The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-26

II amt fair play agin a woman
Jays old Sam. three strong men agin
one poor Old woman: that's wot we
feel Ginger
Wen. ! don't feel like H.. Sos Gin
GER you please yourself and III
please myself
y Went on In hun. an next
morning e was so dlsagfeeable that
sam an Peer went and signed on
board a steamer called The Penguin.
which was 10 sail the day arter. They
parted bad tiieuds all round, and Gin.
ser Dick gave Peter nasty black
eye, and Sam said that when Ginger
came TO see things IN proper way
agin he'd be sorry for wot ED said
And e said that i'm and Peter never
wanted To look on Is face agin
Ginger Dici was bit lonesome
arier they'd gone. but q thought It
better to let few days 20 by afore q
went and adopted the red aired land.
lady lie waited a week. and at last,
unable to wait any longer, e went out
and 'ad q shave and smartened hisself
up and went or 60 the blue Lion.
Glass o bitter, ma'am, please. he
SEES to the old lady as she came out o
the little parlor at the back o. the bar.
The old lady drew the beer. and
then stood with one and holding the
beerpull and the other on the coun-
ter looking at Ginger Dick In Is new
blue Jersey and cloth cap.
Lovely weather. ma'am. ses Gin.
ger, putting HIS left arm on the ooun-
ter and showing the sailor-boy dancing
the hornpipe
ITS ard life, The sea, ses the
old lady,
She kept wiping down the counter
In front OF I'm over an over agln. an
e could see or staring at rs wrists as
though she could ardly believe her
eyes Then she went back into the
parlor, and Ginger card her whisper.
ing. and by and by she came out agin
with the blue.eyed barmaid
Have YOU been at sea long? sea
the old lady.
over 20 years. ma'am. SEES Ginger,
avoiding the barmaids eye wos was
fixed on Is wrists. and I've been ship
wrecked four times: the fust time
when | was a little nIpper o. four
teen.
Pore thing. SEES the landlady,
Shaking 'er cad. 4 can feel for you:
my boy went TO sea at that age. and
I've never seen i'm since
TIN sorry to ear Il, ma'am. SEES
Ginger. very respectful.like 4 suppose
I've lost my mother. so | can feel for
YOU.
Suppose you've lost your motherl'
SEES the barmaid: don't you know
whether you hayeg
No SEES Ginger Dick. very sad
When | was wrecked the fust time
was in a open boat for three weeks.
and. wot with the exposure and 'ardly
any food, ! got brain fever and lost NY
memory.
Pore thing. ses the landlady agin
~ might as well be n orfin. ses
Ginger, looking down; sometimes {
seem 20 see kind, andsome face
bending over me. and fancy It's my
mothers. but | cant remember er
name or my name. or anythink about
err
"'You remind me o. my boy very
much SEES the iandlady shaking or
cad.
Ginger Dick would ha liked TO ha'
seen 'er bit more excited, but 9
ordered another glass o. bitter from
the barmaid, and tried to think 'ow
he was to bring about the ship ON his
chest and the letters on Is back. The
landlady served couple o men, aud
by and by she came back and began
talking agih
- like sailors, she SEES: one thing
Is. my boy was a sailor; and another
thing Is. they've got such feelln' carts.
There was two of 'em In ere the other
day, who'd been IN ere once or twice,
and one OF EN- was that kind earted
thought he would ha' ad fit at
something | told him
'fIo. SEES Ginger. pricking up his
ears, 'wot forY
81 was Just talking 10 I'm about my
boy. same as ! might be TO you, sea
the old lady. and I was Just telling
i'm about the poor child losing is
finger
"'Losing Is wotg SEES Ginger, turn
ing pale aud staggering back.
Finger. SEES the landlady " was
only ten years old at the time. and I'd
sent i'm out to-Wotis the matterY
Amt you well?'
Ginger didn't answer or word
he couldn't " went on going back
wards until e got TO the door. and
then e suddenly fell through II into
the street. and tried 10 think
Then e remembered Sam and
Peter. and when e thought OF them
safe and sound aboard the Penguin no
nearly broke down altogether. as q
thought how lonesome he WAS.
"All . wanted WAS Is arms round
both their neoks same as they was the
night afore they 'ad i'm tattooed"
MORE THAN ONE DIFFERENCE.