The Red Cloud chief., 1880-02-12

put IL in the papers?
All these thoughts crowded upon me
a. the waves approached, and I had be-
gun to lose all hope, when, oh JOY
saw q figure in the distance. Once
again I shouted and waved my shawl
vehemently. The figure stopped, wait
ed one instant, and then / could see il
plunge into the ate and approach me
gradually. ., the intense relief Of tina,
moment!
By the time the figure (Which was
that Of n mani reached me ! was near
IL surrounded by water, and FIVE min
ntes more would have decided my fate.
Before that five minutes passed | was
caught by n pair Of strong arms, and
was being supported through the water
safely and surely to the beach, where
soon afterward I was deposited, a drip
ping, blue little ''Dot," feeling very
much smaller than usual.
Ny deliverer / had scarcely looked
at; I only felt that he was big and
strong, and hat / was like a doll in his
arms.
notwithstanding my circumstances,
he persisted in carrying me on To the
] uDLtl, At lilc CHI dItt W ~ulth ht Eeit-
" put me down. ! turned and gave
him my two little blue hands, with
what few expressions of thanks ! could
muster. He took them (the hands, !
mean in his warm, big brown ones,
and said in a deep, sweet voice:
"How thankful / am that / was in
time! A few minutes later, and
then"
shuddered: he left the sentence I'M
finished, and was taking his leave,
when | murmured something about my
sister and brother, and how pleased
they would be if he would call, but he
interrupted me with:
al should have been delighted, but
unfortunately ! leave Biarritz early to-
morrow"
And so he left me-left me with a lit
tie pang at my heart, such as | had new
er felt before.
Was he handsome? / know not; |
only know that a pair of dark brown
eyes had penetrated into my soul-yes,
me, stupid little dot" How often at
ter that morning did / feel those strong
arms about me, those kind eyes looking
into mine! How foolish | am! Prob
ably the mans married-has half a
dozen childreni One thing is pretty
certain, and that is, / shall never see
him again.
gave my sister and brother a slight
sketch of the whole affair, and Jack,
dear, good-hesrted Jack, flies about all
ove the town to discover and thank my
%deliverer, but all to no purpose. Not
even did he get a clew to his name, so
they gradually forgot all about the at
fair; but so did not /. "Dot" was no
/ longer the same "Dot" of wore, but
wandered about like the heroine of a
three-volume novel, with the memory
of two brown eyes burned deep into her
soul.
January and February were very
agreeable months at BiarritZ, and | be-
came more reconciled to the lack Of
amusements in consequence of the ar
rival at our hotel of a most charming
family, Colonel and Mrs. Pallisser and
their two daughters. The latter were
most accomplished girls, and exceed
ingly graceful and pretty; and before
many days Kathleen, the eldest, and my
self formed III attachment which, con-
sidering how opposite VT were in tenn
permanent and disposition, was the
surprising.
| wish | could give you an impression
of her beautiful face; she had that pecu-
liar tint of auburn hair which, combined
with soft brown eyes and a peach-like,
delicate skin, gives that Madonna-like
I,I l.. an .,A ean- -.
real life.
Some people, many l know, would
have stigmatized her as "that girl with
the carroty hair" and said no more;
but | admired her as | loved her, and /
trust our friendihip will be a lifelong
one.
She painted in oils, and l always ac-
companied her on her sketching expe-
ditions, l sitting beside her with my
book, while she produced OF her al
vas sweet effects of color, combined
with a truthfulneSs of outline remarka-
bile in a girl who had studied so little as
Kathleen.
Eventually, las our friendship increased
and ripened, | poured into her sympa-
thetic ear the small romance of my life,
and, rs | found she did not laugh at me
or think me ridiculous, | frequently re-
Cured to the subject, and unconsciously
it became the center of my thoughts by
day and my dreams by night.
So the next three months glided
peacefully away, and the time came
that we should return home to England,
the PallisserS being our travelling COM
panions.
Jack had rented a snug little place in
Herefordshire, called 1.-The Grange"
and there | was TO stay with them for
a couple of weeks before returning TO
the parental roof. 1t was such a pretty
place, a rather old-fashioned red brick
house, tucked in among the most lux
urious foliage you can imagine. The
garden was simply delicious, redolent
with the perfume of roses and carna-
tons, and, indeed, flowers of every de-
scription. 1t was separated only by a
low railing from the grounds of our, or,
| should say. rather, Jacks young
landlord, the Squire of the place.
We arrived tired, dusty, and rather
out of sorts, having had TO wait W
hours at a junction where there was
nothing to do but to read the adver-
tisements on the walls of the station,
and l think l could initiate exactly the
expression on the face of the lion caught
in the net, and the old nabob swallow
ing pickles-having studied them both
for SO long. Jack, according to his
usual fashion, smoked away like ten
chimneys; and Geraldine-well, she, l
think, only grumbled; and when we did
get home at last, the country looked so
delieiously green and fresh, and every
thing was so pretty at the Grange that
we soon recovered ourselves, and the
following day vas spent in exploring
the new territory and giving our several
opinions about every thing.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon Jack
came in, brimful of news. First item,
there was splendid shooting to be had
in the neighborhood, and fishing, too,
WAS rooI. than ha haa visited tho