The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24

water, just like fat little founder, only
he was not "fat' on any side, waiting
for darling Louise" to try it. Dear
Tom" made the trip either side up to
show her how easy thing it was to do
but still Louise held back. Papa
coaxed, commanded and even threatened
her, until he lost patience. Then when
dear Tom landed splash, in the water
for the sixth time and kicked himself
free from his toboggan, papa whispered
in his ear and ran up the side of the
chute, seized Louise round the waist,
and in spite of kicks, protests, and every
demonstration short of fits, he pumped
her down. gave the toboggan kick. and
away it flew with it's screaming fright
ened freight, landing her with rush in
Toms arms. He seized his darling girl
and soused her under the water. and
came up with her in his arms few rods
from shore. He swan back proudly
towing his best girl along. who lost no
time climbing up the rail, when she
threw herself on the toboggan and away
she flew, kicking herself free from it as
she went down to rise in minute and
make way for Tom-a swift convert to
the thing she so dreaded just moment
before. Just like a woman-nervous,
don't want to try new inventions. but
once tried, papas and Toms have to keep
their hands and heads on the alert to
keep up with the capers of the water
witch! This one soon drew crowd of
spectators.
The next thing to do on land was to
order a fish dinner-a broiled fresh
mackerel. with fried potatoes. or soft
crabs on toast. These be the natural
food for summer diet-for the lone, lorn
woman as we'll as another. When ones
brains are about melted and the ozone
that ought to animate ones bones does
not animate worth cent, the phos-
pilates and other electrical qualities of
fish are the recuperators, good medi-
cine, as easy to take as homeopathic
pills.
There is something exhilarating in
riding on the front seat Of an electric
car, akin to riding on an engine that has
nothing to hinder it from getting over
the ground at pushing rate. We took
this inviting place, and with few words
engaged the attention Of the motor man
who gave us all the points of interest as
we went sputtering and splitting along
after the manner of Oliver Wendell
Holiness "Black Cat" 1t ran round the
coast, and to the north one could see
Fort Henry outlined across the sky line,
that fort where 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner was born" out of the brain and
the horrors of night of battle as Bar
ton Key watched it through. All
night long Cockburn's ship 1814) bat
tered at the outpost of the Bay, Fort
Henry. the key to Baltimore and all the
country beyond. Our patriots watched
and waited through sleepless hours of
anxiety. and out of its gloom and sus-
pense was struck the theme of this inn
mortal song, than which we will proba-
bly, never hear a more inspiring one. 1t
is grand and sonorous. soul stirring like
the Marseillaise of France. What does it
matter if our national tune is borrowed
one. Tunes. like other good things. are
part of the worlds property, and it is
to be doubted il the original words sung
to it were half SO good or full of patriot
ism or other sentiment as our American
man has put into it. and made it new
Americas tune. 1t is sheerest nonsense
talking about new tune for the Star
Spangled Banner. 1t is as sacreligious
to meddle with that song as to deny to
Shakespeare those wonderful creations of
his.-packed full of other writer's stories
and incidents which he used to hang his
thoughts of genius upon.
/ heard it sung once to a new tune
made on purpose for it. and it was flat
and insipid to nauseousness.
One fairly flew over the ground along
the shore, where little waves were lap
ping on the sands with broad white
tongues-many little yachts and smacks
lacking and sailing about like swans