Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-13

tb.s spray; that dashed over her leg
gun-wale sometimes bringing a rttsh
of green water with it.
The girls were giving a thoroughly
feminihe i. exhibition, 8f fright. No
amount St tan and Slang and sWaggef
could ever again impose .uboh any one
who had seen them c1utching each
othet in the bottom Of the boat-S
hopeless tangle OF brown arms and
writhing forms.
All the time that the two young men
were busted in getting the boat safe
into the harbor the girls lay quiet, and
when the fury of the storm l'assed as
quickly as it came, they still looked
like an ignominious heap of wet
clothes.
Thomas Barker's bluc-ribboned hat
had blown into the sea, and the rain
had washed the CURL out of his hair.
The storm had taketl all the feminine
touches out Of him, and left him stand-
ing as nature Intended him to be-a
fine; tall, vigorous fellow with conf
dent eyes and modest bearing. Will
liam looked quizzically at him and at
the mortified girls, and then he said,
with seeming irrelevance:
81 believe doctors are right in apply
ing the cold-water cure to fevers. or
course it seems like heroic treatment,
yet sharp attacks sometimes demand
violent measures"
This attempt to lessen the enlbar-
rassment met with NO Success, SO he
tried another tack.
Look here, there's no need for any
one to feel badly about anything" he
proceeded We've weathered a very
smait squail that would have been
more than a match for any one but
Tom Barker, and I'll own up to have
ing been badly scared myself. Of course
il would have been more thrilling to
have been upset and had you girls
rave our lives, but instead of that
there's nothing heroic about us. We're
just soaking wet and uncomfortable
BILLY, I'm going to confess, Thomas
Barker said, very seriously, so it's
no use your making faces at lie. Your
brother and l." he continued, address
ing the PROSTATE Frances. thought II
would be a good joke for me to get
myself up as much like girl as
could, so as to show you
He began to hesitate for polite con-
nlueion hit William substituted q
truthful one:
$50 as to show you what confound-
ed fools girls make of themselves when
they get themselves up like men!" he
proclaimed, vigorously.
Shut up, Billy" Barker inter-
posed. # want to apologize to
both of you," he continued,
"for very ungentlemanly con-
duct. 1t was objectionable to play
practical joke of this kind on Billy's
sister and her friend"
Grace Hodges shook herself free
from the damp bundle that had once
been Frances, and stood up with
strength that was not assumed.
81 was neither gentleman nor
lady" she confessed. Il rather think
the name coward about fits me. Please 2
don't apologize, Mr.. Barker. because II
you eat ;.ay moro humble pie ought
to be eating dust-instead of which I'm
swallowing sca-water. Besides, you
saved our lives like man, when had
almost lost them-like woman"
The two brown hands clasped with
a respect and sympathy that an hour
ago would have seemed impossible.
William seemed to have relapsed into
his medical meditations once more, for
he was heard muttering, Il guess 1t
was case of kill or cure for few
minutes, but mother'll be glad to
know that the crisis is past and the
fever is abating."
Don't mind him, he's delirious,'
Barker said, but William leaned over
his shame-stricken sister and whis-
pered, Halo, Frank"
20 Billy, I'm not going to be an imi-
tation man any more!" Frances half
sobbed. I'm going to turn over new
leaf and be-
"a new woman" her brother sug-
gested, and he gave her shoulder the
kind of a slap that one good fellow
gives another-Youth's Companion.
CHANT AND CURIOUS.