Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . e had been cleared away. Goodbread and butter, fried eggs and mutton bones,were quickly served, followed by a cup of coffeeworthy of Delmonicos. As all remunerationfor the meal was declined, social etiquette re-quired that we should sit a while with our enter-tainer, who seemed well pleased with our hostess was the wife of a skipper then cruis-ing for whales in distant seas. She doubtless thought of him as she prepared the meal for thestrangers, and our grace after meat was a men-tal prayer that her Captain might speed
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . e had been cleared away. Goodbread and butter, fried eggs and mutton bones,were quickly served, followed by a cup of coffeeworthy of Delmonicos. As all remunerationfor the meal was declined, social etiquette re-quired that we should sit a while with our enter-tainer, who seemed well pleased with our hostess was the wife of a skipper then cruis-ing for whales in distant seas. She doubtless thought of him as she prepared the meal for thestrangers, and our grace after meat was a men-tal prayer that her Captain might speedily re-turn with full oil casks; and that wherever helanded, should it be among heathen, pagans, orChristians, he might always find as kind a wel-come as we met that day at his cottage on theVineyard. ^ While we lingered I got out my sketch-bookand commenced inking some drawings I hadmade on Gay Head. This attracted the atten-tion of two children who were sitting in theroom. The girl, who was about thirteen yearsold, was very pretty, but seemed to be rather a. 456 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. froward j)iece, and, after observing my work fora while, exclaimed, impatiently, I wish I had a thousand dollars! And pray, said I, what would you do witha thousand dollars? Well, she replied, I know what Id go to New Bedford and have my likenesstaken, and—and— ^ She twisted and hesitated, so I supplied therest. Youd buy a diamond breast-pin, andhalf a dozen silk dresses, a carriage and horses,and what else? She replied, Well, I guess I wouldnt spendit all at one time, but Id keep some to buy what-ever I wanted. I observed that if she once got into the citystores the money wouldnt last her long. Ah, said the boy, if I had a thousanddollars, Id put it away, and only spend a fewcents at a time. You selfish vermin! exclaimed Dick Dash-away, you have both disposed of your moneyand havent done a generous thing, nor have be-stowed a thought on your mother, nor on anyone else besides y
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