Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-08-15

instantly, when that squall came on. VIZ
were trying to cross the stream on the
Dartmouth side Of the rock, when the
squall took u.s."
Nothing but one of the oars entangled
in the rock"
"All right" said Herbert. :"Now
listen to me, putting his face close to
that of these two unfortunate people
whom he could yet scarcely see in the
dark, further than just to discern the gen
eral outlines of their heads. "You have
no time to loose, and you must follow i'm
plicity what 1 will tell you, or we shall
be lost. | will pull this oar from its
sticking place, and while you put your
two hands upon it-and nothing more, re-
member-this lady must place her two
hands upon my left shoulder. Now, be-
fore we start off into deep water, is there
any amount of your clothes you can get
rid of? The least thing adds to your
weight. Mems clothes are heavy: ladies'
are light, and do not so much signify"
How can get rid of my clothes
they are wet, and clinging to me ?"
:" Well, will help you; first of all there
is your coat. Can you hold on by the
rock with one hand for few minutes ?"
| think So"
"Eery well, then, first let go your left
hand gently, and with my right will pull
that sleeve off; then let 60 your right
hand, and we will pull that off"
" But there is my pocket book in my
coat"
Has it much money in it?
Yes, two thousand pounds"
That had better have been left on
shore in boating. Is it in notes ?"
Yes"
"Well, first of all, I will take out the
book. Let me feel. Oh, here tits; come,
it is not so heavy as l feared; 1 will just
stick that inside my waistband. Now,
then, I am ready to pull off the left hand;
take that hand off the rock. So! now
held fast. How the coat sticks Hurrah !
that is done. Now, then, hold fast with
your left hand, and letg the right. So !
there he goes up stream to Totness," said
Herbert, as soon as he had drawn the
coat from its late wearer, and thrown it
to sink in the bubbling tide. Now,
what boots have you got on?
Oh, luckily I have got on Shoes"
" Well, kick them off directly, then"
g cannot-they are tied"
Well, put one of your feet out, so that
| can get at it, and break the shoe string.
So that is it. There, he is gone. Now,
the other"
"Ohl how the rocks cut my feet |"
" Never mind the cuts now, up with the
other foot. / have him. There goes the
second shoe. Now, how about gold watch
and chain; have you got one on ?"
Yes"
"Well, give it to me; I will do my best
to throw it towards Dittishman shore. If
it does not reach the dry ground, we may
at least throw it so far into shallow water
that it may be picked up next tide"
just take it off my neck. will you?"
~ will All! it's nice watch. 1t is
a pity to use it SO roughly"
oh, here is my watch too, said the
lady. if you will take it over my head"
Thank you," said Herbert; and, gath
ering the two watches up together in the
hollow of his hand, he gave them good
vigorous cast towards the shore, and saw
them sink few yards from it. Now
those will easily be recoverable tomorrow
morning. Have you anything else about
you-keys, or anything of that sort?"
Nothing" said the lady.
II have some silver in my trousers
pocket" said the gentleman.
" Pitch it into tho river said Herbert;
" this is one of those occasions on which
money is curse to man."
just put your hand in my left trouser
pocket and take it all out, then"
Herbert did so, and produced whole
handful of silver, which he threw after the
watches.
Now then we are as light as we
can get. The water is rising very rapid
Iy. Be ready to start. You must neither
of you attempt to breathe through your
mouths; you must breathe through your
nostrils and nothing more. just hold
your noses up as much as you can above
the water, but do not attempt to lift your
hands above it for you will sink directly.
will take hold Of the other end of the
oar and swim with you towards Dittish-
am; but remember that both your lives
depend upon not lifting single finger
above the water. If you do that, you
will sink; if you do not do that, you can
not help floating. Do you understand ~
Quite" said the lady.
q will try" said the man.
Now, then, may God help usi" said
Herbert, and laying one hand on the oar,
while he still chung to the rock with the
other, after a little difficulty he succeeded
ia extricating the blade of the oar from
the crevice of the rock in which it had
stuck, and it once more foated in the wa
ter.
CHOW, then,o said Herbert, getting ii
round in the proper position, Just lay
your two hands here, where the leather is. .
But if I let go Of my sister, she will
sink"
mo, please God, she shall not. Here
madam, place both your hands now or
my left shoulder before he takes the car