The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-22
ier handsome face and pretty blonde

her handsome face and pretty blonde
head exposed to view
"a wild cry of recognition burst
from the lips Of both at one breath,
"sHenryn she screamed.
eLonisarshe cried,
sand then the rolling water bore
them together, and they were locked
In each other's.arns.
sAt this instant another cry,
hoarse and terriBleasthat Of the
swimmer who had regained the
rope and was struggling toward The
pair, With fury and .hatred in his
dark face rang ont above the tn;
Imult Of the waters. 0aths and
curses were mingled with his.shoats.
lie came swinging along upon talli
iwasels crsst, and as She three came
segeshe ssf pl sllgs saw
!
him grasp the womans Shoulder
with one hand, ana with the other
strike her new companion a blow
that sent him staggering back,
though he managed TO recover the
rope in time to keep his feet.
"'oh, let me go, He is my hus-
band-my dear husbandv screamed
the woman, struggling vainly with
the swimmer, who was dragging her
furiausly out into the deep water,
while the man who had been struck
was courageously endeavoring to
reach her again.
"'Never! curse youl' roared out her
captor. you shall be mine, or
death'sl I'll drown you before his
eyes, sooner than let you return to
him.
"Helpl help!" screamed the wo-
man; he will drown me!'
"And then they all came together
again by the action of the waters,
the woman shrieking, the men strik-
ing desperately at each other over
her head and through the spray,
and, as they had all lost hold Of the
rope, | knew that it was but a ques-
tion of time for them to be caught
in the influence Of the fatal under
tow.
"'Follow me with the catamaran,
Enoch!' ] shouted to my assistant,
who CHANGED, most fortunately. ito be
near at hand.
sAnd then, with my big ,life,pre-
server over my shoulder, and old Zip
her, ,at q my 9. heels, !. dashed iate, she
sea. ~ .i.si:.s', i,sss 81.
"In.spite of my experience in run
ming out, watching for chances with
the back-tow, and the like, the three
strugglers were considerably beyond
their depth, and the woman almost
gone, by the time | reached them..
."Let go Of the womanl i. shouted,
with anioath,. to the swimm er, who
was still endeavorirg desperately to
drag her from the others grasp and
out to sea.
"His only reply being a torrent of
curses, ] struck him with all my force
between the eyes, which caused him
to lose his grasp and drift little to
windward.
"Then, seeing the other man was
unable to swim, ! tossed him the life
preserver, with q few words US to the
best method of using it, and then
took hold of the lady, whom, with
zip's assistance, easily managed to
keep afoat, the intelligent dog seiz-
ing her short bathing-skirt upon one
side, while supported her elbow on
the other. JF t4
"The skcleton'life-raft, or catama.
ran, as we sometimes call it, came up
soon afterward; and | presently had
them both on board, with Enoch at
the oars and headed in shore. g
"1 have never known whether the
other man drowned himself inten-
tionally, or, exhausted by the pre-
vious efforts, he found himself unable
to cope with the undertow that must
have caught him in its embrace soon
after | compelled him to loosen his
hold upon the lady's arm. AT any
rate, he was certainly drowned, and
his body was never recovered.
"The last | saw Of his ugly head
was far to the windward, when his
dark face turned glaringly toward us