The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-21

ter South Africa.
But there are no dead horses or
Beers in our swimming bath!' said Lady
! Connie, land the high dive is the best
anywhere. Twenty feet deep that end
you know. DO try it one day, Mrs. lie
Quesne! It's perfectly heavenly! You
4 run right out to the end of the board.
/ poise yourself, shut your eyes, and down
you go, like a.
"stonel" suggested Freddy Lori
kerr
Like an arrow corrected Lady Con-
ME- Then she gave a little nod to the
enchantresS and another to Freddy and
1 tripped away. leaving two images be-
| fore the mental vision of the warrior,
one being a fair slender, virginia. form
cad IN chng1ng garments OF pale blue
and white, with a jaunty cap on its
golden hair, poised for a swallOWlike
flight; the other that of a brunette Of
rather effiorescent personality and pro
nounced embonpoint, balanced aWk-
wardly on the end of an elastic plank.
He writhed a little at this, and excused
himself by saying that he had twinge
of his African cramp.
Little cati" thought Mrs. LIE Quesne,
noting the labored lie and reading
Freddy like book And being a clever
woman she then and there formulated
her mental vow never to enter the club
swimming baths under any possible
circunls tances- Had Lady Connie
known Of this resolution, her hopes
would have fallen to the ground. But
she remained in ignorance-and was
happy. The next frog match was for
male club members. ladies being pres
ent on the balconies overlooking the
swimming bath by invitation.
SO I must wait for my revenge, ~she
said to Molly Verdon. as they sat to-
gether, leaning in the gilt balustrade
and watching the aquatic gambols of
the sterner sex (arrayed in complete
suits Of light flannel. be it explained, in
Difference to the proprieties).
There is the LIE Quesne," said Molly,
kissing her hand to man in striped
mauve swimming suit. All, it is Cap
And he's going in for the 80 yards
under the water race, said Connie anx-
iously.
do not be anxious" said her friend.
Captain Lorriker is not inclined to be
apoplectic, like that stout man in the
Guards 1 feel really anxious about him.
Why, he is putting and blowing already
like the sea lion al the Zoo"
Ali they're off" cried Mrs. LIE
Quesne, as the four competitors launch
ed themselves upon their sub aquatic
journey. The guardsman came up to
the surface snorting hideously before he
had accomplished three yards; two of
the others gave in about the middle of
the course, but Freddy held on and won
amid applause.
And the prize is a diamond frog
and he will give it to her!" thought
Lady Connie, ViciOusly dinting her red
under lip with one small white eye
next Ladies Frog Match I would
don't quite know what I'd do butt
should be something that should break
her spell upon him, and bind him to me
foreverl"
She did it in another minute Never
was such lucky chance, as Molly Yer
don said.
Because Freddy, foolish Captain Fred
dy-hushed with triumph and the smiles
Of the Enchantress, who meant to have
the diamond frog-Freddy essayed the
high dive
"Oh, / wish he wouldn't moaned
Lady Connie, as her beloved swarmed
up the ladder that led to the elastic
platform that overhung the deep end or
the bath
Why not?" snapped her friend, I'M
sympathetic for once.
Because Of his wound, moaned Con-
ME, and the cramp-that awful South
African crampI Suppose he swallows
some water, and it isn't quite nice
-Ughl" said Molly shuddering
And that brings it on. You know he |
has sworn off water since that South
Afric''-
Splash!
Freddy had done the high dive
Capital" cried all the spectators.
Bravo cried Mrs. LIE Quesne ap-
plauding from her balcony And what !
a long time he is stopping under water.
tool had no idea Tippy could show off !
like that"
Hell pop up nowl" said the Guards |
man.
horrible moment went by. Then a man
shouted something and Mrs. LIE Quesne |
Uttered and then screamed.
For before any Of the paralyzed club |
members had reused to action, Lady |
Connie had risen. torn off her hat and /
jacket. sprung upon her chair, stepped |
thence to the broad ledge of the bal |
cony and dived The slight figure cleft |
the water Of the swimming bath imme- |
diately over the spot where Captain |
Freddy had gone down. and in a breath /
less minute a dripping golden head |
emerged and half dozen swimmers |
leaped in to help the plucky maiden |
land her insensible burden.
shes got him in her mouth!'' cried |
the guardsman, like young New
foundland."
She had, in fact, seized Captain Fred
dy by the collar of his striped swim |
ming Jacket with those strong, white |
teeth Of hers. when, between the agon- |
les Of cramp and the asphyxia of |
drowning, he lay feebly squirming at I
the bottom of the swimming bath
There is little more to say, except !
that Captain Freddy was brought round |
by brandy and hot blankets, and from |
that day the power of the Enchantress |
was broken.
But when Lady Connie married the
captain-which she did in the begin I
ming of November last-she withdrew /
her name from the mem bers' list of the T
dips club. She had plunged for a
husband and got him. and, SO far as I /
have heard. she has NOT yet repented-
She Showed Him Her Work.
IFrom the Chicago Tribune
The woman had her arms in the tub /
and was fiercely scrubbing one dirty I
garment after another Book agents /
don't often penetrate to that part of |
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