The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-27
GOES TO TAKE TIE AIR.
,.x,y yHsY MuoH or IT, BUf HE
raKgs sByBEAL TIMES.
Party on Yachting Exeossien 20 hs'"''
Y,,,, ,be ov.rbsa,ed City Escapes Back
AGAIN Mighty Qaiek.

SIT ST ~" anes If in such an earnest man :
D"r thot be often persuades me enae
am In a very bad way tn' oon.'
never have suspected II mysei,. .a,1 "a
~ ma an Ola dog once. ne sa'I - ~
a." o,6cr dav. (which USED 10 Iuon
f,,sf as Won do ina hot weather. ~ 49, .'csst
much Of a dog anyway, but ne m"S w az
In Summer Why don't You ke. Vut "a Ds
I'll is getting rather hot, said !, nov, nov
that Won mention II. But 90" "1 q, -
ri weather. ON the contrary, Hhe ,, ~,
Ao ,s'.."cScnce ne rejoined, ITS KLINE
x.v HoWdy my boy. You TOOK IKE '"e
i,,,ie end of nothing Whitfield OUT 70 "
,oint as MY grandfather uSeu 70 S"S
WI Won need is air-good, fresh. out
49, aIr-and a chance TO cool on, WIN
D1rhons "A little light exercise. toilc
rtth ms on "a Httle yachting EXCURSION
i'm be the making Of you. .,,
.sIVho is u.s. ! naturally inquired.
noh me old gang-Billy Harris. Jimmy
Blood. and two or three others OIL "'o
boys mn. 49,, q. sa,a as YOU cay.
a little fresh air wouldn't hurt me ou'
10 tell the truth. can't afford lt;,,.,.,so,,
ION The contrary" said Mr.. whipsaN,
ITS cheapness recommends u. -,
inst going TO hire a hshinE sIoop ~
al Bath beach and 60 OF for dey a.,
Two in The lower bay and around SANDY
Hook Wen all divvy on the e>pe"~'
and Sc won't cost much. ..,Lod come
Well. he roped me in. lie talked So In',
more about the air, and taat mill
breezc and the fun OF the hshlhs, u iyt
at LAT / was quite enthusiastic. Hdr ,na,'
been on trip since the year cl5 &c
hundred and away back, peiotJ e,,t an
married. went home ana IaSer 80 ~ on on
old yachting suit which ! bad Wor' ~
that last delightful excursion. n nv
wear already mentioned. II was I'm VI
earthing a memory of youth ! ~ ~. - va.
II hung around me hKe am,azinelv
handspike. / shriveled up aHazllsiy
since eighteen hundred and way BACK:
And then I tried 10 put on some OF w
sensation which formerly Went WIN WIN
those clothes. They dldn u, any ~,
| have grown too small Tor theih' l
eoridn't belp wondering how much the
trin vould cost. and whether my internal
business interests would suller Hi my
absence. The last time l wore tnVse
clothes / had my ehu.e Wol ~, rssr,enoher
In the trousers pocket. II TeihsiiIDeI
rightly. il amounted TO $40, but was
not so small then, that the eagle on ons
OF them could look down on me thiouhh
the crown OF my hat l was bls' eh0uSh
10 look right over the eagles mead anu see
something better worth my Afternoon
Yes. we grow smaller as we grow older;
except possibly around the Waist anu
even there don't seem TO nave any iuC i,
So | stood in the old yachting SUIT
and wondered whether II was possible
that my shoulders had ever filled that
coat Then / sighed deeply, ana remark
ed 20 Mrs. Fielding that II was Tune
for me to 60 ana that | wished there
was some way for me to get out or X.
But she. 10 cheer me up. repeated what
MIR Whipsaw had said about the fresh
air: and she added that II was Won
der i didn't arrange our earthly aHaifs
so that she could get a little of II her
self This suggestion made me feel mean
as well as dependent, and IN that cheer-
full frame of mind / went out TO take
the air with Johnnie W h!psaw. -,
to |
evening. so that we might sleep on board
the yacht. 1t was agreed that we shouii
speak of her by that title, ana. as we
arrived after dark, l was able TO 40 IL
without serious injury to my conscience.
our shippers boy was waiting at the
pier with row boat. As soon "a We got
in ne pulled out into the darkness with
out even attempting to look ahead.
How do you know Nnere you are 60
ing, my sOnf' | asked.
II smell dads pipe, he replied, ana
in a minute more he laid Us alongside
the yacht.
deck house He was a large and jovial
seadog, with more hair and beard than
one man really has a right to possess
He also had "a nose which must have
been handy at sea. If his red light hac
gone out he could have exposed ina
nose on the port side, and fully satisfied
the marine regulations He was smOkinl
the pipe aforesaid 1t had a bowl ahou
| Judge, with stuff left over after the
funigations incident 10 the cholera scare
in that region couple Of years ago:
Here you are, Bowdy, erred whip
saw, as soon AS We got aboard. NOV
MI your hangs with this fresh air, and
IL will add a year 10 your lfc.'
/ endeavored 10 follow this good al
vice but unfortunately we were standing
in the lee OF the captains pipe. What II
was that | tlied my lungs with do not
know, but l viii swear that ii was not
air. have not got done coughing yet.
| hgStiy moved To- Windward of the
skipper but even there the air was not
first-rate. Bath Beach is so named be
cause IL is a beach which needs a bath
worse than any other | ever saw. The
vicinity of Gravesend Bay is pollute1
by everything from GraVesend politics
up. and the air shows the influence Of
evil associations. However. IL does not
contain SO much solid matter as the New
York air, which on a windy day Is SAID
~ weigh nine pounds TO the cubic loot
Therefore ] was preparing 10 enjoy IL
mildly, when the skipper suggested Z
game Of cards.
So we all went into the cabin. and the
skipper produced greasy PACK PACK an; ahI
old salt sat with his back against th'
mast. and smoked that pipe. The vapol
which IL produced was remarkable no
only for it's quality, but for it's quantity
In a few minutes the slippers nose wa
the only visible part OF him This re
mainder was beyond the veil. Abou
every second deal he came out through
less than three OF a kind with him
When he withdrew the pot always &C
companied him.
self, one cigar after dinner Is hiil
disease really iced. but when one y
off for his health trihing oyer-jndul
gence is to be expected. smoked nin'
well. The Cabin soon. smelled like TIT
tomb OF RameSes Kill, which, wheI
opened by the enterprisirg Psychologist
had not been aired In 800 years.
Johnny" said l, about IL o'clock. g
came Apwn here (by requesU. to TAXI
the air. Ii really is good. but don't yol
think were taking IL too many times
I've breathed one little piece of 1t fol
This remark relieved my feelings. bu
did not lead TO any Improvement in tn,
ventilation. tsipakx
About o'clock, when the habit
change for chips had become general
the game broke up. If l remember right
ly, II was the skipper who susgeste'
that II was time 10 turn in. l got int
my bunk and was speedily enjoyin
something which nay have been sleep
but think Il was some form OF asphy
Hiation. | dreamed that l had died, an
that everything rad turned out as Nigh
have been expected. oh. how hot II was
j nwoke pretty well done on one Side
The yacht was under way. the day ma
long since dawned, and the sun wa
blistering the paint on the other side o
the planks against which l lay.
We were drifting down the bay. Their
want breath OF wind. The sun ella be-
higher ard higher, TIL at last II shon
on both sides Of the mdnsail AT once.
had never known the sun to be so nea
before. thought several times that on
topmaSt was afOul OF IL.
johnny" said | 10 Mr.. Whipsaw, VIII
sat In his underclothes on the heel o
The bo~sprit. III Was a good idea o