New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-16

l
rushes in, and as nv names Sarah
Chambers, that's.an as Emily Carter said
to me.'
| Though Chambers information was
neither copious nor distinct, 1T conveyed
forcibly enough. that the children were we're in
danger,tand that the boat had something
to do with il.
1T was impossible to describe the
CHASTITY hue which spread over Sir Will
liam's face, as the thought flashed across
his mind that his children had been
drowned. But he had hardly time to-
realize the possibility of such calamity,
when III stole the curate, with soft and
smiling face, -.
ssTheres is no imminent danger, . he said
at once. 'sThere is yet half an hour,
during which it is quite possible to save
them. But lose not moment in send
ing a messenger on horseback to the
nearest fisherman, bid him bring round his
boat directly. If you'll lend me one of
your horses, I'll go myself.' aas /
| Orders were given for. the. immediate
saddling of horse and meanwhile Sir
William learned from Mr.. Ling that Mas
ter William had run his boat upon a
sunken rock; and that the boy, with his
sister, were now upon a point of rock a
quarter of mile from the shore from
which they were cut off by the flowing
tide. In half an hour the point on which
they stood would besa foot below water,
and unless boat be procured by that
time, they would be in peril' ft.E,.,r.
In few seconds more the saddled
horse stood at the door, Mr.. Ling mount
ed it, and rode off.
"By this time, however, Lady Windus
was on her way to the shore. The mo-
ment she learned Of the boat, she guessed
all the rest. 49, 81 .21!5,
The truth, however, was that Emily
and Miss Joan had been sent out in the
phaeton, under the charge Of the page,
Tor a drive; that William, seeing the
equipage, ran his boat in shore; and that
as Emily declined to venture on accoun
Of. her tendency to bile and her dislike of
sharks, he took his sister, OF his own
lordly will and authority, under his pro-
lection. The boat struck, filled and went
down; and. by the greatest good fortune,
William, with Joan in his arms, was able
to reach the point of rock on which he
now stood. st@ .tfa
What we're the feelings of Lady Win
dus when she reached the shore and be-
held her children on small spot of rock,
with the sea all around them-smooth 4
almost as as glass, it is true, but with
tide flowing, and every minute covering
a, fresh portion Of the rock on which her
babes were standing. sIEi|ItH8tt.#
But in vain did her mothers heart
swell within her till it was well-nigh
bursting, as she saw the little dimpled
hands other Joan stretched out toward
her, and her brave boy take off his cap
and wave it cheeringly to her with
manly courage, which he drew from her
own generous blood much more than
from his sire's.i sisilz&E 1iiIi G5zl5ssI
But could nothing be done?,
Sir William now appeared on the road
which ran along the shore He was fol-
lowed by the old gamekeeper, by Emily
Carter, who had recovered, by Sarah
Chambers, who wished to see with her
own eyes what the precise extent of the
danger was, by the, housekeeper, the
stable boy, and a rat-catcher who hap
pened to be passing along the road at the
time and was drawn to the beach by that
love of the terrible which kings, philos-
ophers, high, damsels and. low, noble
,marquises, baronets and rat catchers share
equally among them. 49, - IN ~ 'ss %s~'ss,
could swim?
Unhappily Sir William could not nor
the gamekeeper. The rat-catcher being
applied to by Emily Garter, Hooked at
that young person solemnly for several
seconds, and then quietly closed his eyes,
and thus addressed her:
Young woman, do you see this here
rat in this here cage? a; 5s, rs. flri
"Well9" demanded Emily, with much
dignity.
Then, unless some on you can swim
furder nor me, or unless a boat comes up,
or unless, something else happens, which
sees no promising sign on, I
wouldn't give the life of this here rat fol-
the life Of them two children.'' 50
And the tide was rising. Smooth as
glass spacious and smiling as
a lying hypocrite it was rising, and Lady
Windus could see that it was already
licking the feet of her children,
"Look, look, William - she exclaimed,
at the same time directing her husbands
attention to the rock; she lifts her up.
The water is at their feet!s My God!
can we do nothing?" ,rx~
! Yes, twas true The water was at
their feet. William had raised Joan in
his arms; and as he saw his mother
direct the baronet's attention to them,
he called out, though she couldn't hear