The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-11-22

but he saw that she was biting her lip |
to keep the smile back. The owner |
of the motor boat had said:
III you want to speed 'er up turn
this switch-so."
Mr.. Hazen wanted speed-heaps Of
speed-speed at a hundred miles an
hour. He turned the switch and got
1t. The boat Jumped fifteen feet and
then came down to scoot away like
rocket. 1t was now the young mans
turn to sail circles around the other
craft, but his triumph was brief Be-
fore he had fairly completed one the
girl slowed down and started OF on a
new course. She ignored his exis-
tence.
Early in the spring a lumber schoon-
er had been driven into the bay and
upon a bar. She WIS so old and had
been 80 badly strained that her cargo
was taken away and she was stripped
and left to rot. The hulk lay three
miles from the nearest shore Mr..
Hazen had never visited It, It was to-
wards the wreck that the girl headed,
and half an hour later, with speed un-
abated, the young man followed suit
If she was hiding behind the wreck he
would dare her to come out and fight
1t out like a man.
Yes, the saucy girl was In hiding.
She had made up her mind that the
other craft had the most speed and
she refused to enter into a race where
defeat awaited her. She was in the
lee of the hulk, with her fish lines out,
when she heard the boat bearing
down. 1t was coming at full speed
and the young man was fussing des-
lperately with switches. Something
stuck.
The craft was held straight for the
one at rest and the crash and the girls
screams could have been heard half
mile away. Both occupants were
thrown into the water, and both boats
went to the bottom. II there was q
hero history has missed recording It.
II there was a heroine she was too be-
draggled to brag about it. When the
smoke and smell of petrol had cleared
away and the splinters had ceased to
fly Mr. Paul Hazen and Miss Deb Har-
rison faced each other on the shat
tered decks of the old schooner and
neither could give a succinct account
of how they got there.
There was a minute or two to get
breath, and then, as was her right. the
girl observed:
We'll. of all the fools in motor
boat"
"Oh. don't knowl" was the reply
of the young man, who could think OF
nothing else just then
Il have seen some idiots afioat and
. ashore In my time, but nothing to com
pare with your
But you know l didn't mean to run
into your boat here"
Then why did you do It. You had
the whole bay to cavort In"
But something went wrong"
But 1t was up to you to fx I'll"
you saw me-"
Yes, and l see you nowI Sir, Il
you settle damages for $500 you'll b'
luckyl"
!, But you tried to run me DOWN."
mo such thing, sir! ! simply intend
ed to try your nerve"
The girl paced UP and down the
planks, clenching her hands and whis
pering to herself, and 1t was two min
utes before she faced the young maj
and said:
y Sir, my father is a lawyer in thu
I city. and he'll know how to collec
damages"
I His name. please?" asked MI
I Hazen.
d Samuel Harrison, SIR"
y why, l have been in his once 70
It three years."
r Are you Mr.. HazenF"
u II am"
d did you knock a man down VIII
q came in to shoot father2"
d Il did"
o And when a flre broke out in tn
office 1t was you who locked the bi
IS safe and saved all the records?"
q They gave me the credit of it."
h Father has promised a hundre
t. times to bring you to dinner. but h
20 forgets the social side. Mr.. HazeI
e you are not a motor boat success.
ID II grant It."
p Better stick to your line as a hero.
t, We'll, If you advise"