The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-05-08

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II vas 90 iced Hsnsivs ihies Il bfsi. snd
.s 20 dssssr 10 a. II IL, cicse 10 sh'
ssu-s 1.ey. sbi,s cloua. sssspinI
sscsiaiiy ossrd a. 4, uss caiy whss
se sefs sssslopsd = shsn tbs shore lis'
tsd becons ioaisupst sld. growing din
usr ys'. dlssppssrsd that ! 80 sssrilst
BY the tboasht that there nistt be sou'
difsenlty 10 mstios land.
| ssy. / esllsd to jack, 10 alarm. ycr
ktes yoor usy sboat here pretty veil
dost yosi
Jack glanced np sna . perplsxsd lool
ovspp-ssd bic tscs. he ssS,d sboot bin
10 every direction for moment. bot b
ssv uotkips save . circle Of black vsssI
abont the boat snd . shiis vail round
sbout spd ovsrhssd. soas~sd shich
ssy The camp lay even, 10 .sei, which
.sy the sbsllows lay. ] wN utterly con
fused. The bre,z, had failed. end there
"a. no psrcsp,ibls current Nowhere vss
there visibls any object by which our Posi-
.ion might be tiHed.
l ttint. sid !, that the boat vas head
Jog doe north when last ssv the shore.
bni L IN not certain. II us most certain
ly tortherpiy, At any rate.
Why. ssid Jack. coIdi,ntIy. l know
this lake so veil that | could smell my
way ashore. II there wss 20 other way.
We we're 10 no danger vhstever, Al
N ost 1t appeared, The discomfor. OF spend
ing . night on the water wss oil that We
bed 10 fear But have you not remarked
hov suddenly great psrils msy comsi
How, 10 . twiphlipe, men psss from sale
plscs into 40 overwhelming, desdly dan
goi7 And how th !, situation msy be pre-
oipits,ed by the very sighted misoslculs
tiou?
Now I'll row you ashore, ssid Jack, -
be put up bis fsning tackle and took The
oars.
He began to turn tbs boat about. He
pulled vigorously on bis left oar and back
ed water lli.e as enrsstically With bis
right. Tits is kept up Tor = much lenger
time than thought sufiisi TO turn the
boats head to the south. was not, bow
ever, in sny posi- ion to make suggestions.
The poaer 10 jacks strokes gradually de
creased. until he came 10 foil stop, He
g zsd intently this way snd that. Then.
finding nothing to srres. his eye, be turp
ed suddenly TO me.
Which way does she head now' be ask
cd.
l think you have iurned too far.
don't think l have turnd isr enough,
said b..
II Jon we're to row on Q strssht course
ss she heads nov. | said, you would land
sons where peer the bead ~s.s-e ci The
lake.
Jack rowed dogeedly on the coirse Of
bis choosing for hall an hour or more
without developing anything to give % .
clue to our whereabouts. Night added
to tho obscurity. We might have been on
. shorelsss waste OF wster Tor sll thst We
we're able to see. The mist made the night
iupsnetrsbls. could bat dimly dislin
guish jacks form. sIthoush he sat not
more than Ave feet from M; soon l could
not see him st oil. At last hs listed bic
oars apd, o. l inferred, looked over the
bow.
I.'s . wonder, be ssid, that they don't
show light st the camp.
still think your course is wrong. said
I. A. any rate DO torcblisht 1t the camp
could possibly penetrate this mist. Had
ws not better decide to lie hero until
morninsi
We cart do that, Jack answered, with
kind of ferceness 10 bis tone. Nv vile
would be too snxious. We must mske
the camp.
/ hesrd the oars rattle in the rowlocks
and the splash OF the blsdes 10 the water.
The boat moved forward. J,ck YES row
ing strongly almost sDsrily. II vas
plsin that be wss losing bis temper. It's
bard enough for man TO wslk 10
straight lice with his eyes bllndfoldsd; II
10 much harder TO row . strsisht course
over smooth water 10 the dark. No ineX
psrienced msn can do IT, he fails to resi
izs that bis right arm 10 much stronger
than bis left; even though be msy do this,
be cannot msssurs out equal strength TO
bis arms. l vac reasonably certain that
Jack vas roving in . vide circle When
bis breath came 10 sasps snd bis strokes
we're SLOW snd lsbored, l ssid:
Lat me hsvs . 90 st IL. Jack.
All nsbt, said be, veil chscss. Per
hsps yoa'Il have better luck tbsn I.
Ba careful. ssid |. We're over deep
vsssr here.
He let the osts swing - the side. snd
made ready to steady the bost / heard
him rise The bost rocked little Hc is
. bssvy man and somswhss oostesdy on
bis feet. II vss 80 dark that ] could not
ses him; only then did / know that be
wss on his feet. waiting for me. rose 10
the stern myself, sod With the utmost esu
tion advanced . step, stre,ehiIe out my
hands - / did 90. svsyed to The left.
isirly iurchsd. Have you never, 10 deep
darkness. suddenly felt loss Of pos1 10
keep yoor squiiibriuus Yoa open yoer
eyes TO their sidest Nothing u to be
seen. Yon have 10 longer, II ! msy 90
phrase IL, . sense OF perpsndicoIstity.