AN ACTIVE GIRL.

Otaki Mail, 19 September 1923, Page 2

AN ACTIVE GIRL.

! BOAUDS MOVING BOAT. i'iiat tiieit are a lew specimens oi muscular young wuiiuiuiwou in AuckI miiu w>is shown on \\ eunesdaj nignt, says trie star, wlieu tine «.35 te»iy uoat Horn the city i-j b-aniev Hay and UevtMipoft puiiea out iiom its berth a uuiiLoer oi young couples lan aioug lue wiiail, nut tneir cuuxagc laiieu litem ft try ana board the moving i/v<jt, and they uacKeu on to one OI the seats on tae wjiaxi trj enjoy one another's company uii uln xie-vi, uua'Will, four men tore down the wharf a little la'er, cur as tiie boat was gaining speed ail tne time, they funked at the jump una laiied if> g«» a jrasjage. Just then, however, a young woman came tearing down the wharf, and. amidst the ghouls ol those sitting on the side seals of the boat not to try to board it, she threw her bslongings over the rails on to the deck and then, with an aleituess ■ which seemed almost uncanny, she : grasped one ol the uprights by leop!mg fairly on to it -over a distance I wiuch was appalling, and then with i the cleverness of a gymnast she : swung herself right on to the deck ol the swiltly moving boat. It wai all done so quickly arid .with such agiiity that it won the" admiration Of all .who saw it, and ail some sailor boys could say when they realise! what had happened was "Gee whiz." IX turned out that the young, lady was from the country and did not fear a fall into the 30 feet of water beneath her, because she had bsen accustomed in the * backblocks - yco spring on to the bare backs of the horses on her father's farm. "You peoole in the cities think we country girls git with our Angers in our mouths and cannot say boo to a goose when we come to the city." she said exultingly, "but I beat those four city chaps who were afraid to jump, but I'll bet they jump next time, for a country girl "lias shown them how to do it."