Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-12

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THE race was set for 1890. and the
/ duke came down to breakfast at a
quarter of. l had been waiting for him
for half an hour. Dickie and TOmmie
had been down on the Gol-i-kel since Q
o'clock and when the veranda was still
you could hear them swearing al each
other down there over the eGge of the
pier. The duke and | had breakfast out
doors and about twenty chaps sat around
us and pressed cigarettes and drinks on
us and wanted TO be taken along. lot
of them that had fast launches offered to
send them around to the public landing
so the duke could select them. But the
duke said no. he'd abide by the spirit
of the law as well as tie letter And
when we started off for the landing the
whole mob went along.
Well when we got down here every
fellow set up shout. There wasn't a
launch there. That is. only twenty-five
foOter that they hired out to fishing par
ties and things like that. OF course,
Dickie and Tommie had been around and
got everything out of the way. We found
out afterward that they had hired nine
launches for the morning and sent them
down to the next harbor. But the duke
never turned a hair. He walked down and
looked over the Emma c. She had an
eight horsepower Farmer engine in her
and looked as though she had been carry
ing cattle for ten years.
.Ah." said the duke. shell do nicely
Then he asked the man who owned her
and ran the landing If she was for hire,
and the man said she was. So the duke
and the man and / got into her and after
he had turned her over several times she
started off
Take her over to the clubhouse land
ing said the duke.
The man did il. and on the way the
duke asked lot of questions about TINS
thing and that. After a bit the man got
suspicious.
Look here" he said, "ain't you never
run A launcho"
The duke looked Mortified.
My good man." he said what are
you talking about? Why, / was raised
among launches. I've built them for
twenty years. Have YOU never heard OF
the Hastings Launch. Power and Manu-
featuring Company of Skaneateles, New
York;"
You could see the man was pretty well
ashamed of himself.
BEG pardon. sir. I'm sure he said.
kind of sheepish. but you were asking so
many questions"
For the benefit of my new mechani-
cian.'' said the duke. waving his hand
toward me. Every motor has its own
er-ecCentriCities. you know.
That's so. sir. said the man. And
this amt no exception" And with that
we came along 10 the starting line and
the man shut her off. IF you'd like TO
hnNrn Sr1 ai oy,l CIV and TIL haY
you. l can. | amt got anything much to
the morning.
but ] am entered in a race, and"
You amt goin' to race the Emma CO..
asked the man. with his eyes popping out
of his head.
That's just what I'm going to do
answered the duke. And. unless l am
greatly mistaken, here comes my miser-
able rival"
But she amt never been known to do
better'n twelve miles yelled the man.
You watch her, please said the duke.
Il earnestly beg you to watch her. She s
going 10 make twelve miles look like a
dressmaker's tape, And now, If I might
suggest it, suppose you let this spictur-
esque youth in the white flannel pajamas
put you ashore"
c. ard about that time the Gol-i-kel came
putting up. making lot of fuss. but not
burning the water so you'd notice 1t. The
start was pretty well cluttered up with
boats by that time, and after we'd mon