The sun., 1901-08-04

the arst strokes in under and overland
swi ming and when I'd got through she
seemed to be q bit tired, sol advised her
10 rest on the beach for while, escoioeo
her TO the strand and then l hoppsd ln.o
the water and went through my ht.;e ~; Il
ostsntatiously or any attempt 70 Do ,hs
heap-chief OF the occasion. but ! was gao
10 Observe that little Etheldreda was watch
ing me quite closely from her seat on me
sand which caused me to DO ABOUT the
gracefullest ever. ... ~.
h.tbinp hour. the host asked ms II ! wouldn't
i,mp into the trap and drive over TO the
noat ONCE. a couple OF mile4 away, 70 ~
Ina mail, Sure ! would. w4nted 70
teach little Etheldreda how to hoes and
swim some more, but the host scid 'nSS
I'd be back IN plenty ,t o. ts ne mare 10 ea along ss
to and from the post once at . ,;so clip
or better, and when I got back with tne
stack Of mail and turned the trap over 70
the man, hopped into my bathing toes
in double-Quick time.
:TSsf Josn ne e, 10 being ss ras aSa my
ewes peeled for little Etheldreda, that all Of
tie party were regarding me with broad
smiles. / furtively cast my eye over my
bathing suit TO see II anything was wrong.
but mo- was all according to Hoyle; When
looked up from this inspection OF myssn
l saw that they were all looking out 70 -
I followed the direction OF thear gaT, ILL
about a quarter Of q mile from the peech'
/ saw a catamaran lacking In shore
aSome little distance from the catamarani
a woman's head and graceful arms appeared
on the surface OF the water. She was SWIM
ming toward the slowly moving catamsntn,
/ could see. stepped TO the oinocSnt S..
on the bathing pavilion. J sS ,Sa ., xnwysnIs my %
head ON the water was that OF Etheldrede-
the shimmering Titan was unmistakaDie.
And. then, she was Just climbing into the
hosts catamaran when l looked through
the binocular, and l recognized tne ospy
blue bathing dress, not To menuon the
Il guess / must ha' looked pretty blank
and funny when turned away from thAt
binocular Anyhow, | can hear yet the
our party of bathers. They were all look
ing me over The conduct OF the men vas
disgraceful, that's all,iust dlsgraceiui,
burned Il they didn't all mop over ;, on .ne
of me floating with my arms underneath
nv head, and then the cutthroats went
through the first strokes In over and undef.
hand swimming. Then, II that whole
bunch, men and woman. didn't stand rignt
up In the water, and, pointing their nnSe's
straight al me, sing ino ooi ~NeS
Know, You Know, then l never looPea-
the-loop or dipped the-nap. Die ever hear
Of swifter put-up job than that or . harosr
throw-down2
aOh. yes, il was up to me to be nice and
amiable about II, and was, but, say,
couldn't croak above ThisPsr E.h.ldrsds 5Sr tGrs
skylarked around on the hosts oatsmaran
for about half an hour, and then when
the thing was about half mile on shore,
she jumped in and proceeded TO swim 10
the beach like a dolphin, employing the
experts overland stroke. When she got
TO within about a hundred feet OF where
st ood in the water, she suddenly dived' :
and about a minute later she came up De-
hind me- When | heard renewal OF the
hoarse ha ha from the gang, turned around,
and there was little Etheidreda sitting on
| the beach, twining her hair IN her nahos'
and not even taking long breath
! -NIaybe l had the bovine reproach In
my lamps as went up to her; Anyhow,
she was nice about 1t. She only gave me
! the arch look through her hair. =,
'Well? said I, much sepulchrauy' .
| but unable to hold back grin at that.
'Well9 said she. plating her hair
.'You couldn't, could you? said l. Il,
II never said | couldn't. said she, 1
! said the water was chilly.
/ But" concluded the youth with the
sun-peeled nose, as he snapped open ms
watch and gazed earnestly at the coiored
miniature Of a pretty girl with auburn
hair which was pasted inside the case,
sit's all right. all right. I'm glad | went.
ANYHOW. Wai,'ll the ides Of next June
and you'll know why