Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-11-24

ford.
"You can just bet ON me bcm'
with YOU" Spud Williams yclls.
can depends on how Dad feels,
whether | come or not" says
Crouch Manning, in the sort of
half-hearted way he always car
rics around with him.
"Shucks!" says Spud, III you d
sail in with a smile and subtract
about yard from that long face
o'yourn and use a few of Sunny
Jim's methods, I'd bet you'd get
leave to go anywhere, any time
Then speaks up for myself and
says, Count on me Sunny"
Cause ! knew for sure thing that |
could get the O. X. put ON any
bill | might bring before the house
if my friend Sunny Jim figured
in it, for he was favoritc with
Ithc grown-ups as well as the
bunch. -
| never saw him break loose but
once, and oh, boy! II say he can
do it up trim when the demand is
on.
| won't soon forget that day.
We were on the beach, had been
! in several times and were Just ly-
ing around on the sand having
sand bath, when along comes
Jane Jorden and Bob Tucker,
Oh, no! Jane S" no girl, I'll
say not. He's three inches taller
and weighs twenty pounds more
than any of us fellows. and bless
my old shoes if I know how he
came by the name. The boys were
using it when | first saw him. Any
way it suits him to a FRAGILE.
Bob, on the other hand, is
thin, delicate shaver, and the
youngest Of the bunch. He'd been
timid in the water and had just
been persuaded to take lessons in
swimming. He was gettin' to be.
real proud of what he could do.
Well, as they comes up, Bob
takes a plunge to show us a new
stunt and when he comes up,
suffering, we all yells, "Fine!"I
and Braven" and such stuff,
cause we all thought an awful lot
o. the little chap.
Jane" had followed Bob into
the water and was Just kind a
rolling along on the waves in a
sort of mconcemcd way, when
there was sudden splash and
splash and "plop "-Bobbie was
down and under, just that quick.
"Jme" had jerked the kid s feet
from under him and was holding
him mders-for a joke. That
was the kind of jokes "Jane'
Jorden was in the habit Of car
rying on. Now, if it had been me
he'd tried it on, or Spud,-but no,
he was too much of bully for
that.
Now, no sooner than we hears
that splash than the lot of us are
up and yelling at "Janc" to "cut
the act" But Sunny jim just
made one leap into the briny and
was alongside of the "big cheese"
quicker'n it takes to tell. He hit
"Janc" a belt on the beaI1 and
natched Bobbic up at the same.
tick of the clock. Bob had swal-
lowed a lot Of the fish pond and
was white as the angel food Nom
makes, His knees just doubled
under him. We all splashes in and
helps Sunny to bring him to shore.
1--WE didn't know it then, but.
found it out afterward. the kid
had a weak heart). Well, we lets
him down on the sand, Spud hold
ing his head. We was afraid he
was going TO faint dead away, but
we cheers him up and wipes his
face, and he smiled and brighten
ed up, while he was gettm' the
salt water aut of his lungs. Then
the fireworks begun.
All the time we had been busy
with Bob, Jane" had been havin'
a little act all to himself. He'd
swallowed nice share of the old
ocean himself, after Sunny had
Ibii1'ed him, and was Just wadin'
out, blubbering, and saying what
he was going to do to the bunch,
while he held ON to his bloody