The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-06-24
A Yachting Romance

Bayhead- Being more of an explore
than fisherman, one afternoon too
q boat and pulled In toward GOV
shaded by great trees On reachin
land | saw man standing on III
shore. He was in dingy trousers an
shirt topped by a twenty-five Ger
straw hat and was putting on a pipe.
Say, you therey' / called. "Hoy
about a landing?"
Come right in here"
! did so, and he pulled my boat
nose up on to the shelving shore.
stepped out of the boat and, looking a
the man, whom had supposed to be
countryman, saw something familia
| In his face.
Haven't met you somewhereT'
asked.
Are you Tracy, the man that played
right tackle on the Harvard team IL
| 1872
Yes. And your
I'm Heydon. played against yor
in the Yale team
AND made the big run that gave
your college the game.
Il made run In that game" he re.
piled modestly.
What In the world are you doing
here?''
"Oh, ! was always an odd fish. |
don't ike crowd I live here In that
little stone hut up there"
You're the hermit they were talk
ing about on the yacht last night
He took me to his hut and showed
me how he lived. He had built bunk
in one corner, there were fireplace
under the chimney where he cooked
his own food, pine table, couple Of
ramshackle chairs and cracker box
full of tableware. He had screened
his door and window with mosquito
netting.
You are an odd fish, sure enough"
] said. How long have you lived
here?,
"A year this summer
Like it?v
Better than jostling people who
don't care Cor me except what they can
get out OF me.
! invited him TO go aboard the yacht
with me, but he declined, and | left
him feeling sure that some unpleasant
experience must have soured him.
Having completed our fishing he re
turned to Bayhead and / to Seabright,
where was staying with a friend in
his summer cottage. We had at dinner
on the night Of my arrival Miss GAN
nett from New York, fabulously rich.
She had come in her own yacht and
was on her way down the coast to
Old Point Comfort At dinner / told
Of my meeting with Heydon, and Miss
Gannett, who was interested In curios-
tiles, remarked that she had heard OF
such people, but did not believe they
existed.
The next day Miss Gannett invited
me to make one Of the party ON her
yacht. l was much surprised at the
invitation and particularly delighted.
Who could tell but that | might make
a match for myself on the trip. Miss
Gannett was very pretty girl or
woman she was twenty-six years old
-and there are few bachelors who |
would not be pleased to marry an
woman with a large fortune. |
accepted ut once, and we started on
he voyage.
rs the fishing really very good in
Barnegat bay?" she asked me as we
we're nearing It's mouth.
mot very; the mosquitoes are hor-
1bie."
Il dote on fishing. / think we'd bet
er put in there and see II we can get
few bluefish'
1--WE might visit the hermit" / sug-
,ested.
'tOh, we won't have time for that
Rounding the point, we sailed up the
'ay and anchored not far from where
We had fished week before. 1t was
unset when the anchor fell, and by 0
clock Miss Gannett was In her berth
nth a headache The hostess having
withdrawn the other ladies followed,
nd the men, not wishing to keep them
wake, turned In also.
All the next day we sailed up and .
own the bay or lay at anchor fishing.
nd despite my report on Barnegat
ay as a fishing ground we were sim
" loaded with fish. supposed that
fter getting enough to supply our
rider for few days we would proceed
outh, but Miss Gannett, despite the
eat and the insects, persisted In re-
laining where we We're. For two
avs we fished, roasted and fought the
tile pests, but on the morning OF the
bird on looking out the portfolio In
~ cabin l saw that we were out at
ca. / dressed and went on deck
'ur hostess was already up and out
uaffing the inyigorating ocean air.
eside her stood stalwart figure In a
ew spick and span yachting costume,
lue peajacket and cap. with white
annel trousers. His back was toward
he, but he turned presently and gave
'e the surprise OF my life. He was
be hermit.
Miss Gannett called to me. II wish
Introduce you to my fiance, Mr.. Hey
on" she said, smiling. II believe you
ave met before
When did he come sboardT, were
,e first words / succeeded In getting
ut
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