The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-11-18

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: hair, two kind eyes bent upon hi
Own, white waving hand extende'
to salutIon.
Z iJohn, - said Mr. Steele, "did ye
see the face of that man coun
) upon your saving Laura Did ycl
!, see his thin, cruel lips, his treacherou
eyes ?'
al only saw Laura, sir" said join
simply.
Later on, Mr. Archibald Steele an,
his plump, pretty wife were alone to
: gether in their privste par!Or, He
dimpled hand lay lovingly ia his, he
shapely head fresh from the hands o
the coiffeur, rested recklessly on hi
shoulder.
Suddenly the door oPened, and ther'
was heard the rustic of siIken drapery
A still shapiier little head, and freshe
from the hands Of tue coitteur, all IN
rumpIed by the audaciOus hand o
mortal, peeped in at the door. Bauri
was pale /; her little white hands werV
cissped together; her musical voice
trembled.
80, papa, mamma, come directly
Mr.. Stuyvesant ventured too far, and
!, and"
nWas drowned ?p said Mr.. Steele
with a queer combination in his voice
OF pity and relief.
"No, no; how can you suppose SC
dreadful a thing? He was rescued,
but is very weak and i'll. He has
asked for me, aud may. GO? Will
you come with me, mamma Oh,
DO, I beg OF you. Can't she, papa 9'
Her blue eyes flied with tsars her
little feet seemed painting to fly
through the corridors.
"Certainly not" said Mr.. Steele
"LIet hin wait till he is able to come
to you or me. Either the man is
drowned or he isn't. Because he was
imheciIe enough to risk his life, that
is no reason for your being the talk OF
the hotelp
Laura raised her head proudly.
"NO danger Of that, papa and be-
sides everyone is occupied now with
the one that rescued him."
"And what madam was that ?"
said poor Mr.. Steele, who could not
reconcile himself to the present Gondi-
tion of affairs. t E.t o.
az don't knOw-a stranger believe.
L was so Interested in Mr.. Stuyvesant
1 forgot to ask"
"Pah !isaid Mr. Steele, getting up
on his feet and walking to the door.
'I'lI 90 ami find out ali about it. Do
you stay here till return"
Before ht had gone far Mr. Steele
heard from the excited guests several
different tensions of the affair, but
one and al agreed that the rescuer
could be IothiBg lessthan q champion
swimmer. EA
"a regAar water-dog - said one
eentiemai to Mr.. Steele aud as the
merchant had heard this epithet but
once befoh in his life, and that on an
occasion II vital interest to himself,
he sought out the hero of the hour
and found to his unbounded astOnish-
ment, it vas John Waters himself
He was quite enveloped in the
hounces and furbelows of pretty and
sym pathetic women, who insisted up
ON knowing every half second if he
was sure he(elt strong and well, and
how in the world could he buffet those
dreadful waves in the grand, heroic
way, and hoY did he manage to drag
poor Mr.. StujvesRnt In to the shore
John, like iny hero Of the hour, en-
joyed this Womanly ad1lation, but
looked anxIoBly at Mr.. Steele when
he approached
"Hum ~ groNled that worthy mer-
chant, "a prett, fellow you to inter-
fere with other peoples plans How
do you know he. wanted TO be res
cued ?"
HE appeard anxious that way,
sir,n said Johu. "He wrapped him
self about melike devil-fish. l
thought one tine we'd both go down
together. Their ought to be school
for teaching people how to be saved.
It's the easiest thing IN the world
the water itself i an accessory, if you
manage it rightl,."
"Oh, do tell US how, Mr.. Waters,
please u' chorusd the pretty and
sympathetic wonen and as John be-
gan his lesson, Mr.. Steele slipped
away. "a
"Oh, papa" bgaR Laura, Show is
Mr.. Stuyvesant 2,
sI don't knoF-I didn't ask" he
replied, "I was Interested ia the fell
low that draggd him ashore. He's
an old friend of ours. The way we
made his aequsiltance was on such
an occasion he saved a lady from
drowning"
"Why, papa, said Laura, the
must be splendd fellow - q
Magnificent ? said Mr.. Steele.
irYou see, we hare Travelled over con-
siderable Of the Forld together, your
mother and I, Thile you were yet
q baby. And wefound it rather odd
one morning to discover that having
crossed the oceaI and the Alps, l0i-
tered in the hudson Highlands,
Travelled thence OWN the Mississippi
\ Valley, across th, American desert to
California, and bek again by another
route, your mOtbr had never besu
up the East Rive as far as Morris
ania. II seemed o absurd to have
neglected this hone excursion that
we determined Jpn it at once. The
morning was VT, but We didn't
mind. Your moasr Looked prettier
in q waterproof nd rubbers, with a
shovel-hat tied down under her chin,
than most womei would in a ball
dress. She WASH bit afraid of rain
or mud. kShe wasa little too reckless
for getting ashoreo see one of the
institutions for warrant boys, her foot
slipped off the plak aud she disap-
4 pesred." -- --
Mr.. Steele stoppd a minute; his
voice faltered thdittle plump hand
of his wife slippednto his own !; he
clutched it and wet on again.
"One minute l sw her as neat and
trim little figures ever graced a
waterproof and shvel-hat, the next
she was gone"
"Gone !" cried Laura. Gone
where ?n
"Into the watel child; into the
hungry green wavs that surged up
to take her away from the fondest
heart in the univeIe; and if it hadn't
been for one of thoe vsFabond boys,
who had been lusing there for a
chance to escape rom the island,
you'd have lost US 9th. my dear, for
made an agoniZetplunge after her,
though Pm asbama to say couldn't
swim stroke, andhould only have
gone to the bottOmike plummet of
lead, but an o1fiai standing by
caught and held Ie, and cried out
} that Johnny Watei had her, safe as
trivet aud presntly that vsga-
, bond boy came up With your sweet
mother on the otneside of the boat
i and the official end out, "He's a
regular wster-dog, tat Johnny Wa
ters ?" and these We the very words
8 guest here used iIfelation 10 John
minute or so ago.
"John n cried Door bewildered
Laura, sour John ? Mamma? Was
mamma the lady Was John the
boy ? And is it job, our John, that
saved poor Mr.. Stuyesant ?"
"The very same, Griing John, our
John ; he's alwsyson hand where
there's trouble or dagger"
? "Ob, mamma! lamma ~ cried
Laura, forgetting al the years that
had passed since th accident, and
, erumpliDg both theoiffeured heads
in most reckless nlnner.
Papa" she Enen isid, 1--WE must
go and find John. want to tell him
now much-I-"
.. "Yes, DEAR" sal Mr.. Archibald
; Steele, and all the Wy through the
|. corridor and into th. psrIors Of the
!, hotel, with his plum and pretty wife
; on one arm, and his oveIy daughter
: on the other, he smhd.