The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-10

with arrest II she did not hand over
the lace.
"Oh, how hate that cad Of mani"
she exclaimed to herself after she got
home.
Young Mr.. McLain was not cad.
He had simply got even with . snippy
girl. and had been very quiet about It
Ten days later. on . Saturday at
ernoon. Miss Adams started for the
postofice. seven or eight blocks away.
At the third corner she encountered
Mr.. McLain. He wasn't lying In wait
for her. but simply strolling. She
glared and elevated her chin. but he
raised his hat and said:
They have the sewer open st the
next corner. and you'd better turn
down and take the next strest."
"Sif!" che answered. - che con
tinued on and the snippiness che pat
into that shoot wond weald have wilte1
whole garden Of cabbage hsads.
Yes, they had opened the sewer and
put down . narrow plank from bank
to bank. No woman. and but few men
had dared attempt the feat Miss
Adams shivered - she came to halt,
but sure that Mr.. McLain was watch
ing her. and anxious to let him see
that his advice had been . piece OF i'm
pudence. she boldly started out on the
plank.
Go back! Go back. you!" called
one of the diggers. and . hoodlum OF
. boy added:
It'll be as good as . fire to see you
kerfop!"
The "kernop" came. Of course.
Things began to whirl round and
round. and with wild shrek the girl
left the plank to bring up In the mud
and water twelve feet below. Natur'
ally, she was hauled out BY means Of
a rope. Naturally. she was all mussed
up. Naturally . crowd was drawn BY
the accident, and naturally or unnat'
urally, that same hoodlum OF . boy
had to shout out:
BE keerful and don't let the old gal
come up feet first!"
Il could kill that young man. l
could kill him." said Miss Adams q
day or two later, when the mud had
been scraped Off and her bruises at
tended to.
And yet Mr.. Mcl.ain had turned
down another street and knew moth
ing of the accident.
I,uring the next three weeks moth
ing happened. Both the young man
and the snippy girl lived on and ate
their three square meals day Then
fate interfered again. One spring
morning Mr. McT.ain rugged up his
tackle and went fishing in the river.
On her part Miss Adams took her
moter boat out. She had never gone
out alone before. and her experience
with the engine was limited. but she
went ahead. She hadn't reached the
noint of rashness, however. when Mr..
McLain called to her from a dock:
Il think there Is something wrong
with your engine!"
Up went Miss Snippy's chin.
81 think it's going to stop on you'll
Up went Miss Snippy's nose.
IF it does you'll drift down over the
dam
Sir"
, III youll run your boat ashore I'll
. overhaul il"
, No real lady ever tells a man to &c
to OcOnomawOck in so many words
They tell him in looks and shrugs. He
McT.ain was told, and two minutes
later the motor boats engines had
, stopped and the craft was drifting
There was not another launch out, and
, the only thing available was plug
}. of a skiff with one oar aboard. The
young man piled into this and began
, to paddle after
| Half dozen people were drowned
, every year by being carried over tina,
I great dam Miss Adams had read oil
1 case after case. and she wasn't Ions
in realizing her danger. The batteries
4 might have been fixed by competent
. hand In minute. but she couldn't de
A It. Perhaps she did the best thing un
A der the circumstances by not trying
I to do anything. She was within thir
q ty feet Of the dam when the skif
? made the rescue. and It was Q Ave
;. minute struggle with the current be
fore safety was assured.
= IT was certainly . narrow escaped
=" gasped the rescuer.
!. sir" replied the girl and n va
q fifteen seconds before she added.
4 Il shall be pleased to have you cal
A this evening"
4 The courtship ID coming along al
right; and the snippiness has beel
n left out Of t.
4 Copyright. 1919. by tina Mcclure News
paper SyndicatAl
Knew HE "eeiends."
The Rev. Father Luke Evers Of 81