The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-05


house as sailors desire. provided and
furnished according 70 their wants and
wishes As we passed. the place being
already III up with two or three can,
dies In scOnces. the door being wide
open and the mingled noise OF eddie,
voices and feet announcing the assem-
blage Of company Molly pulled me by
the hand and stopped TO look in. The
scene was what / have already indi-
Gated The revelry Of the evening had
act in Everybody was drinking. One
was dancing. The fiddler was playing
Justify
We should have looked on for a mn-
ute and left them But one Of the
sailors recognized Molly Sprlnglng 20
his feet. hc made a respectful leg and
salu,ed the child Mates" he cried,
"'tis our owner. The little lady owns
the barky. What shall ye 90 FOR herG
Then they on spraug to their feet
with n huzza FOR the owner and anoth-
or Tor tie ship and II you viii believe
II. their rough fo'c's'le hands ia half
minut, tad tle child ON the table IN q
cha.rl,he queen She sat with grent
dignity, understanding ~ some way
that those men were in her own service
and Thar they designed no harm OF az
fright 10 her but only 10 DO her honor
Therefore She was not Ia any fear and
smiled erac.ously Tor my own part,
followed and stood M the table, think
Ing that perhaps these fellows were
proposing omp pii0tical abduction and
resolving miracles IL yalor II neces-
sary
Then they made offerings One man
pulled req silk handkerchief from his
neck AMI laid 1t II her zap. and anoth-
or lueged i boN of sweeimeats from
his pocket II elmc from Lisbon, but
was made. believe IN Morocco by the
Aloors a third had a gold ring on his
finger everybody knows the eXtrayu-
gaucics 81 saHors which he drew off
aud placed D. hor hand Another Of
fered glass Of punch. The little maid
did what size had 50 often seen the cap
tain do She looked round and said.
HYour good health an the company"
and put her lips 10 the glass which She
then returned And another offered 10
dance. and the hddlcr drew his bow
across the catgut II is n sound which
incllnes the heart 10 beat ana the feet
10 move wherever sailor hears it.
II have often seen you dance" said
Molly let the fiddler play ana you
shall see me dance.
I never thought She would have had
so much spirit FOR you see ! had
taught her 10 dance the hornpipe Ev-
cry boy in n seaport town can dance
the horupipe. We used 70 make music
out Of a piece OF thin paper laid over n
tortoise shell comb il must be n comb
of wide teeth, aud none OF them must
be broken and with this instead Of n
fiddle we would dance IN the garden or
In the parlor. But 90 stand up before Il
whole company Of sailors Who would
have thought N? However, she jump
cd ~ and on the table performed her
dance with great seriousness and so
gracefully that they were al cnchunt.
ed. They stood around, their mouths
open, n broad grin on every face. The
women, neglected huddled together Ia
a corner and were quite silent
When she Ind finished she gathered
up her gifts the silk handkcrchlef-it
came from Calicut the sweetmeats
from Morocco, the gold ring from
know not where. Put me down, ii
you please" she said. So one Of them
gently lifted her to the ground. Il
thank you all" she courtesiod worry
prettily u wish you good night and
when you set sail again good voy-
age.p