The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-08

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make my way back ;withT expedition.
when To- to my intense dismay L per-
ceived that the tide had risen and en-.
tirely divided the rock upon which
was standing from the shore. Still
worse, the horrid waves were creeping
Fnearer and nearer, and not a soul could
/ see to beP me in my ,dktrsss. tImag-
me my feeiines@me, POOR little miserA-
BILE dot" alone in, the middle of the
ocean.
krshoufed but the noise effthe waves
drowned my feeble cries, ike they mus
soon drown me. 0, would any one be
sorry? o, why had ever come to this
hateful 1Biarritz, TO be- drowned al
alone like thise / wonder would they
put 1t IN the papers p II = = :
~ All these thoughts crowded upon me
as the waves approached, and I had be-
gun-tolose al hope, when, oh ,joy!' 4
saw a figure in the distance. ). Once
again | shouted and waved my shawl
lvehementIy. The figure stopped, wait
ed one instant, and thensI could see il
plunge into the water and approach me
gradually. %, the intense relief of that
nomenti "A, - ,ie,.,i l.'s, ..,,r5',. "
BY the timel-the.- figure (which was
thatof amu1 reached me j cwas near
ly surrounded by water, and-fFe min-
aites more would. have decided my fate.
Before that FIVE minutes passed l was
caughtpby 4 pair ofestrong artns,s and
was being Supported through the Water
safely and surely to7the beach, where
'soon, afterwand hwassdeposited, acdrip-
ping, blue, little ffDot,'' feeling very
much smaller than sual.
Ny .deliverer I had scarcely looked
at; II only felt thaf xhe vas big and
strong, and that was 81 like g a doll in his
arms.
,, NotwthstandinE my femonstrances,
he persisted in carrying me son 10 the
hotel, at the entrance to which he gent
lly put 11ns down. Z turned and gave
him my two little blue hands, itb
what few expressions Of thanks I could
muster. He took them (the hands, I
mean) in his warm, big brown ones,
and said IN a,deep, sweet voice - -
Chow thankful Lam that lXas in
times 4 few minutes hter'.tand
Them "
I II shudderedI he left the sentence I'M
finished, and was taking his leave,
when 1 murmured something about my
sister and brother, and how pleased
they would be II he would can, but he
inteSrupted me With w 90
''fshotfd- nave Beer delighted, but
unfortunately leave Biarritzr early to-
pHSSsg Il III d, h. l,M@,
IF es teit 5sf e. ny reffr'' fsae1 as nag new
was he handsomep know not; 7
only kRpWsgtflat o pair of dark, hrown
eyes had penetrated into my souAyes,
me, stupid little 90 Dot, How often af-
ter that morning did I feel those strong
arms about me, those kind eyes looking
into mine! How foolish / am! Prob
ably the mans married-has half a
dozen chiidrentzr One -thing is pretty
-ceEtain,g and thac is IRshafiHnever see
INN agsirif.l Is ~ ~ = n
/ gave my sisteFand brother a slight
sfzeeh ofsfhe whole affains and Jack,
deaf, egood-heafted Jack fies about al
over the, town, TO discover and thank my
deliverer, but al to no purpose. Not
.eyen'did he get a elew to .bisname,- so
they gradually forgot al about the af,
for; but so did not l. "Dot y was no
longer the same ,YDot ''sof yore, but
Wandered about like the heroine of a
three-vo1ume novel, with the memory
oftwO brown eyes burned deep into her
EN-. 4lte. < 49, etl....M
January. and February owere very
agreeable months, at Biarritz, andI be-
came more reconciled to the lack of
amusements 10 consequence of the ar
rival at our lotd Of ) most fhsrming.
family, COLONEL afas MtI. Pailisser ana
their two daughters. The-latter We're,
most accomplished girls and exceed
ingly graceful and pretty; and before
many days Kathleen, the eldest, and my.
self formed an attachment which, con-
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