The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-13

the end OF half an hour, a bright, fair
haired boy of about nine years came
leaping down the steps Of the terrace.
under the shelter of which they were
sitting. This lad was Tommy Null
grove, commonly called by his sister
Marina, that precious mite"
"Donc yet?" cried he, making a tenn
pestuous rush at his sister and plant
ing himself unceremoniously at her
side.
Nearly. And what about the verbP'
$50, is IL, linus. tits, cunt" sang
out the youngster in confident tone,
clasping Marina's arm and swinging IL
TO the rhythm of his recital
"Hush-h-hl'
Then Tommy gave his attention to
the ship building. The little schooner
rugged craft which was soon 20 be all
his own was now completed save in
j one respect-A name. The outline OF
| this Lieut.. Walton was az that moment
carving. AS he finished. he said:
That must do for to-day, Thomas.
Letters OF gold tomorrow, after the
trial trip"
ooh, but l say, that isn't fair" ex-
claimed tbs lad, in disappointed
tone, as he spelt out the name that
had been carved. Look sis! Fancy
calling my yacht Miss Mulgrove' /
thought il was going 20 be Richard
and Marina, for you've both helped 10
make it for me, haven't you, now?p
The situation was trying one for
the young people. On tho previous
day Tommy had, in the emphatic
style of small boys, declared that
the yacht, then only just be-
gun, must be called Richard and
Marina, and no objection was raised
at the time. Since, however, there
had been Indications that Richard con-
templated suggesting much moro
! important combination OF the two
names. 1t was TO prevent his designs
| from reaching practical shape-in
! plain words, TO avoid proposal--that
\ Marina had started that conversation
about love and marriage, with which
the reader is already familiar. Her
free-and-easy treatment of the subject
made an earnest appeal such MS he had
determined upon quite impossible.
And her last little speech contained,
as he understood il. a very significant
hint Of her reply should nc persist in
disregarding tho warnings of her pre-
vious remarks.
1t is easy enough to say faint
heart never won fair lady For all
that, / believe Richard Walton was
acting under an impulse of manly
courage in accepting his fate. lie loved
truly enough to see her duties as she
saw them. She had the care of four
motherless children, besides those
numberless responsibilities OF parish
work which had fallen on her shout
ders when the mother died eight
years ago And her father had
never been himself since the shock
Of that dread parting. Realizing all
this, the young officer had with some
what Of the hopeless loyalty OF the
knights OF old, sought i'm a delicate
way to indicate his submission when
he carved the prosaic words miss
Mulgrove," instead OF those previous
/ ly decided upon.
But he had quite forgotten, alas
that reconciliation is not usually part
OF the creed of the British boy. Mas
ter Thomas Mulgrove had, according
10 his own notion, INDUCED In quite
enough self-sacrifce already for one
morning by committing To memory
part OF an irregular Latin verb while
the bodybuilding was going on. To
his sturdy intellect, changing the
4 yachts name was simply breach OF
contract; he had no feeling whatever
for the sentiment conveyed thereby.
His sister had, however. and she
blushed tremendously as she OWNED
its import
81 say, Marina" pursued that
wretched youngster, what are you
coloring up for2 Did not you want it
TO be called Miss Mulgrove, then2"
Marina had never yet boxed the ears
OF that precious mite" 1t would
have been relief 10 have done SO at
that moment; ii would have been still
more n relief IL she could have rushed
away somewhere and had q good cry.
Walton, on his part, felt equally
miserable. lie wanted 60 say some
thing that would ease the situation,
but words utterly failed him. In the
presence Of that young imp, what in
deed could the poor fellow say?
Then, suddenly, help came to these
luclSlcss victims.
"Oh there's papa, and the lot OF
EN-, 2 cried Tommy as he caught sight
OF his father, his twin sisters, Ethel
and Janet, and his bigger brother Jack
emerging from the garden at the end
Of the lawn. Then he scampered away
TO meet them.
Richard took bis knife, and without
further ado began 90 scratch out those
words from the stern of the little YES,
sci.
Sailors have superstitions about al.
tcring a ships name after she Is
launched" said he, with remarkable
GOODNESS. $50 IL is just as well TO be on
the safe side"
The Richard Snd Marina was
launched that afternoon on Burnstead