The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-03

Of conjufing the small change out OF
the visitors pockets. None there could
better crack one Of the long whips,
and with 1t send small coins spinning,
and he was quite ~ export ut throw.
ing hnrpoon; But his greatest source
Of income was not through skill or
chance n; all. IL was the irresistible
way he had Of winning all hearts about
him. and ~ this he held the combina.
tions to good many weil-fiiled purses.
Do not, however. let Pomiuk's love
for nfckels, dimes md quarters lower
him in your estimation. He knew very
little about their reai value; in fact,
he knew very little about that until
long after the worlds fair opened; !;
hut they were bright and pretty
things. and Pomiuk loved TO play with
them and to hear their merry jingle;
for Pomiuk, spite of his gentle wayl
md ever smiling countenance. was a
veritable savage, and a close study o.!
him might easily have led one to en-.
tertain lesser regard for the en-.
lightenments Of civilization.
But l started 10 tell yoa ABOUT his
ring. and must not wander from tho
subject.
His first day upon Q civilized shore
was marked By IN event for Pomjuk
that made 1t ever memorable. IL was
the 18th day Of October. the year be.
fore the big show was held, that
Pomiuk landed ut Boston with SO
other Eskimos; and IL happened that
among those who came down to the
wharf to see the curious cargo
brought by the schooner Evalina
there wns theatrical manager.
Whether it wns out Of the kindness OF
his heart or 20 advertise his per.
formanee Is not material, but, no mat
ter what his motive. the fAct remains
that he gave these simple visitors to
America the freedom Of his play
house; and that evening nearly score
Of them, under a proper escort, at
tended In body and occupied the
boxeA
The play was merely big buricsque,
and they could not understand word
Of II. They were dazed by the lights
and the crowded house and the or
chestra and the ballet The stage.
with its hidden workings. was .
maruel past understanding; but the
songs were pretty, the costumes
bright and the dancing-Ah, the dane
ing!
Pomiuk had thought that he could
dance; but never In all his most fanci-
full dreams had he pictured such won
derful dancing. From the first to the
last his gaze fastened upon the dainty
leader of the ballet She was a mere
child but. nevertheless, the most skill.
full dancer that ever grnced an Ameri-
can theater. and all Boston was talk
ing OF her and loudly voicing her
praises. When her dancing was ended
and she left the stage, Pomiuk's smile
DEPARTED, and he sank back again into
the seat from which her destinations
had drawn him.
The interpreter asked him II he liked
II, and Pomiuk's little black eyes
lighted up and his litxle tongue reeled
off Tong Eskimo words at the rate Of
200 a minute. The manager was stand
ing by bis chair. and he noted the
child's animation.
what does he sayT" he asked.
He says" replied the Interpreter.
"that since he has come aboard the
ship. people have been telling him
about God and Heaven and angels,
and that. II he were good he would go
there when he died; but he says they
must have made o mistake for ne
doesn't believe that he Is dead yet he
certeinly is in Heaven"
There ere very few angels here,
fear," remarked the manager. sadly.
Not that the manager needed an
"anssl," for he WIS playing to crowded
houses.
Pomiuk new wanted TO know what
the manager had been saying, and when
he learned the managers remark. he
replied, with prompt decision: There
is surely one angel-{hat little one.
Oh, how ! would like TO speak to her. -
No sooner was Po1nink's wish made
known than the manager called an
usher, and in n very fewminutes the lit
tie girl and her mother entered the
boxs .Yhs little girl had. OF course,
changed her attire, and Pomiuk hardly 7
recognized her at first. but when he
did 30 his Joy knew no bounds. He
promptly threw his arms round her
neck. and NOT only rubbed noses. Es-
kimo fashion, bu< gave her cheek a re-
sounding. smaclx which might have
been heard all over the house had not
the orchestra been playing.
The little girl took dt good-naturel.
ly, and then began Tor both Of, them
q half hour or so of such novel pleas
ure and amusement as neither had eveT
enjoyed before. In o very few min.
,utes fhey managed 10. dispense with
the services of an Interpreter; and
presently they retired to the, back OF
the box, where the little girl danced
Sew measures for him, and then pre-.