The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-08
OONS AND SPARKS.


iringsd with low woods and winding to
ward clustered reefs ct distant towl
Two wineries drifting idly in the shadow
OF hcmlocks and pin q, while their prom
and paeditative occupants watch the Lag
wrsaths Of smoke curl above the bowls o
their pipes. or there two il dividuals
the one nearest the sunshine 10 Davit
WhipPle. BostoniaD. aged nineteen,fa fail
haired, fair skinned and six feet two
The other lying at full length, with hi
cap pulled low over pair of dark eyes
il of Sigh er make ana more vivacioui
expression. This is Ernest Weca, q
young Virginiap.
Fifteen minutes Of Silence had evident
" tried the latter's patience excessively
He had frightened several turtles back to
their wstery haunts, had whistled to birds
and pcstrophized flies He finally peck
eted bis pipe and sat erect, with the re-
mark, -"I say, Davy"
"Vsll!"
II saw hisA Wentworth to-day"
That this announcement possessed ksme
interest ia the mInd of the youth called
Davy, may be surmiscd from the fact
thai he. toe, suddenly sat erect; but he
ony said. as he slowly knocked the ashes
from his plpe.--"Humph."
you'd have said something besides
'HumPh.' If you had seen her. She rode
past our hotel"
Ana l presume you mooned after her
ia ysur usual style"
VERY hear il. I admit" rsjeined the
other, with a shrug. THE case 10 unique.
| never before tried for a month unsuc-
ceEsfuliy to gain an intrsductiOA to lady.
But shall succeed yet"
"I'll wager anything you cheese" was
the reply, emphasized by flourish Of the
pipe. ".hat I'll have an introduction first
after ALL" and the speaker faced his
friend with the last trace Of indifference
ban shed from his courterance 2Ia. !
'Safs enough to wager, where asishsr
is likely to win," commented his com.
Danlsn.
That's "a ons thinks. consider my wiz
nira 80 Ssrtain as-ss that / can reach the
stone bri ige. two miles down the river,
at least = minute in advance of you
"Done!" exclaimed the Virgfaian with
laugh and quick stra1gh sneng of his
1.-the figure. "The loser in she race aban
dc rs hiS chances, sh!"
Just CO." 1900.
In two minutes the wherries were
abreast ana their owners ready far start.
The next, they SWEPT vtf down the stream,
pulled evenly and easily. Beth the young,
men were powerful rewers Ernest had
shs .nOat effective strske, David greater
reserve IF strength. 1t was pretty to see
the Wineries dart through shadows and
sunshine, past bsld wooded curves and
banks gay with gsldsn-rod. Their pro-
gress during the frat ten minutes was
quiet, but at the beginning of the second
nile it became more lively. Laborsrs in
the fields on either hand paused to watch
as the wineries shot by, and now the red
jacket, now TIE blue, seemed gaining.
/ Ia In ha Ca e. uA
he won bali boats length in quarter
of mile. Then Ernest bent moro gal
lnntly to his oars and regained his place.
But In the next quarter be lost sgs,n and
D vid's greater strength told steadily
against aim. '..f
Whsn they were on the last half mile,
long straight stretch, with the bridge
before dwarfed in the distance, they
pulled like Two young giants. David's
teeth were set and every muscle in play
Ernest's cap had fallen. and his black
eyes cleaned gtriumpbantly rs hS nsteo
that each determined stroke brought him
nearer his first position. Independently
OF it's puerile cause, the race was magaifi-
cent There happened to be hut ene
spectator of It's close. This was gray
haired gentleman, who. seeing the two
boats sweep around the upper curve OF
the river, checked his horse on the bridge
They came in graudly, darting like
birds through the smooth water, straight
and swift, far the bridge. The inten
watcher leaned far ever the rails. and a