Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-13
IN INDIVIDUAL; PRIZES.

upon He, as SIG SAT III Ine steTn VI my DOaI,
her dark hair darker, and all her soft outlines
clearly cut upon tender evening sky, her
cheeks bright with the breeze, her eyes
bright with pleasure, that she was the most
charming object that ever skinned the river
and absolutely in dispensable to my existence.
But had never once attempted to let her
knowas much without meeting rebuff suf-
fcient TO make ones blood run cold and it
was in'one such instance that T. had declared
no man could hope forfaVor with the women
Of her set who was not the captain of a nine,
the driver of sfour-in-hand, or a walker
against time.
-'"You are quite mistaken, so for as am con.
cerned," said Kate. For my part don't be-.
1ieve in muscle ut all. Samson and Goliath
the earth today. L don't believe a boat-race,
for example, was ever won by brute strength
IN the world" y.
by what, them"
"By science and nervous pluck"
I had occasion to remember Rates words
when parcel of our fellows came into the
office aud began discussing the challenge
lately sent to orr club, the Cheviots, by the
Gaths. The Cheviots had become somewhat
demOraliZed by their victories, and were, so
to say, lying on their oars. 1t had been hot
summer, and the club had really done no
work at all; now and then some members
taking out party Of ladies; or solitary man
,contented ourselves by lounging over, to the
boat house for bath. and a gossip and a
smoke on the balconies in the sunset Our
best men-those that had won in the previ-
GUS contests-were one in Europe, one in
Australia, and the rest at the lands end, with
the exception Of Rogers, who was i'll. We
were certainly in no condition to accept a
we refuse one. Holding the champion
colors, as we did, we could hardly lower
them to any, even to the Gaths. The Gaths,
indeed, were in a splendid trim; there was
Converse, an Englishman, who had been
stroke of winning crew at Oxford, a mag.
pounds clear muscle; shoulders and chest
that would have made Hercules shed tears;
there was Dunbar, another young giant, who
had beaten professionals at single scull four
times; there was-well, there's no need to go
through with them now; it made ones flesh
creep to do it then. We hadn't man left in
the club thai they couldn't get away. with
Realizing the situation, we looked at each
other blankly.
"You'll have to get into the boat yourself,
Geoffreys," said Harden.
"Not unless want to sink it." -
II don't see what else we can do"
eve can't do that; we can't afford to 90 it.
No, we must look about-not in a hurry"
"Oh, come, Geoffrey's, you've been lying off
long enoughp cried Jersey.
what do they propose to for? H g
em!"
'IndividuAl prizes"
~.'Individual prizes! We can't afford to do
that, either; it will stick us for a couple of
hundred extra another assessment, and the
Row as we always have-row for colors."
Well, we looked about us, and the end Of
it was that they came on another day and
took me by main force, and the crew was
made. rup-Harden and Rogers, myself and
little Jersey; to pull stroke, little Jersey to
steer; and he weighed maybe, hundred and
sixteen pounds. And that was the most we
dlvidual prizes. I tell you, things: looked
dark the whole thing seemed preposterous; :.
and for a week I didn't dare look soul in
the face. 49,. = ,,;.... :. :, ,..,,
$50 you are going to show the Gaths what
we can do" said Kate one day; for the girls
whom we were in the habit OF taking out on
sunset parties and at other times were all ar
dent Cheviots. There was another club in
town-:the Jasons-but the girls never seemed
to know it. .''' So.
''ssOr what we can't" saidI.
=, "Down- hearted? Faint heart never won,
you know" she said. 80! &c.,. 4 t..
Nor monstrous conceit either. We can't
refuse; we must row that's all there is to it.
Oh, we've no show at all!n
81 WON'T listen to such talk a moment"
cried Kate, STOPPING to gather her train, and
bringing her bright flush to her peachy check.
II have wagered all nv next winters gloves
on Cheviots, and if you make me lose them
Mi. Geoffreys, If the Cheviots don't win, i don't
know that III ever speak to You again!p And
deal OF sparkle in hereye. = I!i",:t
''And that too!' said; and plunged my
hands in my pockets with a groan, for Of
course there was nothing but dead failure
before the CheviOts.
Sssstili, all. We. can do is our best,p said
Harden; and we used his remark as catch
word every day probably during the following
The thing being decided, we ordered new
boat at once, and went into training, messing
together, and keeping up each others spirits
by stories~o Of what we had heard Of the Gaths,
achievements. =; t.:. ,u-u. !,
ever, from the fact that we soon found our:
selves pulling remarkably well together; but
the Gaohs had been pulling remarkably well
together long enough to feel themselves en-
titled to challenge us as the champions. u u :
=, @Boys, psaid Ifearingthat if this state of mind
continued, our defeat would be our disgrace
also, 81 lately heard competent authority de-
clare that brute strength never vet won any
where. II that was ali we had, we'd lose this
race anyway, the Gaths have so much more
than their share. Science science, gentlemen,
tells in the long run. and where The lions skin
falls hort, we must exc it out with the fox's."
shakespeare, 'said little Jersy. ) .'"- = !
'Just leave this out to me-" said land Well
see what can be DONE"
Accordingly had outriggers attached to
the shell full four inches longer than any we
ever had before: Our oars were the heaviest
made, But had them plugged with handles
an extra length.
It wanted only week Of the day, when a
dreadful whisper stole through the club that
Rogers was falling off It was too true; he
him: The whole club turned out in force, and
there were dozen: men at one time in our
quai tiers bring up reinforcements of hot poul-
tees: It was 81 no use, Rogers had to lie by
and we had to do the best we could again,
gnash our teeth, and take Devlin for what he
was worth in the place 'tGiye: it: TO. him
gently" said Harden or the first night; so we
the turning point, rested under the green
shadow of the great bills there that fell half
across the river and made it 50 transparent
that we seemed to be swinging in bubble,
the face Of the river, far and near, still ID a.
crystal except where. onr keel. had ripplefd
through il and we went back at little livelier
rate, and Deylinowas very well pleased with
himself: The next day We quickened matters
considerably but on the third, as we stepped
gave s 'the stroke, and ve t5hot away Before
We reached the shadow Of the hills, DeEIin was
swim ingI about his seat and rowing all at
loose ends. it.as .sas Lta1 1s.E>t2 u s35tf ZIG
Hold hard, old boyr muttered Jersey be-
hind, him. afm nearly blown myself, but ri
never say di sg Deglin picked himself up for
the time, but moment or two after We turned
orTathef gasped, sGentlcmen,i II this
is the way yon RON, Il must get out OF this,
boat! What's more, yous don't need ne. =.