Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-29
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Tasked a young New York bust
ness man of friend about to set or
on his vacation the other day.
whereabouts in Canada are you go
ing? To the Muskoka Lakes? Well,
If it's not too late should like to
sound note Of warning, for rye been
there, my boy. Since that summer
have classified three things as dan
gerous to trifle with in my dictionary
-Muskoka, moonlight and Canadian
girls. I must tell you my experience
SO you can profit by it and be wary.
II was there in August, and late in
the month. The girl who attracted
me had had gay summer and had
all the accomplishments of sum-
mer girl in excellent practice, and
was, of course, as pretty as picture
all Canadian girls are.
There was another fellow there
a COMPOUNDED Toronto bank clerk,
think-and to my sorrow she seemed
to prefer him to me, laughing at my
swimming and padding, and telling
me was at my best in ballroom.
was not perfectly at home in canoe,
but made a pretty good showing, I
thought, beside her precious bank
clerk, and at the rather scarce dances
we did have pretty good time to
gether, she and I.
"And when she let ms take her out
in the moonlight on Lake Rosseau,
with its dark pines against the sky
making the most romantic back
ground, she and in light canoe on
the ripping water, her little brown
head against my Yale cushion-well,
my boy, you'll find out what 1t feels
like before you're many weeks older or
I'm much mistaken. OF course,
made fool of myself-for any mans
q fool who persists as / did with SO
little encouragement, but we did have
pretty nice time, only shewou1d con-
tinue to laugh at me.
''Time went on and had only one
day more to spend at the hotel.
Things were getting serious. She was
offended with me for faux pas had
made the day before, and evidently
meant to give me the cold shoulder
and it was my last day. / decided ON
action as absolutely essential to bring
things to point, and after thinking
1t over very deeply / decided that she
might love me IL she could respect
and admire me more than she did
then. So must compel this emo
ton, and how better, thought, than
by saving her life at the (apparent)
risk of my own.
Nov, am a good swimmer, though
not as fast as the other fellows up
xxyhn
the water, doubtless, which / have
never done. They called me Ferry
boat and 'Molasses' when we all went
swimming together. So determined
to give the lie to their odious epithets
and win my lady's gratitude and ad-
| miration at one fell blow, by getting
| her out in my canoe, upsetting us
both, and doing a grand rescue act.
1.-THE first and most difficult part Of
my plot was getting the girl to come
| out with me at all, but by being very
pathetic about my last day man
aged that much and my courage rose.
sc fWhere shall we go?' I asked,
when had her in neat, white dress
and sunbonnet in the bow OF my
canoe.
"'Let us go to Port s. she re-
piled demurely. I want to get a
film for nay camera. Is that too far?'
Nothing could be too far to me
when you are with me- answered,
mentally determined, however, that
our accident should happen before we
went half the five miles that Law be-
tween our hotel and Port S.
''She smiled little, but her man
ner was still cool, and she allowed the
conversation to, languish as we came
out of the bay and turned westward
up the lake. Here there was quite q
sweep, and the waves and Wild were
dead against US, so that I had to pad
die my hardest to make the boat go
against them. Suddenly she ex-
claimed, Let me help you,' and in
spite of my beseechings insisted on
turning round and padding, too. 1t
did make a difference, and we went
along beautifully after that, as her
1.-the body bent to the even strokes of
her paddle. But I had only her back,
and occasionally her profile, to look
at, SO pushed on in order to get round
the next point where we should turn
south and so get out of the sight of
our hotel and the neighboring islands.
wanted to do up this adventure
brown and have the whole landscape
to ourselves alone, and so make aay
declaration in really favorable sur
roundings.
1--WE went on till we had left tho
point behind us and turned our course
SO that the waves came directly on
our starboard side. The canoe was
dincult to keep straight, and as we
were bcthleaningovero our paddles and
throwing good deal ofweight on our
own sides of the craft it was scarcely
necessary for me to do anything. a
stroke t00 hang as fhs meet aavH was