The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-09-24

~ WIZ tttttt' Vtsf "hNs s'''@ -
looking out toward home and thinking
Of ye and the babies
GOOD for Billi' she said, her pleasant
eyes sparkling with tears .
But why don't ye get excited
Didn't ye care for Billy Why don't ye
get excited p
"Oh, I'll get all that after awhile"
"But didn't yc care for BillY
Nov look here, sailor J You knew
Bill, you say, so we'll and you don !
know thatf Didn't Bill ever Know OF
the many weary times when ] sat here All
alone In the night-when the snow was
falling and the wind screaming, and the
little ones tucked up IN bed Dan Bill
ever know that at such times my hear'
left these pretty things, and went hf
over the cruel sea hunting Tor MIN
Didn't he know how j chung to every
hope-to every dream Of him-to every
prayer for his good that ! learned over
and over again And hew 1 used 10 go
to the little children's CRIB, when the
wind grew stronger and stronger, and the
storm grew wild and awful, and how
have walked them up from their happy
sleep, crying: Babies babiesl wake
with NANNY and pray for daddy, on the
wild, wild seasr And how have hxed
their little hands together, ana we iour
knelt down, and, though they only Knew
the one prayer, Our FatherV yet they
said 1t after me, and 1 knew that "od
understood that they were praying for
their poor, storm-tossed daddy iar out AT
sea, and that lie would listen ana nave
PITY Didn't Bill ever know now 1
counted days, then weeks, then months'
and then years longing tor him. waiting
for him-always true to him, IN WORD ana
thoughtY And how loved all sailors
and pitied the lonely men VINO came 70
port here without ir'end IN tne wor'd
put me! Tor I've gone 10 .nem, anu
I've said no, iads I'm Dill walker $
we, ana MIN a'ssiiihg lar away Let
me help you II 1 can. ana !. you re
sex OF lonesome, come 10 me- Anu now
o,,en ana e''en 'nls h''le room mas peen
h''eo WIN ses'a',ng men VINO oa'ne ~,
,om''r, All" '"e niue k'na"es .'u'u
=" ,or 'hem' ana no" ,ney k''seu 'ne
cn''a'en-'or tney sa,u 'ney were a ~'i
OF oao'es' ana 'ney 'o'eu 'nem ior 'he
sane oi 'ne,' own "'',o o"e' many .'''e'
on' ana now o'.en We go. years rom
.nese men anu oie~ings' .'i We gone
Town 70 tne wharf, ana 'aken tne cnii-
lren win me- ana we We $1,000 anu seen
mem on ana We mace tne h.',e ones
wave tne,i nands 70 'ne men, ana the men mel,
nave caiied; inree cneers 'or Dill
walkers "neI ana 'oo 'ake care Oh
ner anu inc oao'es' , We uone al, .h,s
%, rove VI p'n Anu aon you 'n'n,
ne q IKE 70 Know NJ ana she "'Pea
her e!eso" INC NIUE ''ooA '"e was 'nenu
'ng, ,,
ine man ''o,eu AZ ne'' was '''e"' 'o'
anu 'nen went On
les, ne knew H. lass ne 'nougn.
y 'or 'ru'n' ana now comes 'ne awful
part OF my yarn
les, SA''or'
Weii-now dont cry OUT ana aon
mop oown-n'h Will never cohe hon'e
'gaih
she never SAID word, out smiled up
mo MS iace' -.
why won ne come nome again
'ne asked go.
because nc : a.o"nea' ne reP''eu'
aon oeiieVe H. sai'o, =,
bu' was WIN MN All 'ne time
linen why ""sh you uiowneo' 700 !
II you were ;" mucm WIN nini' why
WASH you drowned
because +, was wa'neu asno'e' nu'
Poor Dill ne gone
"eii' " 'na' So might as wei
make up my my m'nu 10 oe willow -,
why oon you ge'eAci'eo' "iuuer'
'sked !ne man, aghast'
III &c. al .na' a'Ver a"hiie'
nu' niii urowheo
eau ne'P' 'na'' No ,nere' NOW,
a''or' cant i've mere all aiohe' 80
nus. get married :,
Maiiieu! why womah' yer husoahd
I'M cola YET
l can I wait I'LL IN cola because ne
Nm
but don tye love MIN :.
IL wouid DC wrong 70 love a dead
nan, ana sun marrya hV' one.
VINO VIII nave ye lora wiie' seeing
e uiun care io' p'ii .
ron VIII saiiori l know you VIII.
nili walkers w'dder.i WON'T
hought 100 much OF MIN ior 10 ike the
roman as Ill siight MS mem ry.
sailor you snail nave me!
~ leave th's house now Il
SAILOR lhiock the uoor' lou shan
rave this room I'LL you say you'll nave
ne Tor your lawful vile, l
mat IL never do' And woman
e re pad LOT, thats what we ara DAD,