St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-08-18
ST. CLOUD MINNESOTA Thursday AUGUSTUS: 1884, .

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weight, pull me down: I could swim, vel. ;
and as my head rose above, the water, and
1saw the glorious bright SUM-. my love Of
ear th seemed $50 strong and the thought, Of
death 20 terrible, that ] struggled hard to
keep ,aioat. But my clothes we're thick
and impeded my limbs. His arms were
tightly elasped around my neck, and his
dead weig ght; was pullir g, forever pulling,
me down. ysfgfo ii Cd - Il Ill Lzfu ii!
9d Then solmq,eetIhing On, dark, came between me
and The light; end the old boat with the
Major in it, glitled past almost at arm s
length. 'Imade a clutch-aIrope was trail
ing IN: The water-andi as L caught it and
pulled myself with my burden tosthe side,
Picard the shout from. the beech, and, felt
the Ml1'jorshannq qls nl unqlasping his sons arms
from my neck, :. -:
q 'I'll hold him you get in at the other
side. Come that's we'll done, Ii, asaid.a.
we lifted Mrio Leitl. into the; boat. snow
You row'ino and I'll soon nting him to-; i...g7
| y It; was not the first time as' ], I,afe1Wards
learnt, that the Major had helped to resus-
citate half drowned person; lie knew
exactly what to do; and under His 'skillfu]
treatment his son opened his eyes before
! we reached the shore. ~ a. '~i;sn .#7; z.a7
- q s.H y o.!
I must dress. him before I can convey
HIM home, said Iha Major ,,..r.f:,a ,:,,I -.
ah Sol ltook them to the young fellows ma
chine, and then pulled away, sIartly to
change my clothes and partly to5avoid be
/ ing known" I>suceeeded in, the latter
even Better ,t.anI had hoped; for when I
met the Major, and lsis. daughser ntthe Pa
rade in the afternoon. they did ne not recog7
nize me-, I bad left my slouching hat at
hone, and my hair and whiskers We're not
plastered to my face With water. | also
found out that nobody had noticed me in
The morning $50 I:deternlined ;totplay on
my new characterized boatman. Whereup-,
on the next day assuming !ahe eld disguise,
went forth again in search q fresh afdyen-
ture.
ii OK! there ih s he Is, papa; pas Miss Esith said
| as 1'patyssea:! a.! @a'i2i-! ., 9oA:j fo a*f
.Ahpsos lie: Isl; Here my man.; we will
go fora pull To-day, How are. you Ut this hi
morning? Caught Nc cold yesterday s{eAa l.
.hope,?' ...J. f.;..,.a .,a;,... ~. -.
ii! by Jove! don't know how to thank
! YOU said Mr.. Henry, shaking my hand
as soon as he. was in the9 beat.i sBut Il
want to llavea ;aU with youssomeltime. II Fl
- Then the Major. muttering some thanks, as i
Held gut bis hand and Miss Miss Leith Le:! gave
Eme her brightest smile which priced more
chan, all.
\. Hon 81 t1iannge n |*a" papa" she said, reading
the name of: tie boat. A'fou: know Miss
Hemery told us to have this 'one before We
came.' 81 aru:,.n.>, - :of .',,-, .,-lu,,.c
sCless me-. yes:' | have heard s,sgood
deal about you, Alr. Baker. heard that
you were very sober, and very; respectat,
BILE, and all that sort Of thing. fl seems to
me too, that you were not always a boat
man. he said glancingiat mylhands which
were rather; whittier than the Aippers of the
sors Of Neptune YsGally are SO if you
like to give up this sort Of life, why III
take care that you always have a snug
roof over your head - .@.' '&""2 a7'Al1
hon nl-nH - 1a1, hnrf In tot II
him that L liked my life very we'll: In fact
| was fairly, stumped as what to say. / felt
half inclined to laugh at being taken fsr
old Dan; and yet I felt that the Major
ought not to be allowed to continue IN his
mistake. ~ tH'. ~ ..*'...@ :.l:' '.>::-31
You seem very young TO be such her.:
nit; : Come you must marry ef ! will find
you wife and keep her we'll too .,.
'Yes you must, forget the Faithless Ma i
now, said Miss Lei,h smiling again. l
suppose she had heard some Of the conjec-
lures about D-n's lifs. -. :, =
Il do not mean to be inquisitive,' the Ma
jor said, butt l cannot bear to see q young
man like you and one too who is SO superb
to this sort OF work, settling down to such
q life: Remember what we owe to you.
Will you not tell me your trouble L may
be able, to kelb you; and | swear I won't
spare money or trouble to make you happy.
Although OF course, I did not want any
pecuniary help, his kind way in oAfer,ng,it
and the fatherly manner in which he put.
his hand upon my shoulder as l bent for
wards, made me ashamed Of the trick | had
played upon him. lie must sooner or la
ter find it out and wondered within my
self as leant over the oars looking down,
with his hand upon my shoulder whether
he would then be so kind as now..,yr s59.s@sE.
4 should, like to see you privately to-
lnorrow,sir,' said putting off the : time Us
long as could. h, b, If 3...t..., y.sl,,..s
I: Very we'll then Come in the. morning
at eleven-6, :. Marine Gardens. Ask for
':Major Leith.' .....:<, ~, ,,'.'... -. -
l promised to do SO, and nothing more
was said about it during our pull.
Il Good bye said Mr. Henry, when he
was on the beach. The governor has had
all the talk to-day; but Iashall aes you
again soon:' :'e47a,}o ui@ssJtass: .5s.. IL ggi /
r Good bye, said Miss 9Leith with = nod,
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