The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-01-22
SETTLING \ QUESTION.
How I Was Influenced to Change
My Declared Principles.

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My Declared Principles.
The wind WAS right off the lard II
was strong: but under the cliffs the
sea va. calm enough. 50 thc three Of
Us ran the boat down and got her ont
over the bar. though with the tide
against us il was "a hard pull Miss
Flo had come with ~ after all. for She
had never had a really good try at pol
lorll-ii>hing. When yvc had got fairy
ont over the sandbanlls and gained the
shelter Of the Nc~,. she stccrcd. while
Tom made himself prccariously com
Portable in the bows. Laddic and /
pulled easily through the smooth water
under the rich. rcd q ifs. and in TWEEN
tv minutes vc were EoatiHg inst above
the wecd-clad, rocky homcas OF the pol
lock.
Then | took both oars and padded
along gently. while Laddic helped 10
get ont the lines
Miss Ilo cauld rails. uo objection tu
the india-ruhbyr worms wc U,rd: till.
she preferred ia Try her hard at row
ina. and promised to leave the steering
to me. I.add!c iraprcs-,,d upou her
that as soon -, ever Ea c"ll,d ont. shc
must back water hard, or ole the I.aIt
wnuld bc lrf' fat ia the rocks and
y ccds six feet below our reach. Miss
RIO PrnIni-aI. and no doubt did hcr
best; but two oT our l.ar> bad snapped
before NC hau gone nifty feet.
y shadow of wonder. rather than
vcXation. Fitted acrD., thc boy
face. anl am -ure b. was not .pr:y
when the Girl herself sU s-r-tod that
wc Should put hcr a~ho-c. lor she
didn'i like the motion af tag boat now
that we went 80 slowly.
We would not hear af such 81 thing:
hut in the cnj we raa iu stern first
under tho shelter Of The rocks and
helped her II land with rcn"a L. keep
her COMPANY.
Now, then, Tom shouted Laddic,
hold her OF. or we ~hanu have an
inch OF paint left on her, C.l. Ecr "a
shove. Now's your "haucc, Nol. ycu
are - Iii, sentence was cut short.
Tom had let the wave carry u~ against
the rock with Il shock waich sent the
boy oyer the thwart onto the most
prominent parts Of the anoEor.
Tom did not seem II notice tins ca
tastrophc nor the remarks which Il
elicitcl for hc was busy iu cffCctinE
his own landing. Thi~ douc.he gave u
a shove which got Us clear pf the rock,
ami expressed hope that our fishing
might bc successful
What are YOU up to- gusped the
boy. who was on his feet a"ain. using
his paddle sturdily - avert a second
Inishap
Il don't think Miss Flo should bc
left all alone, though you won't 20
very far Off
'-Oh, shes all right WAS IN" broth
erlv reply. '-Shc likes being alone.
Look ont there again, Keep her or
However Tom insisted on following
Miss Flo across the slippery weed,
which had 80 far taken up al her at
tcntion; and To save the boat we left
him. puntcd ont into the open, got ont
our lines and padded lci~urely away.
We'll said the hoy. after few
minutes, Il can't make ont what's the
matter with Flo. I've never known
her to feel a bit Of a swell like This be-
fore.
I pointed ont L. him that IL was Just
such Il gentle motion which vas most
trying Ia many people, and his sister
had certainly gone a little pale.
NJ said he. ~ hc took small
pollock off his hook and threw il in
to the bottom OF the boat. Il he
licyc that she's cut up at your 20
ing away so soon. You've always staid
at least three weeks before.
thought this the least hit unlikely
50 ! said nothing. Then I looked to-
ward the shore. where ! could soc two
people leaning over a rocil-ppoL cvi-
.eutly looking for anemoncs, and it
deemed more unlikely still
l:ut l.addic went on:
Won get rather Wild. sometimes.
when You are 80 awfully independent
YOU know what ! mean: and she
really was angry al what you said
last night. All the same. I'm sure She
wants you To stop as much a. any Of
us
replied that ! was at a loss 10 know
what | had said tomakc anyone angry.
What il was he didn't quite know;
he hadn't been listening to our couvcr-
satiou, but il was something about a
poor young schoolmastcr like myself
having no right to sin the affection Of
Il woman before he was in Il position
To offer her IA comfortable and easy
place in society.
certainly had said something of the
kind and had pointed ont the dangers
y
than one possessed ones Srlf
T.addic did not know what there was
Objectionable in such principles. nor
could h say why they made his sister
angry: but hc stuck to il that they did.
WIS getting Interested, and spent
half an hour in trying To draw hin out
Il little more. Then hc noticed that the
wind was getting round 10 the south
and would soou be of the ,ea. 80 we
moved back quickly a. we could 70
pick up the two ON shore.
We hailed them and told them 10
come out along n Lodge OF roc,1. from
which they stepped easily into the
boat They said they had had 4 de-
lightful time. and believed them.
We were soon we'll on our way home.
Tom and l pulled Laddie aud Miss
Flo were in the stern. The boy talked
a good deal but the rest Of US were
quiet. He had several things to say
about people who couldn't stand boat
ing when there was ripple on the
water and about others who preferred
roking things in rcck-pocla 10 hccl1inr