The Tomahawk., 1903-10-30

believed in doing as she pleased-and
generally she did it.
At the end Of week she felt that she
had no more power over this great fel-
low than when he had first come into
her ken. She knew that she loved him.
and in some subtle way it was conveyed
to her that he must love her; yet all her
arts were in vain. They had walked the
beach; they had plunged into the surf
together; they had sat on the piazza for
hours. And after each one of these tete-
a-tetes funston found himself alone,
discomforted, uncertain.
Hang it, old chap!" he said to him
self, II wish could keep away from that
girl. I'm gone on her, sure, and the
worst of it is she doesn't care hang for
me; know it, If told her loved her,
she'd guy the life out of me"
One morning, after one Of these In
terviews, when the wind blew fresh
from the southwest, Miss Merlin ap-
preached him on the bathing beach.
Don't you want to go for a sail ?" she
said. '"The boat is at the end of the
wharf now
funston submitted. In few moments
they were sitting in boat.
make fast those halliards," ordered
Miss Merlin, as she grasped the tiller.
"Now cast off,"
The breeze caught the sail, and they
were away.
It was a strange sensation for Tun.
ston. For the first time in his life he felt
thoroughly cowed. This frail cookie
shell that almost with a movement OF
his body he could overturn, was not to
his liking.
81 wouldn't go too far out, he said.
"No, I'm not" smiled Miss Merlin, as
she eased off the sheet. "I'm going to
run along the shore. Sit more in the
middle, please
Running before the wind, the boat
righted itself, and they bowled along
merrily.
''How do you like it," asked Miss
Merlin. "I'N be the captain and you'll
be the first mate"
pretty good" said funston. 'But
suppose ought to be the captain and
you the first mate. don't like to have
anyone else do the work."
In the distance was a steam launch
that had grown nearer and nearer.
Miss Merlin, with her eye upon it. now
suddenly hauled in the main sheet and
brought the boat up into the wind. The
effect was apparent for the wind, which
had been increasing, was now quite
strong
And then something happened-so
suddenly, to funston, that it was all
over before he had chance to move. A
puff came over the water, the boat went
lower and lower and in an instant she
capsized, leaving them both fioundering
in the ocean.
funston dove, and, coming up en- the
other side, put one arm around the cap
tain, while with his other he reached
out and grabbed the centerboard.
In another moment he had worked his
seemed miles away.
.Are you all right?" he said, as they
recovered their breath.
She clung to him desperately.
Don't let me go!" she cried.
Don't be afraid" he replied.
He kept his arm around her, with the
roar of water in his ears, and, conscious
of his superb strength, he felt a sense
of exultation.
Somehow, as he saw her look Into his
eyes, he realized the truth.
II love you," he said. IF we get out
of this all right, will you-will you-?"
eyes," she replied, and clung to him
closer than ever.
And then the steam launch rescued
them.
The next night they sat together on
the piazza. Her head was on his shoul-
der. Her hand was in his. He looked
off into the dark, distant waters.
I'm glad that thing happened be
said. "Why, if it hadn't happened I
might have gone away without know
ing. 1,never should have had the cour-
age to ask you, because, somehow.
while you said nice things to me, ]
thought you were only playing with me.
1t was only when I saw that look in
your eyes that I felt, after all, you might
love me. Dearest little one, what
lucky accident that was!"
She looked up suddenly.
"Peter, DEAR" she replied, "will you
forgive me?"
Forgive you!" he repeated. "For
what?"
She smiled
Didn't you know" she said, "that
wasn't an accident? capsized the boat
on purpose. Town Topics.
Targets Like Men in Battle.
An extensive system Of targets that
fire with blank cartridges upon a firing
line using real cartridges was tested the
other day on the drill grounds in Ber-
lin of the Queen Elizabeth regiment,
Grenadier guards. The targets, which
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