The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-30

ttru. swimmer. II Hytr sen % IH'.ii;r i-.'N
IS could swim out 1.&2 sc ro"i!. Cop
taiu Inu 'Ganey." saa'd vsnei So s,sE t.
j,sa. II lust love tho wa:cr" Sc COCO
I,rn every year. She saaO s'o move c3@ld
r;l,c - ;si5--yrAc-cs like the c'r.s5 C.. Corn
wall. Lug after y.iaf I&ss yr2r @la Haycr
como aeaiu. Seems . is 3iil-o my soul
must have aiyc her y Gis.GS:c Of TIC Corn
isl folk like.
We'll, that : true what -ou say, sir. There
ain'5 no sen anywkorcs like -]o sel hero in
Cornwall. 1t breaks. as you may pat ii,
;til - green rs an emerald, round t..n sacks
an skerrils clt Lands End M the Lizard
T,c 1t l.ry.skiug yonGer, sometimes in ttno
white foam, most as high =; Il lighthouse,
round they granite peaks an YOU wouidA
find nothing more beautiful, not il ii WAS
7,.intcd in oils iv they artist Cchtsat New
!vn. Tho char0cl-wCf, what's Ii, chain
,.cl. come 10 tlIiui. Of it. hgJa muddy river,
in the manra. Of speaking, with the Seine
and tie Avon flooding il all with dirt an
1Gfuse2 The North soa-IlG, nor the North
.ra ain L much bggiCr neither. through be
ing flied with yellow clay by the mouths
q Thames i.I Rhine an Humber know
en- all. bless YOUR cart, as have sailed
in coas:inG craft, man an boy, this f:It%
year AN more, IN being hrCa myself at
LYME RcCis in Dcrsct. an mudttiCr sea
You wouldn't w;,Et nowhcrcs than thar,
though il $ me that says It as 0uEhtn { 20
s:.y IL. hcyi9C my OWL hcEc, II i make
hold to put it 50, which IS as tidy = Ntsio
town as amy III the country. But the oTcn
Atlantic. where it rolls right in, all blue
IN green an clear rs crystal or they
Cornish roc!,s-rhy, there ain't nc wafer
like it for pleasure Of swimming in tho
British islcS noU till Il man comes round
g,-niI to illness an Sutherland.
Our ,Igr--A:u. as tEcT calls the fisher
man rant-uC says il reminds him Of a
good Nyo1n&I.'s heart. il dors. N0u look
RIGHT down into tic depths rs FIR IS You
cau see, al It's al transparent, an it's
all Tsrl M innocent. That's the sea III
Cornwall
Inayoung lldy $ name was speaking OF
was Noe. Sho was a Miss Hrycc Of London,
hut through knowing of her 81 intimate
like We always called her by her given
umlc. Miss Nuc She Grsss 1T home with the
CEi,Iren. you sec, al NY misSuS Was
IunGcc Of Lnr tl..n Of any Other f"l.Is as
ever tupil oCr lodgings, Same as she might
lc with ycur good Lady, sir, begging your
IarIon ssi!n was ~ fine hIiIt young woni-
am. too. Ny.s Miss %Ca SEQ her Chamber
I'D the rocks. you'd say she WIS e goat; see
neg swim agin the waves, you'd say she
H,us {. seal. see her toll the ittla ones stn-
.,ig5 dy ,ho rocks 1T nights, you'd say she
was one Of these book writers as il might
be yourself, sir. FiEo outstanding E"'nG
la..r. too, With q color in her check an q
a3-inc i'll Ter step, w&li.inG free across
ziullvou l.iaurs tho same Us ii They belonged
10 her.
We'll, it wasn't long before we perceived
Mss Eoa was pretty coed friends with Il
gentleman up 10 Brown s-AIr. Moore
from Exeter lie was :, nice young doctor
come to kynancc Tor his holiday, an when
them two went ou5 walking together, with
her father an mother hanging about ike
for company, as IS the way with PARENTS, =.
finer yuuH: couple vou' d never set eyes on.
st the end Of u fortnight Fly wife says -
INC ''Iom, - says she, 1t ain / Mir. Moor
Ii more with GIT young l&dy; ii plain
Alex this morning His maine being
Alexander, it Was Alex for short, rs i the
Ucw fashion now, though when I was
young twas all -AliCtl or else Sandy.
''An good thing, roc" says I. For e
young LADY like Miss &oo had Ought 10
marry one as il her natural equal, say;
I, not meaning in birth alone, as IS Il thing
! don't hold with, nor yet in money. Js;
there amt no counting upon, but :. lire
outstanding yGung lady, to my nina, dc
serves to he married to q 1lnc upstaHdinG
.0ung fellow. Or whcrc'd the country set
its soldiers and sailors from:
AN d handsome couple they'll make
says ray misses being iond Of Miss Noe
Well. one Of they days Mr.. Mourc-that 5
Alox-hc went out swimming Off the rocks
BY the cove. an Miss Noe she was ashore
sitting high on the cliff reading u book or
something" But every now an again my
wife secs her raise her head an looks out -
sen anxious like after the heads bobbing
about like buOyS in the water At last up
she Jumps an runs down to the cottage,
all breathess. ] could see in Il minute her
heart was in her mouth. "Oh, CGp'u
Tom" she says, "Capn Tom, Go lock UU5
at Alex! He's swimming over there, an
it seems to me he's in some sort of trou-
blc''-lorc having eyes as can see bottcr'n
a binocuar.
Well, gets down my telescope, an I
fixes it upon him. He was q mile orlU to
sea-a black speck on the water. l gets
him we'll fixed. Sure enough, there lie
was, throwing his arms up wild an trying
tomakc signs TO the shore fer help.
as it cranp:'' says tho young lady.
Don't you helicycit, " says l. There's
II deal more nonsense talked about cra,np
in swimming nor there need lie. y mar
can't swim forever, - says l, ''lct MIN be
so strong rs you like" says I. Tired out,
that's what calls it, - says l. An tired
cut mr.. Alex vas, sure enough, h. the
look Of him.
ooh, C"p'n Tom" says tic young lady,
''wil You save him:" wri0G.rg her hands
in way t;t might mc!Ua stone, let alone
u Christian.
was half way down TO my boat by that
time.
save him?" says l. as it saving Of
him: Bless your heart, If lie warn't 10
y,f .,T Ill To
I'd save him. Bill-o' my -soui," says I,
seeing Bill Oh the shore, "como and help
me-" says ! Chores Il gentleman
Growrdin-."
"DTowUdirg:" Gays Bill running down
IN putting out. Como on, " says Ell,
"L'Il2 With you" Ills name being Bill-o'-
my-SoHl, along of his having been such Il
fayoritG when nc WIS young with all the
young worc1.
Wei, VIC put of an rowed, Bill taking
Cno Of the SyEecps--;4s is our name for they
long oars-an me the other. After awhile
it struck nc we wasn't heading outward.
! locked up and saw, an we was most
termed toward shore agim. I'd pulled tho
boat round on }ill--which didn't under
EIlrd lie Icing then d stronger man uur
me 30 puil-nob but what wnen was il.
my best days Id have pulled e boat
against any man in England.
bill, says l sharp, you're not a-Pal-
inc
lie looked upat me rather odd. "1Iatc, :"
sttys lie quiet like, I'm no fool. Now.
what arc you rowing for, the young fellow
or the money!"
''Pull. pull, MANI I shouts out. Pull,
pull, l tell YOU! Tho gcntleman's drownd-
iDg-Mia5 Noes young @anuaman.'
He pulls Il stroke OF two quite feeble.
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