The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-11-02

'-t-' W itii me IL NC cOulu learn some
thing OF the present position and repu-
tation OF Sam Semple, who gives him
self. ! understand. great airs az the
coffee house as a wit OF the first stand
Ing and an authority In matters OF
taste. With your permission. / win
proceed 70 read aloud the portion which
concerns our poet. Here is the pas
sage
"'You ask me TO tell you what know
OF the poet Sam Semplc. / do not
know, II Is true. all the wits and poets,
but know some, and they know all
those who frequent Dolly's and the
I Chapter House and the other coffee
houses frequented by the poets. None
Of them az first knew or had heard OF
The name. AZ last one was found who
had seen volume bearing this name
ind published by subscription. Sir"
ne said. "'tis the yeriest trash 4
tchoolboy should be turned for writing
fuch bad verses" But" / asked him,
''he Is said TO be received and vel
coined by the wits" "They must be-"
/ be replied. "the wits OF Mapping or the
poets OF Turnagaln lane. The man is
not known anywhere" So with this l
/ had 10 be contented for a time Then
! | came across one who knew this would
be poet. II was once myself" he said,
"at my last guinea when | met Mr..
Samuel Semple He was IN rags. and
be was well nigh starving. I gave him
I a sixpenny dinner IN n cellar where |
myself was dining M the time. He
told me that he had spent the money
subscribed for his book instead Of pay
I Ing the printer; that he was dunned
and threatened for the debt; that II he
was arrested he must 30 10 the Fleet
or TO one Of the Comptors; that he
must then go 20 the common side and
would then starve-in a word that he
was on his last legs. These things he
told me with tears. for indeed cold and
4 hunger-he had nolodging- brought
bin low. After he had eaten his din
ner and borrowed shilling he went
away, and | saw him no more for six
months, when | met him In Covent
Garden. He was now dressed in broad
cloth fat and in good ease. At first he
refused TO recognize his former com
panion in misery, but persisted. lie
then told me that he had been So for
tunate as TO be Of service 10 my Lord
IFylingdalc, into whose household he
had entered He therefore defed his
creditors ana stood IL bed ana board nj
the house OF his noble patron. Now,
sir, IL IS very well known that any
-
be OF base ana dishonorable nature.
Such Is the character OF this most prof
ligate Of lords. professed rake and
most notorious gambler he Is no Ion
ger admitted into the society OF those
Of his own rank He frequents halls
where the play Is high. but the players
are doubtful. He Is said 10 entertain
decoys. one Of whom Is an old ruined
gamester named Sir Harry Malyns and
another half pay captain, bully and
n sharper, who calls himself a colonel
He IS TO be seen at the house Of the
Lady Anastasia, the most notorious
woman In London. who every night
keeps the bank nj hazard for the profit
Of this noble lord and his confederatcs.
II Is in the service OF such a man that
Mr.. Spmple has found 4 refuge. What
he fulhlls In the way OF duty | know
not" give YOU. cousin. the words OF
my Informant have since inquired
Of Gil ere md find confirmation ev.
~ antorious character OF
Lord Fylinglale and his companions.
Nor can | understand what services a
poet can render to a man OF such rep
u.&tion. living such a life
do you follow sir, my father ask
ell laying down the letter, "or shall l
read Il AGAIN.
May, the words are plain. But, Mr.
Pentecrosse, they are serious words
They concern very deeplya certain lady
whom we love. Lord Fyllngdale has
been with us for a month. He bears
character, here Mt least, OF the highest
kind. IL is reported, know not with
what truth, that he Is actually 20 mar
ry the captains ward, Molly. There is,
however, no doubt that Molly's for
tune has grown so large rs TO make
her match for any one, however high
ly placed"
II fear that IL Is true.
''Thcn, what foundation has this gen
tleman for so scandalous n reportr'
Indeed. do not know. My cousin,
the bookseller. expressly says that he
has no knowledge Of Sam Semple."
mir. Pentecrosse, am uneasy. /
hear that the gentlemen OF the COM
pany are circulating ugly rumors about
one Colonel Lanyon, who has been
playing high and has won large sums
larger than any of the company can
afford to lose. They have resolved 20
demand and await explanations. There
are whispers also which concern Lord
Fylingdale as well. These things
make one disgusted. Then also have
received letter. II Is I'm reply To one
Of my own addressed TO an old friend
nj Cambridge. My questions referred
TO the great scholar and eminent divine
who takes Greek for Hebrew.
"'You ask me II / know anything
about ona nonfamfn p1trdan clerk I'm