Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-09-08

1t was prDusn1s snas .h11 fate wpd1d %
their fate also, and no record would re-
main Of them o. 81 NJ. lsesep,s tesla
msntssy Nishes. AZ thtp35l ll9ok4d st
sS'; s:aE:s Sss;' szIs:::isgSSyEsse::sssis &C.: {. e:
shore.
=: ~ : th.aths :aIle & p||R. .ae r. & h.ae
chance Of catching sight Of so@sp22isinS
vessel, came wslking pat. III 1annel
shirt sleeves were rolled Up 70 t&A elbows
Of bis braMny ann. and b tN6tpeedto
speak to Augusta she 1oticea Sothething
that made her start and gave hef "a 1dek.
"There amt nothing to b seen," said
the man, roughly; and IT, my belief
that there won't be, neither. Here We
are. and here We stops TIL wo dies and
aAh, I hope not" s.,d Augusta. "By
IL ~ Ml; BIZ: w.ll Zod Lit mt look at
Of hi NOE. Il xas covered With various
sstsSSs; Il RS; *sis ssi s.it asa ~ Z sn e. l = e
along the side Of the forearm. was tho
sailors nsme-Bil Jones.
"who did Il, NJ. Bll1f' asked Augusta.
"Who did III Why, I did Il myself. A
chsp made me . bet that Icould not tattoo
my own name on my own arm, 30 Ishowed
him; and . poor sort Of hand I should
have been at tattooing II I could not"
Augusta said nc more TIL Bill had gone
on, then she spoke.
"Now, Nj. Meesop, do you zee how you
can make your willf' abe sid quietly.
'tSeei No. he answered; "1ydonst."
.Wen, I do; you . tattoo tor.
rather, get the sailor to tattoo it. Itneed
not be very long"
Tattoo IT. What On, and what within
he Asksd astoplshe4.
"Yoa Gan haye Il tsttooed on the back
Of the other sailor, Johnnie. II be will al
low you; aud a. for material, you have
some revolver cartridges; II the gun
powder Is mixed with water It would do.
/ should think"
lyon. are . wonderful wcmani Whoever
would have thought Of such . thing ex.
cept : wQmaQf Go and AK the man
.Ssap' y te 4SS s.4 e. t. g.; I a 1ss .eg e
bacE." , ~
well" said Augusta. 'at,s . queea
sort Of message, but III try" Accord.
ingly. taking little Dick by the hand, abe
went ACROSS 70 where the two sailors wert
sitting outside their hut. and putting on
her sweetest smile, first Of all asked Nj.
Billif he would mind doing q little tat.
tooing for her. To this Nj! Bill, finding
time hang heavy upon his hands, and
wishing to be kept out Of the temptation
pf tho rum cask. ~graeiously assentSd, say.
tng that he had ssens some shaFp A.h bones
ffins, though he shook his bead q the
1ass sd 8, o Z %o &siSdPP sSs e :: < e s. a sesala saa
g.: sb;sstl C. ts sssstsl ; q asan s g e. 3 sbs On in
Than Augusta. o. gently and nicely q
Is aap,d x igp Tss slst, TIE r ass'f e. S Sass
against tie Se' kus, {Ea'Af Fsttsrsd sSua dsa.
s Sc %ss1 pesp: : Sss Saias 3 sh te fsss ~ q
he waJ suffering from seveSe pain in hi
head, ~ q result Of the debauch Of the
previous night.
Slowly nd with great difficulty, for bis
Understanding w19 none Of the clearest.
she Explained to bin what was required
aud that.it was spe9ested that be shou1d
provide the necs1Safy 6orb6dds vie dpou
wAlah y m propc9ed that ths e11se:
understood what it was asked he should
do Johnpte's c~ountenance was q sight t.
see, and bis Language was more striking
thaA'correSt. The upshot Of It was, how:
evef, that he would see Nj. Meeson col
lectively, aud Mr.. Nelson's various me6fdI
bars separately, especially his eyes. d
Augusta reiterated till his wrath hat
spent ttfelf, and thsn'6nee more returned
t6fhs charge.
She was sure, sAe said, that Mr.. John
ME would not ihipd witnessing the d6cu
ment. 4 anybody else could be fot1a K
as9esa # tke Rs|Q e tattpGteg; A1th q
t9ds6.the hand Of the operator Wills ri
g tho VIII. well" 70 said,I Il don!
you % asked ne. miss. nd noF t'e KIN
id old hulks Of a Meeson. Iwonfi
not Lift . finger to save him from ell
miss, and that's . facti"
"Then that Is . promise. M. JQhnqief'
a rs Aes %Isk : T2sk s tSs0ri Sssn t. g g,
Se Io5ke6 Il il In fhaf Ieht. sse "a
F3tpsd to Nj. Meeson. On her way ali,
met Rill, carrying ifhis hands . loaths6%,
looking fish, with LONG feelefs and . heat
"Now. here,s Incl. m,ss " said nj, az
u%ltinrlv: II NV tR,s @sntismen f.ine
down. On the bach fhsre fhfs morninS
He,a a cuttle. thst's vhsk, Ia I'D. and r.
have his ink BAG out Of him In q brace o
shakes; Just TIP ticiet fo1tettooing; migs
- SOD g re best India ink~-gudPowde'
ID 100 70 IT,"
~ TINS time they had reached Nc
4eeHon and aere tne whole matter, u
clucsng 'onnnies oPst!pste 5efusal to b
tatt00e1' was explained TO hl. -.
well" said August at length, ~
seems that's the only thing to DO done
but the question y, h9w to DO It.: 1el3
oply suggest, Nj: Nelson. that the vi
should pc tattooed on you" .
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