The Washington herald., 1911-08-20


taken and carried ON successfully through jts
hrst stages, "A work that puts to shame the
noDiest thoughts that ever entered our minds
Alone and unassisted he has taken upon him
sen task that we all together would not
have dared to do / believe he IL honest in
his challenge to us. ! believe he is training
his men to make them formidable rivals to
US, II not our victors. / am sure my op-
ponent has underrated their ability, as he
has underrated the spotless purity of the
dignity of our lustrous name, i use his
words as near as j remember them when he
talks OF trailing in the dust of ignominy any
victory fairly won that we may achieve. 1
see but one cause for ALARM and that is in
the possibility of a defeat Now, shall We
lay ourselves open to charge Of cowardice,
by declining or ignoring this challenge or of
that equally cowardly course of trampling
est Abe York;"
No--no!" came from right and left
Il, Tor one,' continued Jay, wish that
an answer may 60 up to the pines that shall
arouse Abe York to the full Importance OF
to greater effort than ever. As the chal-
lenged party, we have the choice of the race
course; and when he comes down here, il he
carries back the pennant Of Sunny River, let
him bear with 1t the hearty god-speed of the
Bonnie Blues, and their determination to win
1t back again at no distant day.
Jay had waxed eloquent as he had pro-
5 Ssseded, Sss and when he had finished loud cheers
The question! The question:" cried out
one after another, and when Matt was obliged
70 put it to a vote, he was chagrined to find
tnat Abe l ork's challenge had been accepted
by ballot OF sixteen to ten
1T is disgraceful-it is child's play. and is
going to break up the club. Why. ii can't
train dozen cats to beat those Pine iqno
ramuses gowing, ! will throw up my Office
necessary, to elect committee to confer
with a like body from the Pine Plumes, and
Jay Noble, Harry Brown and Alick West,
WITH WITH; the captain and secretary to act as cx-
otngo members, were chosen. No further
business coming before the meeting. the club
The mail was carried 10 the Pinery from
Armadale twice week, on Wednesday and
ceptance of the challenge from the Pine
Fumes to the Bonnie Blues was taken TO
OH Oates was with him, and together they.
read az the officiallooking document.
Does It mean that we are to row with emsv
=, les, they have accepted. They say they
have elected committee to confer with
Confer? What does that mean. Abe, 1
don't see ), what they waner use such big
''They want the Pine Plumes to elect five
members, counting the secretary. and cap
rangements. But little good that viii do us
now. suppose l shall have to go down and
tell Jay we can't do thing
You mean on count of the boat / never
see such luck as we do have. But say, Abe,
l have thought Of place where we amt
looked, and I'll bet that boat Is hid there
Let's go right up the river and see."
Abe had remained out of school to pursue
the search for the missing boat, and fifteen
Sunny River on their hopeless quest But
they had not got fairly around the bend in
the stream caused by the point of land mai.
ing slippery Hill" before their attention was
arrested by loud shouts and general hubbub
of sounds.
"Look!" exclaimed Oh. TT is Sam Fiut.
tiers and his crew out rowing. No. they arc
fighting among themselves. I don't believe
of it."
Abe made no reply as he Piled his oars
more leisurely, while watching the new boat
club with increasing interest. It was cv:-
dent that it had come out on the river Tor
a row, but some difficulty had arisen, and
the. crew and officers were quarreling fur:.
ousiy. Sam was trying to enforce somethin.
like order, when one of his men struck him
a. whaek over his head that sent him tum-
bling into the water.
Then to the amazement of Abe and OH, tis,
crew headed up the river as fast they could
pull, leaving Sam to his fate.
Generous-hearted Abe instantly forgot MI
the wrongs the imperiled boy had done him,
and, telling OIL to do the same, he rowcd
with all the power he could muster toward
the spot where Sam had disappeared.
This was a few rods above where Abe
himself bad come SO near losing his life on
that memorable Fourth, and before they could
get there, Sam had gone down the second
time.
Throwing off his coat, Abe leaped into the
water, 'and little later reappeared on the
surface with the limp figure Of Sam Flufters.
With unusual presence of mind for him,
Oh Tent his assistance, and minute after
ward the insensible figure of Sam was pulled
into the boat
II never see how You dared"
But Abe didn't let Oh finish the SEN
tence, for, rallying from the exhaustion OF his
recent eNertions he exclaimed: