The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

tend to take them along on trips"
 " They might be supplied, too" an- swered Imogen, hesitatingly.
 And how about PulsiFer and Tuckup P
 "Well," said Mrs. Petigrew, shifting her position on the lounge, and plucking aimlessly at the brocaded surface, don't see but it would be we'll to order full dozen gentlemen's yachting suits there's Judson, you know"
 "It will only cost SIoo or SI5o to join the Chicago yacht club-I1l see Captain PEindev;!!e, myself, about i, this after. noon."
 "Well, ladies and gentlemen" said Mir Pettisrew, kicking his slippers up on top of the piano, and drawing on his boots, growing very red in the face from the effort, and talking through his clenched teeth, "you can't bluff me out of this yacht business. propose to have boat of some kind-something that we can take a run up to Keposha or Racine, or across the lake to St 10 or Sauga,uck, and have good time. My first idea was that i, would be good place to wear out your old clothes, but you folks seem to think different"
 "A good skipper will only charge about S2oo month" suggested Don Webfoot.
 "Ah," growled Pessigrew.
 And there's the crew-that will de- pend upon the size ot the boat How large boat are you going ,o get?"
 "Oh, I'm going to get 900 ton pro- peller I'm going to get the whole grain fleet of the Northwestern Transportation company I'm going to buy out the rem nant of John Roach's navy yard at Ches- ter; am; I'm going to charter the Pa- cihc Mail line and take trip around the world in eight days I'm going to-to- to buy small yacht and ruin my bank account, suppose. You people can't bluff me, want you to understand. My names Peletiah."
 With this cloud-burst of indigu ation Mir. Pettigrew fled the house. Alter the grand old mans departure, Judson re- turned with the recaptured ferres in a bag, and wanted to know what his hon. osed parent intended to do about the yacht.
 "We don't know exactly what his ip- tentions are at the present moment, sighed Mrs, Pe,tigrew, "your father is so nervous and excitable."
 There's a sloop-yacht down in the slip at the foot of Lake street." said Jud- son, for sale. She's a dandy, with cherry finished cabin, captains room and cedar lockers. Me and Bob Vermou,h have been aboard of her. The owner lives over on Prairie avenue, and he asks E. 500 for her"
 "ls it a perfectly safe craf,?7 inquired his mother.
 "l guess so she carries brass can non on her starboard quarter" 
 Why, what young sailor you are v said Imogen, with enthusiasm over the nautical knowledge possessed by Judson.
 Me?' said Judson, "lm an old tar I'm painted pirate of the Spanish main. 7
 You know more about boats than all the rest-Oa, Lord of love-ouch :" screamed lmogen, frantically shrieking and falling into a dead faint into her mothers arms. At that moment the supple form of the ferret shot out from under the lounge and disappeared down through the register into the cold Hues of the furnace. A small pool of blood formed at imogens s feet. The'animal had bitten through her slipper.
 "He took it for a rat when she moved her foot" explained Judson, going sud denly out of the room and in the direction of the cellar way. The attention Of Mrs Pe,tigrew and Don Webfoot was imme- diately concentrated upon the afflicted lmogen. The young lady revived shortly, and it was with great difficulty that hei mother and brother succeeded in con- vincing her tha, the house had not beer struck by lightning.
 Peletiah Pettigrew and Don Webfoo returned that evening together, although they had been apart all day. They had both been looking at yachts. Don Web ioots researches having led him eveu into the inspection of canoes, kind o craft fully as unreliable as the proverbia society coquette. But Mir. Pettigrew': mission had not been unrewarded. He had even gone so far as to purchase a yacht, aud the bill of sale and custom house transfer were to be made on the morrow. More than that, it was the 1 identical boat mentioned hv IudSOn th al