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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860
Year: 1860 (1860s)
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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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 society.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
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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 do.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 yourselves! The children looked confused and hung theirheads. At

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