Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-11-07
Turned q Little PALE but Plunged On.

10 know that till that moment he was
going "home." Ent this was = dis
tinct evidence of something he had not
thought Of, perhaps. that there was no
going home for him, even to prison.
And this was the first OF some twenty
such transfers. which brought him
sooner or later into half our best YES
sells. but which kept him all his life
at s,ast some hundred miles from the
country he had hoped he might never
hear Of again.
Ii may have been on that second
| cruise~~it was once when he was up
the Mediterranenn--that Mrs. Graft,
the celebrated Southern beauty OF
those days., danced with him. They
had been lying long time In the Bay
Of Naples. aud the officers were very
Intimate In the English fleet. and there
| had been great festivities, and our
men thought they must give great
BAH on board the ship. How they
| ever did II on board the Warren I am
sure do not knew. Perhaps 1t was
not tho Warren. or perhaps indies did
not take up so much room as they
| to now. They wanted to use Nolan's
sfateroom for something, and they
hated to do Il without asking him to
tho ball; 40 the captain said they
might ask him, II they would be re-
| sponSible that nc did not talk with
| the wrong people. "who would give him
| Intelligence So the dance went on,
| the ilncst party that had ever been
| known, l dare say for l never heard
| Of Il man-of-war ball that was not. For
ladies' they had the family OF the
American consul. one or two travellers
who had adventurcd 80 far. and nice
| bevy Of English girls and matrons, per-
haps Lady Hamilton herself
| Well. different officers relieved each
other IN standing and talking with No
| Ian In friendly way. SO as to be sure
| that nobody else spoke to him. The
| dancing went on with spirit, and after
| while even the fellows who took this
honorary guard Of Nolan ceased to fear
| my contretemps, only when some
| English lady~-Laay Hamilton. rs l
| said. perhaps. called for set of
american dancers" m odd thing hap
| rened, Everybody then danced con-
tredances, The black band. nothing
ioath, conferred as To what american
dances were, and started off with
virginia Reel" which they followed
with Money Musk" which, in Its turn
In, those days. should have been fol-
lowed by "rhe Old Thirteen" But
just us Dick. the leader, tapped for his
| tld,ilers to hcgtn. and bent forward
about to say, In true negro state, "'rhe
Old Thirteen. gentlemen and ladies' -
as he had said. "'virgtnny Reel X you
| pleaser' "'Moncy Musk, II you
please" the captains boy tapped him
nn the shoulder. whispered to him. and
he did not announce the name Of the
dance, he merely bowed. began ON
the air, and they all fell to. the OIL
| GERS teaching the English girls the
figure. hut not telling them why t.
had no name.
But that Is not the story startct
to tell. as the dancing went ON. NJ
Ian ana our fellows all got at ease !,
said, SO much SO that II seemed au.
natural for him to bow to that splen,l,,
Mrs. Graf. and say:
Il hope you have not forgotten me-
Miss Rutledge. Shall have the hon
Or Ut dancingr"
lie did it SO quickly that Shubrick.
who was by him, could not hinder
him. She laughed and said:
II am not Miss Rutledge any longer,
Mr.. Nolan: but I will dance oil the
eame." Just nodded to Shubrtck. - Il