Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19
Spoopcndyke's Sail-Boat.

dyke, bouncing into his wife's room and
interrupting the lady in the purely fem
| iniue enjoyment of unpack,ng for the
summer. "My dear, there's no use
trying to get a'ens'.n the country without
! sail boat, and 1 have bought nice
| one. Come along and III show you how
! 1t w ,rks."
"Ain't that nicew gigg!ed Mrs. spoop-
endyke, who stood in mortal terror OF
the water and was afraid ofanything in
| the shape OF a boat. Are you going to
sail it on the pond?"
CAT first thought I'd sail it down the
cellar" growIed Mr.. Spoopendyk e, "but
| the landlord was afraid it might upset
the milk; then [ Thought I'd try the
! garnet, but there's too much wind up
| there, SO believe I'll stick to the river
| Hurry up now, and I'll sin NV you the
biggest boat in thirteen counties!''
eli it's a big as that it must have cost
| good DEAL" nlarmured Mrs spoopen.
| dyke, somew hat treasured ny the size Of
the boat. 81 am very glad You got
| large boat, though, OF course, the ex-
pense-"
"What dye think I've been buying?"
dem anded Mr.. Spoopendyke, with
flushed face; "got some kind ola notion
marsh, with telegraph poles for masts,
haven't ye? Think I've been laying out
money in town site, don't We? Well, !
haven't, and haven't beeu buying
rural district with a ruddes to 1t It's d
boat, tell Yea sail boat-and it won't
come up here to make a formal call; so
If YOU are going to ii, yOU want to 20
Where it Is. Coming?" and Mr.. spoop.
endyke pegged off with his hat pulled
Town over his ear and the expression
of veteran tar on has visaxe.
Yes, DEAR" replied Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, flu erinz after him. Say, dear,
I'll stand on the shore and watch you
sail the thing"
You Won't do any thing of the kind
rotorte'l Mr.. Spoopendyke. II bought
that boat for your pleasure as much as
mine, and you're going 10 sail in it. When
l want you to stand ON the shore and
| watch anything. I'll hire man to drown
himself. Now, look at that boat! Isn't
she daisy? See how she sets on the
Water!'
"What are all these clothes lines hang
ing down from that stick for?" asked Mrs
>poopendyke, surveying the yacht crit
lcaIy.
"To play Cope nhagen WITH" roared
Mr.. Spoopendyke, who was not at all
anxious to be examined on the techni-
cal points of his new acquisit on. You
take hold of those ropes, and slap your
hands, and then we kiss. See inlo it
now? Does the art of navigation begin to
appear to yonr understandings Now You
get in, and lll make sH il "and Mr.. Spoup-
enuyke handed mis- Vile into the cock.
pit and began to tug away at his hal
yards.
"Why didn't you have sail made
when the boat was ouilt?" inquired Mrs.
her husbands labors with pleasant con-
yersation.
because the man was SICK" snarled
Mr.: iSpoopendyke, ghncing at the head
OF the mast to see what was wrong.
Come up here, will ye?" he grunted as
he grabbed the halyards again. There,
!od CAST We! knew I'D fetch vel" and
he walked ait to examine the trim of the
nlainsail. "How does that set?"
lit seems to be little full In the back
BREADTH" said Mrs. Spoopendyke, hold
ing on to the coaming with both hands.
IF you cut gore near that top stick it
would DO straighter."
II suppose so," muttered Mr.. Spoop-
endy ke, giving another haul at his peak
halya: DIS. IF put hustle ON it i'm
agine it would take the wrinkles out,
Nov, I'll get on that jib, and mind don't
you touch anything"
Mr., Spnopendyke set his iib and
pushed off. As his sail filled, the boat
neeled over, to the manifest cOns.erna.
ton Of Mrs. Spoopendyke.
''What makes the thing tip so?' she
asked, scramblang up to wlndward and
grasping Mr.. spoopendyke by the COL
lar.
"Let down the centreboardV yelled
MIR spoopendyke, suddenly remem Der.
ing the instructions he bad received
when he bought the boat. "Let go that
centerboard, quickp
II haven't got it," squealed Mrs.
Spoopendyke. II haven't seen it! We
must have left it ashore! Oh, my!" The
last exciama tion was addressed to half
hundred weight u water sloping over .
the coaming.
"Haul away on that jib sheetr' reared
Mr.. Spoopendyke. who found it Was go
ing ashore on the other bank of the riv-
or. "Pull her in as quick as you canl
Net 60 OF tina hep continued, as he saw
peak haylard cleat. "Let 90 that meals
ly thing, will ye, and haul the jlb
sheet"
SIS this it?" gasped Mrs. spoorendyke
casting the throat halyard loose; ''or
ths?" and she let 20 the peak halyard,
dropping the boom on NJ. Spoopen.
dykes head and burying him under the
mainsail. perhaps this is what he
MEANS" she sofiloquized, as she hit up
| on the jib halyard, and let it 90 by the
run. snow We are sailing better, dear,
If it hadn't been for me we would have
tipped over" -. ~.~s@>.>.. g. 49,.
That's ,t!'' yelled Mr.. spoopendyke.
struggling out from under the canvas,
+ THAT'S navi- ation!" You struck it from
the shout er, first cllpl All you want
now is quid of Tobacco an hitch to
your breaches to be >Cunard steam.
er! Get through! Anything else you
! can do 80 this measly boat? Fl you had
compass in your ear and q deck load
OF idiots, you'd only need 4 custom
! house inspector and a He'll Gate pilot,
| to be a floating lunatic asylAml" and
Mr.. Spoopendyke hailed 9 passing row
boat and was tugeed ashore ignomini-
otsiy. s CT: s. III - 6
i don't care,n muttered Mrs. spoop-
endyke, as che scrambled up the dock
and followed her lord to the hotel.
| Il don'tcare. may not know as much
about boat as he does, nut If it hadn't
been for me he would have been
drowned like the dogs in August. An
other time We 90 sailing, we'll bring the
boat 10 our room. and wrap the lib sheet
around us, unless it is to hot, and. IN
that case, we'll sell the boat and buy
| fans. .. 81. !. 5
] And Mrs. spoop endyke toiled up the
the steps of the porch to tell the ladies'
what delightful sail she had enjoyed
and low mnch Mr.. Spoo pendyke knew
4 about managing his new ship. a i 81.