Judge — February 22, 1902 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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BEST FOR THE BOWELS If you haven't vernal thi rein beet eae Hiolent phyaie or pill elson te "ante ‘The EAT ‘EM LIKE CANDY i, Palatable, Potent, Taste Qnod. Good, Never Bicken, “4 2 Weents perbor. Wri Teton tenith. Adare ny ‘Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York. KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN Vou will get more prompt attention and better service bby mentioning Jcoce when answering advertisements. By Cay | WAAL, Cap'n Titus, is it yu?” said Mrs. Huckins as she opened the kitchen door in answer to a knock and |surveyed the captain, who | with a lantern, coil of rope. “It be, sartin sure," said the captain. “Where's Hez; is he tu hum? Cause ef he is, I want tu git him tu help me drive cr load of hoss beddin’ down tu the vil- lage. “Fer lands’ sake, Cap'n Titus," said Mrs. Huckins. “What be ye doin’ with cr load of beddin’ this time er night?” * Wazal, ye see,” * Joe Peeney was delayed down in the medder until late and hed a hard time gettin’ off the flats ‘count of his havin’ such a heavy load, and time he got up tu the house | ‘twas dark, and as he hed to be down tu | thet ‘lection meetin’ at Hicksville t'night he ast me ef I wouldn't drive his team hum, and I ‘lowed I would ef I could git | Hez tu go ‘long with me.” | Hez was home and he and the captain soon walking across the fields to Joc’s horse stood tied to a fence | at the side of the road “Tell ye what ‘tiz, Hez,” said the cap- tain. “L wouldn't think of nav'gatin’ this ere craft ‘thout you tu steer. It's darker'n Egypt, so 1 brought ‘long this ere lantern so’s tu have some signal sot and this foghe vin? was armed tin foghorn, and a small said the captain, were where 1 in case it comes up thick il a he: line's allus handy | “Right ye be,” | the toad “Now, then, Hez, you take them ere sheet lines and I'll cast off fur'rud here,” the captain. “There all Now up hellum and git the craft intu the middle of the road and I'll come board.” The captain was Hez on the load of salt grass. It was cer- tainly dark and the captain was for tak ing his bearings and soundings every few minutes, to sce if they were keeping her said Hez, as he mounted said ye be, clear, soon seated beside in the best water, as he expressed it, just as though he was on board his coasting | schooner Suddenly the wagon gave an Jawful jolt, almost unseating the captain |from his perch. “Hard down, Hez.”” he clled, asa stone wall loomed up from the side of the “Thunderation, | be clean out er the chan-nel \darn near afoul er this cre road yer nd we're breakwater By thunder, that was a narrer sqtteak.” said the captain as they were once more in the center of the road though this ried sorter a lee hel- | es or eas we're lee bowin’ ther tide.” The faint tones of the steeple clock in |the village suddenly smote the captain's *Hez,"" said the captain."it ain't the bell buoy off Monomoy, is it?” | No, no, ‘tain’t id Hez, We be right in the channel here now, I'm sartin Reckon it must be the clock on the Bap- tist meetin’ house Yes, 1 guess ‘tiz with a sigh of relief.“ But let's jest keep her sails full and thet’s all, cause if we git tu much headway on, foul Does scem's cars. id the captain we may er somethin’ anchored here.” | Suddenly two bright lights loomed up Jon top of a hill about half a mile and the captain was alert in a moment yonder be a craft a-comin’ with tew lights ‘parently sot fur'rud, What in thunder can she be?” run away CAPTAIN TITUS’ RIDE, ' I dunno,” replied Hez. | Emery. Wa-al, Races it must be a steam craft," as a toot, toot, toot, smote their ears | “Wa-al, whatever she be,” said the| captain, raising his horn, “I'll signal him | tu pass ter starbud,” and he blew a lusty blast. Toot, toot, came the answer from the auto, which was fast approaching ~ Hellcats and scissors!" yelled the cap-| tain. “He misun’stood our signal,” and he blew a long blast of his horn again. Toot, toot, came from the auto. “Hard up yer hellum, Hez!" yelled Captain Titus, steadying himself with the pitchfork handle and waving his lantern frantically. “Thet cuss will be intu us, preachin| Toot, toot, toot, came from the auto, “Ahoy there!” yelled the — captain “ Luff, you sarpint, luff; you'll be “foul of | sure as| us in a minnit.” It was too late, and in another second the auto crashed into the front of the wagon with a fearful shock, exploding one of the It nearly threw Captain Titus from the load, but he hung fran- tically to the pitchfork handle and saved himself tires. “All hands ‘pare tu repel boarders!” yelled the captain, brandishing the pitch- fork, mistaking the exploding tire for a pistol shot.“ Piruts, b’ thunder! “I'm ov'board,” came a faint v from the other side of the stone wall “and darn near all the d knocked out on me.” “Ov'board'” yelled the captain, the heaving line and throw in the direetion of the voice, as the ¢ was making a landing at a “Did thet line reach ye?" All board.” un- ng it gh wharf right, this end’s fast; come In the meantime the owner of the was vainly trying to convince the ¢ that he was no robber but merely a peace. ful traveler. and that the pistol shot was only the exploding of his tire. “What you run ‘foul of us for said the captain T assure then?" you I did not intend to.” was the polite answer. My brake would not work and 1 could not see you dis tinctly, and [ understood you to say, keep | tothe left.” Left.” 1 said tut savagely you ignoramus.Ain’t the nor'east if you'd ‘a’ luted wouldn't you've steer’d clear on us? said the captain wind and ‘a Hearn you had a collision last night Cap'n Titus.” said the constabl captain walked into the as the store the next morning.“ Du eny damage “Wa-al, none to speak on, ‘cause Joe's jest busted our bob- stay and carried away our bowsprit.” the break- | horse didn't move: aid the captain, referrin ing of the girth and shafts “But Hez." said the smile dawning aptain, with a om his face, "Hez was a pictur I shall never fergit tu my dyin’ day. When thet darn new-fangled land steambut struck us, it knocked him offen | the load, clean over a stun wall intu the deacon's cornfield. and he landed on top a pile er spiled punkins, and when he cum ‘board, he looked as though he'd been painted * A GOOD REASON. 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