The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-02-03
GlR COURAGE
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IIOrlginaLl
 "I ht spent vacation at the
 seashok the senior Co the junior.
 sI supb sat on the beach with
 rrl rlthe music ot the waves."
 .Nuihc waves. rot! heard
 that "a rather have heard a
 Gcamk screech in my ear"
 "HoIthatr
 CT fhere was a girl n it
 sneak girls do you know they
 pcycrlhc sense to be frightened
 at tbJr time. At least. that was
 the vh the girl In this case. You
 knovlways been stuck on ocean
 canofh.s year took my canoe
 oN e coast of Maine. It's risky,
 I t,lII knew lt and took an the
 clrch | never went out except
 In uiof weather and always took
 erJaud a barometer. I reached
 N I and padded outside every
 Jerkas 0nc and the sea was not
 t,,l so that by the last days Of
 Arlad my hand well In. ! would
 o.tay. SD to speak. watching the
 srlhe water. with an occasional
 l..my instruments The people
 auht was foolhardy. but what's
 uki,bout a spice of dangerl
 Afternoon when the sea was
 csly smooth and the sky serene
 lI farther than usual There's
 o bar feeling In being far from
 tI canoe. bcayed up and down
 .IVaygs g1ll under you, nothing
 fly above you and water an
 Tl,gc's such a gh0stly loneh-
 o4 .,. such belplessness. All a
 eau d0 ls to dcX,erously avoid
 Ice ui tuc waves with bis paddle,
 ban might keep batting a tigers
 htl a sgNL SO as to prevent its tau- l.m EECeiius In the canoe.
 aWuys ou uu level with the water. lc ume p0iscd on a crest, at anoth- lr down iu Che trough lts a sin. uar sensation. different from any oth- rI have ever experienced
 "SuJdsuly -lluc.ns at my barometer. q saw |, WAS s.uSIug. ! swept the hOr. .zou with my eye and landward saw a black cloud rising. ln an Instant l got one l.s s,rr -lt forward aud made for ssor, with su nay strength
 ~I was sun mile away from the hlrbo-'s mouth when ! saw ahead of u Ca. flashes of a double bladcd pad dl.. Then ! rcmymbercd that a lot Of college girls had come Co \. the day before who l1d been cauociug To the Interior. and my blood ruu cold as it occurred t1 ar that some one of them bad been crazy enough Co come out on Co Che ocean. [ have plenty of muscle and Was putting iu my best work. 80 tlrt gained o1 Che canoe ahead and solu saw g,ll Iu a Tam O'Shanter and b.ue sweater kncc,ug and pad ding t.- tbr shore "Au .f sudden there came a white space under tlc rising cloud. and the whll. heaven seemed Co shoot toward Che z.uJl Tbgr, was a tcrrlhe pun of wind. and tor thirty seconds had an | could do Co Ltcp my boat adoat Then caue iUl. aud looked for the canoe ah.ad. expecting Co see lt bottom up ID ur surprise aud relief, there vrs ta. --l Hat,lus with the water. She was rrutte close Co me. for she had been i..Uu outward while bad part l.fT uy own. heii,i Der, direct iu. aar tl slow up and ] would run alor-,.ts WlHu d.d so l found her as cD.. as % cucumber. Whether she r.JI.a.J tuJt she and l both were almost certain t1 he blown out to sea I C.d u.t know At any rate. I ad- mired her pluck. "'You must egt Into my canoe said.
 ".And leave mlnr? No, thank you "'Thcn | can't help you
 "'Wlo asked C1r hclpF she said "I then pulled up 'u front of hcf, and as my gurr,er -uzrd Der bow l grab bod both rails w,jh my hands and rolled over into her canoe. "Pcrbaps at tbIs point you're look iur for some fnc JalS We'll here h is; Tit down in Che bottom,' said Tie down yourself. It was a case Of life OF death. Lie down or Il brain you with this oar' She saw that the time had come to quit t0oling and lay down. IpadJlcd away against the wind, mak. iue u.Ue hcllwgy, expecting every wave as 10 came on to twist the canoe around and roll us over. Thanks Co Ions practice. ! evaded them, but it was discouragIng. after safely riding one. to see bigger one right upon me. The fool girl kept poking up her head. and every time ! rode a wave she'd e1- claim Bravo, Isn't it dneg as though I were performing In a circus.
 "wcl. we got Into the harbor at last I -an Che canoe ashore. and we both stepped ou dry land
 -'Whgt did you mean by going out thereT I asked a sudden anger coming over me after Che terrible ordeal as though she was Co blame for the whole afair.
 "Tm sorry | forgot to ask your per mission she snapped.
 tttDorff vou know that we have eS