Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-11
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from me I saw another face, the face of
a woman. knew in a minute what
had happened. l recognized the features
the face of the sister OF my greatest
friend in the world.
| had heard of her swimming capable
tiles. INnew by instinct that we had
each become possessed by the same fan
cy in the morning, that we had started
each to have a great swim, each OF live
in the water for an hour, and that we
had accidentally met very close together.
Fortunately, each had only our heads
above the water. There was a certain
occurrences to the situation.
ON course a man., a great healthy,
muscular man, who thinks he knows
everything, feels it his business to take
care of a lady in distress, and if you
want to know what a lady in distress is.
just imagine the sister of your closest
college friend floating about very close
to YOU, neither of you with any more
clothes on than are requisite for active
exercise in the water; neither of you
having met each other before, but being
well acquainted from photographs and
OF the a He has got to be like the
Cid, or any other fellow without re-
proach. That's his duty. As for her!
There are only two things for the girl,
she has either to rely upon the chivalric
purity OF the man, or else droop, and
shrink, and drown.
u am a pretty good husband, I am pref
ty well content with my uat ton, but
l wish to remark her. and now, with an
objective view, that the girl didn't shrink
ana drown; and l wish to remark also
that was theh more scared of the two.
/ TnnFf v,n - yDLn41 - r -
Know that l got same, water in my mouth
and that l had sense enough and con-
seriousness enough. while swimming cas-
1ly and instinctively, to recognize the
beauty of the head. which lay seemingly
hoating on the water. There was no
was a pismy as compared with Imepra-
tri=.
Who are you?" said she.
Theodore Bathnon; / have come down
to see John Goodman, I think Won ara
his sister,
"What are you doing here?' she in
t~errogated.
Nothlng in particulars: I came down
10 see John and breathe the fresh air
ana meet you, of whom I have heard
something. l got up early this morning.
carrier thar L supposed any OF the house.
hoIu would be abroad. and wanted to get
mt the water, as you see. as far as the
top END OF me is concerned"-speaking
as insolently, as admirlngly, as I dare.
L am slad that my greatest friends sis
Ter had the same fancy this morning.
Here, face to face, with only our heads
ABOVE water, unintroduced, but under
Standing, taking to each other with our
faces a few yards distant, we are GER
talnly as good and as reputable as all
the looms of all the world could make us
with their aid additionally. Well, what
ar We to do? The woman can tell that
best"
OF $ sWium away. Swim away UP the
stream n dress yourself and get back
ID your room, and report yourself at
breakfast to my father and mother and
the rest. Maybe John will be back nv
a later morning train. He said he was
likel to be- And then / saw the back
of a fair head, as its owner swept away
like a mermaid.
We swan in different directions. and
I heard the pat-strokes of her little feet
and palms as she vent. We met at break
fast and-talk about far distant dignity
ard unrecogniza5ility, yet with a twink
ling of blessed eyes that could not be re-
pressed! We won't talk about it. That's
an affair of m own l have sot that Girl
SO that she can swim like a perch, but
she can't swim like our childrei can.
Neither can 1. The inherited the Gift
doubly.