The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER AAlIl.
The Dozen spent a busy day while
bidding goodbye to their many kind
friends in the beautiful little city of
Keokuk, and in packing their canoes
on freight cars as delicately as if they
We're egg shells instead of the strong
ships that had taken them through so
long a voyage in such new scenes.
They collected their share of the gate
receipts, a very handsome sum-
Treasurer Boobies bought tickets for
the whole Dozen, with a sleeping car
berth for each. They all dined and
breakfasted in state in the dining car,
and the next morning at about 10
| o'clock they found that the scenery
was beginning to grow familiar
The train rushed past many a spot
| where they had fought a sham battle
| or had made some exploration, or
found some adventure. Finally, the
train rolled into the outskirts of the
old town itself.
HTherell be a brass band to meet
us, 1 am sure" said Jumbo.
Then they all sat up and looked
their proudest and began to think up
pretty things to say. The train pulled
into the station and they stuck their
heads out of the window to see the big
crowd, and waited to hear the cheers.
There was no one in sight. Not a
father, mother. sister brother or
friend. If it had not been for the sta
ton master the town would have
looked like a deserted village.
The Lakerimmers stepped off the
train in a dead silence, wondering
what could have been the matter
They decided that the telegram could
not have been sent.
"B. US words were so big that they
probably broke the wire somewhere, -
said Sawed-off.
But the station master soon ex-
planned:
what are you coming in here or
the train for?" he exclaimed. 'The
| whole town is down on the shore OF
| the lake expecting you to come home
as you went away, by canoe"
That cleared all the mystery.
The Lakerimmers went at the dou-
BILE quick through the quiet streets
down to the lake front. There on the
rim of the lake stood most of the
townspeople, turning their backs upon
the guests of honor and gazing across
the water, some with telescopes, some
with opera glasses, some with field
glasses and one or two with micro
scopes.
They were soon brought to their
senses, however, for the Lakerimmers
gathered together and at Tugs signal,
AOOSS
upon the air the old club yell:
Trah
ri
Lay-krim, Lay-krim, no
Layl6rim, Hoo-( ray
ROW
| roo
The Dozen made noise enough to
wake the seven sleepers. The crowd
whirled round upon its heels, and
rushed with open arms at its long lost
faVorites. r. Us. father and mother
nearly ate him raw. they were so glad
to have him back again. When they
all Gained down enough, B. Us father
insisted upon paying the reward he
had offered for his son into the treas
ury of the Iakerim Athletic Club, for
he said that without the good work of
the club he might never have seen his
boy again.
"Oh, I'd have come back as soon as
I got rich" said B. ].
And everybody was too polite to
say how long a time they thought
that would have been.
That night there was another Water
Carnival, but this time upon the lake.
1t was no struggle for athletic honors,
but festival of peace. The old war
canoe was brought out and made lit
tie cruises in the moonlight with gay
parties of girls and friends, to whom
the Dozen were as great heroes as the
Argonauts.
And so far 1 as know. they were.
For each of them had done the best
he could, and that is about all there is
to being a here.
The End.