The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-09-21
obeyed. The twilight gave sufficient

obeyed. The twilight gave sufficient
light for reading the manuscript. Be
sides. tie writing was large and IN bold
characters. why" said. II know
this writing II Is Sam Semple's.T
"Very good. Go on, therefore,
At the very first words l understood
what had already happened and guess
ed pretty well what was going to hap
pen.
Molly divinel Thy heavenly charms prevail,
As when the sun doth rise stars fade and pale
"No need for much more OF the rub
Dish. Jack Read the last OF IL. / read
IL all, and II made me sick"
$50. matches maid. thy silence grants consent
See az thy feet the poets knee IS bent
When evening roses scatter fragrance faint
And the sad Philomel renews his plant.
"Did ever man hear such stuff, Jack?
Go on"
''Within this bow'r afar from sight Of men,
Tomorrow. Wednesday. at the hour Of ten,
That bow'r, a shrine Of love and temple fair,
will await thee-samuel semple-there."
what do you think of that, Jack?
Samuel Semple. the ragged, skulking,
snivelng. impudent son of thieving
exciseman! A very fine lover for my
little maidl Ia, will he? VIII hep
The captain grasped his cudgel with
resolution.
"Sir!' said, with submission. What
did Molly say TO this precious epistleT
Molly? Dost think that / would
let the little maid see such ranting
STUFF Not so. The black woman
brought the precious letters 10 me-.
There are three of them. Wait. Jack.
Thou shalt see Hush / hear his
step. Let us get into the summer
house and lie snug 10 see what hap
pens"
We stepped into the summer house,
now pretty dark, and waited expectant.
Like the captain. | was filed with
amazement that Samuel, whom knew
well, who was my schoolfcllow, should
presume to lift his eyes SO high Alas!
There Is no bound or limit, | am as
sured. TO the presumption Of such as
this stringcr Of foolish rhymes. Yet
l felt some compunction for him be-
cause he would most assuredly receive
basting such ms would cure him ef-
fectually OF the passion called love, so
far as this object was concerned.
Presently we heard footsteps crunch
ing the gravel Snug, my lad. Lie
snug" whispered the captain. We
heard the steps making their way
along the path between the gooseberry
and currant bushes Then they came
out upon the grass lawn before the
summer house. THE grass Is as big
as n quarter deck, Jack. said the cap
tain. at will serve for the basting Of
measly clerk I've knocked down
many mutsions dog in the quarter
deck
The poet came 10 the summer house
and stood outside, irrcsolute, Ire could
not see the two occupants lie hemmed
twice aloud There was no reply.
"Matchless Molly he whispered,
Divine maid. am here at thy feet.
Nymph OF the azure sen. am here"
"The devil you arer' cried the cap
tain, stepping out Why. here is a
precious villain for you. Jack cut him
Off In the rear II he tries to get away.
$685. my young quill driver, you
would poach on the preserves of your
betters, would you2 Would youi
Would you?" At each repetition he
banged the wooden post OF the sum
MGR house with Ills cudgel
The poet made no reply but he look.
cd 20 right aud 20 left and behind him
for way ~ escape but found none.