The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-26
THE RACES AT SHARK BAY.
by REBEcoA HARDING DAVIS.
CONCLUDED FROM YESTERDAY.

teTeu up ana stulleu MS winnings mo MS
pocket.
There was a miserable silence. The sun
was hot and glared upon the sand.
II don't think races IS very good fun"
said Polly,
Potter and Fdgh chuckled
as that al the sport you klow2' Psked
Ted.
That's all, said Pugh,
His velocipede would not run except on
the narrow strip of hard beach he gave it
kick and sat doNA. Potter's pony was
minded to go to its stable; he abused it for
an obstinate little beast, and, jumping off,
let it gallop back, Then he sat down be.
side Pugh. Their fill pockets did not
seem to put ne two boys into good
humor Ted and Joe put their hands into
their empty ones tried to look indifferent,
and yawned.
as dem dar races done runln said uncle
Jeems, dryly.
"Yes," said Ted. Polly nodded two or
three times. A tear ran down to the tip of
her little red nose, end hung there.
"WalN' (the old man got up slowly
''reckon it's our tuhl now, children !"--and
he disappeared IN the marsh grass.
Pugh and Potter sneered, but Ted and
Joe stared all about them with wide.open
eyes,
In two minutes, on the water from be-
hind clump Of cedar and bay bushes, APP
peared Uncle Jeems, aboard Of the dirtiest-
| lovelist little boat you ever saw. A regu,
lar schooner, fully twenty feet long, with
two masts and sails and red streamer fiut-
terjng at the peak!
dis yere's de full-rigged, fast. going ship
Polly, bound foh Europe, CalifOrny and
Japan !" cried Uncle Jeems steering her up
to the shore. Ted, commander Joe,
first captainl Polly, passenger! =. Uncle
Jeems, crew. All aboard. Rig your main
topsail, my heartiesl"
Ted and Joe had no breath to cheer.
Their eyes were set with establishment and
delight. Polly gave little cackle of
"Hooray.' and then jumped up and down,
holding up her arms. "Mel me9 Did you
mean me, Uncle Jeems!"
"Yoh's de on'y, lady OBJ Polly l know
yereabouts, lifting her on the deck with a
jump.
"All aboard, captain"
Ted and Joe swarmed over the bow.
Pugh and Potter came close as they could.
They had quite forgotten their dignity in
| the excitement.
rs MT she beauty! Regular sea-going
vessel, is Mt she, Uncle Jeems3 Something
| like boat, to have two mastsn
Look at the anchor!" shrieked Polly.
Sand the dear little house shut up by
lidm
That's the torecastle, you goose" said
Ted. "But just see the rudder! Why, you
can turn it. Can steer--oh, can steer9n
sob course. And Mars joe he min de
SAIL Miss Polly, she Captain Of the center
board You hold dat stick tight, honey.
Now we's off, Rig yer jib-boom Man yer
topsail halyards, my heartiesn
AYE, aye, sir" shouted Ted and Joe;
and the little boat went plunging out into
the flashing waves, the red strtamer tapping
overhead IN the sunlight, and the masts,
with Ted's Steering rocking topsily to and
fro.
"Weve got to take keer of shipwreck, -
said Uncle Jcems, gravely.
"Of course of coursen cried Ted and
! Joe.
The water in the bay was not two feet
deep, but they did not know that.
Pugh and Potter looked disconsolate at
them and the boat driven here and there
| before free wind.
"Father would never let me 90 in boat
alone" said Pugh
"Seems as if we'd lost our chance" re-
joined Potter. Hang the old darkey Look
here, Uncle Jeems,' he shouted, "are MT
we to go aboard"
ship S commanded by Capin Teddy
sab, Is de crew."
a say, fellows cried Pugh. This is poor
fun for u.s.
THAT s SOY said Joe. Put about, Ted.
Take em aboard
"Take EN- aboard" cried Polly "Hoo-
rayN
Let dem dar alone. OATS my 'dvice,"
muttered Jeems. But he brought the boat
ashore, and the boys jumped on deck.
No sooner did they find themselves safely
there than they began to take command.
Give me that rudder, Ted" said Potter.
"Joe, let Pugh have that rope. Let that
stick alone, Polly. What do such clubs as
you know about sailing vessel"
lie dropped the rudder in a minute,
however, to rush with Pugh to the bow to
look at a fish jump out Of the water. And
then-how it came about nobody could say
(Uncle Jeems had the sheet IN hand and
surely he knew how to manage 1.-THE
boom swung around, and over went Potter
and Pugh headlong into the water
"Dat ar Lows a dangerous pl ace,' said
Uncle Jeems, quietly.
The children screamed. Potter and Pugh
scrubbed up and stood with the sea weed
and muddy water up to their knees, spit.
ting it out of their mouths and wringing il
out of their hair.
"Take us aboard" they shouted, as the
Polly sailed swiftly away. Were drown.
INCL Take US abomdm
"Dis yer ships under full headway," sale
Uncle Jeems. "lts impossible to turn her
reckon yoh wont drown dis day"
They waded ashore and looked back, dip
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