The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-09
A CANOEING
EPISODE
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A SN"iiS r't' a. - l
pOintcd boat, with rowlocks Oh OUT d
riggers, had been caught i'll some rush q
es where the current was strong had
lost control of the bont and was on
tho noirt If haiur rupsized 4 Young
80, +, .o,o, was noddIf,,., swiftly
tr1,.,rd Won II, c,,rnt her boat nv .
-. ,.,..,.i,.,,+,.d II fran, +he rushas
,,t,,,,,, 49,, 49,. ,or p,o,r tha water hand
p p, ~ :, " a,d ha,,d tha hoot,tiu she
80 ~ ,.,+, 60, e., ro,ition
~ -. ,,, Dn,,tt g,t austered
,r,,,,,,,. A., to.t am, o+ nrcen
~ ,,,,t,.,,,ti,,, did NOT anvil The
IT,, 40, ,,,,,,oroIizad and nvery move
e. .l,,trl 80 anstro, her aout.
60, M, ~, ,,,.,,, ottamuted
80 t,,,t,.,,ot nor hnt loct his patience.
ao,iad w.. st,,,id ono,ogized and end
.,,,.,.,o, H., ,,,t, bi, oonoe Then
80, ha,. Rot hohird no noddled ND
-,
~ ~, -t,,, +o,,, o,,gn ha asked
.Trr, ,,rhnrg tho Iaka hag,ns We
ho,,,, . ,i+tIo summon cottope there"
-, t,,o+,.l,o. b,d iust heeu grad.
1000 fno,,, ono If tho oldest colleges
T., +ho oo,,ptrv He hod been CAPTAIN
- +ha ,ntyors,tv honfinq team and had
hoo,, ,nadinu scholar In other |
words no was nm "aIl round" good |
man Nothing seemed more physical |
Iv and intellectually helpless than this
Young girl who did not look to be |
mora than seventeen-she wore a skirt |
IN her ankles-who had no skill to sit
in narrow boat and hadn't sense
enouph TO keep out of one. AS he pad
died ON he felt it his duty to say some
thing to her and, being full Of college
life, began to chat about it, She lis
tened to him attentively while he tod
her of college athletics, college
FRANKS and~college gatherings OF girls
and students-indeed, just such mat
ters ms would interest a schoolgirl.
She made so little response to all this
that Fletcher at last relapsed into 81
Ience "Shes better fitted" he re-
, marked to himself, for kindergarten
than n companion for grown man."
But silence was not entertaining, and
: Fletcher. thinking that his CONVERSE
! ton might not have been simple
enouvh for her. started III again, this
time gauging his chat for girl of
fourteen.
nctr,s difpar ss 10 their amusements,"
p no said az baye known girl of six
= +oon who was companion for u
| grown man. and have known a girl of
e Fonrtoen who hadn't yet given up her
, dou No vou-I mean. rather, did you
+,,,o ,,,ch interest in dolls?"
- "Tve qot them all now" she replied
+ az think there are six of them"
"u,pr VOL some girls don't like tC
It mart with their dolls"
It Tho girl looked over the water to
II ,vo,d cottope they were nearing anC
II a,Il 4,,o+ sbo thouqht she would rath
. ,,,11 homo herself than be inglori
- o,,si,, o,rried home So Fletcher pu
" bor into her hoat started her, and b,
h this time. having collected her facul
y it, che d,d fairly well. He watche,
Is TO- Ell she reoched the landing, the
III r,,r,od on IN a simmer hotel short dis
d. +once hevond where he proposed t
", y, ,,1o,,d tbe uight
=, 70 forrd tha guests dining on tn
" - tho lining room having bee
~ a,onrod Por a hon that was to be hel
tie 49, ,T,o,,,ro stumbling on some pee
L. s .h w tnow thew persuaded him I
s. ta,,o nort IN the festivities, though h
$ '"A' N, ~ A. ca 4, conoeIng 20
-, - uTb,r tho music struck ND fl
~ TUNE, no, ~ natiood n GIRL con
nj the nlS' u"'l.1 o,dor,r man grac
of AZ y" 'no ~., +ho ,yoxnn floor with
he tu'i5 '"',p a,.,,+s ord II suddenI
by tr"i" y, w. ht,a +bot she was II
id. uhWne" upon I'M pa,sI,, hin, 81
~ - bi,,,. cordial smile in whiC
e. gave MN Coiula. a4tino ~ omrs
~ there was hi'ileieu SN'.'I w. T,otobor III
he nleL'' II "u' ,,,,.talnr no 70 the cir,
Mt ne h'u pe'i - ,,, bod Ipo
mt age lila' tiie Si'oi go, ~, tnd no,
he was lor po"''i'e 80 ,,.,s,s 10 r,sb,
in making d guy y. fs~ inRor,ootion
he to one OF MS irlen''' i0i i,,c,,,I,,
III IhaI girl sun VIZ p c
or, rs MISS Eu'tn 80" - n
If has just oeen etuu."s gr Co., tho cont
ley Iese' '"Nihe 40 ,,r,,os during +
er- year ana most Oh ,i'e I pl ~ ~ oons,der
rus rest OF the COURSES. ,,, Sno &c INV WON
ted " nav Wv -, c,nodro+od ot = collie
ac- who has been eruuGaleu II" Gill ~
It's since 1t was orgalli|e't. 'n"'- +
LAD sent you to herr
.,n present me: n"'ne' '"A'
az and drown me- .,.,u ~ +b
Miss hawthorne was i'o%t -
49, and though Sne cOulu hot hS"A