[Jan. 8, 1884, 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



463 



A NOVEMBER DASH IN A SEVEN-TONNER. 



RATTLE debang, slani bang, squeak, kachuuk! "A-s-s station, 

 'Lout Frablem:" lie roared, swinging tin- door wide op.-n and 

 eyi tag the sole occupant of the ear with a mixed expression of wonder 

 and curiosity, as I gathered rnv various belongings and s» unjr round 



exit. No blame to that iductor if be even in ■ f,.r » «•(•. .in 1 



time, apparently anxious to "locate" such an exceptional rooster. 

 What Willi the o'uiward rip of a city cockney, a valise puffed to its ut- 

 most capacity; a pair-of vacht shoe-; strapped on top. a long coffin- 

 like bundle half concealing a blanket in the folds of a crusty old oil 

 skiu, newspapers and packages, pipe and fragrant »wl bursting the 

 boun Is of all pocket Haps, ana in addition thai faraway look of anxious 



exile, and something perfectly onclassifiable in the range of a'car 



steep companion leadi; 

 great iron bridge, bod 

 making preparations 

 bridge, what's up? 

 glancing at the sver w 

 train I bad scientific 

 mental objurgations 

 drawbridge thai wasn' 

 closed tight when 

 draw was swung to, a 

 cockloft controlling tin 

 across by the tide of hi 

 perously close round a 

 r the del 



for the dep.t at top spec 

 barnlike finish was opem 

 high pressure pull's shoo 

 the tale of -ad disappoin 



kly hustled 



aving diui- 



■ ! 



middle span of the Bridge. There was no help foi 

 abouts volunteered the Information that -there w 

 no train for sometime. Mister." so with a feel at 

 fresh grip on the bundles, a course was shaped d 

 slowlv 1 trudged up lull and down hill past the ,,|. 

 parks dear to the Teuton heart, uutil the last oiith 

 left in the wake and then steering across meadow 

 up in from of the club grounds, s-.nivk aback wit 



tog to bring her by tlie wind for an impossible 

 Kill-, whence they bade ime, a lasl 

 the prolific bush of Barlemite excursion crow 

 still tugging at their moorings, ever and ano 

 into the sharp capped, impudeni little -e.i 

 showers of spray over the rail in return. Tl 

 ting of restless cordage, whipped against t 

 rhythm which sends a tin ill ,.i joy to the bra 

 glorious sail to eoiue. 

 Hold and high, with an air of business all -,' 



of the little fleet by 

 usual smartness, with m 

 , dark track could be foil 

 fiantly flung to the breez 



brillin 



at black side and a rig of more than 

 . il flapping violently to the Masts, whose 

 ■ed far across the waters, with burgee, tie- 

 jib hauled out on the bowsprit, bright and 

 em in all me glories of a full state of commission, «ub din-.y 

 ; to a trailing painter, and two hands busily engaged on the 

 le— there lay the smart little vessel bound to the eastward. 

 b or blow low. for tin- closing cruise of the season. A few 

 i giratiotis with the traveling bag, which, by the Way. nearly 

 off my pinning, and the good lookout kept aboard the cutter 

 it the dingey ashore at my feet. A few strokes from the 

 tar at the blades anil we dashed alongside, just abaft the 

 Sing, and proceeded to elimb aboard by the shroud chann, is. 

 asty glance in admiration of the clear (lush deck, broad 



.ud the 

 le othel 



•Id 



try and— won 

 which tbe'lu: 



is that for ,. 

 kindly to a ct 



•l in anticipation of a each side of which t 



pad clothing. 

 ;r, set off from the rest and noiselessly aro 



lipp- 



ed to 



cations. The sofas 

 f Hoor, with a swinging table 

 • landed in the sieerage, on 

 irdrobes" for hanging up oil 

 broad back, and swung easih 

 inning the door to the after 



