The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-04

possibly a book OF verses underneath
the bow, or more suitably. in the
shadow of the sail; and Aleck Van
Camp and himself astir in the rigging
or plunging together from the gum
vale for an early swim. And before
I get off, I'll hear a singer that can
sing" he declared
He telegraphed Aleck, who was by
this time running down the eyelid of
the squid, to meet him at his club in
New York. Then he made short work
with the family. Experience had
taught him that an attack from am
bush was most successful.
Look here. Edith"-this was at the
breakfast-table the very morning of
his departure. Edith was sixteen, the
tallest girl in the academy, almost
ready for college and reckoned quite
a queen in her world-"You be good
and do my chores for me while I'm
away, and I'll bring you home a duke.
Take care of mothers bronchitis, and
keep the house straight. I'm going on
a cruise"
L.,
ways be counted on to catch the ball
Ego ahead and have bully time
and don't drown yourself I'll drive
the team straight to water. mother
and dad and the whole outfit, trust
mel"
Considering the occasion and the
correctness of the sentiments. Jim
forbore, for once, from making the
daily suggestion that she chasten her
language. BY the time the family ap.
peared, Jim had laid out a rigid
course of action for Miss Edith, who
rose to the occasion like soldier.
"Mother'll miss you, of course, but
Jack and Harold"-two of Edith's ad.
mirers-"Jack and Harold can come
around every day-stout arm to lean
upon, that sort of thing. You know
mother can't be bit jolly without
plenty of men about, and since Sue
-, became engaged she really doesn't
count. The boys will think they are
running things, of course, but they'll
see my iron hand in the velvet glove
you can throw q blue chip on that,
Jimsy. And don't kiss me, Jim, for
Dorothy Smell and vowed, when we
wished each otherssrings on-Oh, well
brothers don't count"
And so. amid the farewells of ten
der, protesting family, he got off
leaving Edith in the midst of one OF
her monologues.
There was telegram in New York
saying that Aleck Van Camp would
join him in three days, at the latest
I Hambleton disliked the club and left
| it, although his first intention had
been to put up there. He picked out
a modest, uptown hotel, new to him
for no other reason than that it had
a pretty name, The Larue. Then he
began to consider details.
The day after his arrival was occu
pied in making arrangements for his
boat. He put into this matter the
same painstaking buoyancy that he
had put into a dull business fol
twelve years. He changed his plans
half dozen times and exceeded then
wholly in the size and equipment o.
the little vessel. and in the conse
quent expense; but he justified him
self, as men will. by dozen goot
reasons. The trig little sail-boa
turned out to be a respectable yacht
steam, at that She was called thu
Sea Gull. Neat in the beam, stancf
in the bows, rugged for coasting ant
provided with a decent living outfit
H. x.,oe Uo0nd anon oh For INV oantla
man." in the opinion of the agent WHIT
rented her. Jim was half ashamed a
giving up the more robust scheme o
sailing his own boat. with Aleck; bu
some vague and expansive spiri
moved him ito see," as he said
what it would be like to go as far ant
as fast as we please" While the!
were about 1t, they would call on SOM
cousins at Bar Harbor and get goot
fun out of It,
The idea of his holiday grew as h
played with 1t. AS his spin took OF
more complicated character, hi
zest rose. He went forth on Sunda.
feeling as IL some vital change wa
impending. His little cruise loome'
up large. important, epochal. HI
laughed at himself and thought, with
: his customary optimism, that vaca
ton was worth waiting twelve years
for, If waiting endowed 1t with sucf
flavor Jim knew that Aleck would
relish the spin, too. Alexis nature
was that Of a grind tempered will
. sportiness. Jim sat down Sunda,
morning and wrote out the whole pro
gram for Alexis endorsement. sen
, the letter by special delivery and wen
, out to reconnoiter.
: The era of Sunday orchestral con
certs had begun. but that day, to JIM
regret, the singer was not a contralto
Dramatic Soprano" was on the pro
|. gram; a new name, quite unknown u
/ Jim. His interest in the SOLOS
q waned, but the orchestra was enough
! He thanked Heaven that he was pas
!, tha primitive stage of thinking an,