Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-01
Copyright, 1906,
BY A. S. Barnes & Company.
Seventh Printing, Nov, 1907

like they was secondhand and made over
for him by the folks at home. When one
OF that kind Is out sailing with me. and
begins to lord 1t and show of afcre the
girls the Dora Bassett is pretty apt to
ship some spray over the bow. A couple
of gallons Of salt water. sliced off a wave
top and poured down the neck Of one OF
them fellers, is the best reducer I know
of: Shrinks his importance like twas a
flannel shirt.
But Nate Scudder's private patients
want that kind. Not that they want
dressed. Land sakes, / don't sposa
they wore the same vests two days run
ming. But they looked like they was
used to their clothes, not as IL they'd
just been introduced and didn't feel to
home in 'em. And they didn't patronizs
none to speak of; called me Skipper
and SOL just as sociable as could be-
And as for the girls. they never looked
twice at any Of the hotel ones. Them
two skittfsh females that I took over to
Trumet used to get in their way and beg
pardon and giggle. hosting filtration sig
nails, so to speak. but Van Brunt and
Hartley wouldn't even come up into the
wind; just keep on their course like they
was carrying the mail. Twas these two
females that first named EN- the Heav-
emily Twins: twas shortened later to
1.-The Heavenlies"
Every time I took the Heavenlies on a
cruise the more certain I was that they
were loons-harmless and good-natured,
of course. but looms. just the same. Most
generally they carried book along with
EN- and read it out loud to each other
They'd read spell and then stop and
break out with. by Jove, that's so He's
right. isn't hep You'd think that book
was human almost. the way they went
on about It, I've heard a minister do the
same way over the Scriptures; but this
want the Bible the name Of II was 1.-The
Natural Life" 1 borrowed II oncs to look
at. but twas all foolishness to me: telling
hon .IAsv,
I've been cussed considerable sence I
first went to sea, but not by money-no,
sir!
But Van Brunt would read three or
four fathom OF rubbish out of THE
Natural" and then heave to and say:
odd we didn't think of that afore,
Martin 1t doesn't count for much, does
1t? Well. were through with It now.
thank God. Look at that sunset Have
a smoke. skipper?
And then he'd pass over a cigar that
had cost as much as ten cusses a box, IL
I'm any judge Of tobacco.
One night, just we were coming Into
port. Van says to me:
Sol, he says. We may want YOU
and the boat tomorrow. My man'n let
you know In the morning. Meanwhile
just dodge the nautical bunch at the
hotel. will your
was a good deal shook up. I'd al
most forgot that keeper.
MANI says !. ~Oh, yes, yes! ! see.
Is he here now?"
mo, coming tonight, / believe. Bye
bye. Just consider yourself engaged till
you hear from u.s."
They walked of and left me thinking
Thinks l, Its a fair bet that that keeper
don't let you two go boating by your
selves again."
So the next day about half-past nine,
when Id just about decided to let some
of the boarders have the Dora Ba.sett I
looked up from my fish lines and here
was Teller coming down the wharf.
Ito be continued tomorrowl