THE LAKE 



WE seldom go on the lake, the more's the 

 pity, for one of us is not a good sailor, and 

 the unpleasant possibilities deter us from 

 even the one-day trips that so many of our fellow 

 citizens believe to be the only outings of any kind 

 that Chicago affords. So much may happen to 

 wind and wave on Lake Michigan in a few hours ! 

 Do we not remember one soft, warm day of a 

 bygone summer when the lake was without a 

 ripple and the south wind gently breathing? 

 When we reached the Michigan shore we found 

 the waves beating in a roaring surf, and we left 

 the inlet harbor with our ship cavorting impishly 

 from wave to wave. We came into Chicago at 

 three in the morning, six hours late, all of us 

 hungry and tired, one deathly sick. Now we 

 take only half-day excursions and these must be 

 along shore so that if necessary we may return by 

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