Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-07
TheEvening Story
A Fisherman's
Story
By MARCIA BEVERAGE

" we have here the year round or high
hyers from the city. You never can
tell what one OF ems goin' to do. 1t
seems sometimes as II there was a
wireless telegraph apparatus that
sends spark from a mans eye into
me on 'em when he looks at her. and
the drops like skeeter into q plate o.
'oal oil
Now, there was Miss Markham,
who come here first seven years ago,
rs purity little thing as a bran new
schooner yacht She wasn't more'n
seventeen years old and wore the neat
est dresses of any gal on the island.
You'd ought to seen her swim! She
didn't tie up her hair in lump on the
top of her head when she went into
the water. but let 1t trail behind her
like a nermaid Never in my long
life did / see anything 50 likely as
Josephine Markham pullin' herself
along on her side in water so clear
TINT you could see the whole OF her.
the sun shinin' on her and the ripples
she made and sparlzlin' at the same
time from a jewel she wore ON one Of
her fingers.
Il had nothin' to do then. waitin
for my boat to come out o. drydock.
and used to go down to the beach on
purpose to see her in the water. Some
times she'd go in right about here with
the other bathers, and sometimes she'd
go out ySnder on to the end Of the
dock and take a header. But wher-
ever she padded she attracted
crowd. One day while was watchin
her swim Off from the beach | saw
her looliin' up at the dock at somebody
and followed the direction of her eyes
with mine. A young Teller was stand
in alone up there, and knowed It
was him that was attractin' her. he
was purity enough. but, laws. there
wasn't no stuff in him-pale little chap
with big eyes. They was bigger than
usual when he watched Miss Markham
kind o wistful. like as though he
wished he was swimmin' beside her.
Every morning after that the little
beggar would stand on the dock watch
in for the gal TO go in. One day call
ed up to him. 'Haln't you goin' in. sir?'
And he said. No And ! said. Never
learned to swimT and he said awful
melancholy-like Yes. know how, but
can't
well. one mornin' when Miss Mark
ham was a-steppin' into the water with
her dainty little feet. sort O. shrinkin'
cause the ocean was cold-tt wasn't
mara fInu cO 5arraaS a iot - b11o
was a-skylarkin' on the dock. and one
on 'em, tryin' to dodge another. push
ed the little chap of into twenty feet
o. water. You'd ought to seen the gal
skip the breakers and, after gettin' be-
yond 'em. go for him. The bathin'
master didn't happen to be about l
s'pect the water was so cold he didn't
look for bathers. So l run the life
boat down in order to help launched
1t and rOwed out to the scene o. the
accident
when l got there l saw the con-
sarnedest sight l ever clapped eyes on.
There was Miss Markham strugglin'
with pair O. legs. The little chaps
head was down in the water. while the
lower part of him was afoat. The
gal couldn't do uothin' with him. Once
she succeeded in gittin' his head above
the surface. but his legs wouldn't 20
down. and that spoiled the game She
cast a pitiful look at me. was hur-
ryin' to pull up beside her. and as soon
as came into position catched a-hold
of an ankle and pulled the drownin'
man out, his head comm up last, and
got him into the boat. Then l helped
the gal In and, takln' the oars, pulled
for the beach.
Them two creatures hadn't never
spoken a word to each other, and yet
she hung over him as II she'd growed
up with him. AS soon as ! got him
ashore l set about bringin' him back
calm for a barrel, put him on 1t and
rolled him to git the water out OF him.
What do you think happened2 Fust
one Of his legs come OF and then the
other one.
"'He's fallin' to piecesE screamed
woman who was lOokin' on, scared
out o. her wits.
Poor fellerT said another. Did
shark bite 'em offY
"'Yes.' man In the crowd answer
ed. They was hangin by the skin
''Jist then man come up who said
he was a doctor. He picked up one O.
the legs and throwed 1t down. then
picked up the other and throwed that
down.
Cork! he said
THE little chap opened his eyes and
looked about for somepin. When he
saw the gal he looked relieved and
closed 'em ag'in. We carried him to
his hotel. and he was soon all right
agin-
what I'm gittiD' at is the qu'arness
O. gals. found out asterwar1 that
Miss Markham married the little Teller
she'd saved from drownin'. That's the
way they always do in rOmances. but