New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-01


gave frantic below tore the turf with his angry
hoofs, and again dashed forward. Once more Miss
Beaufort ceased running, and flirted the parachute
repeatedly in the animals face-he stopped short,
half buried his horns in the mellow turf them with
below of mingled rage and alright, turned fairly
about and rushed away. -......-
The young lady and gentleman climbed the
/ fence and sat down amcably, to all appearance,
upon the top rail. M.
" am afraid am under great obligations to
YOU" Mr. Gay said, half playfully, G am inclined
to think you saved my life
"Farmer Schenck is under infinitely more TO me-,
Miss Sarah said coolly, for know / saved tie
life of his prize bull w,.--.=- "....=
"Then it was for the sake of the beast youinter-
| feced?''
| 81 knew Farmer Schenck was guarding that
animal like the apple of his eye for exhibition at
/ our next State fair-f was not sure whether you
were trying to defend your life, or merely display
| ing your fencing skill when ] saw you backing
toward these rails, and laying about you with that
umbrella with a force didn't believe any flesh and
blood beast could resist. GU certainly displayed
great deal of bravery to venture into the animals
pasture wrapped in such fiery mantle as the bull
just showed his good taste in destroying
g am glad you can give me credit for some
thing, Mr.. Gay said, actually feeling stung by her
raillery. e Fortunately, my recent exercise has
! rendered the need Of my blanket superfuous An
| hour ago. perhaps, would not have shared your
/ delight at its destruction. / was on my way to
your house with these books from Aunt Mary. Let
me assist you over the fence and will proceed to
fulfil my trust
/ g L was just on my way to Aunt Mary's' after
them, replied Miss Sarah, I" will take them now,
| if you please, and return home"
| "By no means will escort you, unless you
utterly forbid it, and leave the books where |
| promised my Aunt l would
| Sarah glanced up at Mr.. Gays handsome face
Perhaps she felt her words might have wounded .
| little too much, and perhaps she felt willing to
know little better this young man whom she had
often heard Mrs. Montgomery laud SO highly.
| GAS you please she said, and they walked on
| together.
| Mrs. Montgomery wondered that day what in the
| world kept her nephew so long away from his IA
| yorite dinner of game. When lie returned, long
after the dinner hour and hurried out some excuse
about Mrs. Beaufort having detained him, Aunt
Mary smiled quietly, mentally substituted Miss
for Mrs, and demanded no further explanation.
=" have engaged to join fishing party to-mor-
row, on the lake, Aunt" Montgomery said, over
his desert. -u..@.. ..... -#
Going in boats?''
mo; believe the arrangement is to fish from !
the piers. Won't you go along?n ...m..= -
g | can neither bait a hook nor take off fish.
my dear boy. My sole service would be to the fish
themselves, which my chatter might save from
your lines
Mr.. Gay made deprecating gesture and Mrs. |
Montgomery before night made up her mind that
her 0pOhpw ntnOdP6 tD oil hal a. 70 h
in their little lake, by the preparations he was
making all the afternoon for the morrow's sport |
And when the morrow came and she found that be |
was to escort Miss Beaufort to the lake on horse
back, the rest going in carriages she concluded |
her nephew would learn to appreciate Miss Sarah,
without any interference on her part.
The party were growing weary of success, and
many had already made homeward movement
when Miss Sarah hooked fish which from its
weight, she felt must be prize worth securing.
she allowed him to run out-played him beauti-
fully, but in spite Of all her skill failed to land him
as she wished. Turning to make some remark to
Mr. Gay, who had been fishing at her side, she lost
her balance, and the next moment her fish and her
self were both buried in the same element As
she rose, she saw Mr.. Gay had thrown himself in
after her; but waving hand to him not to an.
proaeh her, she struck boldly out, swan round the
end OF the pier, and with quick, graceful stroke
turned toward the shore. Then came loud cry
from those on the pier. She heard them saw &c he
will drown! he cannot swim p mingled with other
hurried and alarmed calculations. In an instant
she had turned about; with the swiftness of a
skillful swimmer, she hurried back and saw Mr.
Cay as he rose for the third time to the surface
She fastened her fingers in portion of his vest
and turned with her burden once more slloreward.
Not one of those remaining on the pier could swim
to render her assistance, but some one unmoored q
boat and rowing out took the tired brave swim
mer and her burden in.
Miss Beaufort did not fail i'll after her inpromptu
bath, but Mr. Gay did. 1t was some weeks before
ne elt nus foom high fever setting in, which con
fined him to his bed. There were as MANY more
weeks which saw him convaleseing; lust able to
while away his hours in either his aunts parlor or
Mrs. Beaufort's. By the time he was well enough
to leave, he found his heart could not be taken
away. ~
Miss Sarah was one day forced to listen to him,
as he stated to her his strange dilemma. "The
jailor carries the key of the door; he locks,a he
said, cannot induce you to go forth and abide
in the citadel, which, by right of conquest, has be-
come your own? The poor life which you pitied
and saved, dear Sarah, belongs to you, is hence.
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end mingled with your own?n
+" Nonsense!n said Sarah, trying to smile, though
a tear lay perdu under her eyed; " the idea is
preposterous, that the fastidious Mr.. Gay could
think of passing his life with woman who whistles
like boatswan and for aughth knows sWears like
a trooper"
Let er swear but to be mine and she shall
find the heart she brought warm from the arms of
the waves is a true and loyal one, able to APP
precate the noble worth of its preseryer, and
ready to devote its every throb to herhappiness,
As for my saving your life, a Newfoundland
dog would have done just the same and surely
you would not have offered such an exceeding
great reward to him, would your" II
Have mercy!" supplcated Mr.. Gay.
You had none, when you plunged into the
water, knowing you coud' mt swim, making me risk
my life to save that which you SO reckessly en-.
dangered."
1t was from an instructive desire to save Won,
that | forgot my inability even to save myself.
Torment me no longer, implore you! In word,
will you be my wife 2"
Upon conditions, yes You must go away,
learn how to hunt, how to swim and how to fence,