Saint Mary's beacon., 1877-12-14

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out Of the waterfall .ass ] nearly
drowned i' - ,~iSrs,,,
"Whats Eh. my De- J What tare
you talking about O. smsnsoul nf
the water-nearly drow - ~ sid Z
CHEEKY voice; and lookisl ,, I saw two
or three figures coming aninst the sky
over the crest Of the hill Then there
was little hurried talk s(cAey met my
preserver, and presently a middle-aeed
friend, who had spoken tlne ahout the
weather at the inn the -dc3 before had a
yice-like bold upon my arm, and w as
lending me very material assistance in
my ascent. ...
"What q fortunate thingi 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 all Of sudden we
missed her and wondered what had be-
come OF her; and then, 10 and behold !!
all the time she was qualifying for the
Royal Humane Society's medal
We bad stopped, when second young
lady, evidently sister OF my guardiaa
angel, came running down toward US,
exclaiming:
"Oh. papa. do come up quick: Lucy
has tainted. She was just beginning to
tell US all about it, when in moment
she went quite off,"
Whereupon Ihastened up the remain
der Of the slope in company with my
new friends. to find the brave girl quite
insensible, her head resting on the lap
Of lady. evidently her mother.
Then all solicitude, very properly, W as
turned from ne to her; but she soon re-
vived, and thea, and not till then, ] al
lowed myself to be hurried off to the
inn to get dry clothes. These, and a
little hot stimulant, soon put me to
rights, with no further damage from my
ducking than few superficial bruises
and scratches.
But what was this tremendous inter-
nal wound that suddenly became con-
scious of:-that had not been inflicted
by projecting rocks or slippery crags or
toamlng water! No; ofa certainty that
was the result Of a sympathetic glance
from a pair of bright brown eyes, which
had gone straight to my heart from the
moment they had looked down upon me
in my peril.
now suddenly awakened to the pos
sibility of what the doctor had called
settling down." There absolutely ap-
peared chance of my taking TO the
idea, and of SO carrying out his prescrip-
tion to the letter. What q wonderful
and beneficent effect it was working.
"Why, there she is in the garden a.
this moment, and how beautiful she
looks Now that have made mvself
presentable, thought, 81 will go down
Immediately and thank her like cohe-
rent being aud gentleman"
She was sitting in little arbor at the
end of the inn garden. Aslapproached,
blush, the more evident from the pale
ness which her undue exertion and sub
sequent faintness had left, overspread
her sweet tace-that angel face, which
| had at first thought dream, and which
to me now, with my newly-awakened d
poetical sensibilities, scarcely seemed a
reality.
carno. describe it. Why should Il
Other people would not see it with my
eyes; there were hundreds and hun
dreds OF faces in the world doubtless far
more beautiful.
! II hope YOU are feeling better"
said. 81 am afraid that what YOU have
done for me has sovertaxed your strength;
| shall never forgive myself if it has
made you seriously ILL.,
"Oh. no." she answered, II was only
a little out of breath with the running
and the scramble through the brush
wood and trees; but was sure that If
was to be OF any use there was no time
10 be lost. Please don't say any more
! about it,
"Oh, bu, indeed l must, you must
tell me how you saw me and how YOU
were able TO reach me-"
"Oh, had merely gone down to look
at the WATERFALL knew it would be
Sery much swollen-and the moment
came upon it, 10 my horror and surprise
! saw YOU standing upon that rock in
the middle of The river. Ifelt sure tha,
you would be drowned; but before
could even call out You we're washed of
IT, and ! saw you carried away. Well,
| don't know what it was that made me
do it, but ran along through the wood
1 by the side Of the river as fast ! could.
| don't suppose thought OF being able
10 save you, but it all seemed so dread
! full; and then ! lost sight of you. But
| still ran on TO near, the top OF the sec
ond tall, and got close down 10 try if
! 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 stand
ing, and trying to reach that boush
Well, then Ipushed it down TO you, that's
ALL"
"All. indeed" cried. "CanIever
repay YOU for that all = You simply
saved nv life: I should never have 90:
GU, bat tor YOU"
"Hope you are not much the xorse
for your duckins, sir :" here broke in
her fathers voice. II aud nv wife
hope tha, you will give US the pleasure
OF your company at dinner this evening:
YOU must be a little dull and lonely here
by yourself"
OF course I would, and Of course !
did. and Of course. too. | spent the very
pleasantest evening ] had ever knows
IN nv life. told the family who a.
and all about myself: and they told me
a great deal about themselves-fsther
mother and two daushters-and how
they had come out for their annual run
a. thew called il, and how thew cite,