The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-01-24

mske op What bad been los', sou 's'''
bach be sss tho sophomore etes bos ps
msueatly 10 third place. A great sob 0
10y shook hin. then BILE eyes sent back Y
thai btigb, patch Of water. snd bic os
blade bit more hsreely /. Il s'ruek th'
sur,.ce OF the lake Tha little cock vs'
tsirl, beside himself he shouted s!ouC
10 his lay.
l.s ball over. boys. be cried 90 sbey
ti.shed By tbs old wiodmiil 90 the shore
Jasl keep il np, sod we'se so, ON dead
Stroke stroke siroktl
Yes, bat could ibeY ksep ii upf A
resdy Bruce's wrists we're beginning tt
grow nunb. aod bis legs slook on The
Glow recover
Aud still a ME TO col
HIS heart thumped and pounded. and
the bot breath came gaspins through biz
open lips He could hear No. 7 sroan 81
every stroke. bu, there va no iaoushs Of
qaitting. Death rather than that
Rat will We never reach the bali milei
be wondered.
Even as the thought entered bis bead
tue cockswsin called;
0aly hall mile more and we're =
length ahead
Ol, luckless bost Scarcely had the
words left bis lips when No 3 caught
crab. The stsrbvsrd side Of the shell
sank almost to the wster's edge rs the IN
fortunate osrsmsn tried to drag his blade
out by main force. AT once the speed
was checked. nd ths other bos's drew up
rapidly. But Brace kept bis beai and
never let the stroke vary fraction of .
second. The coekswsin, too, remsined
cool. Bis calm voice in this moment Of
CONSERVATION reassnrsd the rowers, who
quickly responded to his monotonous
Stroke -stroke stroke as Bruce's blade
caught the water. 10 moment oil were
rowing agsin as evenly ss before the
accident, but tho varsity was almost
abreast OF them The danger OF defeat OF
ter victory had seemed so sure made the
freshmen almost mad, They tugged at
the sweeps as il they would break them
10 twain. Men animated by such spirit
could cot be beaten, aud soon they were
forging to the front again. As they en-
tered on the last quarter mile they were
more than hall q length to the good and
still gaining slowly. But the strain was
beginning to tell. Bruce's arms were
numb to the elbows. bis presth came IN
Quick pants and hszs seemed TO have
settled over him which dulled the pain In
bis aching muscles. bat made bis work
only mechanical. Forward and backward,
forward and backward, his body swsyed,
while the shrill voice Of the cockswstn
sounded faint and far away.
II could only stop for an instant, be
thought, only q stroke. And then be fell
10 thinking OF what be would give II be
could rest for one stroke 10. yes, $l0,
even week from his summer vacation,
and be dreamed of how he would lie on
The cool grass under the trees dnliog that
vacation, too blissiully ltzy TO move land
al the while bis weary body swsyed back
ward and forward, backward and forward,
without ceasiug. He wss aroused by that
s,rident voice now grown strangely hoarse.
How he hated ill 1t was shouting:
Only a hundred yards more, fellows
Now give her ten one, two. three
And ss the tired crew responded TO the
appeal their light boat again lesped for
ward. When be ten was over. there was
open water between them and the vsrsity,
while the sophomores had dropped four
lengths behind. Still that little torment
In the stern was not satisfied.
I'm going to count till we GROSS the line,
be announced. end then began those terri
BILE Lumber once more
One. two. three, four But With '23'
be stopped and then called;
Let her runl
Thank God, it was overl Eight psirs
Of weary hands dropped the osrs at which
.hey had been tueging over those two
long niles. and eight weary bodies
sloucbed down into thsir sests, too tired
TO sit erect.
Bruce leaned ever the eunwale and
plunged bis arms into the cold, clear wat
sr. Perfectly content was hs IS, filled
With the joy Of triumph, be etz'd over
The fast darkening bosom OF the lake aud
up the bill to where, here and there, 8
light already twiDkled on the campus.
And as lie gGzad softly. from the tower
h a ahi au raaIad fnyth