The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-29

was practicable. shouted out
| will swim to you
He then plunged boldly into the
stream. with nothing on but lis shirt and
trousers, having previously tied the lat.
ter round his waist with his handkerchief.
Al the time that Herbert took his
leap, the tide was running strongly up
the river lie therefore swan boldly down
the stream, as ie making for Dartmouth,
proceeding slantinely across the river
towards the opposite shore, where the
beautiful woods of Greenaway shaded
the boyish steps of tho immortal Walter
Raleigh
In the course of a few minutes. he lift.
cd his voice up, Where are YOU p but
be heard no answer. for the westerly
storm swept up the river at that moment
with fresh gust and drowned the reply.
In another second,tbe heavens were once
more brilliant with lightning, and Her
bert bebeld. two or three yards under
his lee. the rugged point of the rock, like
some demon holding out his jagged head.
while clinging to it, in all the agony and
desperation of impending death. was
young man who clasped in lis arms a
girl OF some seventeen years.
Strange il is. that in single glance
the human mind takes in the whole char.
acter of the face on which it gazes. Even
in that awful hour, when the fearful grave
that yawned beneath them appeared a
bout to swallow up all these three be-
ings Herbert detected in that counte
nance just the very face that seemed to
have haunted him in all the poetical day
dreams of his soul for years Large.
full. speaking eyes, with small delicate
face long. flowing, and uxuriant hair.
drenched as it was with rainand anguish
cd as those features were with the hor-
ror of such situation-that single
glance, while it filled his soul with the
deepest sympathy for the fate of this fair
unknown, nerved him with fresh courage
to strive against tho elements. and lit
in his soul stern determination to sue
coed in saving her, or to perish in the at
tempt.
Cheer up 7 lie cried, as. relaxing his
swimming he put forward bath his hands
to guard himself from being dashed TOO
violently by the roaring storm against
the sharp and jagged edges Of the rock
then. as he succeeded in placing his foot,
and setting his back against the stream,
he said to the man, Cannot you swim
at all =
'Oh, Heavens no, not Bit
Where is your boatl'
She struck and filled. and went down
instantly. when that squall came on We
were trying to cross the stream on the
Dartmouth side of the rock, when tho
squal' took us
Stay said Herbert, what stick is
that, pointing up?
Nothing but orc of the oars cntang-
led 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 SEQ in the
dark, further than Just to discern the
general outlines of their heads. You
have no time to lose, and you must fol-
low implicitly what I tell you, or we
shall be all lost. will pull this oar
from its sticking place, and while you
put your two hands upon it--and moth
ing moro, emcmber-this lady must
place her two hands upon my left shoul-
der. Now, before we start off into deep
water, is there any amount of clothes
that you can get rid OFF, The least
thing adds to your weight. Mems clothes
are heavy lady's are light, and do not
so much signify
How can get rid of my clothes
they are so wet, and clinging to mel p
Well, ! will help you FIRST of all,
there is no coat Can you hold on by
tho rock with one hand for a few min
utcs p
I think so
Very we'll, then, first let 60 your left
hand gently, and | with my right will
pull that sleeve off; then let 60 your
right hand, and we will pull that of
But there is my pockct-book in my
coat
Has it much money in il"
Yes, two hundred pounds
That had better have been left on
shore in boating. Is it in notes2'
Yes
well, FIRST of all, will take out the
book Let me feel o, here it is came,
it is not so heavy as feared will just
stick that inside my waistband. Now,
then, ] am ready to pull off the loft hand;
take that hand of the rock. So now
hold fast. How the coat sticks Hur-
rah that is done. Now, then, hold fast
with your left hand, and let 60 the right.
So there, there he goes up stream to
Totness,' said Herbert, as soon as he had
drawn the coat from its late wearor. and
thrown it to sink in tho bubbing tide.
Now, what boots have you got on?
oh, luckily have got on shoes
We'll, kick them off directly, them
| cannot, they are tied.
well, put cse 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 otber'
Oh how the rocks cut my feet p
Never mind the cuts now, up with
the other foot ! have him. There goes
the second shoe. Now, how about tho
gold watch and chain ? Have you got
one onP
Yes
Well, give it to ne Twill do my
best to throw it towards Dittisham shore.
If it does not reach the dry ground, we
may at least throw it so far into shallow
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