Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-09

of the rough material which Is usually cut
into sailors pea jackets; which was the
case also. The hat was obviously new,
but, just as obviously, home made
So you have come / said, shaking
hands. Upon my wsrd I didn't know
you
She laughed de..ghtsdly, and glanced
down at her attire, which clearly afforded
her the greatest satisfaction.
put on my Sunday clothes, she eI-
planned because was going to have
my likeness took. Don't you tell William
Jones
Il promised not to tetray her to that
insuferable nuisance, and .sfrained from
informing her that l thought her ordinary
costume far more becoming than her sew
enth-day fnery.
That's nice Dress said, hypocrit-
icaliy. Where did you buy itY
II didn't buy it. 1t come ashore
What! When you come ashore"
yourselfY
No fearv she answered. Last winter
when the big ship went to bits out there
oh, see Then II was portion of
wreckY
Yes, it come ashore; and, lcok you
now, this jacket come ashore too. On a
sailor chap
land the sailor chap made you pres
emit of it, supposeT
".No fearr she repeated, with her
sharp shake Of the head. How could he
give il TO me when he was drownded and
come ashore? William Jones gave 1t to
me, and ! altered it my own self-look
ye now-to make it fit
"She was certainly an extraordinary
young person, and wore her mysterious
fnery with a coolness / thought remark
able, 1t being quite clear, from her expla-
nation, that all was fish that came to her
net, or, IL other words, that dead mems
clothes were as acceptable to her UMPIRE
JUDGED taste as any others. However,
the time was Fastening on, and l had my
promise to keep. So l got my crayon ma
terials, and made Matt sit down before
me on a stool, first insisting, however,
that she should divest herself Of her head
gear, which was an abomination, but
which she discarded with extreme reluc-
lance. Directly began, she became rigid,
and fixed herself, so to speak, as people
do when being photographed-her eyes
RldTluH OI ucL WuOic lace lOSI
in self-satisfed vacuity.
You needn't keep like that / cried:
! want your face to have some express
sion. Move your head about as much
as you like, laugh and talk-it will be
all the better
Last time I was took she replied,
Tie chap said / mustn't move
"'Ah! suppose he was travelling
photographer
He had a little black box, like, on
legs, and cloth ON top of it, and he
looked at me through a hole In the mid
die. Then he cried now" and held up
his hand for me to keep still as a mouse;
then he counted fifty-and was took
"'Ah Indeed Was it a good like
nessr
Yes, master. But l looked like the
black woman who come ashore last Easter
was a year.
with conversation like this we be-
guiled the day, while proceeded rapidly
with my drawing. AT the end of a couple
of hours Matt had become so fidgety that
| thought it advisable to give her a rest.
She sprang up, and ran over to inspect
the picture. The moment her eyes fell
upon it, she uttered a rapturous cry.
Look you, now, amt it pretty? Mas
ter, am l like that?
II answered her it was an excellent
likeness, and not too fattering. Her face
fell, however, little as she proceeded
care my cheeks as red as that, mas
teri
"'You are red, Matt l replied, flip
PANTY; so are the roses
'She looked at me thoughtfully.
"'When It's 6fished, will you give It |
to me to keep
"'Well, we shall see'
I gave the other chap a shilling for |
his, frame and all, but I've got no more
money she continued, with an lnsinuat-
ing smile. which, as a man of gallantry,
could not resist. So I promised that,
it she behaved herself properly, / would,
IN all probability, make her the present
she coveted
You must come again tomorrow, l
said, as we shook hands, and I'll finish
he thing off,
'All right, master, I'll come
And, with a nod and a bright smile,
she walked away.
During the whole of this interview
Finn had not been unobservant, and so
oon as l was left alone he looked up from
he work he was engaged upon, viz, po-
alto washing, and gave a knowing smile
Sure she's fine bold colleen, he
aid. Does your honor know who she isl?
Il have not the slightest idea
They're saying down beyond that
he's a sea founding, and has neither
IL l
PRAY who was your Informant
1.-The man who picked her from the
Jones himself
THAT name again. 1t was becoming
90 much for flesh and blood 20 bear.
from the first moment of my arrival
lad heard no other, and l had begun to
etest it's very sound"