The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-01-07

II dinna ken, Jamie, but let's get Until
the sailor claes-afore we get DOT O. oor
dream. wonder if that's the sailor
snoring in the next room? Man, Jamie,
Ye, look graund in sailor claes. Hoo dae
"Fine, man, Tammy, I believe that
be the king himself
Cor Paul Jones. the pirate, tibet I
heard skinny reading ABBOTT, that robbed
the rich an gave to the puir:"
INA, III, Tammy, pirates ha' big butts
on their feet, an pistols Il II cutlasses
hung in Il belt aroond their waist-but
happy face Of Jack ;peepcd into the room
with a "guid New Year, laddies." .
And what a day they. spent! First OF
all, they went to Wombelrs menagerie,
where they saw every wild beast the
world knew of. and it must have been a
pleasing sight to many to see Jack,
happy, big-hearted Jack. rolling and
swinging from place to place, with his
two small c~ounterparts who, with hoyish
instinct, were initiating his swing to per-
lection. After dinner-and such q din
ner-there was goose and plumduff-lm
sure there was everything one could men,
ton, so l won't tell YOU everything they
had, for it would Just cause u teeth
to water, especially if you are hungry.
In the afternoon they went to the cir
Gus, where they We're playing Tam
O Shanter," and how the threesome
| roared and laughed and hurrahed when
the Dell, that was a man within a bull
locks skin, playing the bagpipes at the
head of a dozen witches, chased poor
that was left in the hand O. "Cutty
Sark."
Over the auld brig.
But the pantomime at night in the
Theater Royal was best of all. 1t was
Robinson Crusoe," every boys fayorite,
and poor Robinson IL his man Friday
We're kept dancing %hornpipes until poor
hurrahing and clapping of hands of Jack
and his two small mates, that was in
fectious.
And such fun they had ut the antics of
the clown and old Pantaloon.
But it was Mt the transformation scene
that Jamie whispered to Tammy:
'Tammy, it's a true; we're in fairy
an jist see hoo bonnie they are. An
see yon charrit, it's a. gold. An look,
man, Tammy, see at the fairies coming
DOT o the ~tiOOers, govie Dick"
But the curtain dropped and the crowd
rushed for the doorway, and Tummy's
answer was lost in the hum of many
whats wrong with you laddie?' said
| JAIN I " Jd1Alt us they Wulkeu SLOWLY
back to the lodging house.
II dinna ken,' mumbled Jamie, "but
l feel sac glad l Gamma help frae greet
"Ay, :GE'; said Jack, half to himself,
i've felt tina way myself; but cheer up.
Attic l 90 back to my ship tomorrow, ]
will not go until l have got you both a
good home And he was as good as
his word, for through the influence of an
old schoolmate he got them both into an
orphans home, where they received an
education that helped them to what they
are now.
The first morning they were in their
new quarters Tammy said to Jamie:
Jamie, when I'm graun up I'm gaun
to be a sailor And did he become
sailor? you ask. Well, I will read this
mate friend of mine:
Dear Old Chum-Do you remember
but Q will never forget-that happy
New Year for two gutterbloods, made sc
happy by Jack Bowsprir. our friend, and
the captain l now sail under. I have ex'
perienced the happiness he must have fell
at that time; l happened to be ashore al
two of the most poverty-stricken gutter
bloods l could find. How l wish yor
could have been there! Like Jack did t.
us, l clothed them in sailor suits, ant
what a time we had! We went to thu
circus, and to the pantomime. and wha'
do You think? 1t was the old ~favorite
Robinson Crusoe," and how we roaret
and laughed at joey, the clown. If
was happy that night that Jack took 70,
and me, | was a thousand times happier
in watching the JOY of my two proteges
They laughed and cried and rubbed theil
hands. Man, Jamie! it was graund. Nv,
put them in our old home, and next year
and every year, if God gives me the op
portunity, | am going to do the same.
was telling. the captain, and he said
THE wee bit happiness we give to other
rebounds to ourselves a. hundredfold.
Jack joins me in giving you an imaginar,
handshake, Al chums O auld lang syne.
One o'SE them, Tammy.-Jamest 2
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