The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-09
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ROM NANCE
How the yachtsman Lost the
Girl.

see" remarked the old yachtsnan,
as he leaned over the yeranda rail OF
The club house and watched fine
| looking eir step into a dlngey
why do you say ended ?" asked
the other man, Looks more like an.
other romance begun. She's sailing
m me Duro this season evidently
q said ended because that's the
girl vino has turned Notham down"
explained the yachtsman They were
apgaeed Won know. Everything was
fair weather Not a dark cloud or
slual IN sight But two weeks ago
she struck and Northam is adriit
won see. he continued as he
watched the dingey Slide alongside a
whito.hulled yacht, Northam had just
! slapped "a coat Of paint on his boat
when who should show mp at The club
| hui this girl aud two other girls. They
iaew ii was early Iii the season, but
thay were inst dying for sail North
/ am explained that he was awfnlly
sorry bnt that il was case Of sitting
! It'll The veranda as he had Just painted
bis beat Just then UP tufts the owner
| ol the Ferry He offered 70 take them
out and they went Just as the Ferry
was ready TO get under way Dietrich
hailed from the club You know
DietricE and Northam have sailed to.
| gether for years and they are the best
sailors around here.
Well the Ferry took course out
! into the lake. There was quite a sea
| running and the wind came IN
lunches Everyone was having a good
time even il the owner OF the Ferry
vas sailing his beat like an ice wagon.
"Northam and Dietrich were really
| he only ones aboard who understood
| the game When about five knots out,
| NQtfian saws. the owner of the Ferry
suddenly decided TO come about or
| else he forgot the beat altogether
| while talking to the girls Anyhow,
| thte Ferry shot up into the wind for
a second the big boom swung inboard
ana hit one of the crew across the
back There was a splash-man over.
board
"A life ring was hanging to the
+ cabin Northam was standing In the
| cockpit near I'll He handed it to
Dietrich. who was just getting ready
to give a pun on the main sheet Civ
ing him shove, Northam yelled at
| him to Jump overheard And over
board Dietrich went
"NoItham said he knew thar the
owner Of the Ferry didn't know what
| 70 do and would have tried to come
about right there instead Of keeping
| on uati in Just the right position to
| iibe over or come about and then try
TO pick the mep up SO he slammed
the Ferry $ owner up against the cabin
and took the tilIer
Say, you know it takes nerve to.
| keep right on sailing away from
| friend who has some overheard, but
| Northam did IT. When he started back
few minutes later he was able to lud
up close to the two heads that bobbad
among the waves Well he picked
them up the first try.
They got the two fellows aboard
just IN time for Dietrich said he
couldn't have held out much longer
even with the help OF the life ring, for
the water was ice cold and he was
just about frozen stiff.
Now comes the funny part. While
Northam was patting himself on the
back for doing Just the right thing
for he saved time by giving the life
ring 20 Dietrich and making him get
overheard while he was explaining TO
the Ferry's owner that he simply had
to sail the Boat or his friend would
have gone doWn--t&e girl was doing
lot Of thinking on a different course.
she had told her friends that North
am was the brayest sailor on the lake
and had been in all kinds Of storms.
Well she didn't say a word-not until
they landed
Then when Northam said he
guessed he would go home with her
she sad-right out loud so We could
all hear-that she guessed he wouldn't.
She said she didn't care to have an
other thing more to do with a man
who would make his friend jump over.
board to save another when he should /
have done it himself
say Northam was struck with all
canvas up aud he went down all the
way. He didn't say a word He Just
stood there and watched her walk
away. Then he looked out across the +
harb0r-iust stood there and looked
We tried TO cheer him up--said the
girl was probably excited and didn't
understand that the Ferry crowd
would never have been able to pick
anybody mp.
"Nonham went out 10 see the girl (
that night and tried to explain. bat it
wasn't any use lie was a coward. she
said Now Northam is wondering
whether he is or not.
That's why J said another romance (
YVES ended. &C Chicago Daily News.