Outing . d paddle eitherway. So I named the bow end, where Ipaddled, Ethel, and Hen named thestern Sadie. Ethel was painted onher port bow and Sadie on her starboardquarter. She was Ethel to all the folks THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH 155 on the left bank, arul Sadie to all thoseon the right. That was fine, I recall, for a time,until once we got into a walloping bigwhirl that took us around and aroundso that we couldnt tell whether it wasEthel going upstream or Sadie comingdown. That rapid gave us such a scarethat Hen proposed we recant and goback to our original name. Say, he began when we had got Bu
Outing . d paddle eitherway. So I named the bow end, where Ipaddled, Ethel, and Hen named thestern Sadie. Ethel was painted onher port bow and Sadie on her starboardquarter. She was Ethel to all the folks THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH 155 on the left bank, arul Sadie to all thoseon the right. That was fine, I recall, for a time,until once we got into a walloping bigwhirl that took us around and aroundso that we couldnt tell whether it wasEthel going upstream or Sadie comingdown. That rapid gave us such a scarethat Hen proposed we recant and goback to our original name. Say, he began when we had got But to go back. Allesjandro said theseas were too big to tackle in our we had loaded our stuff on thesloop and got away from the roadstead,leaving all the islanders staring amazedlyat the celerity with which Yankees didthings when they made up their minds,the lake was rolling with whitecaps. Thelittle pirogue floundered and filled at thetowline and Hen and I looked down atit with some TWO TYPES, GRAND LAKE FISHING BOATS THE SKIFF RTG AND THE LUGGAR ashore and in camp, I never was somuch gone on that girl, anyhow. I juststuck out for Sadie because you saidEthel. Darn their pelts, lets cut emall and be virtuous and refined. Old top, I rejoined, Em right withyou. One girl is bad enough, but two!How could that boat get through with-out being wrecked ? Shes a fine littlescow, and Bantayans her name! We went right down there to thebank with brotherly accord and scrapedthose two girls off, forard and aft, withour pancake flipper. So Bantayan shewas once more, and we breathed freer,and sailed gayer, and slept sounder, andour hair grew quicker, taller, bushier—it was fine spring weather for hair. Brilliant idea number twenty-two,murmured Hen. Did you propose thisor did I? Allesjandro added the comfortingafter-thought that the Cheniere peopleall said we would certainly be drownedif we tried to cross to Bayou des Amour-eaux with such a load in our ,
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