The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
COPYRIGHTED 1904 BY STREET SMITH

lessor with great delberation adjusted the oars Then
their hands and supplying the motive power, they
drove Peerless of the slip None of your
undignfed hopskip- methods of launching for
either the professor OF the colonel
It was, the former had remarked. magnificent
afternoon. Looking the inlet, they could guide
boats and canoes laden with merrymakers from Ber-
gere's toward Indian Point. the water extended in
wide glisenng reach. uDbroken by the boat of
solitary fisherman; ahead, Osprey and its miniature
replica the lake graceful sentnes of the route
tbs Marion South Bay. The colonel hummed
tune from his favorite the professor his
with unknown to him two months before
How would you like. dear colonel he queried
ito make halt at Osprey Island for the purpose Of
investigating interior attractions? That is another
place we should have visited long ago. And just
stones throw from camp to speakl'
mo, no. let's go right the beach. We might
though look in at Murray on our way back"
Murray"
Certainly certainly; Murray Island"
The professor ceased rowing, and pointed with an
by Murray Island do you mean yonder spot?'
Most assuredly de-.
81 understand mildly that it is better
Osprey"
And understand. Poyntz" warmly. ''that it ought
to be known Murray. That was the name bestowed
it by the natives in honor of Adirondack Murray
the discoverer of Raquette Lake. and that was the
by which it was called until some New York man
bought it. and took 1t into his head to give it fancy
cognomcn. 1 should very much like meet him.
~And should l." said the professor, resting his
lin order to be able to him personally
appreciation of his good taste in rescuing such
a
savagery To my way OF thinking nothing is more
irritating than the senseless habit of designating topo
graphical features by the appellatons Of individuals
"a deserved tribute of affection and respect" inter
rupted the colonel now determined to have the last
''You think. presume" rnotioning the direction of
'g YOU would DEEM 20 ptb Of section AND
respect were the woodsmen hereabOuts to call that
by CAD. sir, you're damned Insulting.
trance into South BayNguarded by good so feet Of a
Jagged wall, powders peaks pinnacles
projecting here and there through the surface with but
one clear opening OF seant four ieet between the
i should not be caught here in storm"
remarked the professor. gngery steering The Peerless
s'Ok! well" loftily II don't imagine would give an
oarsman- snuch trouble. am sure should enjoy the
Clearly bog Runby' was stin ranking in the COLO
nels mind. Professor Poyntz bit his lip and put
point. and their great disnay, into sadly troubled
Herein lies enesof the pecuiari1es Raauette Shut
Bay North Bay and the main lakeskaFe weather their
Two may be well-ngh null ponds while the third
is churnins angry, and the navigator may not receive
nklng of the changing waters until he from
the shelter of promonory. Tho professor gave
of alarm, while the colonel shouted:
Keep her head straight Keep her head straight
Then nothing can 80 wrong; Wow -
broadside and running back filed in about the
colonel who at that instant drenched from
10 shore to shoret' he urged, white with terror
Pull life We've into t0rnado!'
The professor had anticipated his advice From the
of beach, and thither he desperately directed
the boat Never was more welcome sound than the
he loud splash. and, looking up discovered that
Colonel Bunby his anxiety reach terra frma, had
My dear colonel dear colonel, in paintve tones,
do come here and assist me-