New-York tribune., 1903-06-09

f,reakfas over ne beck0ned TO the door
and jerked his thumb toward the Intel THIS
| usual sign had been replaced by a shorter one~
IS Trap. Gone Driving
..If folks" said he .'ha'n't the foresight gee
swept afore Midsummer, I don't hunor en-
That's my rule
''Are-are You really going for drive. sirg'
''To be sure 1 am drive every day IN the
summer. What do you sUppose%
1T won't be a chaise and pair. sir?' haz-
arded. though even this would not have sur
prised me.
Not to-day. Lord knows what may come
to but to-day tits pilchards' -
He took me down to the quay and there. sure
enough stepped board boat lying ready
with two men in her. who Tended or and began
70 hoist sails at Mr.. Trapp took the helnl-
II turned out that he owned share in the yes
sci and worked her from Midsummer 70 Mich
aelrnas with crew of two men and a boy The
men were called Isaac and Morgan q cannot re
member their other names), the one extrernet
old and surIy, the other cheerful, curly haires
and active. and both sparing Of word- va
TO be the boy
as we tackled out of the sound And by ana oy
we came 70 what Isaac called the grounds
from the rest OF the sea- and cast ancher anu
weighted lines differently and caught a rev
whiting while ate our dinner The wtna nad
fallen to a fiat calm. After dinner MT. IrapD
looked up and said 10 Isaac:
Got lfebelt bOard?'
What in thunder do zee want IL for? asked
''That's my business" said Mr.. Trapp-
So Isaac hunted up belt made or pieces OF
cork and then was ordered TO lash one or the
sweeps 80 that il stuck well OutbOard Now.
nv lad said Mr.. Trapp. turning 70 me. you
been very good lad pom the whole, and see
YOU lighting with the tackers down pon the
quay and holding your own But they can
swim. and you can't, and tr's wearing you
spirit So here's chance to larn. cant lsrs
'ee myself. for the fashions come up since
was a youngster. Can you swim. MOrgant
Morgan could not: and old Isaac sad ne
couldn't see the use OF it-if you capsizeds X
only heightened out the trouble
We'll. then. you must larn yoursethr saio
Mr. Trapp to me. I've heard that pigs ana rner<
are the only animals IL don't come 70 ey nature
And that's scandal. however you lock az 81
under nv arrnpits. tied to rope. and slipped
over the side in fear and trembling. 7 s9at
Iovad a pint or two OF salt water ana
they could not see this. though they watched mo
tears OF fright I knew by observation how lega3
and arms should be worked. but made dishearc-:
enins< efforts put IL into practice At length.
utterly ashamed. was hauled oct and consrat-
ulated-at which I stared
''As for the swimrnin. >. said Isaac, j can'S
call to mind that I've seen worse: but for ps1ck
considering the number OF sharks about tni9
season. couldn't ask better OF his age
I had not thought OF sharks-suppossd them.
indeed to inhabit the tropics only. We eauxh
one toward sunset after II had fOuled all our
lines smashing it's head with the unsntppeo
tiIler IL came 10 the surface II tnsAsere0
Ave feet and a little over. and we lasneo ~
alongside the gunwale and carried X Rome "a
triumph next morning (having shot the nets a.
sundown and slept and hauled them up emptyz
at sunrise-the pilchards being scarce as yets'
though a few had been caught on the Eddy =
stone) I don't suppose he would have fnter~
fered Wits my bath. but gave nlSsei1 azrs a.
the strength OF HIM
fra h. continually