Daily globe., 1879-02-09

SION ol us glants. and felt it slightly exasper-
ating
CLOVIS the wates ?" said !, as we stenped
down the slip, for the wind was blowing
| through the hills in gusts, and there was q
good chop on the river.
"Calm's pond" said he placidly.
we looked at each other and groaned in
Wardly-the Gaths had always rowed on the
pay, about the same as sea water, and we had
rowed on a smooth inland surface; chop
and swell that would anihlate us would be
water over which they would skim like so
many Camillas DER the plain. But we went
OH quietly, serenading the janitor with ''Weel
may the boatie row!" as we went. Our new
andall, and we had taken her down to a spot
secure from observation, and given her
thorough trial She was a beauty, and
from the mo- o~nent she took water answered to
our will not merely like steed beneath its
rider, but as the breath does in ones nostrils.
we came in after our breather on an easy jog
and there sat the janitor as we had left him.
II say," said be, with an air of keeping the
SAD secret from our superiOrs, as ] came up
the slip-"l say, is that the best you can
"Best?' I answered. 1 can't say that it is.
know. suppose that we could do a little
better on spurt But perhaps that is fair
average"
Pm sorry for you," said he, with really
compassionate condescension, not that we
were to be simply beaten, but that we were
to be beaten out of sight. But l had heard
that in diplomacy it is sometimes what is not
said that counts, and there were certain
things to be read between the lines of my re-
ply:
he first thing that we looked for in the
morning was the water: it was as smooth as a
baby's cheek, and as rosy in the sunrise that
stole over it between the dewey shadows of
the steep and woody shores. Latter in the
forenoon some of the club went to the rail-
| way station, happening to be with them, to
meet certain friends of the Gaths who came
over for the day, among the rest some Won
| derfully petty girls, one whom !. knew Har-
den would rather have in Jericho than on the
| boathouse balcony to see the GatIs S come in
| BEST men. Kate and several of her cOmpan-
ions were there too-all our acquaintances
| had made the affair their own, and there was
to be general half holiday in the town that
| afternoon.
l took Kate's hand moment, drawing her
little apart, and she walked on with me
few PAGES. "'Vox popu]i, vox Dei,'" said
You see, Kate, even the dogs would cry
"'Vox, ct praeterea nihil,' hundred times,
and don't see anything Of the Sort more.
over. If you can't whip those great''-
"GoliaJhs. Goliaths of Gatk."
Your oars are just as much weavers' beams
as theirs"
!
as do. And the stakes are more to Inc than
OF all the races ever rowed in Christendom. Ii
| you mean never to speak to me''-
"'Oh, is it there? had quite forgotten'-
| "What! you not in earnest?''
Never more So"
s'Kate?'
"Wen?"
and stopped short aud looked down at her
with the color rising on her lovely cheek.
II will give you a signal"
How shall know what it means ?'
"You will know"
II believe you would send a man into den
of lions for your glove"
g. never blamed the woman who did," SAID
Kate, with gay laugh all at once, because,
as saw, her eyes were actually full OF tears,
land never thought we'll of the man in that
story"
So we parted. Kate's tears-thcy aueured
i'll. Plying me burial before death! A sud-
den flash OF anger swept through me. If she
would not g i've me something to row for
would give her something to cry for, would
win, or would break blood-vessel
Invent to my office for the mail, on the way
back to quarters, and found it full of smoke
and Cheviots. "Tell us the truth, Geotfreys,',
they cried. "These Gath people are up here
with fists full of money, ready to wager thou
sands on their crew. Say, shall we take them
up%
| cant adVlse you, DOys," SAID l. " They
are mighty men. They row to win. I never
saw anything so handsome in my life as their
morning exercises. No-don't bet on us.
We won't disgrace the Cheviots. It'll be a
close thing, perhaps, but it's out of the ques-
ton to suppose we can win from them"
"That's as it may be-" cried Brand "But
I've taken the offers of the Philistines to the
ed him that fairly slammed the door behind
| me as left, and told what the rest meant to
do; and of course it didn't Tighten our hearts
any to know how they were going to Tighten
! their pockets.
We'll, it was big crowd that lined the
shores and the building tops, that hung along
the banks in boats and skiffs when we went
down to the boat-house, and seemed only like
one vast animal with countless eyes and
tongues. The balconies were filed with
| ladies, the stake boat was set, the tugs were
ready to follow us, and such tumult of ex-
citement as there was in the boat-house moth
ing but menagerie just before dinner-time
could rival; old Reed was kicking through the
panels OF his dressing room door because he
had dropped his key, and young Smythe was
taking his list and smashing every pane in
sash because he couldn't open window:
they were yelling here and running there
the blood of all the Cheviots was up. In the
midst of the confusion, there, on a heap of
sail-cloth under one of the balconies the
Gaths lay stretched at their ease like nest of
| yOuDS IOllS, duu DIS NOhcu Gncm over Won
dered If four as superb gladiators ever fought
in Roman circus. They had deuced pretty
uniform, too, snow-white, With deep Grim
son handkerchief knotted on their heads
Come up here,''' cried, leaning over-"come
up and survey the course, and Sc the crowd,
| ands sbe introduced to some"
"Thank you, Geofrey" answered Converse
| "lt's very clever Of you, Geoffrey, you know;
but we're very we'll as we are" And when
time sounded, and they rose and strobe down
their boat, I was not surprised at the shouts
Of admiration that rent the air-in act, we
! shouted ourselves.
! | never want to endure another momen4
like that IN which grasped my oar, waiting
for the start, after places were taken. I
glanced back at Harden and the rest, and then
across to the Gaths-such white, set faces!
My pulse stopped for one second; there was a
Yell was all myself again, my heart beat at
my oars blade, my soul went out of me at
| every stroke, Harden and Devlin were one
with me, ,littley yersey steered her to hair; my
detection had vanished like smoke. meant
to win that race nr die. We ewere side by side,
we were creeping on, we gave them our wash,
the swift tremendous strokes seem to come
like our breaths; l heard nothing but one
continuous roar along the banks the whole of
the way, 1 saw nothing but those fellows
laboring after; and as for them, they never
saw us again without turning their heads over
their shoulders. AS we rounded, they seemed
to be losing form a moment, although they
rallied; and as we entered the quarter, asked
the men If they had anything left to call for.
"a last BREATH" piped Jersey.
Let them have it, I cried. And we came
| in two lengths ahead, in the midst Of deaf
ening tumult, wild women and yelling men,
that might have walked the dead.
OF course we padded aside to let the Gaths
enter at the landing first. But as we came up
ourselves, eight great arms were reaching out
to seize me; powerless to struggle we were
carried up the slip BIZ Gaths and Cheviots to-