Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-02-08

attempt.
"Cheer up" he cried, as relaxing his
swimming, he put forward both his hands
10 guard himself from being dashed too
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?"
90 heavens! no, not a bit"
Where is your boat?"
"She struck and filed, and went down
when that squaIl came on. We
were trying to cross the stream on the
Dartmouth side of the rock when the
squaH took u.s. sg
"Stay," said Herbert; "what stick is
that pointing up?" .. ..
" Nothing but one Of the oars entan--
gled in the rock
"All right, said Herbert. Now lis
ten to me-" putting his face close to that
of these two unfortunate people, whom
he could yet scarcely see in the dark, fur
ther than just to discern the general out
lines of their heads. " You have no time
to lose, and you must follow implicitly
what tell you or we shall all be lost. l
will pull this oar from its sticking place,
and while you put your two hands upon
it-and nothing more, remember-this
lady must place her two hands upon my
left shoulder. Now, before we start off
into deep water, is there any amount of
your clothes that 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"
Glow can getrid of my clothes, they
are all so wet and clinging to me?"
"We1, 1 will help you. First of all
there is your coat. Can you hold on by
the rock with one hand for few mo-
ments?"
" 1 think so.' s
"Very well, then; first let 60 your left
hand gently, and l, with my right, will
pull the sleeve off; then let go your right
hand, and we will pull that of"
"But there is my pocket-book in my
coat"
Has it much money in it?"
Yes, two hundred pounds"
"That had better have been left on
shore in boating. Is it in notes ?"
Yes" .E T.
"Well, first of all, I will take out the
book. Let me feel o, here it is +; come,
it is not so heavy as I feared; I 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
hold fast. How the coat sticks! Hurra
that is done. Now, then, hold fast with
your left hand, and let go 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 ?"
40, luckily, have got on shoes"
"Well, kick them off directly, then"
a cannot-they are tied"
"Wen, put one Of yourfeet out, SO that
I can get at it, and break the shoe-string,
So; that is it. There he is gone. Now
the other"
90, how the rock cuts my feet!'
"Never mind the cuts now; up with
the other foot. Ihave him. There goes
the second shoe. Now, how about gold
watch and chain? Have you got one on z"
" Yes a
"Well, give it to me; 1 viii 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 water
that it may be picked up next tide"
"Just take it off my neck will you!"
"I will. All, it's nice watch. 1t is
a pity to use it SO roughly"
80, here is my watch, too, said the la
dy, " if you will take it over my head.'
"Thank you" said Herbert; and gath
ering the watches in his hand, he gave
them vigorous cast toward the shore,
and saw them sink a few yards from it.
" Now, those will easily be recoverable
tomorrow. Have you anything else
about you-keys, or anything of that
sort?"
Nothing said the lady. ol
II have some silver in my trowsers
pocket said the gentleman. ao1
Pitch it all into the river" said Her
bert; this is one of those occasions on
which money is a curse to man." s1.=
just put your hand into my left trow-
sers pocket and take it all out, then"
Herbert did SO, and produced whole
handful of silver, which he threw after
the watches. u