Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-10-09
Dangers OF The Deep.

When Norris heard that the freedom
of the camp life was to be disturbed by
the advent of girls, like the right good
captain of the Pinafore, he was guilty
of big big D.
Holbrook and Seaton looked sheep
ish. They and Morris were a trio of
Yale seniors, who had slipped away
| from New Haven in the interlude be-
tween the closing of the exams and
commandments for one last jollifica-
ton at Seatons ummer home on the
Sound, before they went their several
ways. To him and Holbrook the plan
had seemed rather nice one
'Oh come Bill said Holbrook. "They
are awfully jolly girls, 1t won't be so
bad.
sOh of course not returned Morris
scornfully. j know how it will be.
VI ell have to wear collars and shave
ana do the ''sassiety act. Ehey'll think
it's too cold to go in swimming, and
they won't know how anyway, and
Trey will expect to be taught. They'll
insist on going sailing and they'll
scratch all the paint off the deck with
their high heel shoes and will scream
and get seassiek if it's rough. And the
chaperone will corner me and bore me
stiff asking me about my studies and
whether I'm any relation to somebody
or other of the same name who grad
uated in s67.~No thank you. None.of it
in mine.
We'll you needn't see them unless
you want" remarked Seaton, soothing
". They'll beyt1p at the big house and
| IT, won't bother you down here at the
lodge. You may as well be decent about
it. They are only going to stay two
OF three days anyway
'Humph! Well they butt in like this
they will have to take me as 1 am.
"Spose you fellows will dress up in
glad rags. I'm going fishing.
| Accordingly when Holbrook and Sea-
ton shaven and shorn, in immaculate
lneglige shirts, collars and white ducks
came down to the pier to help The girls
land their youthful chaperone ashore
Billy was discovered in a ragged fan
mel shirt, open at the throat, pair of
fold golf trousers and rubber boots and
a three days growth of beard, engross.
ed in manipulating long fish pole off
the neighboring rocks Holbrook and
.seaton marched up to the house carry
i ing dress suit cases and Morris saw
them no more that night.
He cooked his solitary supper, smok-
ny. With feeling of righteousness he
4 smoked his pipe and turned in ear
ly With feeling of righteousness he
awoke at six in the sweet, cool June
morning, and getting into his bathing
| suit he proceeded down to the dock 20
take his usual morning plunge. Hol-
brook and Seaton were still sleeping
the sleep of the just and the midnight
rollickers.
The tide was high, the air filled with
the sweetness of the honeysuckle and
musical with the call of birds. A girl
in red bathing suit at the end of
the dock in the early sunlight
| Morris was in time to see her throw
her bare arms above her head, spring
lightly upward and descend in a
straight limbed dive into the ripping
water.
Great Scott he said to himself,
| that was a corking dive alright"
| He waited until she appeared on the
surface, swimming on her side, ana
then with run and a leap was aftel
her. She glanced back as she heard the
splash and smiled as he came up
blinking. Good morning she called.
Better not go too far to the east,
he said, the tide is running pretty
swift.
Thanks" she said and swept away
with long even strokes in the opposite
direction.
Morris caught up with her. Waters
pretty cold this morning he remarked
affably
Gold as your welcome yesterday
[she said showing her white teeth. "But
/ like it. It's exhilerating.
She turned over on her back and
foated contentedly Morris was some
what abashed at the slight ambiguity
of her remarks.
Presently she swan toward the dock
and Morris saw her climb the slippery
stairs and run lightly to the bath house
Twenty minutes later he found his
companion of the waves sitting on the
dock drying her hair in the SUM-,
Morris stln wore the disreputabIe
trousers, but his sweater was passably
clean, and he wore golf stockings and
Yachting shoes. 1t was noticeable that
he had just had remarkably clean
shave He was meaning to take little