The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-09-21
I am proud OF you. Jack. because CIV.
erybody sneaks so well OF you. met


erybody speaks so well OF you. l met
your father this morning and gave him
the good news TO rejoice his good old
heart He was too proud 70 confess his
Joy. But we know him. don't we, Jacki
Well. confess l shall not be happy till
you are Captain Pentecrosse. with n
share In every cargo"
"Nay, Molly. the ship is yours and
am hut yonr servant, though a proud
and joyful servant"
And so we sat and talked. while Nj
era went on with her work. sitting at
the feet OF her mistress. whom she
watched all the time as n dog keeps
one eye always upon his master.
AT this time my mistress was 10, a
time when many girls are already mar
ried But she was still a child, or a
young girl at heart. being one OF those
who, like a fine Orleans plum, ripen
slowly and are all the better for the
time they take. In person, II may
speak OF what should be sacred, she
was finely made. somewhat taller than
the average, her hair OF that fair color
which is the chief glory OF the Eng
/ lish maiden If Lisbon girl could
show that fair hair, with those blue
! eyes and that soft cheek touched with
rudy hue and the velvet bloom OF the
1 September peach. she would draw aft
or her the whole town. with the king
and his court and even the grand in
qulsitor and his accursed crew OF tor
! turers.
She was OF a truly affectlonate dispo-
sitlon, her mind being as lovely as her
face In manners she was easy and
compliant In discourse sometimes
grave and sometimes merry. As for
her great possessions, she was so sim
pie I'm her tastes and habits. being In
all respects like the daughter OF a
! plain merchantman's skipper, that she
understood little or nothing OF what
these possessions meant or what they
might bestow upon her
No one, however. must believe that
there was any thought or discourse con-
\ corning love between MS. ! had been
I her companion and playfellow. | knew
her very mind and could tell IT any
time Of what she was thinking. Some
times her thoughts were Of high and
serious things. Mostly they were OF
things simple, such as the prospects OF
the last brew or the success Of the
latest cordial OF suitors she had none,
although she was now. as | said, l6
years Of age. There were no sultors.
very well know why because. perhaps
/ for friendly reasons, Captain Crowle
| had told me something Of his ambition
for bis ward She was too rich and
\ too good for the young men OF Lynn.
What would any Of them do with such
an heiress? she was too rich and too
good even for the gentlefolk of the
county d hearty, rough, good natured
/ pcop.e who hunted and shot and feast
ed and drank What would they do
with an heiress Of wealth beyond their
y highest hopes had they any knowledge
OF her wealth? But believe that they
had none No one knew how rich she
was except the captain. The girl was
intended by her guardian for some
great man. He knew not as yet how
he should find this great man, but he
knew that there were very few, even
OF the noble lords I'm the house of peers
I phose fortune or whose income would
! compare with that Of his ward his lit
4 tie maid. And l, who knew this ambi-
ton. knew also that ! was trusted not
\ TO hctray confidence nor 70 disturb the
girls mind hy any talk Of love Now
\ the mind Of young maid pously dis
/ posed Is like the surface Of calm sea-
/ which looks ZIP 20 the sky and reflects
+ the blue Of heaven uudisturbcd till
i Dan Cupid comes along anu agltates
the cnlm with tie reelection Of some
4 shepherd swain and ripples the surface
with new thoughts which are allowed
4 by hcaycn but belong not 10 any OF It's
many mansions.
i Therefore we talked Of everything
except love
+ The sun went down as we sat talk
+ Ing The sun went down. aud the soft
4 twilight u June, the month which
II most ! love because there Is no dark
i ness and man on watch can discern
ahead breakers and ships as well rs
the vast circle OF the rolling sea. And
I then Nlgra gathered her work together
/ md arose.
"Cume % supper, honey she said
Come 1lassa Jack and sla led the
wnE
supper over the captain, instead OF
i turning round his chair 70 the fireplace.
filling his pipe and calling for another
/ glass OF October as we expected, push
ed back his chair and rose with dig
nifty.
"Jennifer," he addressed Mollys
mother "the persuader."
Jennifcr was her Christian name. She
got up and drew from the corner by the
cupboard stout crab tree cudgel,
twisted and gnarled like the old tree
from which II came. "Be not revenge
/ full, john" she said.
mo. no. | am n justice OF the peace
am captain on my own quarter deck
Punishment | shall bestow, not re
| vengc."
"Wcll, John, but he is young, and
you are old"