Show r R 4 0 0 41 t T aa 44 0 A r aa 4 lit t L 11 10 P 4 y ja 4 P MA p mcf my first I 1 r s t tr christmas istman eve pance WRITTEN BY A JACK TAR TIEN me we and my shipmate R bill I 1 I 1 I 1 Col thead wa was takla a little cruise ashore last 3 ear me w e each got I 1 a pretty wet scented note with R S 8 N P at the bottom request in the plea pleas ure of 3 oui out company at a dance on christinas christmas eve eye bill who Is a well up III these things told me them letter letters meant reply sharp very Pres sill bo go we wrote our replies sharp Il accept lu in the very cressin X V ell christmas Chrls tm ei e 0 came round and bill and me rigged ourselves ours elvea out in our lest test shore adin toge togs ind and set bill sill for the dance on re ourselves our selve we was mustered in a big cabin ilk a battleships gun guit room all titivated up with holly and mistletoe and with the fleck deck polished instead of holy stoned and so slippery that I 1 nearly pitched on to my bowsprit as a I 1 went through the hatchway vast beavly ball I 1 beg se collik 1 to nn an anchor taij thi Is s worse than croal the bay in a gale gae 0 wind but bill k kii kept borgin ahead ae as cool as a middy in command of a dispatch boat so I 1 slipped my cable and went ment on fu fuh n speed in hie his wake seatie fleat ln like a marine recruit goin into battlon tor for the first time IN we e was m as neaily neatly the lat last aboard for or the cabin was pretty full the men lookin like rong waiter waiters and the ladles ladies all as emart smart as a cruiser squadron in rainbow rig presently a fussy little chap who I 1 took to be the commodore but who bill said waa was the at sea man though he didn dian t look as if be he knowel muck about the sea came up and gave u both a pretty card with order orders on w m hieb bill called a program then he passed the word to clear for hac tion and a band on the quarterdeck erdeck aft struck up and the dancia dancla begun As I 1 was deanin against the bill bul barks the 11 se gel man came up and an eald said what i catch so I 1 said aye aye sir and before I 1 knowel it be he had me to the smartest mar test al clipper built little craft I 1 ever turned my ray searchlights sea reh lights on and somehow the nest next minute her sweet little figurehead waa was close to mine and I 1 made fast around her amidships wid steamed into hantion this ie Is a not an hornpipe ehe the eald said presently in a voice as sweet ns as the bo 8 us n s whistle papin at grog time so I 1 ased axed her barding and navi gated ac cordin vt N ell we boxed the compass about twice when some one ran foul 0 my starboard bow and threw me on my beam ends my aly con ort sort was so cons arned and bore a hand prettily to haul me up that I 1 quite forgot to eay may n m hat I 1 was aboin to to the lubber next time I 1 wag was goto golu to dance with her again but ehe she told me she affa aa V Ss I 1 41 a aughty a as I 1 tien tt en a I 1 avs he a headed beaded swab t bl bk her 11 I 1 I 1 to toni and abe t bar baid d sailon 11 ithe the keel ito v there atas as the two of eni em a camerin away J like old ain alic oui out econn en elneer ineer when he has a h d m what hat becallo he be calla calls a vee drap on oil 1 13 i 1 iglitz boon after I 1 see her tannin herself m wl I 1 lie ile the redheaded chap wag as acair a yin on shinae ful with mith I 1 girl in pink ao so I 1 i her lud and told her cihat ft hat I 1 thought of the swab she was mas to and boi feied to bah bash la in I 1 Is lights I 1 thought ht she boull m I 1 neer nener stop li pi shin as she told me ill didn dian t even ki li 0 N him and m atas as only engaged 0 t hiu for the dance A and nd then their I 1 felt letter N vell ell to cut the short at eight bells I 1 coi cot i eyed her down to the iia ward rd room to mess and after that we h vc V e to in a con erv en tire fill of I 1 a a na and floii flowed ei ai ni d amellin like a troi icil and th then enwell mell afar t very nery hot ei t in ni athi III it I 1 I 1 d t bi bling ing I 1 loth oth I 1 road toad ile tit 1 i 11 tl ti i mv my I 1 betty i artye 1 I i ed dinnia I 1 er ali ani atil a few fem n i hi fit I 1 ter e i i I 1 alel ae I 1 f i i ekr pil t and ind I 1 t ved her 4 fe int cart c ort lot dop rit pit 4 |