The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-10

circle. The circle took In the hotel,
number of sail and row boats and
several craft which were after oysters
and clans. The bareheaded Miss
Dorothy was generally mistaken for
bareheaded inventor and mechan.
lea: engineer. 1t was only when she
began to scream that folks sat up and
looked And they hustled, too. The
Stingaree had route to follow, and
she followed it. She shaved an oar
off a row boat and upset the rover in
flannels: she smashed the bow OF q
clammer and left the owner mutter'
ing "by thunder"
She ran down and upset the "B1de-
A-Wee" sail boat just as its occupant
was making love to its other &C.
cupant. and Cupid had to turn his
attention to swimming and yelling.
Lake Placid wasn't in it, but Miss
Dorothy was, and she could not get
out of it. She yelled; she wrung her
hands; she entreated. She looked
for the switch to shut off the power,
but it could not be found.
Look out! Look out! She's run
ming away!"
Two motorboats tried to overhaul
the Stingaree, but 1t was the race
Of the hare and the turtle. Boats
cut off the circle here and there, and
their captains, mates and crews
shouted in stentorian voices to Miss
Dorothy to put her helm a-sta'br'd-
to put it to porto put it any old
way, but she only wept the more.
One captain more venturesome than
the rest tried to board her craft In
the good old piratical way as she
came along, but fell short by two
feet and went to the bottom Of the
bay and didn't come up again until
time to pay taxes.
BY the time the flyer had made
three grand circles of the grand bay
there was a trail of wreckage over
ALL No one drowned for good, but
lots Of folks gasping for breath and
praying or swearing. The excite
ment had spread for a mile inland.
Rates at the hotel were not raised,
but mine host stood on his veranda
and pointed a long arm over the bay
and exclaimed:
Where, oh, where, ladies and
gentlemen, can you find scenery to
compare with this at my priest"
Then Mr.. Frank Thorpe arrived.
He had come back from dinner to
give the Stingaree another spin.
He found her spinning, as it was.
There was no need to ask ques-
tons or listen to suggestions. He
promptly took command Of row
boat, set out alone on the salty blue
and placed his craft in a position to
be run down.
The thing happened just as he
planned. AS the planks were shivered
and scattered he leaped for the
motorboat and caught it. His first
act was to doff his cap to the tear
full crew, and the next to shut OF
the power.
"You-you mean thing!" sobbed
Miss Dorothy, meaning the new ar
rival.
you see you don't know how to
manage the Stin-"
"You did 1t on purpose! You had
no right to leave 1t there"
But l didn't tell you to take her
out"
But you might have known that
if two girls came across boat they
would want to take a ride
But where is the other?"
she was cow-coward and didn't
dare come"
Il see. Well there's no harm
done"
ooh, there isn't. eh!" exclaimed
the girl as anger steadied her
trembling lip. ITS nothing to be
made a circus of, is It! Five hun
dred people have been looking on
and"
And five hundred people will call
you heroine"
start the boat, sir! I want tc
go ashore. Mono true gentleman
would leave a b-boat where a girl
girl"
Such little things can always be
arranged. This was arranged. Hero
ines may get mad, but they get
over it like other people. They also
80 riding in motorboats with the
builder and captain at the helm
They also acknowledge acts of gal
lantry and after while that Lake
Placid and Smithtown bay are two
! different propositions.