Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

The romance Of Rye Beach, this sum-
mer is the engagement of Miss Sarah
Brown, beautiful young Pennsylvan-
ian and an heiress as well, TO Robert G..
MiIler, the son Of a Rye Beach fisher
man, and himself nothing more than q
skipper Of one Of the hotel yachts which
are rented for excursions sbyhotelguests.
Miss Brown was one Of a party that
made several trips on the yacht which
young Robert 'Hskippered, 4" and Robert
saw a great deal OF her, and went dead
in love with her, though, of course,
mindful of the great disparity of their
social positions, he kept the secret OF
his love tp himself, contenting himself
with paying her extraordinary atten-
rions during her trips on his boat. AS
for Sarah, she was extremely courteous
10 him. That was all. Well, the catas-
Trophe that led 10 the engagement hap
Peded like this: They are great hands
Tor FISH chowder down along the New
England coast. Instead of serving a
small plate ct soup at the hotels, they
set before each guest about buckettuI
of goldfish chowder, aud, strange to say,
the guests like il. Miss Brown is pas
sionaIely fond Of FISH chowder and eats
fabulOusly large quantities of it, and
sometimes eats it so rapidly that she
gets her mouth full Of Goldfish vertebr9
before she knows il. Recently she did
worse She got a very large piece of
the backbone of a Goldfish down her
throat and WAS utterly unable 10 either
swallow Nv or get il out. She was ter
ribly frightened, and 50 were her friends
who decided at once that doctor must
be brought from Portsmouth, ten miles
away Robert Miller chanced ue be in
the hotel Office when the order was
given for horseman 10 be despatched
10 Portsmouth,, and learning what the
trouble was, insisted on being the man.
30 vr-y swift steed was sNddled, and
n sec0lrG l~Ier Robert disappeared i'm a
cloud OF dust Ina couple of hours the
Portsmouth doctor arrived, his horse
white with foam and breathing fire
IRON his nOsIrils, and the doctor, being
4 skillfGl fellow, soon extracted the
bone Five minutes later. - he remar-
ked, S>snd l should have been too late
IL that messenger had not been a hero,
1 should never have seen my patient
alive" "A herOl' exclaimed the lad
les What do you mean? Ii was only
RDhert. the skipper "What his name
wGs, knew not; bat l repeat it, he
showed himself hero, and saved
this Young woman's life by his hero
ISM" Explain YOURSELF" cried the
excited woman. So the doctor explain
ed how Robert had fallen from his
horse when about half way to town,
diSlccating one ankle and breaking an
arm. but Notwithstanding his injuries
ne had again mounted tine horse and tied
himself to the saddle, and driven on
faster than before 10 make up for lost
time why, when he reached my
Oface, " said the doctor. che had just
strength enough 70 deliver his message
and then he tainted dead away with
pain and exhaustion, L left him in
charge OF my students and came on,
fOr 4 knew that there was case of life
and death here" Well, when Miss
Brown recovered her senses, being of
very romantic turn of mind, she lost
them again, and fell in love with the
man who saved her life, and she is to
marry him as soon as he RECEIVERS suffi-
ciently from his injuries.