Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-01

Jwirling sheets were detached masses
Using above the rest.
Ted took a less poetic view of it.
Looks like heavy fog" he suggest
ed u hope We make the other side
before it closes in"
"Of course we WILL" was Daisy's
confident reply, but they had gone only
two miles when the fog had surround
ed them and it was possible to see on
ly a boat length ahead.
For more than an hour Ted rowed on
without speaking; then he dropped the
oats.
''You don't happen TO hear any shore
sounds, do ycu?" he asked quietly.
mot yet" said Daisy. 'Why?"
81 ought to be about a mile inland"
he explained, "if we had held to our
course"
you mean that we are lost?" she
asked TREMENDOUSLY.
you cannot get very much lost on
a like four miles wide and ten long"
he assured. but guess it's going to
be some trouble making land"
mot II you row straight ahead" she
suggested. THAT ought TO be easy"
IF had anything to steer by" he
admitted, "but the trouble is l cannot
see where / am going"
You should carry compass" she
declared. Il thought all boats had TO
carry compasses. l thought 1t was the
law"
mot rowboats on a land locked
lake" he corrected. you are suppos-
ed TO be able to tell where you are go
ing"
There's land!' she exclaimed, point
ing ahead. Its darker over there"
He glanced ahead. and it seemed to
him, too that there was a shadow
ahead Desperately he pulled for it,
and presently the boat grated on the
shelving bank. Ted sprang to the
shore. drawing the boat up. and started
to explore the beach. Presently he re-
turned
This is the island" he said disgust
eddy. Il just ran across the fire some
Of the boys made this afternoon"
well" she smiled, I'VE at least
know where we are. You can start
from here and row right"
He pushed off the boat and started to
row right" For half an hour he la
bored at the oars and then struck
beach again only to find that they had
again run aground on the only island
in the lake This time he had come up
on the opposite side. He pushed of
and bent over the oars again only to
come TO the same island.
Daisy, shivering and crying in the
stern, broke down. Long ago Ted had
insisted upon wrapping his coat about
her, but this was scant protection
against the searching cold.
Ted drew the boat well up on the
beach, and presently there was roar
ing fire blazing In twenty minutes
Daisy had forgotten her discomfort. In
half an hour she was positively com
Portable. Ted built up a back rest of
boughs, and she dozed Off at intervals,
finally dropping into deeper slumber.
1t was some hours later that Ted
gently reused her. It's > O'Clock" he
said, land there is plenty Of light The
fog has lifted. We can make shore In
time for you TO catch the train"
do l look like sight?" she de-
manded.
"As if you ever did" he laughed.
You look all right"
81 can sleep on the train" she said,
land I'll be all right by the time /
reach town"
In less than an hour the boat drew
up beside the Regent dock, and Ted
handed her out and reached for the
suit case. Silently he followed her 10
the station ana sat beside her on the
platform.
Don't you think" he said at last,
that since you are so fond OF we'd
dinEs you ought to have one yourselfT'
IF you are still willing?' she smiled.
do you suppose / was rowing you
around the lake all night for pure love
Of exercise?' he demanded.
I'D rather think IT was for love of
me-" she whispered.
you win,' declared Ted fervently,
and under his breath he added: "And
so do l. Bless that fogr'