The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-07
A Yachting Romance
IoriglnaLl

a boat and pulled In toward a cove shaded by great trees. On reaching land saw a man standing on the shore. He was In dingy trousers and shirt. topped by a twenty-five cent straw hat. and was pufiing on a pipe,
 Say, you there" l called. HOW about landingr
 Come right in here"
 I did so, and he pulled my boats nose up on to the shelving shore. l stepped out of the boat and, looking at the man, whom had supposed to be countryman, saw something familiar In his face.
 Haven't I met you somewhere| asked.
 Are you Tracy, the man that played right tackle on the Harvard team In lS9-T
 "Yes. And youy"
 I'm Heydon. played against you In the Yale team"
 And made the big run that gave your college the game"
 'I made a run In that game he re piled modestly.
 What In the world are you doing hereT
 "Oh. I was always an odd fish. l don't like crowd 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 a fireplace under the chimney where he cooked his own food, pine table, a couple or ramshackle chairs and a cracker box full of tableware. He had screened his door and window with mosquito netting
 You are an odd fish, sure enough, I said. How long have you lived hereT'
 "A year this summer"
 Like itT
 Better than Jostling people who don't care for me except what they can get out of me.
 Invited him to go aboard the yacht with me. bSt he declined, and left him feeling sure that some unpleasant experience must have soured him.
 Having complated our fishing he re turned to Bayhead and to Scabright, where was staying with a friend In bis 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 l told of my meeting with Heydon, and Miss Gannett, who was interested In curioS- Ities, remarked that she had heard of such people, but did not believe they existed
 The next day Miss Gapnett Invited me to make one of the party on her yacht I was much surprised at the invitation and particularly delighted. Who could tell but that I might make match for myself on the trip, Miss Gannett was very pretty girl or woman-she was twenty-SlX years old and there are few bachelors who would not be pleased to marry an attractive woman with large fortune. I accepted at once, and we started on the voyage.
 "Is the fishing really very good in Barnegat bayy" she asked me as we ,,-,,.a aorln,y {ts month
 Not very; the mosquitoes are hor- rible."
 "I dote on fishing. l think we'd bet ter put in there and see if we can get a few bluefsh."
 We might visit the hermit" I sug- gested.
 "Oh, we won't have time for that"
 Rounding the point, we sailed up the bay and anchored not far from where We had fshed a week before. It was sunset when the anchor fc,l, and by 9 o'clock Miss Gannett was in her berth with a headache. The hostess hlying withdrawn the other ladies followed, and the men, not wishing to keep them awake, turned In also.
 All the next day We sailed up and down the bay or lay at anchor fishing, and despite my report on Barnegat bay as a fishing ground we were sim ply loaded with fish. I supposed that after getting enough to supply our larder for few days We would proceed south, but Miss Gannett, despite the heat and the Insects, persisted in re- maining where we were. For two days we fished, roasted and fought the little pests, but on the morning of the third on looking out the porthole in my cabin saw that we were out at sea. I dressed and went on deck. Our hostess was already up and out Quafing the invigoratlng ocean air. Beside her stood a stalwart figure In a new spick and span yachting costume, blue peajacket and cap, with white flannel trousers. Ills back was toward me. but he turned presently and gave me the surprise of my life, He was the hermit
 Mss Gannett called to me. 'I wish to introduce you to my flance, Mir. Hey don," she said, smiling. q believe you have met before"
 When did he come aboardy were kha ArSt u-oris I Si1Ccaaded in getting