing deserted CHAPTER XV continued tho the ekk sick man was as raving raying in delirium when he h reached him but the bound sound of 0 the water mater lapping the tides sides of the saucepan brought hica him to himself he ile seized ellery by the arm and drink and drank when at last be he desisted resisted des isted the pan was half empty the minister laid blu him gently back in the bunk and stepped to the toot of the ladder for breath thia this made him think of the necessity for air in the place and he remembered the little window it vw mas tightly closed and rusted tiet faist he ile vent up to the deck found a martin spike and returning broke the glasa glass A ob tin t p cold draught swept through tle ta forecastle stirring the garment garments hanging on the alls atla an hour laer laler two dories bumped against the fide ride of 0 the tho san jose men iten talking in low tocci ton e i climbed over the rall burgess durgess was one of them ashamed of at his panic he had returned to assist the others in bringing the brigantine brig anUno into a safer anchorage by the inlet dr parker very grave but businesslike reached the eck among the first mr flierl he shouted where are your the minister head bead and shoulder shoulders appeared at the forecastle companion here I 1 am doctor he be ald said will you come down the doctor made no answer in words but be he hurried briskly across the deck one man ebenezer capen an old fisherman Os and whaler from east started to follow him but he was the only one the other others waited with scared face lama by the rail I 1 get her under way and inshore as a ordered dr parker can eoon loon as you if it I 1 need I 1 can help Eb ebenezer Ebe neaser enever you you beli bel I 1 II 11 call the minister backed down the lad der and the doctor followed him parker bant over the bunk for a few moments in silence lies iles pretty bad he be mut muttered mighty little chance heavens what a dent who broke that ivin dowl 1 I 1 did replied ellery JF the tho air down hero bete was dreadful the doctor nodded apar approvingly lovingly 1 I 1 guedj so ho lo gaj its bad enough now wove we ve goi got to get tbt this poor out of at here as suon even its a we me can or hell bell dd dia before tc tomorrow MOrrOw mr mir ellery he be sharply what made you do add added ed realize the risk you ve VO this don t you 1111 n I 1 bome bowe one had to do it IOU ou running ru the tame same risk not vot lust just the ame some and arid beside besides aby by you ife IVO my business busl nee one elee else s om one we some game humph confound it man mant spare pare didn t you know any better you his ills tone rasped nerves of course I 1 iwas waa he snapped irritably 1 in not an diff well all right I 1 beg bardon but you to have hav t t now youl I 1 bat to tw im allu quarantined I 1 caa cam get to aa a who ic c thunder alth ath me in this cane cage la Is more than I 1 knew just cay say smallpox mall pox to tbt this town al aid d it coee to like a eg egg old hb lb capen will help for be bos a had bad it but it need needs more than one I 1 chere here are you going to take him pointing to the moaning mccu pa pant nt of the bunk to one of the empty flah shanties antlee lh 0 en anthe the beace there aro are beds there such as they arc are and the place Is be eluded IN a can cau burn it down when the fuss li is over then why vi by cant I 1 lay stay I 1 hall have to bo quarantined I 1 know that let me be the be other nune annb aly y of u la a U 0 be ls run the risk have run a it III stay Tarle dr r looked it him IT belll he exclaimed belll I 1 must eay may young baill that louve 3 au te got humph I 1 all right mr mir cilery im much obliged CHAPTER CHATER XV 1 in which ebenezer capen Is sur sura before sunset that afternoon the san jose was uns anchored behind tho the point by the inlet the fishing boats changed moorings inc oringe and moved farther up for not a single one of their owners would trust himself blin self within a hundred yards et of tho the stricken brigantine brigant lne the largest ot of the beach shanties one which stood by itself a quarter of a mile frem from the light was as hurriedly prepared for use as an a and the eick sick sailor was mas carried there on an improvised stretcher dr parker and ellery him from hia his berth and assisted by old ebenezer Ebe neier capen sot got him up to ike the deck and lowered hira into the dory ebenezer rowed the trio to the beach and the rest of the journey wae was comparatively easy the shanty had three rooms one of which wae was given up to the patient one used as a living room and in the third cap capan e n and the minister wore were to P mattresses were procured hind kind hearted townspeople donated castoff cast off tables and chairs and the building was made as comfortable as it could be under the circumstances sign boards warning strangers to keep a away ay were erected and in a addition to them the selectmen ordered ropes stretched across the lane on both stilts of the shanty but ropes and signs were superfluous in general was in a blue funk and had no desire to approach within a mile of the locality even the driver of the grocery cart when he left the days supply of groceries pushed the package packages under the yelka a hur hurried here you bel bet and whipping up bis his horse departed at a rattling gallop the village sat up nights to discuss the affair and every day brought a new sensation the survivors of the san josee joses crew a wretched panic stricken quartette of mulattos and portuguese were apprehended on the outskirts of edenboro Den boro the town below tru in at on the bay side and were promptly sequestered and fumigated pending shipment to tha th a hospital at 11 doston oston their story was short but gruesome gruce ome the brigantine was as not a turks islands boat but a coaster from jamaica she had sailed with a small cargo for savannah two days out and the smallpox made its appearance on board the sufferer Puffer er a negro foremast hand died then another sailor was seized and also died the ok skip I 1 1 8 dr parker locke at him per who was the owner was miss the next victim and the veli was IL a state of at which the mate an art englishman named Drad bradford furd could not overcome then followed days I 1 nd night of calm and terrible brat beat of resilience and all but mutiny the th mate himself died there we WOO no DO on left who understood navigation at last cam canto a southeast gale gate and stud the san jose drove bedora it fair weather found her abreast the cap cp e the survivors ran her in after dark an ed and reached shore in the long bwl tto ali sick man whom they bad had lett in the forecastle fore fo castle was at MW new band hand alto bad shipped at kingston HI murphy they believed name was wa th they er bad had left lett bin him because he b u ure to die dle like the be others and be me adee thy they knew some one would a ee the he I 1 distress dit trees signals and investigate that v as all to s santa marlat as it not enough captin zeb mayo went about clur IHK ing for his parson mr mrs may mayo cooked delicacies to be pushed under the rois for or the ministers consumption the parish committee at a special icse lou doted an increase ot of salary and ordered a meekly service of pray er tor for the tate safe delivery delhery ot of their young leader brader from dancer danger I 1 telah collin as perhaps the one most disturbed by her parson a h t bhe she would mould hive gone to tho the shanty immediately had not dr ilor ker preen presented ted eien as it was as bhe did lid go RS as tar far as tre oe ropes but there he mas added off by kinder Note until alery came running out 1 bade her oine no rin nearer Iez keelah tah after more expostulation went back to the par conage she rote to grace and told her the new nes ot of the san jose but nhe she said nothing of the ministers minister a part la in it poor thing sighed keilah she bearin bough t nough already tho the sick sailor grew grow no better daya days and nights passed and be raed and moaned or lay in a stupor ebenezer act acal d as day nurse while ellery slept and at night the minister being youn younger ger went on watch the doctor camo came frequently but said there was wa no JL jepe A quett tio lon ot at time only and a ahlo short no I 1 tinie I 1 iu e V he I 1 isad a fa Q apen occupied 4 elj hip mind mino with mccu la latious ous concern concerning rg the tb patient do you know parson be he said a edem m s if id been seen the feller teller some here afre afore course I 1 never have ua W when t used to go I 1 frem from one end ot of crAtl sa t ther other pretty alth and I 1 might laet t that night tt j acl ajan man wll will verse ills HI ra calnie trigs were the goodan cleck clock leaned by kamra mrs par the docter doctor 9 wife ticked steadily although though il a half hall bour hour slow ellery it glancing lancing at it to see if the time had come for giving medicine suddenly noticed how lud feud if its ticking rubbed wondering at this hem ko was an aware there we was no other bound sound in the house lie ile rase rose and looked la in at the dr der of e the adJo adjoining laing rom room the patient bad had ceased te to rave and was lying quiet on th bed bd the min minister loter tiptoed over te to look took at him and ae as be did so the man opened his eyes Hall ool he said bald faintly who riv you ellery ellory startled made no answer who are yeut I 1 demanded the man again then with mith an oath be repeated the que atlon lon adding what place ie to this this ain t the fo fol castle where urn III I 1 you re ashore on care cape cod at Trum etl till iio ile was mas struggling to rates himself on hie his elbow ellery was obliged to uee use for force to hold him down he lie struggled again then his strength and his hi reason left him simultaneously and the delirium returned ho lie began to about shout a it name a name that caused ellery to stai staid I upright and step back frem the bed tied scarcely arcely ec believing his fare ears all the rest of that night the man on the bed raved and muttered but of people and places and happenings which be he bad had not mentioned before and the minister listening intently to every word caught himself wondering if he also was not losing bis his mind I 1 haq ahen the morning came canie ebenezer capen was awakened by it shake to and john ellery standing our him capen whispered the minister I 1 capen get up I 1 ruet rust talk with you you used to be a whaler baler I 1 know were you acquainted in new ded bed ford sartin was it time when I 1 could have located every stick in it pretty nigh by the smell it set me down dow n side of em am blindfolded did you ever know anyone named he lie finished the sen sentence wells I 1 wanted to pretty decent feller teller one time but a fast joer and went downhill like a young one OB a sled when be he pot k b ii ai ed ills folks had bad money that was the trouble with him hy course I 1 knew him he lie married I 1 I 1 I 1 know now listen ellery went im talking rapidly and with great earnestness ebenezer its at first silently then breaking in with ejaculations and grunts of as sit ment he lie sat up on the edge of the bed he cried at laet last why taint the fellers tellers dead ai as Methuen km a grand marm I 1 kemem ber bow how it happened and it wasa t true that much I 1 now I 1 know I 1 tell you he ife went on an to explain why be to knew capen a astonishment grew grow judas pricell he be exclaimed again that would explain why I 1 thought id seen there therel I 1 heave ahead ive got to see hut its a mistake I 1 don t believe it IL ts pair entered the sick room the tailor lay in a stupor ills breath ing as rapid but taint faint capen ben over him and gently moved t tta e band age ago on bis his face fam for a full minute he gazed a dily then bo be stood art drew ft a big red hand acm aenid his hi tore fore heed and moved slowly back hick to the living toem room yup he sold its him sir stir el III lery what aro sro iou ou gow to do about it itt I 1 I 1 don t know I 1 dont know I 1 must e V by myself and think I 1 don I 1 know what to do the minister declined to wait watt for breakfast II 11 said he be was not hungry leaving ebenezer Ebe neier to put on the coffeepot and take up bis his duties aj day nurse walked off ad along the beach by and isy 7 hs he heard capen call ing I 1 bis e mr bukry shouted ebenezer Ebe neier mn allary where be you yeut I hen leral I 1 rud th minister the ola intia came sorum bReg 1 the sand ho ile as paining ami aull 1 exalt excited d I 1 i mr sir I 1 jery he cried ar mr I 1 ita its sett settled ltd tor for ue us ono cine tart of it any I 1 ho how ile hea a slipped his cable I 1 up he ile I 1 must hae 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