Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-26
BACH CLUB GOSSIP.

Ccmsrx b.ck to town after the summer
fouSags-
Soutsh the rest Of the vosH or this par
/ Of il at Least, sd 20 Nth the membzfs of
th. Bach Club, fos fhey re human and Tn
nos 50 ssre bat what one OF the number,
III rot r,-nf on h IL name :to1gh. is little
too ham4n sni thai il moment Of seasi1e
wsakne q be slowed his carsise arparss1s
to sofses iessri pair of bright eyes and
az . rrsalt found whsle gaIsesfei OF ~
rove ya7kiiag ia Ii. bczorfi At ary rate
during Al er!siens At;enp- ST mirihfalress
he aekacs ie5gesi thai fair but rog1ish
aam.ei became aware that be sl~ays
had an sbsorrnst horror OF kissing babies
sn.l Insisted on his kissing one that she DE-
clare. vas too perfectly lovely fer any
thing. We'll We dida'. think 80 much about
the matter til be actually confessed IN re-
p.y 10 ! q.e.sioa, taat he kissed il How
eoaii d, othe-wiss:' ne pleaded getting
very red In TIE face as the laugh became
general
The Psrson was 80 rEeh disgustsd by
such palranle falliag from grace that with
gruns Of iisiain he rose and Jeff the
rom. All this took plsee nj our last meet
ing.
I.zse is an embodiment Of generous in
paIse ard he Immediately tarned tue EN-
bsrraasiav situation TO one Of interest by
relating q eeuiieai adventure that be exps-
risneed dgring his outing among the islands
Of Portland H.rbo-.
one day We hired fairly coed looking
ea.-riggsd boat for sail down the bay.
Now, I'm Only an amateur yachtsman but
We bah aIong & jolly good fellow from
South America, who had that happy
krack Of making believe that he could
be ,sld nothing new 20 such perfection that
he al st impressed those who saw him as
being the reality he seemed.
After watching ne sail the boat little
be said "I4GoI here, Llfe, If: me sail her,
I'm used % that business" wasn't never
,hsls.. suca 2reenbora as not to notice
after he ma: handed the craft for 4
few minutes that he was 4 land-lubber
IN the strietest sease of the word
However | said nothing concluding would
take my chance. To cut 1t short Thin fog
came upon US AMI ere many minutes bang
We vert right on Falmouth foresidc. II
NAV be hard to believe but before We had
hardly recovered from the shock the water
began to pour through the seams OF
thu, old boat as through sieve.
We al! jumped into the water that
WIS waist dep, beached the boat, made
her fast and LETT her As luck would have
il da7ing the day had met an old fellow
who reecgazel the lost and told me that
the craft Lai bteu condemned cnce, but
the owner tai it repainted, the seams put
tel up Instead of caulked, which | easily
believed wLen / saw how the Old crafs
leaked GA b log besched. As soon as got
% iosn went to the Old chap of whom we
hired the bost AMI asked him what the dam
age was. After haggling and telling me that
he had just purchased the boat at high
figure, banily impress'ng me the while
that he desired TO get us out of our scrape
easily as possible, he decided to let us of
for s7j each-ihere were four 10 the party.
mir. A" | remarked, after teasing the
aged Neptunan Shvlock bit, "Mr. A.
what is the penalty for letting condemned
boat =
Whats that. what's that young man,
his bleary eyes q iie open as he looked at me.
"Oh nothing particular but | think
Squire wen give you about serentY-1ve
cents apiece, and he took it.
Now toe Parsons gone and the Deacon
isn't present" remarkel Lon, | want ID tel
Won how windy NV own wickeJness wa.
h-onobs home TO me once when | was a
r,,her reckless younpster. Every summer
used to 20 down to a little fishing town in
Waldo county on A visit to Uncle Amo. and
his family The cousin with whom | used
70 associate most wa,a big Swapping fellow
tTo years older than | and with more fur
inside of him than he could well hold. H
was always putting up some sort of lark
when | VIA, visiting him. and though his
devil,ry was often pretty rough he never
went iuto it with any other desire than fer
fun There was a CURED old curmudgeon
Of fisherman whom the boys call, d
CATER that lived across til. creek. who had
bs mis- srliges. a1d fishing and never getting
married boarded cutie pils for tina. see
tiun. lie wss cordially disliked by all and
he was the bri yhicst lad in the crowd tina,
could ,hiak of som, new prank 10 play on
CATER.