The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-06

An gals in white. with white shoes on.
luesin red an yaller sofa pliers TO
that yacht out there. an a-goln' a.
sailin' up an down the sound. an Out
10 sea sometimes.
Pretty soon there cot to be talk o
one gal in particular what Jean was
settin' to. an how there was 20 be a
gran weddin' al the New York house.
an a bigger party afterward in this
here house down here. an the weddin-
tower after that. a-sailin' To foreign
parts in that yacht you see them Scan
dinavisn sailors a-climbin' all over. an
back as'in The talk ran high. an 1t
seemed for all the world as II things
was TO come out as they said they
would. But you never kin tell; no. you
never kin tell Man proposes. as the
ssyin' is. an the good Lord disposes;
an the good Lord had made up his
mind. II seemed. that this was 10 be
sort q diff'rent-like from what they
supposed 1t would be.
'Leastways. along about the last o.
May there come q spell o weather.
terrible foggy weather. There want
a night O. that month that the fog
horns didn't blow themselves hOarse--
blow an blow an blow till we was
most deaf with the sound o. them
We'll. one fine day. when the sun
come out to take a peep at things to
see how they was goin' on. the girls
In white. with their little white shoes
shinin'. brought out their red an yal-
lar sofa-pillers. an set sail in that
yacht. with flags a-fyin' an music 60
in an them Scandinavian sailors-im-
ported Gaze the old man had more
money than he knew how to spend.
an was bent on dom something extra
expensive an no earthly use-climbin'
the riggin' hand over hand. like blue
coated cats"
And" encouraged. as he put in
silent and useless moment surveying
the moveless line with a melancholy
eye.
The sun didn't stay out long" he
commenced again. 1T went back sud-
den-like. an the storm that come up
we hadn't had sech a storm as that on
the sound in many a year. The fog
horns BLOWN like mad from light
house to lighthouse. a-callin' to peo-
ple as IL they'd been human creatures
in distress. to keep in their houses an
stay OF the rocks.
Its a good yacht. that yacht. an
the sailors they done what they could.
Eut they was Scandinavian sailors. an
they want proof agin the gale that
bowed an howled an whistled as II
pack o. demons had been let loose.
bent on destroyin' people She struc'.
On the rocks"
What them" I cried breathlessly,
regardless OF the fish.
why, then out come this here COM
mon herd o. people about here, =
s,Jcum at their head-people old man
smythe's servants had had orders 10
keep offen his grass-an' they fit the
elements tooth an nail. same's They've
been used TO fightin' EN- from tbs
time they was children on up. The,
saved the lives o. every millionaire ir
that yacht. Not soul was lost; no
even a sailor"
He raised his head with jerk. ant
for a period OF time studied the cat
boats.
.Tha; night" he continued. then
was the night when Beth Slocum':
trainin' come in handy. An who
knows but II was what she'd been train
in for all her life unbeknownst2 WhS
Enows?"
Yes urged
We'll. that was the gal what swun
out to the yacht. an saved the life @
cid man Smythe's son. Jean Tha
very same cal. Him a college athlete
what had had fortune spent on him
saved by a gal o. the wind an the rair
an the cold. stormy weather. wha'
hadn't had nothing spent on her u
speak OF TO make her a fine. stronf
gal-noshing more'n Is spent on thu
birds o. the air an the beasts o thu
field an the grass an the flowers. sun
shine an soft winds an evenin' mist
an rain
"And them"
.You see that yacht out yonder
with the sailors climbin' over II
did: and n radiant thing II was b,
row. the sails IL the slant Of the SET
ting sun turned 10 cloth OF gold.
We'll. they're riggin that yacht on
for the weddin-tower TO foreign parts
But there's 70 be a different bride
.who?" | asked. breathless again
"Tain't no whitc-shoed bride thi
time. with lace trimmin's or nothin;
o. that sort. not 10 say but she'll hav'
al the fivin's in her own good tine
It's Beth that's TO be the bride. ,
slocums gal. Beth. Huh ?"
This time had opened my mouth 4
ask a question Fish or no fish. II ha'
10 be asked.
Andrews. | qneried. what becam
Of the other girI?"
Andrews. deliberately drawing hi
line out OF the water. rolled 1t aroun'
the pole.
There amt no use tryin' TO nsn.
he rrnmblea. with wimen round.
cughter knowed that. What becom
o. the other gal, Well. IL seems sh
want never in love with Jean Smyths
she loved some other man. So whel
Beth saved Jeans life. an he. comm
80 ho I'll