Show nipsy versus neptune judging aging simply from appearance a person would have said that nellie at kinson was both a pretty and kind hearted girl yet she took delight ili n making jack hastings unhappy which was ce certainly a pece piece of un warranted cruelty for jack was big athletic good to look upon and in addition thought the sun rose and set simply for the benefit of nellie but jae jack had one misfortune and for a man who Is anxious to share the amusements ot a pretty girl at a sea side resort it was a serious one no one could row bet better vr than he on a smooth river or an inland lake in fact he bad had been stroke for two years on his college chew but to venture on the water when the least swell was coming in from the ocean made him deadly seasick and nellie instead of giving him the sympathy to which he was clearly entitled was strongly in dined to tease him over his inability to sail a boat in coffi t even in the bay which ran oui oue from tle beach on this particular morning nellie a charming picture of 0 a pretty girl in yachting costume and ca cap p was stand ing at the end of the wharf at one side of the was moored her lit tie tle sailboat A good breeze was blow ing in from the ocean making it a de morning for a sail although a few clouds lying low on the horizon gave a hint of unpleasant weather to come help me to fix up the sail please jack said nellie with an air of great cheerfulness qs and then we can take a run out into the bay there s a love ly swell on this morning jack helped hoist the sail but he didn t seem to share nellies nellie s cheerful ness over the lovely swell instead of sailing t it be a nice morning for a walk in the woods or a spin on my machine 7 he suggested with a timidity which was really disgraceful in such a bi bis strong man nellie lol ed at him with an air ot the greatest coldness how was vlas jack a mere man to know that halt half of othe the coldness was a assumed N well ell she said it if ou oil don t care to go m when hen I 1 invite you I 1 will go alone I 1 in scary sc you consider it such a bore to sail with me this was as rank injustice as any one even a pretty girl could be guilty of nellie knew that nothing de lighted jack more than to be with her she also kne that t e sole reason for his reluctance to sailing was the dainty that he would be seasick in vain jack tried to exola n matters to humble himself to assert that he was longing for a sail nell e had issued her decree she would not alter it in her heart of hearts she thought nearly as much of jack as he d of her but it must be confessed she liked to tease him better not go out alone miss said an old fisherman who came loung ing up the wharf just as nellie was vas starting off them clouds olf to the east look like a squall and it if it comes coines it will come mighty sudden but nellie obstinate in her deter mi nation to punish jack for his besita tion in accepting her in citation refus ed to heed the warning A moment J help me f fx x up the sa I 1 please jack sa d nell e w th great cheerfulness ater later the little sailboat was dancing aut out over the waters of the bay jack hastings remained at the end it of the wharf in a disconsolate mood surely fate was ind to make him strong athletic perfectly competent to sail a boat and 3 et unable to en ell dure the slightest bo be E erous ness of the wan baies cs without being sick despite the old fisherman s warning he was rot athirst af at first worried ove the prospect of any danger to nellie as the bay was small and and she had often too in fact her to often olten in fact proved ability sail her boat without his assistance but suddenly the clouds which had been scurrying across the sky in detached sections seemed to unite into one big black cloud which 0 covered the horizon to the east there was a perceptible drop in the temperature for fur a few moments the wind seemed to die away but the lull was only temper temporary ry trenwith Then with an unlocked unlooked for s suddenness u T denness the squall which the fisherman had predicted came sweep ing in from the seab seas nellie had allowed her boat to sail out but almost to the entrance of the bay 41 N ME aw vp 01 it was a race with death before she recognized her danger then she turned and began to run for or the wharf but it was too late the first gusts from the coming squall caught the little boat almost tearing the sail from its lashings then a rope snapped and before nellie whose at had aaen taken up in steering could remedy the dabag her boat was running swiftly and aimlessly before the wind the people on shore saw her danger and haste baste N was as made to get out one ot of the big sail boats but this wag was a work of time and now seconds were pi precious pie cious long before the larger boat was fea rea ly jack hastings ran down to the end of the wharf untied a little dory threw in a pair of oars and was pulling toward nellie s boat at the tos top of his speed A dory will ride the in any u I 1 ind of weather but it is decidedly given to pitching and tossing in rough water jaci jacl aida t seem to notice votice this all his energies were thrown into row ing hard and fast and desperately his training on the college crew stood him in good stead but never in the hottest contested race had he exerted himself as he did now he was pulling to save the girl he loved the dory jump ed half out of the water at e every ery stroke but the wind was rising the waves growing rougher and rougher and each instant nelll neill s boat grew more and more unmanageable but nellie was an experienced sail or and even in this emergency held the tiller steady and tried to turn the boat in the direction of the swiftly ap pro ahing dory it was a r race ce with death but jack won it seemed hours to him blit in reality if it was only minutes and short ones before the dory reached the side of the sailboat then nellie dropped the tiller crept to the side of herbeat her boat and a moment later was safe in the dory it was time A sudden gust struck the litle sailboat it lurched to one side and then careened completely over but the storm had lost its victim when the wharf was reached will ing hands lifted nellie to safety she was none the worse tor for her ve perilous rilous experiment when jack clambered up tip on the wharf she gave hm him a look different from those with which she was in the habit of favoring him then a little gleam of fun came into her eyes what do you think of a man she asked with assumed sternness who tells a girl that makes him sick to go on the m water ater and then can row a little dory through a raging squally jack gave a little gasp of honest sur prise why I 1 never thought ot that he replied guess I 1 was so wrapped up trying to get to you before your boat went down that I 1 didn dian t think of sea q ress iress it seems to have been a case CALSA ot of hedw JAM 0 o fn capia conquering neptune neptun slyly oo obe 00 served a pretty girl who formed one on of the group congratulating nellie on her escape at chica remark jack looked un feignedly pleased while nellte nellie tried to appear offended she biln t succeed very well edwin J webster in phila delphia ledger |