94 The Life Worth Living 



exactly her make. I sold him the boat for 

 $1,200, a hundred dollars less than the hull 

 cost me, took his note for the whole amount, 

 and gave him the engine. 



He has never liked me since. 



Then I built the Swannanoa, a model 

 naphtha cruiser, in the shops at Morris 

 Heights. She was 50 feet long, 10 feet 

 beam, had four berths in her saloon, a neat 

 galley, and toilet room. She was finished 

 like a piano in mahogany and upholstered 

 in silk and plush. She was a thing of beauty, 

 and in every way a success except that she 

 was too fine for comfort in rough cruising on 

 fishing and hunting trips. After one season 

 in Virginia, I ran her back to New York and 

 sold her for $4,500 within two hours after 

 she touched the pier. 



The original cost of the genuine naphtha 

 launch is high, but they can be sold at a 

 small loss. A thing is worth after all what 

 other people will give for it. 



