Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-15

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Alick Freeman, still declaring he
wanted to see nothing that might no.
mind him of the word he had left
until he returned 10 il, decided 10
to remain back.
Alick did not long enjoy the part of
hermit which he volunteered 10 play.
He strolled along the shore with his
fishing pole ON his shoulder aud cast
many an anxious glance in the direc-
ton where he had often seen the
young ladies', but they did not gladden.
his sight. No doubt they had gone
off TO look ut the regatta.
About three o'clock in the afternoon
Alick Freeman put on his bathing
dress and went down TO the. beach.
He was a good swimmer, though until
this summer oil his practice had been
in iideless, fresh water lakes or
/ streams.
He boldly plunged through the rim
of surf and swan out for u hundred
yards, rising aud falling on the swells
that rolled in and broke on the white
shingle.
"Ill lie on my back and let the
waves wash me in. Shifting tho
action TO the thought, Alick threw
himself on his back-he could ilont
without moving muscle--and, clos.
ing his eyes, he was rocked by the
swells, which he imagined were bear.
ing him nearer and nearer to the
shore.
Five, ten, fifteen minutes passed,
and, wondering why he was not
thrown among the breakers, az he OK.
pected, Alick Freeman turned over on
his face and rubbed the water from
his eyes.
Instead of being Aear the shore, he
was half mile out, and the tide, on
which he had not counted, was bear
ing him rapidly TO sea,
He took in the situation in and in
slant, and, though realizing the danger,
he did not lose his presence of mind.
His safety depended on his GOODNESS.
He struck out for the shore, half
throwing himself from the. water by
his powerful strokes, but all in vain.
The tide still dragged him out farther
aud farther toward the foaming bar, on
whose white crest tossed the black
buoy.
He took off his wide. brimmed straw
bathing hat and waved il in the hope
that some one might see him; then,
anxious TO reserve his strength, hs
again threw himself on his back and
drifted with the tide in the line OF the
buoy. IF l can reach that" he
thought, II eau cling to The chains
till help comes-if it ev~ does"
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that marked the bar, he again waved
his hat, then threw IL away.
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