The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-18
A Twentieth Century Girl

when began to feel like taking little
lean on my oars, and I did.
Tired?' the girl asked me-but even
then didn't see the twinkle in her eye
Me tired? Why, the idee!' said 1.
and was going to pick up the oars
again to show her that there was no
such thing as such a Sandow as
becoming tired, when she said to me:
Do you know, think I should like
to try to row this boat
Il told her to try to forget any such
idea as that-that we'd probably be in
forty feet of water and trying to get a
clutch on an overturned shell in a little
less than no time.
Perhaps not-who knows?' said the
girl then, and it was about then that I
thought l fancied that there might be
something doing in the surprise line in
connection with that girl. Let me try,
anyway, won't your
Wen, that put it up to me, of course.
ana began to explain to her how to
change places with me, previously tell
ing her, however, that it was a good
thing she knew how to swim. for. |
SAID, thought l saw an impromptu
SWIM In store for her. l was still tell
ing her how to change places in the
shell when she motioned me to cease
ana before L knew it she had taken
my seat and was sitting in hers. and
1T was all done SO neatly and expertIy
that l could only look at her with open
mouth-she had switched places with
me like an old oarsman. | was pretty
nearly next by that time
Il was altogether next when the girl
rolled her sleeves up to the shoulder
showing her magniicently developed
sun-browned arms. Then she smiled in
vague sort of way at me, picked up
the SplasherS-and then l tumbled
oh, she had the Courtney champion
ship stroke, that's all. She pulled the
shell and herself and me through the
water at clip that hadn't thought of
setting when 1 had the oars, and then
l felt like a toy balloon that has foated
into field of cactus. She overlook a
Dig chap who was pulling a single at
long, even and speedy clip, and she
promptly hooked up with him and gave
him all the work he needed or wanted
for mile or so. I didn't interrupt her
to ask questions-she was too busy en-
joying herself-until she had pulled the
shell back to the landing.
Ask me some more questions about
rowing. please, l said to her. feeling
like rusty tin-tag. L like to tell you
all about it, you know.
She only smiled and showed her
white teeth. and made sort of face
at me, and then she said:
We'll, | like to hear new views
about things in which l am interested
rowing. for instance-and you don't
mind expressing them to me If l like
to hear them, do you? BY the way,
here is a prize that l won during my
last year at school for winning over
all OF the girls in the singles, and she
showed me a beautiful little watch, set
with diamonds and emeralds, pinned to
her waist. The next afternoon we went
rowing again, but she was then in her
own shell. which had arrived by ex-
press, and in her regular racing toys,
and l guess maybe she didn't look a
picture in them, either.
Il came pretty near finding just how
much the rest of the girls that l met
at Lake George last summer knew
about such things as rowing and the
like before 1 made a zap of myself
again" -Washington Star.