The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-25

FOR nearly an hour TO gel an appetite
for breakfast. The FIRST time Mr.. Smith
addressed her he said Ell VI tss
Your pardons am sure, but you sir
too far forward In your canoe. The
bow OF the craft should rest on the SUR
face, instead of pushing the water 10
| front OF it1 ga
| There was anO fPespoHser except that
persaps she moved an inch or two far
Their forward, and ten minutes later he
tried again. e. ttrtF sV.r
| IF / may make so bold ! would say
that you grip your paddle altogether
too high at7 te .
| She let her hands slide up to grip It
| higher and turned the bow, Of the cnnoe
toward camp. MIR. Smith hoped the
girl would return to the race that after
noon to fish, and he was not dlsaDpoint-
ed. She appeared at halfipasl 2 o'clock
and went right TO business. He gave
her friendly nod as she appeared. but
her eyes We're on her fish line. 4 ra
The club man saw that he had.a flint
| hearted girl TO deal with and he did
not know how TO act with her, The
best he could hope for was that she
might fall into the race from her inse-
cure position, and il was this hope that
had caused him to tie his canoe al a
convenient spot. If he could have the
luck to save her life she must unbend.
The thing that Mr.. Smith wanted to
happen did happen. The girl was play
ing a big fish when she suddenly lost
her balance and went into the water
With great splash. While Mr.. Smith
was hoping for and half expecting it.
be wasn't prepared for the event He
had TO secnre his fish pole and then I'M
tie il. II was all of a minute and a
half before he was afioat. Then the
girl was out Of sight. He drove the
canoe down the race. but fate was
against him. Ii struck snag and
turned over, and he had a hard swim
TO reach the bank. When he had shak-
en- the water from his clothes and look
ed around the first thing he saw was
the girl. She was fishing in her old
place.
pa Joye, but Ifthought you drown
cdr called Mr.. Smith when he had
walked up the stream to his old place.
The girl lifted her hook and renewed
the bait, but that was all. Mr.. Smith
and his canoe withdrew for the rest or
the afternoon but that night he took a
terrible resolve. That girl should rec
ognize his presence on earth or he
would run her down and drown her.
He had fully made up his mind TO that
when he fell asleep and he was firm
in the resolve when he turned out At
sunrise.
He was hardly afoat when he caught
sight of The other eanoeist Something
in her attitude expressed defiance She
padded ilp the bay, and be followed.
When good half mile above the dam
she turned her cahoe and stiffened mp
Tt'waS a plain challenge 10 q race, and
Mr.. Smith accepted Ii.
The .girl bad start Of thirty feet
and the. man generously allowed her to
Keep il for half the distance Then. to
his surprise, though he put forth every
EFFORT be could 0 close the gait, he conld
only do 50 inch by inch. soon he saw
that She wac making for tIic center Of
the dam. Had he been offered 500 to
send his canoa over that fall he would
have refused II. lie wanted 10 refuse
now, but the figure in the canoe ahead
was dcfying hHn. He was a canoeist. a
and, II he dared not follow whore a .f;fl
led. what would become OF his reputa.
tion:
Hc hoped until the last moment thut
1t was only Il blur aud thgt before. the
canoe approached too closely Il would
sheer off. but the girl held her way and
the barks were not ten feet apart when
they took the long leap.
An hour later Pllsbury Smith opened
his eyes. He was in his bed ia the
How do y0u feel asked the doctor |
"Say, did save her Iifc:" was asked. |
No. you Ounce. She swan - the
bank with YOU and afterward saved /
both canoes"
Ia love. doctor: ha IoVew