Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-02-19

s thank their deliverer, he was gone
4 No one knew him; the sailors sale
they believed him TO be one Of the
{ military gents, by his rigging, bu'
, the individuality of the hero had
, troubled no one until the danger
I was over. In an hour the steamer
, was driven on the rocks and went
to pieces; and, it being by this
time quite dark, every one went
J home.
The next day the hunting party
returned from Gwynne Hall, the
storm having compelled them to
stop all night, and at dinner that
evening, the wreck and the hero Of
it, were the theme OF every ones
conversation.
"Such a plucky fellow" said En-
sign Powell. 81 wonder who he
was, Gwynne says he was q strang.
err, perhaps one of that crowd stay
ing at the abbey"
perhaps" said Capt. Marks,
sit was Jones'
"Oh, Jones would be afraid of
bis mother"
Jones made a satirical bow, and
said pleasantly, perhaps it was
Powell" at which Powell laughed
and said "not If he knew it."
In week the event had been
pretty well exhausted, especially as
there was to be a great dinner and
ball at Braddon, and all the officers
had invitations. This had a pecu-
liar interest, for the young lady
who had been saved from the
wreck would be present, and ru-
mors OF her riches and beauty had
been rife for several days.
Jones said he would not 90 to
the dinner, as he or Saville must
'emain for evening drill, and that
'aville loved a good dinner, while
he cared very little about it. Sa- {
lille could return in time to let I
him ride over about 10 o'clock and I
zee the dancing. Saville rather :
why Jones did not take :,
lis place all the evening and felt
'alf injured at his default. But C
ones had a curiosity about the
irl he had saved. To tell the a
ruth, he was nearer in love with
er than he had ever been with a n
'oman, and he wished in calm A"
lood, TO see il she was as beauti- &
II as his fancy had painted her, II;
nring those awful moments that w
3 held her high above the waves. &C
AS he passed, the squire remem- d
cred he had not been to dinner, as
nd stopped to say a few courteous 49,
ords, and introduced his compan- RI
o. OF
"Miss Conyers." H,
Lieutenant Jones'"
But no sooner did Mics Conyers 20
ar Lieutenant Jones voice than we
8 gave a joyful cry, and, clap
og her hands together, said: br
II have found him! Papa ey
pa! ! have found him |" h'
Never was there such an inter- VIZ
ption in a ball. The company
thered in exciting groups, and pa err
knew the lieutenant's voice, and u,
captain knew it, and poor Jones, o
willing enough, had to acknowl-
Re the deed and be made hero pie
was wonderful after this night ,oo
1t change took place in Jones'
ct ways. His books and his wa
{ seemed to have lost tLeir
rms, and as for his walks, they f,
g all in one direction, and end t.,
It Braddon Hall. In about a ed
18th Conyers went away, and "
q Jones began to haunt the wit
imam and to get pretty little ma
srs which always seemed to take =
eat deal Of answering. :.
efore the end of the winter he 4"
an invitation to Conyers to /
I'D month, and furlough be- thel
granted, he started off in great lad lad
for Kent. Jones never re- will
led to the eighty-fourth. The :"
this furlough was indefinitely ing
thened- in fact he sold out and pur
red upon a diplomatic career, @,
er the care Of Sir Thomas Con- "-
ighteen months after the wreck, ness
mel Underw God read aloud at kno
same mess a description of the ~ " -.
rage Of Thomas Jones, of Hill Neu