The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-08-21
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IF you .are moi; in. love now you never
fwll be, ,oaereturnedseC. sturdiiys !ssapd i
J winshave my answsrlnSw, Or never.'h tss,
"Never, them" laughed Susy. But
she had gone d step too far. Her often
severely tried lover was now too much
in earnest to bear trifling any longer.
i.Neyer. be si.. then rs,q,he cried i and
,seizing his hat he strobe from thegroom.
S0sy listened to his receediug' foot.
steps with dismay. Had she, indeed, by
her ersigible love coquetry, lost hin, Z
It smote her, to the. soul 10 think SO. AS
she heard him open the front door, i'm
PEELED BY d feeling 6f despair, size raised
the window sash, aud, leaning forward,
whispered :,s rsAssa,,s ..ss.r,, , s..
"charley, Charley you will be at the
boat tomorrow TO bid me good bye,
Won't you 7 Surely; We are still friends" !"
AS she spoke she tore a rose from her
bosom and threw il tolhim. 1t lodged
on his arm, but he brushed it away as
though'i,rhad been poison, and passed
on without looking up.
spsy. spent the remainder Of the day
in tears. = Early the next day. the esbustle
Of departure began, Susy was going to
accompany her widowed invalid mother
ION a trip for her health. AS they
reached the wharf and descended from
the carriage, Susy's~ eyes made them
selves busy searching for a wished-for
face; but it'was nowhere' to be seen. vas
The steamboat lay painting and putting,
seemingly impatient to be let Loose.
Spsy's mother, aided by the servant man
who accompanied them had already
crossed the gangway which lay between
the wharf aud the boat, aud Susy was
reluctantly following, when the sound OF
"a voice behind her-the very voice she
had l6nged TO hear--startIcd her. She
turned to look round, and missing her
footstep, fell into the water.
Another instant mud Charles had
thrown off his coat, and calling cut
budly,s1'Tel the,captain not to allow the
wheel .toatir, and 10 luwcr stne sssropc,..p.
he sprang into the water But Of her
whom he was riskipg his life to save, he
wasaunable to perceive any trace
Judging that the current Of the river
might have carried her.a little forward. /.
he swan around the wheel but still he
saw her not, and despair seized his heart
as he copjectured that she might be un-
der the boat. I He strained his eyes to,
see through the water, aud at length dis
cerned, far below the surface, what
seemed the .end Of floating garment
lodged between the wheel and the round
ed bottom of the boat =,
If this were indeed the case of the un-
fortunate girl, the least movement ofNtke
wheel, must; inevitably crush, her, aud
Charles, in his terror, faacied It was
already beginning to turn. He dived
aud clutched at the garment, but
missed IL. He rose painting and al
most exhausted; but scarcely waiting to
get lbreath, ne again plunged below
This, time his efforts were rewarded with
success, at least SO far that he was able
to bring Susy's, form to the surface of
the water but she seemed totally life
less. Charles was NOW SO nearly ex-
hausted that he had only sufficient pre-
sence of mind left to clasp Sasy convul-
sively to him while he kept himself
a6oat by holding on to the wheel
But this, his last hope of support,
seemed also to fail him, soon he per-
ceiyed that itnwps really begipaing to
turn slowly round. BY desperate eff
fort he struck his foot against one of the
paddles SO as to push himself as far from
the danger rs possible, AS ne did SO,
something touched his head, and his
hand ggaspeds a rope. New life seemed
now infused into him. He gathered all
his energies, and fastened the rope round
Susy's consciousness entirely for
isook him. In the meantime the wit
nesses Of the scene, after giving Charles
instruction to the Captain, had watched
his struggles and exertions with breath
less interest. The friendly rope had
been flung to him again aud again, but
in the excitementof his feelings, and his
semi sersibility, he had been incapable
of nvailing himself of the protfered aid