Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-15


 knowledge his existence ny so much as the flicker of an eye!%Sh. Stc slowed no Gi~n3.it.on to leave tac WHty'.; he- e9use he U,.- f ere tui radstied 9js5Gt t1" nearly aH hpur to @.t m .tc for breakfast. Thc titSt time Mir. smith addressed her he sail
 Your pardon, am sure. but you sit .oo far forward iH yoHr eauoe. The low of the cral't shaGll rest ou th" sur face, iHStead of pushing the water in front of it.
 There was no response. except that perhaps sil" moved an inch or two far ther forward, and ten minutes later he tried again.
 If l may make so bold I would say that you grip your paddle altogether too high
 She let her hands slide up #to c~,p it higher and turned the bow of the canoe toward camp. Mir. smith hoped the girl would return to the race that af(e~- noon to fish, and lle was not dsaPpoint- ed Sh" appeared at half past o'clock and went right to business. He gaYr her friendly nod as she appeared, but tcF eyes were on her fish line
 The club man saw that he had q 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 it was this hope that had caused him to tie his canoe al q convenient spot. If he could have the luck to save her life she must unbcnd. The thing that Mr. Smith wanted to happen did happen The girl was play ing big fish when she suddenly lost her balance and went into the water with great splash. While MT. Smith was hoping for and half expecting it, he wasn't prepared for the event He had to secure his fish pole and then un- tie it. It was all Of a minute and half before he was afloat Then the girl was out of sight. He drove the canoe down the race, but fate was against him. It struck a 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
 ''Ba love, but I thought you drown ed:' called Mir. 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. Mir. Smith and his canoe withdrew for tie rest of the afternoon, but that night he took 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 afloat when he caught sight of the other canoeist Something in her attitude expressed defiance SLe paddled up the bay, and he followed When good half mile above the dam she turned her canoe and stffened up. It was plain challenge to a race, and Mir. Smith accepted it.
 The girl had a start of thirty feet. and the man generously allowed her to keep it for half the distance Then, to his surprise, though he put forth every effort he could to close the gap. he could only do so inch by inch Soon he saw that she Was making for the center of the dam. Had he been offered $lOO to send hf5 canoe oyer that fall he would have refused it. He wanted to refuse now, but the figure in the canoe ahead Was dc$ying h'Gl. He was q canooist, and if he Cared net fellow where @sfl ted, what would become of his reputa= ti9n?
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