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Title: White wings, a yachting romance
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Black, William, 1841-1898
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Publisher: New York : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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thisshining picture. The first was a large brown boat, rowed by fourfishermen; the second was a long and shapely boat — like thepinnace of a yacht—also pulled by four men, in blue jerseys andscarlet caps. There was no one in the stern of the big boat; butin the stern of the gig were three figures, as far as we could makeout. Now, no sooner had our attention been called to the two boatswhich had just come round the point of an island out there, thanour good Queen Titania became greatly excited, and would haveus all go out to the top of a small headland and frantically waveour handkerchiefs there. Then we perceived that the second boatinstantly changed its course, and was being steered for the pointon which we stood. We descended to the shore and went out onto some rocks. Queen Titania becoming quite liystcrical. Oh, how kind of her! how kind of her! she cried. For it now appeared that these three figures in the stern of thewhite pinnace were the figures of a young lady, who was ob-
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adieu! 3G1 viously steering, and of two small boys, one on each side of ber,and botb dressed as young sailors. And tbe steerswoman—sbebad sometbing of a sailor-look about ber, too; for sbo wasdressed in navy-blue ; and sbe wore a straw hat with a blue rib-bon and letters of gold. But you would scarcely have looked atthe smart straw bat when you saw tbe bright and laughing face,and the beautiful eyes that seemed to speak to you long beforesbe could get to shore. And then tbe boat was run into a smallcreek; and tbe young lady stepped lightly out—she certainlywas young-looking, by-tbe-way, to be the mother of those twosmall sailors — and she quickly and eagerly and gladly caughtQueen Titania with both her bands. Ob, indeed I beg your pardon, said she—and her speechwas exceedingly pleasant to hear—but I did not think youcould be so soon over from Styornaway. (Note by Qiieen Titania.—It appears that, now all our voyaging is over, and%ve are about to retire into privacy again, I

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