Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-11-03

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couldn't bear 10 leave her. But at last
we started home, for knew they'd be ex-
pecting ms back for supper.
"When We came out of the house IL was
nearly dark and there was such q thick
fog we could hardly see an arms length
before us. II it hadn't been for my baby
I'D have turned back; as it was, want.
ed to ask one of the neighbors to 60 oveI
with US. But Ned wouldn't hear TO it
he insisted he could row back as well as
not, and If he pulled steady it was easy
enough to keep straight line across. 81
we got into the boat and was pushed OF. ,
eWhat sort of a boat was itG" l asked
"Why, one of those little, -bottomed
boats, you know. never did like to gel
into one of them, they tip over 30 easy
Well,.at first I could see Ned rowing
steady, but the fog seemed to grow thick.
er and thicker, creeping up from the sea,
till it had spread over the flats and
wrapped round us 80 at last could moi
make out even the outline of my boy
For while we talked little, but after
that Just sat still, thinking Of my poor
sister.
II guess nearly an hour must have
passed, when noticed Ned was rowing
slow and sort of irregular-I could tell
by the sound of the oars-and asked
him if he didn't think we were near home
"'We ought to be, mother says he,
and knew from the way be spoke be was
tired and worried. He stopped rowing
now and stood up in the boat.
at can't make out the shore, can your
says he; but couldn't see anything but
the blackness all around. could hear
the water tapping against the side of the
boat and the noise Of the breakers--and
they weren't very far away--that fright
I ened me. *
"Then Ned began to row again, but as
If he was tired and discouraged, and soon
1 "a can't row any more, mother says
he, the tides against Us. I don't make
an inch, and cant find out where we
are You'll have to rest, and then try
again, Ned says 1. If could help
you row I would, but you know can't.
just try little more, and we'll soon get
to Shore He didn't answer, and we sat
still; but knew by the motion of the
boat that we were drifting. knew, too,
that it was ebb-tide, and there was o
strong current towards the sea. You've
noticed, haven't you, what strong cur
rent there is In some parts Of the riverf
"sNed,' said, after few minutes, try
ing hard to speak cheerful and not let him
know how anxious felt, you must make
one more effrt a few pulls will surely
bring us to land So Ned took the oart
once more, and pretty soon, to our great
relief, we felt the bottom of the boat
scrape against the sand. and another stroke
of the oars brought US to land. Ned. gol
out and began to haul the boat up, but
immediately cried ont: 1T amt our shore
at ALL / declare IL we Amt by Captain
Moore'sr That VAS q few rods belos
where we'd started from. The boat had
turned round, most likely pulled shout
By the current. and here we were, farther
than ever from home.
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