The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-31
The Romance of rive Reach

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The great topic of conversation at the
hotels at Rye Beach this week Ia the en-
gsgement of Miss Sarah Brown, beauti
full young Pennsylvania and heiress as
well. to Robert G. Miller, the son of Rye
Beach fisherman. and himself nothing more
than skipper of one of the hotel yachts
which sre rented for excursions BY hotel
guests. Miss Brown was one Of the party
that made several trips on the yacht which
young R.bert 'skiPpered," and Robert saw
great deal of her, though, of course,
mindful OF the great disparity of their So
cial positions, he kept the secret of his love
10 himself, coutenting himself with paving
her extraordinary attentions during her
trips on his boat. As for Sarah she w.s
extremely courteous TO him. That was all.
Well, the catastrophe that led to the en-
gsgement happened like this: They are
great hands for fish chowder down along
the New England coast. Instead of sery.
ing small plate of soup at the hotels,
they act before each guest about bucket,
full of Goldfish chowder, and, strange
to say, the guests like it. Miss Brown
is passiouately fond of fish chow
der and eats fabulously large guam
titles Of it, and sometimes eats 1t
so rapidly that she gets her mouth full of
Goldfish vertebr;e befor she knows it. About
two weeks sgo she did worse She got |
very large piece Of the backbone of the |
Goldfish down her throat, and was utterly |
unable To either swallow il or get il out |
She wss terribly frightened, and 30 were
her friends, who decided at once that a |
doctor must be brought from Portsmouth,
ten miles away. Robert Miller CHANGED to
be at the hotel Office when the order wac
given for q horsemsn to be despatched to
Portsmouth. and learning what the tronble
was. insisted on being the man. So very
swift steed was ssddied, and second later
Robert disappeared in q cloud of dust. In
q couple of hours the Portsmouth doctor
arrived, mis- hor-e white with foam and
fire from his nostrils, and
the doctor, being skillful fell
low, eoon extracted the bone. give
minutes lster," he remarked, land
I should have been too late. If that mes
4epger had not been hero, 1 should never
have eeen my patient alive" "A hero -
exclaimed the ladies. "What do you mean
II was only Robert, the skipper" "What
his name was, ladies, know not; but I
repeat il, he showed himself a hero, and he
saved this young xomsn's life by his hero
ism" Explain yourself" cried the ex-
cited women. So the doctor explained how
Robert had fallen from his hone when
about half way to town. dislocating one
ankle and breaking an arm, but notwith-
standing his injuries he b ad sgain mounted
he hor.e and tied himself into
he saddle, and driven on faster
h.n before to make up for lost time.
& Why, when he reached my ofhce," said
he doctor, he had Jest strength enough to
deliver his message and then be tainted
lead away with pain and exhaustion.
eft him 10 charge of my students and came
IN, for knew that there was q case of life
md death here" Well, when Miss Brown
,ecovered her senses, being Of . very ro-
mantle turn of mind, she lost them sgain.
md fell in love with the man Who eaved
YER life. and she il to marry hin a sooa =
n rnonRuu nlSc;nfly fro0 his ipjuriA u