The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-27

him out Of the water--he was nearly
drowntd!n
: "Wbat? Eh, my dear? What are.
you talking about? Gentleman out
Of the water--nearly drowned? said a.
CHEEKY voice; and looking up Isaw two.
or three figures coming against the sky,
over the creot OF the hill. Then there
was q little buried tax - they met
nv preaerv6y, and .preoently tpy mid
dle-aged friend who had spOkan, 70 me
about the weather at the Inn the day
before had vise-like hold upon. my
arm, and was lending me very material
assistance In my ascent. MO Z
"What fortunate thing! Only TO-
think, - he said, "of Lucy happening
to see you? We were wandering about.
and she had gone on ahead by herself
to look at the fall; then al Of . sudden
we missed her and wondered what had
become of her; and then, 10 and be-
hold all the time she was qualifying
for the Royal Humane Society 'slnedal.
You are not accustomed TO- mountain
rivers, sir, i am afraid; they are very
treacherous, and are often suddenly
swollen In this way when rain begins
In the hills after along dr0uth; its
what they call u ''spate" In the High
lands. hut stay, You are exhausted;
take 2 nip Of whisky out of my flask
here.,'s- Gee Il ~ -Ap'.fss
We had stopped that might dothis,
when second young lady, evidently o
sister Of my guardian angel, came rum
ming down toward us exclaimlngs
"Oh. papa. do c0meup quick; Lucy
has tainted. She was just beginning
to tell Us all about It, when I'm q mo-
zment she went quite off. ss
Whereupon, revived by the 'stimu-
liant, I hastened UP the remainder OF
the slope in company with my new
friend, to find the brave girl quite m
sensible, her ead:resting on the lap
Of u lady evidently her motller.. -,
Then the oheery gentleman put the
whisky flask to his daughters lips,
and all solicitude, very properly Wa
turned from me to her; but she soon
revived, and then. but not I'll then, 4
allowed myself to be hurried OH 70 TIRE
inn to get dry clothes. These and q
little hot stimulant, soon put me 10
rights, with no further damage rom
my ducking than q few superiicsai
bruises and scratches s.i
But,what was this tremendous inter-
| nal wound that hadsuddenly become
L
| flicted by projecting rocks or slippery
crags or fOaming water! NO; Of . Ger
! tainty that was the result of, y sympa-
| thetic. glance from D pair of bright
brown ewes, which lad gone straight
! to my heart from the moment they
I had locke down upon me In my peril,
\ Was I on the eve, then, Of another
great discovery WAS II not enough
| that i had found lately that therewerc
other sights and sounds worth .ltsteh-
| ing to than are supplied by London
streets. other elevating emotions than
those referable TO arithmetic and book.
keeping by double entry, but that l
must have thrust upon me also. the
| fact that there was something worth
| living for besides ones self and max.
ling money? It seemed 50 AS lshad
been taken by surprise by the pleasure
to be extracted from.a quiet country
life, so equally was now suddenly
awakened to- the possibility OF whai
the doctor had called settling down.
There absolutely appeared chance o.
nv taking TO the idea, and Of SO carry
ING out his prescription to the letter
What wonderful aud beneficial effec'
| It was working So 20 !,
WWhy, there she Is in the garden o.
this moment, and how beautiful shs
looks! Now that / have made mysei
presentable,n 1 thought, II will &
down Immediately and thank her lik'
4 a coherent being and q gentleman"
1 She was sitting in. a little arbor o
the end of the inn garden. AS ap
4 proached. q blush, the more evidep
from the paleress which her undu'
! exertions and subsequent faintness hat
left. oyerspread her sweet face-tha
1 angel-face, which I had at first though
4 a dream, and which to me- now Will
NV newiy-awakenedp oeticaa sensibH
tiles, scarcely seemed q reality. :
I can not Describe il. Why should Il
Other people would not see 1t Will M.
ewes = there were hundreds and hun
dreds' of people in the world doubles
far more beautiful. go,
AZ hope you are feeling better"
said. a. am afraid that what yO'
have done for me has overtaxed you
strene shall never forgive mysel
| If It has made you seriously ILL.,"
| ooh. no., she answered, ~ wa
only q little out Of breath with tn
running and the scramble through tn
brushwood and trees; but i was sur
that If I was. to beof any use there wa
no time to be lost. Please don't sa
any more about It,"
Oh. but indeed I. must you mus
tell me how you saw me and how 70
were able to reach me-" :
UOh, I had merely gone down I
look at the WATERFALL knew 1t woui
, he very much swollen--and the mn
mentl i came upon it, to my horrc
and surprise saw you standing upo
That rock in the iniddle Of the river.
4 felt sure that you would be drownet
hit before I could even call out 20
were washed Off It, and ! saw you ca
ried away. Well, / don't know whi
: n was that made me do. it, but i ra
; along through the wood by the side
b the river as fast as / could. don
3 suppose thought of being able to say
( YOU. but it al seemed so dreadful; an
, then / lost, sight OF you. But ST.
D. ran on to near the top of the secon
fall, and got close down to try II
could see YOU the trees were 30 thiG
up above that 1 was obliged to getclo'
to the edge, Twas looking all abo'
1 for You, when suddenly saw you Ju
underneath where was sstandin
4 and trying to reach that bough. We
: then 1 pushed it down to yoq--Vtha !
oil - fNfl - O. - i
; ".An, indeed ~ ] cried. ."'Can
1 ever repay you for that alp ~
simply saved my life, should new
n have got out but for you.H,. ~
. s"Hopeyou are NOT much.the wor
= for your ducking, sif?" here broke
her fathers, voice. - and my WI
Q hope that you will give us the pleas',
Z Of your company ut dinner this eve
I ing; YOU must be d little dull at
4 lonely here by yourself" ,-r.le
y, Of course would, and Of course
did, and OF course, too, spent the We
o pleasantest evening 4 had ever know
e. In my life. II told the family who
"a was and ali about myself; and tn.
b told me agood deal about themselv
4 father, mother and two daughter,
q and how they had come out for tht
70 annual ran; AZ they called 1t, and nc
pl they Often made very pleasant
q auaintances. on their little tours,
N -ssB0tivs not often, !" said our ho
ttk1Ic ~ :, ~ lr n ono In thfa faahiOn q