Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-04-05
repeat the words-'A fig for old Denzili

''She did, though, | assure you. 1t 1s
quite true that she remembered herself
the next moment, and said she regretted
having spoken so hastily. But the words
were spoken. and | shall never forget
themp
Yes" replied, sympathetically: "they
must have made you feel pretty bad. So
the queen is hasty someumes"
Rather; but then you must remember
that she is young, and lacks experience;
she is quick-tempered, too, and just as
quick, am bound to say, to acknowledge
fault or own to a mistake. OF a right
noble nature is Queen Nab"
Once On board the DIANA set to work
with two Of the men to getup steam, while
the others, under Bolsover's directions, oc-
cupied themselves in putting the ship to
rights, swabbing the decks, and otherwise,
rs he expressed it, making her fit to be
SEEN"
| saw with great regret that disappoint-
ment about the treasure had made old Tom
quite another man. 1t seemed to have
changed his character Instead of the
supplemented, cheerful, chatty fellow he
had once been, he was taciturn and mo-
rose. He did everything I wanted: but l
found it impossible to draw him into con-
syllables. Something had come between
us; we were no longer the close friends we
had been, and felt sure, from his man
ner, that by a strange perversion of ideas
he held me TO blame for the SCATTERING of
his illusion; or perhaps, considering the
treasure rightly his, he thought / should
have claimed it on his behalf
All this both annoyed and grieved me,
not only because I had sincere respect
for old Tom, but because I began to fear
that we should not find it very easy to get
away from Fair Island, and that unless
we pulled together we might not get away
at all
After we had been on board some three
hours, and everything was in readiness,
Queen NAB arrived in large boat, manned
by half a dozen slaves, which was speedily
followed by two other boats. bringing a
brave company Of men and women, prin-
cipally composed, as | afterward learned,
of members of the Fame family and their
kindred.
When / had shown them round the
decks, took them into the engine-room,
and explained as well as / could, how the
engine worked Then the capstan was
manned and the anchor weighed. Tom
took the wheel, and ! started the engine.
! need not repeat the ordinations of sur
prise which this proceeding. called FORTH
nor the thousand and one questions which
| had to answer. To use a somewhat trite
phrase, they may be more easily imagined
than described.
The most curious of Che company was
Queen Nab. After going on deck to make
sure that the ship really moved and see
how it did move, she returned to the en-
gine-room, piled me with questions, watch
ed everything | did, and remained with
me until we reached the mouth of the cove,
where (the place being well sheltered) we
had decided to let 90 the anchor
1t was still early in the day. and |
thought the best thing we could now do
was to overhaul part of the cargo, so we
opened the hold, rugged a derrick, and
hoisted up few of the cases. The first we
opened was case of Manchester prints;
the next contained silks and mixed goods
Nab and all the women on board were in
eCstasies. The island did not produce silk,
and none Of them had ever seen piece of
print in their lives before. The queen took
one of the prettiest (by no means the gaud-
fest; she showed good taste), and drawing
1t round her like a robe, asked the others
how II suited her.
''If you will come with me into the sa-
LOOM" | said, you shall see for yourself"
81 don't know what you mean; but 90 on
i will follow" was the answer
So few lengths of the print were cut
Off and we went into the saloon, which
happened to be rather prettily decorated
with painted panels and long mirrors. The
surprise and delight of Nab and her maid
were rpa1IV comic and np,usn6 ma inn
menSely. They had never seen themselves
full length before. Looking glasses were
not manufactured in Fair Island, the only
mirror the queen possessed being a relic
from the Santa Anna" about the size of
her hand. and very much cracked. and a
precious possession it was. She would not
have exchanged it for its weight in dia-
monds. thought they would never have
done contemplating the reflection of their
figures and faces, and the most notified
seemed TO be quite as satisfied with their
compilations as the comparatively fair.
But nothing lasts forever, and after
awhile we returned on deck and resumed
our inspection OF the cargo What pleased
most, after the silks, prints, and looking
glasses, were some pins and needles, which
we found in n case of haberlaShery: for
albeit these articles were made on the is
land, they were of n very rude and primi-
tive sort.
Queen Nab was in a fever of delight, and
when asked her to do me the favor of &C
ceptiug one of the long mirrors (Which, I
explained, could easily be taken out and
put in n frame,) she took both my hands
in hers and said she would never, never be
able to repay my kindness, demonstra-
ton which, Judging by their looks, did
not altogether please some of those about
her
"Oh, ! have forgotten all about the
booksr' she exclaimed, shortly afterward;
land they were what | most wanted to see.
But yOu have so many wonderful things
that | am really quite bewidered. Show
me the books, please, Mr.. Erie"
! said they were rather scattered about,
and would require getting together, but if
she would come again to the saloon would
show her some of them. So we went be-
low second time, and | fetched anumber
of books from my own berth and from
some of the other berths, and put them on
the table. Among them were several
bound volumes of the Graphic and the
illustrated London News" and other
illustrated works. This was another sur
prise. The only picture the queen had
ever seed before was a daub by a native
artist. Eugravings she never had seen be-
fore As she turned over the leaves she
became almost wild with excitement.
"Oh, how | should like to see Englandr'
she exclaimed, after looking at the illus
tration of some English scene. Would it
be possible To go thither. | wondcr?"
On this, all who were in the saloon-and
it was quite full-regarded her with panied
establishment, as if they could hardly be-
lieve their own ears.
Yes" she repeated, defiantly, az should
like to see England. and so would you. only
you are afraid to say so. How Ihate these
hypocrisiesl"
Then she turned to the pictures again.
There were many which she could not I'M
derStand. and she was continually demand
ing explanations.
This" she said, smiling, reminds me
OF Hamlet and Polonius. 1t Is very like
whale"
at is a whale" said; "thoSe men in the
boat are harpooning him"
you call it whale-hunting, l suppose'"
matchmaking is not bad; but it is
generally called whale-fishing."
Did you ever see snark-hunting?"
81 have seen sharks hunt man. if that
is what you meau,' l said, with a shud-
der, thinking of the terrible death of poor
Peyton.
II don't mean that; mean men hunting
sharks-'tiChting' would perhaps be a bet