New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29

1899
the plunking. and hanging on for dear hfe'
and my heart that had been up In my mouth
knocking the soles Of my boots on And Cap'n
Catssby-Stuart would grim and drawl: "'Course.
this amt like orharn catboat. but she does fairly
well-er-fairly. Now. for instance how does this
strike your
II struck us-I don't think any got away. I
expected every minute to land In tho herafter and
II got SO that the prospect looked kind OF invtt-
ing. IL only TO get somewheres where twas warm
That February wind went IN at the top Of my
stin hat and whizzed out through the legs OF my
thin Sunday pants till I felt for all the world
like the ventilatinx pipe on an Ice chest could
sec why Phil was wearing the bedciothes: what l
was suffering for Just then was feather mattress
on each side OF me-
Well. and Jonadab 1T" for quit
spell. Phil had all the fun. and / guess he en-
joyed It. II he'd stopped right then. when the
fishing was good. carlate he'd have fetched port
with full hold; but no. he had to rub IT IN. so
to speak. and that's where he stopped over You
know how It's when you're eating mince pie-its
the zone slice that fetches the nightmare
Phil stopped to get that slice.
He kept whizzlng up and down that river till
Jonsdab and me kind OF got over our various
ness We could manage 20 get along without
spreading out like porous plasters. and could set
up for minute or so on a stretch And 'twa'nt
necessary for hold special religious service
every time the fatirOn came about Altogether.
we was In that condition where the doctor might
have held out some hopes.
And. in spite OF the cold. we was noticing how
Phil was sailing that three-cornered sneak-box-
noticing and criticising: at least. was. and Cap'n
Jonsdab. being, as I've said the best skipper OF
small craft from Provincetown TO Cohasset Mar
rows. must have had some Ideas the subject
Your old chum. Catesby-Stuart thought he
mast-hsh so fur's sailing was concerned. anybody
could see that but he had something TO Farm. He
wasn't beginning 10 get out all there was in that
iceboat And just then along comes another Teller
IN the same kind OF hooker and gives us a hail
There other chaps on the boat with him
Hello. PHIL" he yells rounding his fatiron into
the wind abreast OF ours and b1bbing his night
cap. Il hoped you might be out Are you game
for a racer
Archie" answers our skipper. solemn as set
ting hen. permit me 70 introduce 20 you Capn
Jonadab wixon and Admiral BarzIIla WInga.e OF
orham. on the Cape"
wasn't expecting to fly an admiraI's pennant
quite so quick. bat managed 20 shake out through
my teeth-they was chattering like box OF dice
that was glad TO know the Teller. Jonadab, he
ratified loose something similar
The Capn and the Admiral says Phil "hav-
ing sailed the raging main Or 10! these many
years. are now favortng me VT their advice con-
corning the navigation Of ice yachts. Archie II
you're willing 10 enter against such a handicap OF
brains and barnacles. I'll you on a beat I'D
to the point yonder. then ten-rile run afore
the wind to the buoy opposite the club. and back
to the cove by Dlaway's And we'll make IL a
case Of wine. Is II a go?"
Archie. he laughed and said IL WAS and all at
once. the on.
Now. Phil had lied when he said we was favor
ing him with advice. cause hadn't said a
word; but that beat up to the point want half
over afore Jonadab and me was diving 10 tell hin,
Few things lie handled that boat like a lob
sser. Archie gained on every tack and come about
for tho run a full minute afore us
And on that run afore the wind twas worse
than ever The way Phil see-sawed that piece OF
pie back and forth the river was a sin and
shame He could have Stacked OF his mainsafl
and headed dead for the buoy. but no. he tggled
around Ike An old woman crossing the road ahead
OF funeral
Capn Jonadab was on edge Racing was vhers
he lived. as you might say. and he ndgeted like he
was setting on pncushion. By and by he snaps
out:
Keep her on! Keep her OF afore the wtndl
Can't you see where you're golngr'
PHI looked at him II he was a craven i'm
age and ali the answer he made was: BE calm,
Barnacles. be calmv'
But pretty soon couldn't stand it no longer.
and burst out with: Keep her on Mr. What's
your-namel For the Lords sake keep her Off
He'll beat the life out OF your
And all the good that done was for me to get
a stare that was colder than the wind. If such a
things possible.
But Jonadab got hdgetyer every minute. md
when we come out into the broadcast part OF the
river within little ways of the buoy he couldn't
stand 1t longer.
her Tor the buoy or else you'll be licked to deathi
Gyhe her SOS she gifts it full Gybe her. you Iubber.
Don't you know how? Here! let me show your
And the next Thing knew he fetched a mop like
a frog. showed Phil out OF the way grabbed the
tiiler. and damned IT over.
She gybed-oh. yes, she gybed IL anybody saws
sho didn't. you send 'em to me. I give Won my
word that that hatiron gybed twice-once for urac-
Sice. jedge. and then for business. She COM
menced by twisting and squirmng like an eel /
Jest had sense enough to clamp my mlttens ON TO
the little brass rail by the stern and hold ON.
then she gybed the second time. She stood I'm ON /
TWO legs, the boom come with q Stat that !
pretty nigh took the mast with IT, and the whoIe |
sheoans whirled around as IL IL had forgot some
thins have foggy kind OF remembrance OF \
locking my mitten clamps fast TO that rail vhtla
the rest OF me streamed out in the air like a bur-
gee Next thing I knew was scootinp haclx /
towards Dillaways. with the sail catching everv
ounce that was blowing. Jonadab was bracad 1
across the tiller. and there. behind Us was the
Honorable Philip Catesby- nat ON his bsek i
with his blanket legs looking like a na,r Of com,
passes and skinmng In whirligigs over the slick .
ice toward Albany. He hadn't had nothing to \
hoio on 10. you understand Well IL 7 hadn't seen
u wouldn't have blieged that a human being
could spin so long or travel fast on his back
HIS legs made a kind OF smoky circle IN the air
over MIN. and hed got such a start thought he'5
never stop a-going. He come 10 a place whera
some snow had melted In the sun and there wa,
4 pond. as you might say on the ice ana he
went through that. heaving spray like one OF them
circular lawn sprinklers the summer folks have