Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-03


Long had an evident admiration for hi
companion which increased every day. Ficl
was good shot. rs good a fishermon as him
self, rowcd and walked and sailed wit
about equal strength and skill, could d
wonderful tricks of tossing balls and othe
ieatS, could eat anything or 90 without
sleep anywhere. and be good-humored il
any circumstances. and Field found Long
truSty, sclf-contained clever fellow. and wa
much entertained by his dry humor an,
amusing stories of bcar-hunts and deer
hunts and queer adventures. They trampc'
that region pretty thoroughly, camping on
at nights or sleeping at the nearest of th'
little settlements
! One morning they took a boat at the heaC
of the lake and rowed down toward pond
on the east side among the hills, where Long
said the ducks came $50 thick You couldn I
see through en-, and where the water was
50 shallow and the mud 50 deep that. when
the ducks were shot. the Devil couldn't get
EN- 'thout he had dog After while a
wind came swooping down on the quiet
wafer through dip in the hills. and nearly
blew the skiii's bows ont of wafer. The
sleeping lake woke up, pitched and foamcd,
and beat upon the bows and dashed over the
Young men till they were nearly as wet as
the waves themselves. Field was pulling to
Long, stroke, the wind uttcring his hair
IN ms eyes and the water running down his
back, but hc would not say anything till
Long did. Presently Long looked round
over his shoulder, and hailed, II gues~ we'd
hest throw up and get a tow; hear the
Nanita coming down.
Presently the little steamer came along
and threw them a line. Long caught it and
made it fast. They were nearly icrkcd out
Of the water or flung into it. and then went
boiling along in the steamers wake. 4
buat-hand drew in the line, and thcyclimhcd
out, ewayins and founder eondrough
cloud of spray. apd I'll ;hcTS&engcr~ crowd
I ins hack - g. They went forward and
.cK, and the captain spoke TO Long
from the pilot-hou-c. calling him Trapp.
Long talked TO him through the window.
and introduced Field when he came along
Mr.. Meadow. tapn Charncr I'm show
/ iu- him hear tracks and things around the
/ pond.
81 How do you de- captain ?'' sail Field
Don't know me in the part oi Neptune
"ohor' said the captain, elaucinr aside
/ from the wheel. "lt'S you. is IT, Where's
/ your friend? - Tnpp. " he continued.
you ''ttcr t3kc MI Meadow down ana
-'l iIeSS t'u ury ms coat. lhey went DOWN
10 inc niue 'ahih' Where trim, panty
u''>'eu' "ut very pretty sIrl was busy WIN
some sewing she started ana laughed
W, M"'h ~he ~'" Long ana BOW W'' Ae was,
men 9he saw there WA~ ~'men"dy else ana
,,l7',y' ", II Ii''',
80, -H'' Htp',"' nc ana Ms i''~-iJ
'l'Ii'gr' meadow introduced Long ana
W nc '''' n'r "A'' ih' captain haN hi'.'h
MN.
Inc GlH 'fNu-ht q coat "l H'r H''h'r
l'I 'lein' ana lhh@ hl@ up % drE near ilt
furnace ana the thrce cmttci together ii-
'he boat warped n 4" the wharf, at her
'r end.
Long 9ld NOT hno" how II Wa-, "nt o.
n.a,P l'h'i constantly after iAai ih'i t'cH
I'H ln WIN Inc ANITA somewhere "n hcr
mp lie l'und that accident pleasant
enough lt hr~t' hut somehow changed hi~
n.ln' i.i heiorc long ana mlmlSHd that ihcy
~, gid i't happen upon the boat the next day
!, .la' afternoon llcld had some h"Sine7> in
Dee ana SET Oh IN that direction, engaging
10 meet Long WIN tralS ana hclr-hait nj
5'' iI'A's'h lo'ci tnc next morning lli-
business IN bee could not have required
inneh Time Tor when Long happened down .
III l'eWeI tlat evening, flrli wa smoking .
W Nun S'I.''ih l''rh'f IA thc HttI' 9'nin col /
Inc ine W ANITA the captain 5 daughter sitting .
y! WIN some sewing: Long sat with them
Il Nhiie' nu' he would not smoke, ana his
''i'' 'lS'''on c1uid NOT hc caAed hriiii'nt or .
amusing. tleid. on the other hand. talked /
ms nest and was m tine highest spirits Long /
got up and went away presently. with only /
Goodnight to the captain
One evening, little later, two persons .
We're looking out on the lake and the dark .
mus beyond, anu talking m low tones by I
the rall on the lower deck OF the Nanita as
she lay at her wharf, y tall man passed
down along the shore, and went by without
looking round. IN hour later Field wa~
walking quickly along the Shore-road IN tine
moonlight crushing the gravel and whist
ling an AIR under his breath. when Long
came out OF the shade piece ahead and
started past without any sign oI rctoSni-
u'n.
On Thursday OF that same week Ilc!J lett .
Long alta point ou the cast side OF the lake.
to 60 to Bee; and half an hour after arriy-
ins there was out on the Lcewe.l road, on
horseback. galloping south. singing -tarc
oi song as he dashed along There wa-
lance that night at the George Hotel, and
fleId was there. the handSome~t and saaye-t
ol men and there was no lretticr girl in
the rooms than the one he brought and
danced - well with, and whom no one else
knew. Late at night. looking up from her
flushed and happy lace IN pause "i the
dance, ms eyes fell on another face,
neither flushed nor happy, looking at him
from door across the length of the saloon.
and he was doubly spirited and devoted
after that. lie did not see the face again,
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