The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-08-19

Look here. Slime. old Puriy might
have told Us he'll taken away his oars. Y
Well, yes; but there was kind Of
2 grin On his face when he told US we
MIGHT have i. Not another loose
II was solemn fact. Every skin
along the beach but '.od Purdy's was
fastened By chain and paddock and
stake. 70 express the objection III its
owner against is use by stray boys.
=" No fun going in for a swim III this
shallow water. Only wading place.
Barry. there's board That II do
Tor Is. We can paddle her out far
enough"
Il was lost fragment Of clapbnarl
about four feet long. and with no house
- IL Nobody could guess how Il got
there; but IN three minutes more ihe
clumsy ''at-bottomed skill was being
slowly propelled away from the beach.
out toward the deeper water of she
lake.
Sine Hopkins and Barry Gilmore
had reached. - judye from he remarks
they made. that precise point in hair
aquatic practice when your common
small boy 'long-shore swimming Il
thing 70 be looked down upon. and \
lake Of some size. or d section of TIE
Atlantic. was required for any fun II
theirs. The day was warm. the water
as smooth a. pane Of glass. and there
was faint haze over the skr. He
very model 81 day for perfect swim.
The boat. too. had evidently been built
for IT, She was broad enough NOT ID
tip too easily II YOU were climbing ~.
and the wide seat at each end was lust
the arrangement for diving.
This II do. Sine. PITY We didn't
bring an anchor"
/" Waters hundred feet deep ont
here How far are we from shorep''
Don know. Maybe if's half 4
mile Maybe it, more Could ven
swim it?''
"Guess not. Barry. Perhaps could
But ldont care ~ try. Not unless The
boat came along a fellows legs might
give out. Or he might take a cramp
Ms legs would peg out. sure. long
before l got there.
They were 4 very good pair for hoy
Of fifteen. and in a moment more they
were IN the air. rs he sprang from the
stern Of the boat. aud went in. ,apital!y
well. head Ira
THAT was q good header" shouted
Sine. "fm coming.
Come he did. and thew found The wa
ter Just about right for them. Not 4
trace Of chill in II. in spite III the fact
that the lako.was largely supplied from
The bottom. Out there. Of course. there
could be no weeds 10 catch their feel IN.
and there was very little 10 be suggested
BIZ way Of Improvement
Pore we get too tired. Barry. lett
Iry longer swim"
Come On. Only don't lets 20, .oo
lar.
They wore headed toward the shore.
md they were not looking back. when
Barry exclaimed: There's ripplc.
Slime. The winds rising"
BARRY. look At the boatr'
She' ; drifting out. The winds OIL
'hore."
The boys looked az each other fpr
moment with very serious faces; but
hey we1c brave fellows. and there was
10 time for hesitation.
''Shc isn't SO very far, Sine"
n. But she's drifting. No telling how
- r<iy a. ~ W. HlU@iu Fi+k ~.
4 shore too far. Can't DO. IL We
IAN catch the boat
= The winds rising. Barry
'.Cho0se, Slime shore or boar Ii
ashore for me. Choose for Yourself. !
lee how she drifts III
: You cant rsach the shore. Slime.
5csidles, want my clothes rm going /
~ the boat"
\ No time totals. Good-by. Barry
Sine Ho'kifss felt great sob rising
) he struck out for the sh0xe. and Il I
vas every bit rs much on BArry's ac- ,
cunt A. on his own. but he had 10 ,
hokc il down.
Straight swimming now. and no
'onsensc. How plainly can see the
ity!"
That Is, he conld see the stccplcs 81
I. some two miles from the shore he
lopcd W reach; and below them. he
new, were the roofs Of houses, and m
Ter the roofs of two OF those houses
we're Barry t;'lmorc's mother and bis
,wn.
Steadily. regularly. without motion ,
% much or a pull too hard for hc was !
hinking very closely what Il was pest
o do In surh caso--Simc swan on.
Until duh feeling III his arms warned
him Of coming wcarincss.
ION INV back now for few rods
4 vi change the work. and rest me.