The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-01-01

Der Ate Chapefon awake, suggested
Sybil.
do it yourself"
Not such bad idea," said Sybil,
slipping down the companionway
Collie Beattie was not asleep yet. He
sat up and stared as the tall, white girl
as she came below.
"Awfully good of you, you know"
he murmured.
'Oh, it's not SO very good; but what
do you mean?'
Il mean your coming down here to
keep me awake" Sybil turned just
trifie pink under the ears. Had he
been listening to their conversation on
deck? 1t must have edited him, she
thought.
Il came down to keep myself
awake" she said, hastily, and then
Odded, inconsistently: why don't
you go on deck and enjoy the breeze?"
Because can't enjoy the breeze"
he answered.
Its too strong for You, suppose,
said Sybil. with touch of scorn.
Yes, much too strong"
Makes you chilly"
Yes, makes me chilly"
Might spoil your complexion"
My what?n
Your complexion"
Didn't know | had any,"
You're as white and pink as
baby
That's true, but don't think that's
much OF complexion for man, you
know"
Neither do /. | should think you'd
get little sunburn on you just from
shame"
Collie laughed. He seemed to be
immensely amused. He had a funny
way of being amused at things that
didn't amuse other people 1t was jol-
ly for him, but it made the other peo-
pie angry.
IF you're going to laugh at NY con-
versation I'm gong back to the-the
girls, exclaimed Sybi!, springing up
the steps.
Collie laughed some more. Then he
stretched himself on the cabin locker
aud laughed again. Next he closed
his eyes and smiled. A minute later
he was sound asleep. All the women
came down and looked at him half an
hour later. He didn't seem much to
look at. He had deep lines under his
eyes when he slept and a worn APP
pearance. Yet they all looked at him
and despised him. He just slept on
and didn't mind it.
Valuable person to have on Yacht
inc excursion, isn't hep" whispered
Ethel, with genuine growl in her
pretty voice. IF had a thing like
that for a husband rd-but I'd never
have one"
Lets 90 on deck. do believe it's
fallen dead calm" said Mrs. Bisbee.
SO it had. The Clovers mast was
plump perpendicular. SO were her
mainsail aud her jib. The water looked
like mOiasses. And it was secthing
hot. The skipper said there was going
TO be a squall and sent the one sailor,
a boy, aloft to furl the topsaiE The
skipper was right. There was going
to be squall. Big blue-black clouds
were piIing up in the northwest
Lightning played around their lower
edges. The skipper said it would not
be squal. The Clover would stand
it under iib and mainsail 1t came
along in Il few minutes. You could
see 1t strike the water over near the
Connecticut shore. 1t made the sur
face six shades darker. The girls had
their rubber goods on. but the skipper
said u would not rain. However, they
had heard shippers say that before.
The squall came bounding over the
sound.
Then. they never knew how it hap
pened, but the boom gave terrific
~, III. Al
skipper on the head and knocked him
senselcss. The next moment he was
halfway over the lee rail with seven
shrieking women pulling at him. The
yacht was pretty nearly on her beam
ends, aud the sailor boy was paralyzed.
Then Collie Beattie walked up out of
the cabin rubbing his eyes.
Did some one scream?" he asked.
'Oh. look at that useless thing!'
cried Ethel, tugging at the leg of the
shippers trousers.
Whereupon Collie woke up.
He brushed the women aside like so
many flies and pulled the skipper into
the cockpit. Then he let 90 the jib-
sheet and the yacht righted partly.
Here, my lad he called to the boy,
take the wheel" The boy obeyed,
and Collie pulled off his coat. There
was red SPOT in each of his cheeks.
What is he going to do?" inquired
Gertie, awestruck.
Lord knows I'm glad to see him do
ANYTHING said Ethel.
Hard down with your helm!" ex-
claimed Der Alte Chaperon. Mrs.
Bisbee, you and Miss Sybil please hold
the wheel there a minute. Now, lad,
main sheet; in with it,"
Collie and the boy got the main
boom trimmed flat as the yacht came
up into the wind. The jib tapped
madly.
Right your helmr cried Collie.
The boy obeyed the order.
Keep your head to it, u was his next
order.
Then Collie sprang forward and
Stacked the jib halyards, unbent the
sheet. slid out on the bowsprit which
was plunging into the young seas like
a crazy porpoise. reefed the jib. came
back. bent on the sheet, and hoiSted
away again. while the women hud-
died in the cockpit like petrilied num-
mics.
Now let her blow" said Collie as
he went aft. put on his coat, and took
the wheel.
''Get the captain below" said he to
the boy, land give him a good horn OF
brandy. He's coming to-"
The boy dragged the skipper down.
stairs, the women all following in
silence to see if they could do any