John Paul's book: moral and instructive: consisting of travels, tales, poetry, and like fabrications . ay, and in a manly but desperate effort to rescue herfrom the undertow, 1, too, shipped more water than I couldstand. The consequence was that we were both dragged outin a most limp and ignominious condition, she with hermouth full of sea-weed, and her back hair gone by the board,to be borne away on a shutter! I, with mouth full of sandand strange oaths, was shoveled to high water mark and leftthere, like a stranded clam, to dry and repent at leisure. Abath-tub since then affords all the salt
John Paul's book: moral and instructive: consisting of travels, tales, poetry, and like fabrications . ay, and in a manly but desperate effort to rescue herfrom the undertow, 1, too, shipped more water than I couldstand. The consequence was that we were both dragged outin a most limp and ignominious condition, she with hermouth full of sea-weed, and her back hair gone by the board,to be borne away on a shutter! I, with mouth full of sandand strange oaths, was shoveled to high water mark and leftthere, like a stranded clam, to dry and repent at leisure. Abath-tub since then affords all the salt-water facilities I want. Looking at the thing from an outside point of view, itwould seem to require a deal of stern self-sacrifice in a girlto go into a bathing house gorgeous and come out a guy. Idalmost as soon think of retiring from the gaze of an admir-ing crowd to burst upon their astonished view, soon after innothing but my bones. And the most symmetrical of menand maidens look rather queer and sloppy when they comeout of the water. Late in the afternoon a drive on the avenue is the WE GO A-SAILING. 283 There you may see any number of slap-up gals in bang-up chariots. Some drive pony phaetons. I notice,that apretty girl never drives alone or with one of her own per-suasion in the matter of sex, while an ugly one either drivessingly or in company with some girl a shade uglier, if possi-ble, than herself. Is this on the principle that misery lovescompany? The avenue, when sprinkled, makes a verypleasant drive, and the scene is decidedly a gay one, notwith-standing the scarcity of fours-in-hand. Where are they all?I looked to see nothing less than three of a kind shown onany hand, but very few of the gay youth seem to hold morethan a pair. One thing that embalms Kewport in my memory is asailing party, given by a lady correspondent of The GreatMoral Organ. The bright and beautiful who were of theparty I will not mention by name, but there were many ofus, and a pleas
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