The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-24

grant me an interview. | pulled FOR .
her, and when | thought had reached
the point where / had seen her | stop
ped rowing to turn my head and have
a look. She was rowing few hundred &
feet ahead of me. 1 noticed the long.
graceful sweep of her oars. the regu-
larity of the time between the strokes,
the nicely of her feather" and saw
that if she intended TO give me race,
Notwithstanding my superior strength,
lhe issue would be uncertain.
Indeed, was under a disadvantage
in every respect except strength. My
great drawback was that while she
could see me | could not see her Be
sides. the lake was a long one and full
of islands. behind which she could lose
herself if she wished to do so. con-
cluded to give up the chase for that
day and plan for one later that would
take away the disadvantage of chas-
ing with my back toward my opponent
in the race.
+ pulled ashore, and while doing so it I
occurred 70 me that if ! FASTENED with .
my preparations / might yet be in .
4 time TO have it out before luncheon. 4
| ran TO my room. took down small 1
mirror that hung on the wall. secured (
some Irvine and went back to my boat.
The looking glass l set up in the stern.
and of the Irvine | made tiller strings
that ] tied TO my feet. Then ! pull
ed back to where had left my water
sprite / did not have to turn TO see
her when / came near enough TO her
to do SO. ! espied her lazily moving
across the water. but noticed that
though she did not seem TO exert her
self she made very good Roadway.
/ pulled straight toward her. and as
! approached. supposing that with my
back turned TO her / could not see her.
she pulled across my bow. followed
her by a curve. Catching glimpses OF
her in my mirror, saw that this puz-
zled her, and at the same time | had
evidence that she was bent on teasing
me Then suddenly she caught sight
of the mirror. and 1t was evident to
her that she had lost an advantage.
She was within a hundred feet OF
me when she realized that she could
do no more fooling II was beautiful
to see her bend to her work. She had
evidently been well trained in rowing.
for scarcely a drop of spray did she
: knock up. while with every stroke her
[ boat gained Roadway. skimming the
water as if besmeared with the slime
Of n fish Ny mirror worked beauti-
fully. and. aided by my rudder strings,
had very little disadvantage except
Z for the want OF skill. Ii was evident
that it was Il matter of brute strength
against training.
Ny hope was in firing her. though
: / was so clumsy that / was as likely
TO tire myself. I put on all my
!. strength for awhile. then slowed down,
repeating the process again and again
!, thinking that l could recover after one
u OF these spurts quicker than the water
sprite But at last. finding this did
not appear TO give me much advantage
1 pretended to be tagged out and wait
] ed for her 10 fall into a trap For
: tunately for me, she gave me an or
= portunity. I could see the water anl
the shore behind both OF us. while sh,
4 could not Noticing on our port sid,
a narrow bay. l steered TO the star
I, board TO drive her into il. succeeded
= and presently she found herself in TIL
mouth Of the bay.
i, 1t was amusing to see her when sh
made this discovery. She gave a fey
:. furious strokes TO starboard. but
:. headed her OF. Then she made n fey
strokes to port with the same result
- Gradually ! drove her up the BAY
- which narrowed as we proceeded. an
!, finally into the mouth Of a creel
= where she grounded.
I 1oa m, 20, har- Nd
- Pardon me for my seeming intrI
= sion. but it has occurred to me that
= have had the pleasure of meeting yo
-, somewhere. and | wish TO be enligh
!. ened."
4. She smiled and replied that l mus
- be mistaken. To this said was n,
II mistaken. and after laughing at n
for some time she said
:" 81 must have grown awfnlly old tn.
~ you can't place me. Three years som
times make a great change In on
Can't you recall a starlit night {
the veranda Mt - Beach. when "
~ sat with a girl in a corner? You to
her that it was case of love
.el' first sight; that
ine For heavens sake, are you Mira
zen Beach,"
yer mo"
,'- Then you must be Alice Archard y
nei Wrong again. I'm the third q
ere you proposed to that summer"
70 / remained silent for few moment
the .to,, rooo,.or,l1 nv ,ssr-onc,
'ow .sDo,,,+ 10, I-ro,,. ;, ia ..t..
the children say. the third time is I
'ho charm?'"
low she hurst into n rnarriar Iaueb III
10 before. and / added:
on .xvo dop,t nood two boo+s for :,
the norsons II Won win rat into mi