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Show ;',lu"i.'!n"u"ii"i.uii"u"u"ii"i1"u"i.'Si"i.,,l., I on vacation !; p !! ! ;) ry MMilCN C. LEIGH ION I.. J o I .... W-... t' V..-OUU.' N . u , i ' .. p,' l .........il. 1 i i:'i nil r.'l r.":il i.Mi of 1 i - . . 1 1 f .lor ! wound I;!-. Imr, pulhsl hit. dangling I.' l: - ;.. -.,'11.1 1:11.1.1m; nll.l SU....I on ( loo v ...l : l' . 11 li I .lliuT gloolnv cull J : i o ho m.mmI lor il luoui.'iit, g i: ,. or iho I'.r.i Lor to tl.o nun!. no ; ! -;ii: bivi.i.'ng ooi' 't'lio l.o.l:- -s. . no, lor I'.o n.ouiont, w n Ills up- I involution of tl.o luuural beuure; of Ms Miir..niHlii.:. OKI Fort with lis ! w::it:g ling, lU'inor uiiil John's bluu.l.-i . tin. I il. -unit Thin.i'.oni! hi lior soiling j of blue sal", w.'ito. had touipoi a; ll, hist their now or to charm. 1 Joo whs hmoly and - thoui;h ho proh i r.lly wouldn't hmo admitted It Just tl.o Ion-; h't homesick. , Tin. wool, tu:o lio tin il onmo f. l'oiu- i a.,!:!.! a .pilot aoauoii, nn.l now ho I was thinking that ho was gotling too ! i n:oli. 1 to i.vlo.to.l that tio hu.lu't i la.io t'.io H.'n'aaintaiioo of a half do on iv'ii'o. that tho woro too busy to en-. en-. to: tain hint, tl at iho soonory was good. 1 hat not oxa.lh Ihoij company, an.'.. h si K:i not least, tliat ho w as "1. lain.'. I ! h.-ao-o.oo." i aoaroii only half p. no. too! Ho was 0,;! to try a little hmhor i I'.-iiit'.A 'I'.'O ivn-h to l'o O'ltsi.lo- see- ' it. at Mil f p ie i. over The l.o.'.i. -s 1 . 'IV. nty minutes later tie was ra','".o;- s'o.-'o'y ili'ti-.! a line over the : of I is dory f I'.o,! for the moat!.! anil wi h'ti' a -hark or something woul.t n n'.l.ov !:! halt ami make hi:n lUl.t for . --. -Ion of the lino. hook, s'tt'.er - or i i'ii the hoa: 1 Ho frit like t'uht-lti.,-! W'.l!. what i.M.'t was Hint? A hoat. il i'o"y n 'aivor than h'.s own. was u::';.4 .T fro:a ivo ho.'.-h wharf .!i ioe:'.y aoross tho hay. In this loavy s-.t. t '.o ! l h.e f ol wo'ihl te snant'.e.l r.r.'t-s ho woro a mighty si.l.1 oar-man. Joe o:a' o.l h's 1.0, k i.n.l wat. l:o;l the I f.'..' h .at take the 1 .aula -r wa'or Then le s. ;,l a slmrlo wo;-.! t'i t s."!' ' "I U'.o o- o of t!:oe oh-trn. !: 'tis ll.oy h'r'.! a "'' -s -iroi'ti'S to m.ikr n.i'h v. !:,', '; " : -:i. ami : a. ho.l for 1.1- :i hl- , ' h 1 It N it's a w. alio. al-io. 1" 0 'a'. ". 1 ! .!:-. "Ami sh.-'s coo-; to 1' in a vrk of t-. i:l !e rl .-' t away or I .1 .n't know samnior vl-'tors. ha. .T.-ol" Thus r. :.-aa-oo !. .Too pailo 1 un an-i an-i ho- :n 1 -our h's l-rave r. s. i:e s'.;i t iv. ar.! H o ci'.T.e of the crtiilni: .i'-as-tor. A'v'it half v ny out a shrill, fo o hone so-.':iiii. hora.e on t!:e wiiu's o! ti.. f : r :i:l wia.l. rrr.eho.l his r;.e. tant a s. loo grltto-l Ids teeth and pulled harder. hard-er. '! 1:: ov It!" he muttered. "Thi y till nerd a guar .Kan." An extra t v'.-t of his nek showed him tho other h iat being huff.-Vd about by tho v. nves. v ldle the s'r.gl" occupant amis s;.'as! jrg fraiiti'-al'v with one our. C. iiisalerii g the odds, Joe covered the in'ervoning di.-tr.m e in Incredibly short tii ae. With the skill of an o'd salt. Ir-worked Ir-worked his hoat alongside nnd V.y the how of the other. As he glided past, both boats bo'-ldng like corks, he r.-ached out and seiz-.-d the painter of The helpless craft. It was more difficult diffi-cult to make It satisfactorily fnst to hi- own brat, but he eccompMshcd It without mishap nnd pulled bark to calmer waters. Neither occupant had sioken a word. j Tr.-lde the harbor he eased up a hit nnd sighed wdth relief. "1 T lost an oar." came timidly from the other boat. "Oh, did you? I thought probably you had only one to start with." was the reply. Under this biting sarcusm she subsided sub-sided and spoke no more until his boat rubbed the edge of the float. lie stepped out and turned to look at her. He kept oti looking, and cirsoid ed she was very good to look at. Whan siie finally met his gaze there was a suspicious moisture in hor eyes and her lip trembled. "I I don't knon how to thaul: you," she faltered. 'You -you probably Faved my life and I think a lot of it-even it-even if yon don't seem to to share the r-o!ii" ''Forgive me. I was nasty mean, wasn't I? Step out and get your nerve bock, and then I'll set you across to your own wharf." " l or one hour they sat on the wharf nnd talked. Two lonely people ran exchange ex-change a lot of confidences in one hour, especially two of opposite sex. He confided that he had been terrl-hiy terrl-hiy lonely, and she confessed that loneliness was what had driven her to i.trempt a row In rough water only she hadn't supposed It quite so rough it proved. He also learned that she answered to the name of Bath Armstrong, Arm-strong, and admitted he had always liked the "Ilulh" part of It particularly. The in t two weeks gave neither Joe Carey nor I'.uth Armstrong opportunity to he lonely. They rowed and fished, hunted shells, went clamming and they talked. The natives grinned and wisely nodded their heads; couldn't fool then; when a first-class romance was in port. The cottagers merely grinned. Two weeks don't last forever, rnd one bright September morning Tt itli nnd Joe stood on the wharf and watched the. launch that was to take h!m across the hay glide up to Hit-fiont. Hit-fiont. They were both downcast as she gave him her hand. - "You'll come at Christmas time- won't you?" she asked In a low voice "You know I do want to meet youi wife." 'I'll come." he replied In the same low tone; "1 Hat to meet your husband. hus-band. t.K, |