The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

surface when two men and two girls in
small rowboat put of from shore about half
past o'clock in the evening The men were
LAND lubbers'' OF the rankest type. One
didn't know a boats painter" from her
''gunneIl" and the other knew even less.
LET me take the oars" said one Of the
young women, and she headed the small
craft straight out in the lake.
1T think we'd better put in" said the other
girl at the end OF half hours rowing. and
the men were decidedly OF that opinion. To
these 1andsmen there was every indication
OF a storm.
''You know 1 promised your mother we
would keep close to Shore" declared one of
the men stoutly.
The moon became hidden and the sky hung
dull and heavy over the black-lOoking wa
tiers. The wind had sprung up and the boat
was headed against 1t. The lights OF Eawter
Park Hotel looked like tiny candle flames
The wind increased in force and the women
were enjoying II with reckless glee. Inc
girl In the front end OF the boat declined to
give up the oars. The wind was playing
havoc with her rich brown hair, but she
didn't seem to mind. She would row couple
OF strokes and then drop the oars and fix her
hair. To the men this was maddening.
Its wonder you wouldn't be polite
enough to relieve Miss b of the oars"
declared one.
The other would have been only too glad
to take the oars had the .t 1pp1Srr rdnr The
sky became darker and the dull gray CLOUDS
hung lower. The waves broke against the
side OF the boat and now and then halI
bucketfull of water splashed over the gun
vale. Soon the whitecaps appeared. but the
girIin the end OF the boat continued TO stop
and fix her hair. The men gripped the gun
vale and, with stratning eyes, tried 10 get
a glimpse of shore in the darkness. A long,
slender object with a single dull. red eye and
putting and snorting and stirring up ire
mendous commotion, cut through the water
in front of them. 1: was a gasoline launch
making for the shore.
You people had better get in" sang out
the man who was steering the launch, and
the men I'm the skif agreed with him. Later,
when The little boat raked the gravel as IL
touched shore the sound was like music TO
the ears of two badly scared men. The peo-
told about il and one or the young women
said IL was too ridiculous.
Ii takes a pretty hard storm on Wawasee
to deter the average cottager from sailing
on the lake. The most of the men who spend
their summers here are regular salts"
Some of them have been coming here for
years and they can manage sail like vet
eran seamen. The other afternoon group OF
men In front OF the hotel was watching a
little craft in the middle Of the lake. The
wind was high and the boat was battling
with the waves. woman sat in one end
helping the young fellow manage the craft
II wouldn't go out this afternoon even
with Harry Petit" remarked one of the
men. II think that Is rather dangerous out
there
This reference to the United States mar
shall was construed by the others to be a
compliment to Mr.. Pettits ability as SAIL
or, and 1t was SO meant The Syipn, Mr..
Pettit's pretty little sailboat, which is an
chored in four feet of water in front Of his
cottage on days when there is dead. calm,
Is one Of the wonders OF the lake.
XXX
These are delightful days at Wawasee.
The oldtimers here insist that the water is
at least a foot higher this year than usual
1t is sort of or time for fishing, al
though there is an occasional "catch." The
days seem TO be made for this sort OF living.
for the weather is just warm enough to
make one sufficiently lazy and the nights are
ideal. When the moons silvered rays fall
across wawasee the Vawter Park cottagers
ask nothing better than just to sit and
drink in the night Even the glazed floor OF
the Inn ballroom across the lake does not
attract them when the moon Is at her best.
"I think I've had that odor before" re-
marked a traveller riding from Milford rail-
way station across to the lake.
Yes said the driver, that's mint and
we get it up here in fine quality
'Tis said of the Kosciusko county mint
that no better grows and the juleps that re-
suit from its growth attest its quality. The
king of the julep-makers on this side OF the
lake is Sherman King, the Wabash county
statesman. The Kings have one of the pref
test cottages in the Wabash row and Mr..
Kings porch is always well patronized.
The lisping three-year-old at mothers knee
has been known to cry for one of Mr.. King S
juleps. A story Is told o. one youngster who,
after season at the lake was sent to SUM-
dav
went back to town. On her return one of the
family asked her what they sang. Make
mint julips." she replied, innocently enough.
and il was some time before 1t dawned on
her mother that she had tried to say they
sang Precious Jewels" The story is told
at Wawasee to illustrate just how strongly
MIR. Kings juleps are liable to impress one.
Then there are other diversions at Wa
wasee. One doesn't have to lie i'm hammock
or row or fish, for want Of something better
to do. A trip around the lake, a distance of
something like forty-five miles, is attractive.
.'Pickwick is one of the places where the
boat TOUCHES Attorney Gsnera Miller ToIs Is
of him. 1t is here that the Elkhart and
Goshen colonies are situated.
II vawter Park man wants to entertain
q guest properly he probably will say to
him the day after his arrival, Have you
been to Bobby's?" Naturally the guest has
not and the host volunteers to show him
Bobby To see Bobby" one must go
across the lake to Ebert's Point. Bobby"
Is the proprietor of the saloon and restau-
rant at this place. Bobby Is short and
thick-set and has a round face that Is full
OF good nature. Affability is his speciality.
Leaning with easy grace against the outside
Of his bar, Bobby" descants various
things In an effort to entertain the gentle
men who call on him. He is dignified. too.
for he never says gents" Ii Is always
"Gentlemen. have something with me-"
home to his family evenings after a trip
around the lake. he Is the object of sus-
picion- IL he is delayed until after O. clock
the prediction Is usually made by the fam
lily that he's at "Bobby's." The name of
beer point" Is often applied to this particu-
lar locality, and at the other end OF the lake
from 'Bobbys' Is "buttermilk point" The
boats touch at both places.
One of the trimmest crafts Of the lake Is
the little steamer American Girl. whose
whistle is familiar to all the housekeepers
on shore. The American Girl wears her
. work clothes liz the morning and in the aft
ernoon puts on more dainty garb. Morn
ings she is used by a grocer to supply the
cottagers with edibles. and in the afternoons
the boat Is converted into a fast sailing little
excursion steamer. Early each morning the
American Girl starts her rounds putting
IN at each dock with a regular grocery and
produce store on board. Her whistle can be
heard across the lake and when she puts in
at dock she is usually greeted by woman