The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-07-13

her. Henry got speaking o. one time
down al0ng the Maine coast.
But says |. referring to what he
was telling. If she was such nice
girl and come from such nice folks.
how
How do / known says IL. Prom
ises to marry and such kind CT lies.
spose. And the plain fact II that he's
really engaged to marry swell girl
II Newport
He told me her name and Lot more
about her. All + could think was:
sObed, it's up to you. You've got to
do something
i was mighty glad when the sailors
hailed from the shore and Ben had to
60 He most cried when he said
goodby and went away. stepping high
and bringing his heels down hard.
Two and two made four. Any
way, I could add IL I'D, but 'twas NIL
suspicion and no real pr0Of-that was
the dickens Of It. i couldn't speak co
Phoebe Ann She wouldn't believe
me II ! did. couldn't telegraph Cap'n
Eben at Provincetown to come home
that night I'd have to tell him the
whole thing. and 7 knew his temper,
50 for Barbara's sake 'twouldn't do.
couldn't be at the shore to stop the
launch leaving. What right had 4 to
stop another mans launch, even
i went up to the store and bought
four feet Of medium size rubber hose
and some rubber tape, same ~ they
sell to bicycle feIlers tn the summer,
Twas almost dark when ! got back in
sight of Allies launch. Nobody was
in sight. ran down the pier and
Jumped aboard. Almost the first thing
Z put my hand Oh was what / was
looking for-the bi1ge pump.
81 fitted one end of nv hose to the
lower end of that pump, run my hose
down into the tank and commenced to
pump good IA cents a gallon gasoline
overheard to beat the cars. Twas d
thirty gallon tank and full up /
pumped her dry Then l screwed the
cap on again and went home, taking
Allies bilge pump with me- The tide
was coming In fast.
at 8 O'Clock that might I was fn nv
skif, rowing of te where my power
boat laid IN deep water back OF the
bar All I could think Of uzas that
gasoline. Was there enough In the
pipes ana the feed cup on that launch
TO carry her out to where r was, or
was there too much, and would she
make the eracFf r++n~ nFT9
1T got to be ii O'Clock. Tide was
fuH at j. ! was a pretty good candi-
date for the crazy house by this time.
I'd listened TIL my earfrums felt
slack. Ike they needed reahng, and
then at last i heard her coming
chun-chuf, chuf-chuf, chuE -chuf!
~And how she did comeI She walk
ed up abreast~of me, went past me, a
hundred yards or % or Thinks r.
ITS aE up. He's going TO make it,
And then all at once taerhuf- chuff-
ing stepped, started LTD and stopped
again. gave a hurrah e my mind.
set the light aetween my feet. picked
ID the oars and started rowing.
i rawed quiet rs cuald. but he
beard me fore got 10 hinn. / heard q
scranhling noise or ahead. and then q
shzaky voice hollers: Hello! Who's
that2'
It's me. Says I. rowing harder III
eFer. Who are you: What's the rowg
Thena was more scramhling and
siam, Ike daor shutting. In another
two minutes | was ALONGSIDE the
launch and he'd UP my Eant4rn. Allie
was there, fuSsing with MS engine
And he was al alone.
Alone he was. 1 say, fur = d body
could see but he was mighty shaky
and Trig5tened; also side OF him, Oh
the cushions, was 4 girls jacket. and /
thought I'd seen that jacket afore.
: Hellor says Il i that you, Mr..
DaTasons Thought you'd gone to
Boston
Changes my mind he says. Got
any gasoIineg
: What yol doing or hel this time
Of night9 / says.
Going out to my He stopped
I s'pose the truth choked him II rras
going to PreTincetoHn,' be went III.
Got any gasolineg
: What in the nation you starting I'D /
2roFincetoWn in the middle of the 4
light for? | asks, innocent as could 4
De.
Oh, thunder! had business there
hats al. Got any gas0IineT
Il made my skffs painter fast Ia a
Leaf on the launch and climbed aboard.
Gasoline? says J. Gasoline? Why.
es; IRE got some gasoline over On
~ power boat ont yonder. Has yours
i've outs ! should think you'd filed
our tank fore you left home on such
trip as Privincetown. Maybe the
ipe's plugged or something. Have
on lookedg And caught hold OF the
andle Of the cabin door. III
: 'Tain't pluggedF lie yells, sharp.
The tanks empty. + tell you.
He kept pulling me away from the |
abin, but ! hung On TO the handle.
You can't be too sure, 4 saws. ]
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