St Nicholas [serial] . A CONTRAST. ALTER L. KAlFFMAN, AGE 14. It was a lovely day, rather chilly, of course, being De-cember, but the two boys, Jack and Dick, sailing in theircatboat Marigold, did not mind the cold, for they werewarmly clothed, and then, too, the sun was shining. Theywere sailing from Gulf Port to Bay St. Louis, which isabout seventeen miles away. There was a good northeast wind blowing, and, if it held,the boat would make its port in an hour and a half. They had been sailing about half an hour when theynoticed heavy clouds gathering in the northeast, and knewthat they were in
St Nicholas [serial] . A CONTRAST. ALTER L. KAlFFMAN, AGE 14. It was a lovely day, rather chilly, of course, being De-cember, but the two boys, Jack and Dick, sailing in theircatboat Marigold, did not mind the cold, for they werewarmly clothed, and then, too, the sun was shining. Theywere sailing from Gulf Port to Bay St. Louis, which isabout seventeen miles away. There was a good northeast wind blowing, and, if it held,the boat would make its port in an hour and a half. They had been sailing about half an hour when theynoticed heavy clouds gathering in the northeast, and knewthat they were in for a good, big rain-squall. So,. A CONTRAST. BY JACK PHILLIPS, AGE 13. vvhile Jack reefed the sail, Dick cleared the boat. By thetime they had finished their preparations, and had donnedsouwesters and life-preservers, the whole sky was over-cast, making it seem like twilight, though it was onlyten in the ^morning. The thunder rumbled along untilit burst in ear-splitting crashes, then died slowly away ;forked lightning flashed and flickered over the darkenedheavens; the wind became colder and stronger; and therain came down in torrents, cold and stinging, like and higher rose the white-capped waves, andstill the Marigold sped swiftly on. The boys had no fear of their boat capsizing, but theydid fear other and larger boats coming down on as Dick expressed this fear, the sound of a fog-horncame out of the thick bank of rain, almost on top of them. Both looked up to see a large yacht skim close, by theMarigold. The two realized that they had had a narrowescape, and sighed in relief when they saw tha
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