The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-09-14

not so rightly baShful. You know
don't like him either"
DO I? Dundee was a great friend
Of mine in college and is a much finer
fellow than you seem to want to
think" Tom rena rked.
Rosalind said no more, but gazed out
over the waiter. The wind was grow
ing lighter: the sun hung low in the
sky; it was five o'clock.
Lockarby turned his sharpie toward
the shore. A hundred yards away d
row-boat was gliding over the water.
Its sole occupant was a large, mus
cular-looking man, with a light mus
tache and a heavy coat of tan, who
managed his oars we'll.
There goes Dundee How," Tom said.
HE locks as though he had had a
long, hot pull; probably been over to
Pirate island to see that lovely Miss
Dockrane," he added, with sly look
at his compa Mon. "If I take him in
you will try not to eat him up, won't
you, Rosalind?"
Rosalind smiled She looked any,
thing but cann3bal. So they hailed
the oarsman; and Dundees skiff was
soon bobbing along behind the larger
boat, and Dundee perched on the side
OIL UllC PIC WdS CdIIy1lIS oII
rather desultory conversation with
Rosalind. Tom did not seem disposed
to help them out any. He still stared
at those weather-beaten sails of his,
but he was thinking of something else.
They were nearing the pier now. The
wind freshened a little, yet it was only
dying gasp; Tom could easily see
that. But he swung the boat slowly
a T,o1ncr~th ho1pSS and started mt
toward the reef once more.
Enough wind for anoher tack" he
explained.
The waves still rippled under the
bow; the boat bent slightly before the
| breeze. 1t was very pleasant.
Sam, take the tiIler a minute" Tom
said when they were almost a mile
| from the shore, Il want to fix that
forecast SPIRIT
Dundee took Toms seat, and the
latter Numbered forward to the bow OF
the boat fhere the sails hid him from
| view. Suddenly a. splash was heard
1t is a simple thing to fall into the
water. Lockarby found no trouble in
doing it most naturally.
Rosalind and Dundee laughed unsus-
pectingly at Toms shining head as il
| appeared above the surface several
yards astern, like Neptune stilIing the
| tumultuouS waves, as Sam suggested
| only the 'tumultuouS seas" were as
level as field, AMI the fleet of Aeneas
was wholly lacking. Tom climbed in.
| to Dundee's boat and sat there drip.
ping, with his clothes clinging to him
| in a most ludicrouS manner.
| You poor. wet, clumsy fellow" Ros
alind cried laughing. Tom laughed
too. "Well, sit STILL" the girl went on
land we will take you right in
But Tom objected. He wanted t.
row in, to keep from taking cold, hi
said. The others very naturally
scoffed at the idea, and Rosalind sig
nailed shyly to Tom that she did no
| want to be left alone with Dundee
But Tom persisted. So at last Sam
united the rowboat painter and threw
1T to him.
The wind was growing alarningly
light. Lockarby pulled hurriedly
away. DON'T go out much farther
SAM" he called back, "unless yo.
want to scull nome.'' He though:
they seemed a trifle more sociable thar
they had been at first, and he noticed
also that the sails were only hal
filled with wind. Tom laughed softly
as he tied his boat to the pier.
Half an hour later Lockarby ISSUED
from the hotel, freshly arrayed. Mrs
Lorne was standing on the edge of th'
bluff. She had a telescope in her hanG
and was trying to focus it on a pretty
little sailboat that drifted idly on tn.
calm water about a mile from tn,
shore. Tom thought he recognized tn,
boat. He Joined Mrs. Lorne and re
counted his afternoons experience.
II can't quite make out what the,
are doing" said she, trying to lool
through the telescope again after Tom
had finished. Here, you try. ART
they scullirg? 1t does not look quite
like that to me-"
Tom took the telescope. No, it die
not Look quite like they We're scuIline
to him, either. Where were they, any
way? Rosalind's parasol was the
| only sign of them Tom could see, ex.
cept a small portion Of one of Dun.
dee's shoulders. Tom had never real
ized how large parasol could be.
| Come, let us go in to supper" he
said. shutting the telescope up with a
| bang-a happy bang-and offering his
arm to Mrs. Lorne. eff they don't
know any BETTER than to be be.
calmed a mile from shore, why, they
will have to take the consequences
And" he added gaily to himself, as he
and Mrs. Lorne walked across the
grass, II guess they won't care much
| either. Rcsalind Dundee-it will real.
| ly sound very WE'LL
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