Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-26
LU B B FER A s '
 By Grace H. BoufeHe
Copyright, 1909, by T. c. Mcclure

REPRESENTATIVES.
 Ever since they had come to Perkins rille De Peyster and his mother had failed to adjust their respective stand points to mutual harmony.
 To begin with, 1t was spring. With the delicious odor of resinous smoke from the boughs that had banked the house assailing ones nostrils, who could resist joining the dancing sii- houettes that circled the bonfire and daring one's fate by leaping across it in swaggering competition as the flames died down?
 But she drew lurid pictures of his certain fate if he should repeat the of fense. Blind defiance rose insurgent within him-he would go, And then all of sudden he remembered what his father said and hung his head to think how those grave, kind eyes of lis would look at him now
 Take good care of mamma he had said at the last. You must be her big brother and never let her worry about you. she's so little and delicate" And then he had whispered over two or three times, My pretty little wife-my dear little girl"'
 And De Peyster had tried with all his might to remember But often it did seem as if it would have been little easier if she could have under stood that one was disgraced if one did not keep neck and neck with the other fellows" in every prank they played.
 There was long and weary period of dooryard discipline after this cpl sode. There were a good many times when De Peyster had to clinch his fists as tight as he could and remem- Der his father very hard
 By and by June came, quivering with gold green sunlight. perfumed with a universal blossoming and pungent with the joy of living. At this time every true boy thrills with the half realized rapture of 1t all and finds the fullest expression of his ecstasy in going swimming.
 Every bright morning in some part of the town t.:-:e w..j sure to be a group of boys toc.rS line. their nocks bchbins eagerly forward and their tod i-s - ag,.c.catcgy j1Iiss ari tf;-i oh 5 e: .he~ :" It . f! ..c vor- When the leader said Cor they dart ed forth. and there was a kaleidoscop- ic and dissolying view of legs racing madly down a side street that led to the river. Then collars came off, coats
 followed, as they ran with undimin- ished speed, the fellow who was far thest ahead sometimes slowing up with magnificent daring to get of his shoes and stockings while the others were still hampered by shirts and trousers, and by the time they tumbled in head long competition over the bank the nimblest carried their entire. wardrobe on their arms and flashed whitely into the water while the laggers fumbled at their shoe lacings. The unfortunate who popped into the river flushed and panting, after all the rest were in was greeted with taunting cries of: Tub Der last! Lubber lastv
 De Peyster had never been told not to go in swimming. It had not occur red to his mother as among the list of his possible perils. as she was in bliss full ignorance of the fact that "the oth- CT fellows" did it.
 So it was with the thrilling exult- ance of the Greek runner that he set his toe on the line with the rest and hurled himself forward, head up and elbows in.
 The first few rods it felt like flying. His feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground. Then pair of legs flashed by him, and another and another. He gathered his strength and shot for ward again, but another pair of legs went by, and another and another.
 They were tearing off their coats; they were stripping off their shirts. He felt at his collar. wrenched it off and flung it away. to have both hands free for his coat and shirt. They were almost at the bank now. He could see Micky Daly's white skin dazzle in the sun as he took a splendid dive ahead or the rest. His own feet were grow ing heavy, and there was mist be- ! fore his eyes. The knot in his shoe 1 lacing would not come united A sav- age rage filled him. If he could have | cut of his foot to rid himself of the I shoe. he would scarcely | have hesitated. You were ruled out if | you went into the water with anything | left on. As he struggled and per spired and agonized the two or three whom he had distanced leaped past i him. and as he shook the shoe off at | last and made his dive he heard the | air ringing with, ''Lubber lasti Lub- | Der lakr' and slowly realized that 1t was meant for him.
 He tried manfully two or three other lays. but 1t was always the same way. His muscles were fiabby from the door yard discipline. and he could not pick lp in a few weeks what the others had required through joyous years of sum- ner vagabondage.
 He took 1t quietly and good natured- y, but it went deep.
 His mother found out the custom 'hortly and forbade him to go near the water.
 As for De Peyster himself. the numb fellers all said he had lots of sand and could do as well as the next feller If he A h.I oko I