Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-07-08

about a beat she says, q ict. III just
wait for Nudge
"'Rut yop1l drown I uraca her,
Your clothes 'ull get watcrloggcd and
then down you go
IF | amt drowned now she re.
marks, squirting UP at me thought
full. 1T isn't the fault Of Nudge, who |
never heard me calling because he was
SO drunk
Its Gods mercy we found yOu,' |
says, and calls some more for the mate
to get away a boat. But she was ter
rible strong-minded. and says. I won't |
get into any boat. I'll stay right here
in this ridiculous position till Nudge
comes back and apologies on his
Bonded knees
Ibid he throw You over?' | in
quires. polite. She was very indig-
nant and cam, though she wigglcd her
legs in the water till | was afraid she'd
loosen the gear of her skirts and sink
just as | had to start the propeller to
got the Tornado up near her again.
Stop kicking, ma'am, hollers /. '.JusI
rest easy till I get you into the boat.
1t was going for her then.
But she wouldn't have any of Il.
I'm going to make n stand right here,
She asserts, even if my feet are
dangling in cold water. TIL either be
picked mp by my lawful husband or
I'll drown Nothing could bulge her.
! 'oIa 'hr ma'e 10 PlcN "'f mp any
how. but she pulled a hat-pin out of
hor clotheS ana ne SaId he Thought she
would ne All rILht Yes you Just 20
rlSh' along says she S"IhHIhS around
III an 'o"J tlII her pac" N'5 10 me, go
iI@h' along, ana III "a' Tor MldI',
men she paHaI'H "fpdh" '|I nrr race
was 10 W a'a!h, ana sa'u. 'rN'llS" my
hacE, hut ! can hrIp u sometimes.
IN" swan may not r." back Tor
hours Eel, | SAID az last. You might
SINK IN spite OF your skirts. Excuse
m" II ! Just rang around. V" no pas
Srh"rrs TINS trlp 4 IA enjoy it.
1T sort Of comioried her even II sh"
was 50 str"n"-minded, and she settled
down in her clothes as ii she was ready
TO nav" . visit. II doesn't seem hard
~ respectable, does it? She remarks,
"h"h IN" mate mad taken the boat in,
but if You don't mind just staying
on Iprr s'eamer II keep that pro-
p"ller away from my LEGS itll be com
pany Tor me. 1t was sort of IOncsom"
ONT here alone,
Twizlln lit his pipe. which had gone
out in the vrhcmencr Of his recital.
ana looked critically "a me. "Tu
think of that woman all wet string
ing hcr legs toward bottom in a bundle
of clothes and willing to stay with tn,
proposition till she got even with her
husband-that's s,rcn'th of mind iu.
YOU. So | gave the wheel to the mate
and went down on the lower dcck wiz
the engineer. and | introduced him II
Mrs. Nudge. ami We sat on the raj.
quit" company for her. We talked by
Slr"aEs, th" Tornado drifting away
now and again, ana having 70 b'
fetched back. ON III" engineers adj
vice. | offered her ? line. NO, say:
she, i am going 10 wait for Mud"o JUS
as I am with my hat al, sQudgcd ano
III" curl out of my hair n my fee
iair persisted with cold till ! "OHldn'
feel if a tish bit 'h"m, which I HON
non" Will, for gooincss' sake. l. IN
fox getting thicNcr"
"It was, and tho mate started e
blow "A concert on the whistle. H.
footed it quite a spell. but it was |,
minutes before We got an answer
'iher"s IN" swan, calls oH' to h"I
v Mrs. N1lIpE'S hHrl was turned own,