The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-01-20


skipper said it would not be a bad squall
The Clover would stand it under jib and
mainsail 1t came along in few min
utes You could see it strike the water
over near the Connecticut shore. 1t
made the surface six shades darker The
girls had their rubber goods on, but the
skipper said it would not rain. How
ever, they had heard shippers say that
before. The squall came bounding over
the sound.
Then, tn a never knew how it hap
pened, but ~le boom gave terrific jump
right across the yacht. 1t hit the skip
per on the head and knocked him sense
less. 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 and the
sailor boy was paralyzed.
Then Collie Beattie walked up out OF
the cabil rubbing his eyes.
"Did some one screaln?" he asked.
ooh look at that useless thingr' cried
Ethel, tugging at the leg of the skip
per's trousers.
w HerGuDOn COllle WOh6 up
He brushed the women aside like SO
many flies and pulled the skipper into
the cockpit. Then he let go the jib
sheet, and the yacht r1ghted partly.
"Here, my lad" he called to the boy,
stake the wheel" The boy obeyed, and
Collie pulled off his coat. There was a
red spot i'll each Of his cheeks.
"What's he going to do?' inquired
Gertie, awestruck
Lord knows I'm glad to see him do
anything" said Ethel.
"Hard down upon 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'll"
Collie and the boy got the main boom
trimmed fat as the yacht came up into
the wind. The jib tapped madly.
Fright your helm!" cried Collie.
"The boy obeyed the order.
Keep your head to it." was his next
order.
Then Collie sprang forward and slack
ed the jib halyards, unbent the sheet
slid out on the bowsprit, which was
/ plunging into the young seas like a crazy
porpoise, reefed the iib, came back, bent
on the sheet and hoisted away again,
while the women huddled in the cockpit
ike petrifed mummies.
'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, "and give him good horn of
I brandy. He's coming to-"
The boy dragged the skipper down.
stairs, the women all following in silence
to see if they could do anything. Sybil
Vane asked the boy when they were be.
low whether he hadn't better go up and
sail the yacht.
"Guess not" said the boy. "That
feller don't need no help. can see that
without telenscup."
The boys judgment appeared to be
right. 1t was blowing great guns. But
the Clover was riding like canvasback
duck. Collie looked very composed at
the wheel. The girl stared up the com
panionway at him. He seemed to be
enjoying 1T. The captain recovered his
senses presently and hurried on deck,
$50 below and lie down, captain,
said Collie; your head must be rattling
like locker Of shot in gale.
The captain looked surprised
"Who reefed the jib?" he asked.
81 did said Collie, humoring her
neatly with the helm,
The captain watched him do it. Then
he went below and stretched himself
on Collie's favorite locker.
THAT mans the best amateur sailor
ever saw" he said.
The women looked at one another and
heaved long sighs Of relief
THAT useless thing appears to be some
good after all" said Mrs. Bisbee tC
Ethel
"Humr said Ethel.
Collie sailed the Glover back to hel
anchorage off the hotel after the squall
They all went ashore and he immediate
ly retired to his room and was seen NJ
more until the next day. About moon
he was discovered in the steamer chai1
with an unusually formidable German
novel. They surrounded him and begal
to thank him for bringing them in safe
ly He didn't seem to pay much atten
ton to them. just kept listening fo
something down the road. Present.,
the hotel stage came rattling up from
the station.
Here she is, said Mrs. Bisbee, beck
oning the girls. And they all deserted
their preserver to see the beautiful heir
ess. She was beautiful. There was n
mistaking that, The girls groaned in
wardly She came airily up the steps
her brown eyes afame with expectation
She caught sight Of Der Alte Chapero
lying in his steamer chair. She ra
right to him, threw both arms about hi
neck and publicly kissed him on the lips
"Collie dear!" she said passionately
''But, dear old fellow, you look real don
up and | expected to find you SO niue
, better.
, Better? He must have been sick, ther
when he came down.
"Well. sweetheart" he replied, laugl
ing, II have been manding slowly BIT
, surely till yesterday, when | bad to do
little work aboard boat and
"Aboard II boat! Now, dear, 20
know the doctor said you were not
| exert yourself and when you sail boz
you always -
! But we got caught in a squall an
t the captain-well, perhaps these youn
ladies will explain. Let me introduc
you all to my fancee."
And then the whole crew Of thel
, fguratively got right down on the
/ knees and worshiped Der Alte Chaperol
1t isn't much of a story, is it? Bl