The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-17

presentable," l thought, 81 will 90 down
Immediately and thank her like coherent
being and a gentleman" .....
She was sitting in little arbor at the
end of the inn garden. AS approached,
blush, the more evident from the pale.
ness which her undue exertion and SUBJ
sequent faintness had left, o4erspread
ner sweet face-that angel face which
mad at first thought dream, and which
to me now, with newly awakened poetical
sensibilities, scarcely seemed reality.
l cannot describe it. Why should L?
Other people would not see it with nv
eyes; there were hundreds and hundreds
OF faces in the world, doubtless, far more
beautiful.
II hope you are feeling better" said.
am afraid that what you have done
Tor me has overtaxed your strength; l
shall never forgive myself if it has made
you seriously i'll )"
. no" she answered, 81 was only a
little out of breath with the running and
the scramble through the brushwood and
trees; but l was sure that if was to be
OF any use there was no time to be lost.
Please don't say any more about it."
Oh, but indeed l must; you must tell
me now you saw me and how you were
able to reach me-"
"Oh, l had merely gone down to look
at the WATERFALL knew it would be
very much swollen-and the moment
came upon it, to my horror and surprise
l saw you standing upon that rock in the
middle of the river. felt sure that you
would be drowned; but before could
even call out you were washed off it, and
| saw you carried away. Well, l don't
know what it was that made me do it,
but l ran along through the wood by the
side OF the river as fast as l could.
don't suppose l thought of being able to
save you, but it all seemed so dreadful;
and then lost sight of you. But still
ran on to near the top of the second fall,
and got close down to try if l could see
you; the trees were so thick up above
that l was obliged to get close to the
edge. l was looking all about for you
when | suddenly saw you just underneath
where | was standing, and trying to
reach that bough. Well. then, pushed
1t down to you-that's ALL"
"All, indeedp' l cried. "Can l ever
repay you for that 'all? You simply
saved my life; l should never have got
out but for you"
Hope you are not much the worse for
your ducking, sir!" here broke in her
fathers voice. 81 and my wife hope
that you will give us the pleasure of
your company at dinner this evening;
you must be little dull and lonely here
by yourself" 80
Of course l would, and of course did,
and of course, too, l spent the very
pleasantest evening had ever known in
my life. | told the family who l was
and all about myself; and they told me
good deal about father,
mother and two daughters-and how
they had come out for their annual run,
as they called it, and how they often
made very pleasant acquaintance on
their little tours.
" But it's not often" said my host,
" that we make one in this fashion; it is
not to be wished. We don't expect to
become heroines of domestic drama
every day, Ha, ha! but, by George, it
was very lucky Lucy saw you"
And so on, and so on.
slo Ahfdtffr, itee iAosF rGeing6ftaf I had
ever known; morning, evening and noon
were spent in the company of my new
acquaintances, and at the end of very
short time those acquaintance had be-
come fast friends. was as completely
over head and ears in love as had been
over head and ears in the turbulent water,
and | told her so.
"Save me once more" l said; "give
me that hand once again and let it be
mine forever; otherwise it would have
been kinder to have left me drown out
right"
She dropped her head, but held out
her hand, that hand which ct this mo-
ment has just touched my arm, as sill
very voice says: Come, Billy, stop; l
have been peeping over your shoulder.
You need not write any more; people can
guess the rest. | would rather you did
not enter into details" ..
every well, DEAR" l answer; "as it
is now nearly twenty years since it hap
pened, perhaps you are right. Yes, set
tied down for twenty years; who would
think it! And in week or 1.-TWO we must
be off, for the nineteenth time together,
on another holiday diversion. What
shall it be and where shall we find it?"
"Oh, am still all for the country, you
know" she cries. {" l am never tired of
rural sights and sounds" ..
"Nor l." is my reply; "well go
where
Gentle winds and waters near
Make music for the lonely ear
as Byron says. Fancy my quoting Byronl
What transformation in man! Only
we shall not be lonely, shall WEI"
"Indeed, no, she says; awe will only
take care not to sit in the dry beds of
mountain streams when we want to listen
to 6 the music of the waters. "-LondOn
Society. ..... ...
He Would Tell.