Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-09-21
A Feud S settled
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friendships woman-brought about a
GOODNESS between them. Nevertheless
they were joint owners in their boats,
nets ana other fishing paraphernalia
and still fished together
One afternoon they were out on the
ocean in small fishing boat. yawL
when black cloud rising against the
wind adinonished them to pull for the
shore. Each had been thinking during
the day that the other was trying to
.supplant him in the affections OF Geor-
gia Conley, and they pulled along in
sullen silence.
what y goin' to do tonighti' asked
Bovine presently OF his companion.
Coin to see Georgia"
you've chosen an unfortunit time.
She and l agreed that | was TO come
round this eyeoin' and take her over Il
Sarah Robbins"
"rve got note from her in my peck
ct appointin' for me TO call this even
in replied Hunter. The tone in which
they spoke had become more acrid
The only other sounds about them
were the oars in the rowloeks and u
light swish Of following waves against
the stern Of the boat. Presently Bow
line again broke silence.
81 tell you what, Jack, it isn't fair tc
Georgia for us two to be pesteTin' hel
at once. II might end in her marTy.n
nobody. She needs te marry, for her
father is gettin' old, and the loss Of the
Pelican took his savin's for whole
lifetime 1t would be better for her II
one of US left the other out here in the
ocean some time. That would settle
her"
Tonight Is as good a time as any"
Reckon since y're SO clipper about
1t you expect I'm the one to be left"
Reckon youll be If you mean what
you say"
IF you expect anything unfair from
me you're mistaken. I'll take no ad-
vantage of you"
Il won't let you. Besides. you're in
the stern with your back to me. ]
could brain you with my oar before
you could say Jack Robinson"
1Vu Noh4AAA db t4at. AbA H4li
mean enough. Besides. you'd likely
come to grief wnen my body was found
with my skull stove ia
"Well, since you've made the PROPOSE
ton, why don't you stand up, turn
about and the one that can knock the
other overheard pulls In and has free
field"
Hunter spoke with such manifest In
ability to conceal his rising choier that
Bowline feared to remain longer as he
was. He rose, and that called Hunter
to his feet The two stood glaring,
each threatening the other with an up
lifted oar; then, moved by a mutual i'm
pulse, they began 10 fence with their
improvised lances. But they had tough;
only a few minutes when the wind
struck them on the quarter. and, had
they not instantly sat down. they
would have been obliged to continue
the struggle, If at all. In the water.
There was enough in the common dan
ger TO induce them to drop their quar-
rel till they could get ashore. SEEKING
their oars, they pulled Justify. drifting
nearly parallel with the beach. The
shore curved toward them, and after
awhile they came near enough to make
an attempt to beach their boat Watch
ing their opportunity, they pulled in on
the crest of a wave, jumped into the
water and succeeded Ia running the
boat up out Of reach of the next wave
There is something uniting in danger
past and there is something destructive
of hot blood in cold water. As soon as
they We're safe and had rested from the
struggle Bowline said:
We've made asses OF ourselves
Jack"
$50 we have"
at would be much more sensible Il
leave Georgia to make her own deci
SION
"of course it would"
Suppose we walk back up the beach
10 her house, go in and submit oul
ease TO her"
a good idea
With one accord they started to wall
three miles TO the cottage where tbs
bone of contention lived.
I'm treating You fair, Jack said
Bowline Il tell you as a friend you
amt got a ghost of chance, She had
her picture taken the other day. ant
this morning she gave me one"
He opened his poeketbook and tool
out photograph.
Hunter produced its duplicate.
"H'mw said Bowline. That's singu
larF'
1t was growing dark when they start
ed. and il was soon dark as pitch.
They marched on in silence TIL the!
came upon q cottage nesting from tn
wind and the waves behind a dune
Had they not been familiar with thu
locality they would not have seen tGei
way 10 it. Suddenly it was reveale,
to them as distinctly as at midday b.
a vivid flash of lightning
There was another revelatlon-on
that neither had looked fora reveal
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