The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-03-18
miscellaneous
A WAUWINET WOOING,

A NAUNlNEl N0OlNG.
Miss Leila Hamilton was the chief
stenographer in the banking office OF
Harrison Bros, State Street, Boston.
She directed the feeding of six other
| typewriting machines, and she kept
her subordiuates busy from morning
| until afternoon.
Miss Hamilton was not only inval-
liable to her employers. She was also
of great use to her sex, in whose emar-
cipation she was most vitality concern
ed.
Miss Hamilton was, in fact. a fair
specimen of the new woman" Her
| great ambition was to see woman, in
the full possession OF the ballot, rising
on great pillows Of reform until all the
sins of wicked man were swept away
| in one great tidal wave OF feminine
| votes.
| But Miss Hamilton was very at
| tractive young woman. She posse sed
| large and lustrous blue eyes, which
| looked steadily and straight into the
| eyes OF others and gave birth to new
sensations in the hearts of the wicked
| men.
III short, Miss Hamilton had all the
| appearance of being d pretty, happy,
| guiieiess chorus girl while she was at
| heart Il combination of Miss Susan b.
| Anthony and DR.. Mary Walker.
This year, when my summer vaca-
ton comes she told one Of her col
| leagues, Il am going somewhere
where | can get rest and where won {
be troubled by men. l have discover
ed an ideal place at Wauwinet, on
| Nantucket. It's a little neck of land,
and on one side is the surf and on the
other the still water. Ii is out Of the
terrible rush, and there are a great
many women there, and as far as L
| know not one single man. If that is
not a paradise, ! do not know what
is"
Thus it happened that Miss Hamil-
| ton landed at Wauwinet, where she
| peacefully established herself for three
weeks of uninterrupted rest. Miss
| Hamilton was greeted by little bevy
of women who wore spectacles, had
little red GASES at the ends Ct their
noses and were plain in their dress
and in general strict in their APP
| pearance.
We are glad you have come, they
| exclaimed in IA chorus. land it is so
nice to have one so young and girllsh-
| looking interested i'll the great cause
| Miss Hamilton had made only one
mistake in her catalogue of the advan-
tages of Wauwinet. As it happened
there was fine old mansion, which
had been recently purchased by a
party of bachelors from New York
| City. Here they had established
themselves for their first season. Thus
it happened that there were really 20
single men instead of none at all when
Miss Hamilton made her first appear
ance.
Miss Hamilton rose early after a
fine nights rest. She enjoyed with
equal zest ner breakfast. Then she
started out for ramble along the
beach. She looked down toward
'Sconset, saw the soaring tower OF
Sankaty light and trudged toward 1t
as IL magnet draws its iron.
This brought her past the club house
where, all unknown, she became an
object of great interest.
Cad, Charlie, just look there,
called Billy Hills from the reading
room, land don't 90 too near the win
dow or you will scare her! But, Jove,
isn't she a rare bird for Wauwinet;
She is the first good-looking girl have
seen since we arrived"
Guess I'll take a stroll, -" quietly
observed Davy Holmes. "Think /
need little exercise
No. you don't!' Il half dozen voices
objected. You are too well known.
You may disgrace yourself in New
York as much as you like, but here
we want to be respectable" So
"Davyn subsidized and bided his time
A bowling northeasterly storm had
cut the neck of land on which Wan
winet stands in two pieces. This
breach occurred at the spot which haC
always been called the "Haulover,'
because it was the narrowest spot
where the fishermen hauled theil
boats over to the other side. 1t is
now called the "Openingn and was
growing wider and wider.
Miss Hamilton began at once tc
harden her muscles by rowing anC
had rented small skitf for the sea
son. She came to this opening and
little realizing the danger when the
tide was running, she boldly rowet
up to it and suddenly found hersel
carried along toward the open sea by
power as unmanageable as 1t wal
imperceptlble.
| MS WAS OH lIlt evening vi lltI LIE
day. Charlie Harris had seen he
set out and was styling following, un
i. seen, behind the hedge of bayberry
which grew along the foot-paths o
the neck.
He thought at first that Miss Ham
ilton handled the oars in a manne
, which would be creditable to al
amazon. He was as quite as ignoran
as Miss Hamilton herself of the grea
danger in which she rowed.
But as Miss Hamilton approached
the broad opening which leads to til,
great ocean she became alarmed. Sht
saw Harris and for moment forgo
her prejudices by calling for help.
1t took less than minute for Harri
, somewhat lighter by the clothing h,
had hastily taken from his back, t
reach the boat Miss Hamilton haC
forgotten his sex. At the same tim,
she forgot her prevailing opinion o
his kind. Her heart swelled will
gratitude as he took the oars.
But Charlie Harris was unable t.
cope with that tide, and the boat ant
its two occupants went sweeping fast
er and faster until until it was among
e the heavy breakers of the sea.
1t CHANGED also that Charlie hat
himself been observed, and Il party O
dozen young gentlemen We're 500
seen to be making hasty efforts L
/, launch a big boat. Then Charlie pei
ceived It party of his friends maxim
good progress toward his boat.
u His feelings were somewhat mixed
His desire 10 he saved was divide
with the hope that he might have tn
. honor of saving Miss Hamilton alone
:. He was disappointed, however. Th
n little boat was brought alongside, AM
d the pair was transferred safely an
- brought to shore.