The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-02
AN EVENING BATH.
Made Into Terror by sn Unsy mpa
thetic Beast of = Dog.

ahhuS INTO Terror Dy Nm Busy mpa-
thetic Beast of = Dog.
II had an experience the other
night which came near being the
end OF me-" said one OF the members
of the Columbia yacht club, during
a post-prandial scance on the clubs
wharfboat last summer. says the
Chicago Times. He didn't look as
though he had gone through any
particularly harro wing experiences,
but the Columbian fellows are a good
audience till tale is done and SO
they listened and he continued.
"P1 been out sailing with a certain
member of this club whom | won't
name, but who is the only man in it
capable of keeping bloodthirsty
bulldog on his boat'-and the
raconteur directed fierce glance
into the for'ard starboard corner of
the club barge-"and as we were
shorthanded I'd worked like fore
mast hand on lumber hooker all
afternoon.
1--WE got into the basin late, furled
sail and made all snug. cooked US a
bite, and sat on tho aftcrdeck smok-
ing and resting. That Internal dog,
was fawning around me in the most
friendly manner and was feeding
him scraps of meat in the fond belief
that | was scaling a friendship that
might some day prove convenient if
not valuable.
Well. the gentleman who owned
the ship and the dog-being too lazy
to row ashore-decided to stay aboard
all night, and asked me to stay like
wise. ] live away out south, and |
was tired and the friend docs have
comfortable quarters in his cabin
and so | consented, At II o'clock
we decided to turn in. 1t was a
beautiful night 1t had been bit
cool all day, but south wind had
blown up and it was case of Angus t
weather again. l got about ready to
turn in-he was already under
blankets and snoozing like cook $
boy-when | looked out the compan-
ionway and over the water 1t
looked awfully inviting-so inviting
that forgot how chilly it had been
all day and for several days past
and forgot several other things, In
cluding that dog which had disap-
peared somewhere up forward and
gone to sleep.
Anyway. with the spell of the
beautiful night and the convenient
water beside me, chucked of my
clothes. put rough towel on the
seat In the cockpit, turned up the
blankets OF my bunk, then went on
deck amidships and took header off
into the seductive blue water SHIN
mering in the moonlight.
"Well, say, I've fallen through the
ice while skating, but the sensation
wasn't in il with that experienced
when landed in old Michigan and
my cuticle nerves had chance to
communicate sensations to the rest
of my system. Cold? 1t must have
been near the freezing point! Icame
up and struck out for the bob-stay
about us lively as l ever did any
thing, and when l grabbed the rat
lines and hoisted myself out of the
water that balmy south breeze
seemed to have changed to norther.
didn't lose any time climbing up TO
the bowsprit, can tell you, but just
as stepped on deck there was rush
and growl and that cursed dog
made a dash at my bare shanlss with
his mouth wido open and all the
bristles on his neck on end.
II was freezing by this time. My
teeth were chattering and the wire
stays were cutting into me like
knives. There was only one thing
left to do. | had to yell to my late
friend-understand. say late-to
come and call his dodgasted dog OFF.
OH he came out-after l had re-
spouses from dozen different vessels
around and the life-saving crew were
burning blue lights to see where the
agonized howls came from. Yes, he
came out and went into paroxysm
of that inane, drivcling. blithcring,
idiotic laughter that betokons pri-
mary paresis. He had a siege of it.
1t lasted half an hour or so. Then
as he heard the sailors on tho Michi-
gan called to quarters to rig search
lights and lower boats he caught his
breath and called his id dog off.
What do l wantp Whisky; lots
of it. I've got the quinine in my
pocket and plasters all over my pcr-
son. If l escape pneumonia mayn't
have anything worse than inhamma.
tory rheumatism, but either of EMS
preferable to hydrophobia, and that's
all the choice had"
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