The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-09-02

HIGH TIME.
BY CONSTANCE
DARCY MACKAY.
Copyrighted, 1905. by Associated
Literary Press.

makes up her mind 1t stays made up,
and made UP my mind yesterday,
Bobbie"
you mean your Aunt lsobel made II
up for you," Robert Ashton answered,
! looking ut katherine Willard as she
| perched beside him In the bow of the
boat The wind blew her hair into dis
| tracing ripples. She put back strand
| OF 1t as she faced him, replying:
..She did have a good deal to do with
it. I'll admit But. after ALL She has
lived much longer In this world than
have and has gained more wisdom"
Yes, worldly wisdom"
Isn't that often another name for
common sense? Besides, there are mo
ments when | feel that she knows me
| better than | know myself. | do love
the ct ceteras of life SO. Bobby, Love iii
a Harlem fiat would never do for me
| want all the pate de fois gras of eX
| istence and none of the rye bread
| And you know from the first I've ney-
| er given you the least cause for hope
I've always been perfectly frank with
You. haven't II"
Always"
Then l can't see why You should
| protest So much"
well. for one reason | hate to see
You tiinging yourself away on old Sen
ator Rathbone."
THANK your
And, for another, what man gives
| up khe girl he loves without struggle
| 1t isn't human nature to forego thing
simply because It's beyond your reach
And then there's Il third reason. We
could be SO gloriously happy"
The girl ayerted her eyes.
Couldn't WEI" he persisted.
Il don't know she faltered.
All, but you do KNOW You know
we're one IN everything That's why |
dare To persist so much We like the
same things We like the same people
We have the same sense of humor ex
eept IN the case of Senator Rathboneis
.Bobbie. If you make fun of my
| friend won't take You sailing again. !"
But. Katherine
Nov, Bobbie" For II second time
| She faced him sauarely. "l'ye told you
my minds made up, and | mean what
l say. You've been good friend to
me, and I've enjoyed the times we've
had together. But If were to be good
friends still this kind of thing can't
keep going on. Don't you see how
hard you are making II for me2 Either
you must promise me not to mention
Ii again or III have to give up seeing
you entirely"
'All right" he replied, With that
characteristic boyishness that women
always found so adorable In him "Iil
| be good
He nodded at her smilingly, and she
told herself that. after all he was only
boy with Il boys rdor-twenty i've
and not yet grown up, But that was
| because she was looking at his smile
| and not at what lay In his ewes
She let out the main sheet of the
White Lady until the spray dashed
across the bow of the trim little craft
1t was n gray day. with n hint of rain
In the air and the sea gulls lowering
iniand-such day as sends the usual
summer resorter to n coy chair by
pickering logs with Il novel close at
hand and the fisher folk out to open
sea with the promise of heavy catch
Between gray green water and slate
gray sky the White Lady seemed he
only thing adoat as she SKINNED and
tackled and lifted ON the crest of the
waves. They We're racing To wind
ward now. and the homes Of the shore
dwellers faded In the distance Here
and there stood the solitary houses II
fishermen; then these. too. became
fewer.
The shore rose to bare. rocky head
lands capped with stuntcd pines.
paunt. jagged rocks with the water
Dreaming at their base Islands rose.
mere specks in the distance, only dis
cernible because of the surf that plaV.
cd about them or the dwallln" or Two
that reclaimed them from II r. loneli
ness. The White Lady lhrobhpI and
flew. so tense, so alive. so seemingly
n part Of the elements. that II VAN
hard 10 believe her a thing Of wool
and canvas.
Look out" sang Ashton az the boat
came suddenly about. THAT was Il
pretty close shave"
WHO sails with me holds life II
fee laughed Katherine. Intoxicated
with wave and wind and foam
''Therf is such a thing az common
sense" quoted Ashton.
But the wine of the sea was In Kath,
crimes blood. She rounded another
fiat rock tifnmphantly
Careful. cautioned Ashton.
Afraid" she tainted, with upliftel
chin. and then laughed as scarlet
surged across his keen young face
sail where you like. don't care"
he cried
You think" she scoffeJ recE csjly.
that Just because I'm girl ! cant
manage my own boat. Why. round
ing these rocks Is perfect game for
me. I've done 1t lots of times OF
course | know the summer people ar,
warned against 1t. But I'm not sum
mer person ut heart. I'm what Cap
tain Davy calls a regular salt. and
allow no mutlny OH the part Of my
crew. So there. And whoever ac.
cepts my Invitation to sail accepts the
risks that accompany IT, Sing no.
sing no. for sailors life. sing no.
ring no. for a.
They both knew what had happened
when the boat Jared from bow to
stern, knew 1t before the bitter sea wa
ter dashed In their faces as they strug
gled toward fiat rock that uprose
from the sea. When they reached II, It
was the girl who spoke first
"Well:" she said gamely, and then
beneath her breath. "If ! had had
sense enough to obey"
IF | had only jerked the tiller from
your" he said In answer. But neither
Of them spoke what was uppermost In
their minds.
No hope to try for the shore, with
its steep cliffs where the water rolled
and eddied, and the rock on which they