Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 26, 1912

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Nora Goodwin Little Heroine Nora Goodwins home was on the sandy beach overlooking the reat sea I dont mean that she lived right down on the very beach itself but a1 safe distance above the hightide mark The Goodwin house stood on a high point of land which jutted out well into the water Thus they had a fine view of the sea from three sides of the house and al ways a sea breeze blowing about them Noras father owned a boathouse and let out fishing smacks rowboats and motor boats to the tourists and summer boarders who thronged the village near by from early May to late September And Nora being the only child was her fathers chum as well as her mothers comrade On long afternoons Nora and her father would row far out to sea and soon the 15yearold girl was considered one of the finest oarswomen on the coast for many miles One fine August morning Mrs Good win was obliged to go to the village to do some marketing and shopping After she had finished her shopping she drop ped in to see a friend for an hours chat While thus socially engaged she