The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-27

"If we put it in the landing net, can
you manage to reach itf" ..'
"Ohl yes; l think SO. Can't / come
down to you thought"
"Not very well, think. You see the
bank is very steep just here-and exceed
ingly slippery, not to say crummy.
There's nothing to hold on by. But we
can 60 lower down if you wish it."
"Oh, no, thank you. Pm ashamed
Of giving you so much trouble as
it is" .....,
"Never mind that" said the other
pleasantly. ,,.. % ,9.g
The letter was put between the meshes
of the landing-net. The fisherman held
out the net at arms length. Mr.. Lescar
leant over the bank as far as he dared.
But the net and the hand did not quite
meet. The fisherman stretched his arm
little further. Mr.. Lescar stretched
his arm a little further and grasped the
letter. The fisherman, however, took
back the net rather too quickly-a
mesh of which caught in some inexplic-
able manner Mr.. Lescar's shirt-sleeve
stud. Mr.. Lescar was, unfortunately,
leaning too far forward to have the pow
er of resisting even so slight a pull as
that, and down the bank he plunged
head-foremost--rolling over and over into
the water. 1t was very fortunate that
they saw him falling even before he quite
fell, for by the time he reached the
waters edge, he had in his wild struggles
to recover himself sprained an ankle, and
had bumped his head so severely that he
had tainted. They were, however, ready
for him and caught him just as he was
disappearing.
Then they hauled him into the punt
with no little dificulty-and were very
much relieved to find that he soon opened
his eyes and tried to smile and said:
"1t's nothing-nothing at all" .-.
"Isn't it? said the other-the rescuer.
III don't know then what your views of
something may be. should say--vastl
Never mind, we'll get you home in no
time and dry you"
"But = Pm afraid my ankle is
sprained. -" ,
"T'm sorry for that never mind
|. pray, don't apologize. These acci-
dents will happen, and 1t was partly
our fault"
| "I'm afraid Isplashed these ladies'"
"Of course you did; but they don''
mind that" ..... .. ... ..a...,. !.
| "And I've left . whose Is it s
Mr.. Pettigrew's canoe -. is that ths
nameT ...... .......-. Il.
eyes 80. where have you left hi
canoew s. . rl. g7&eo'
"Above the weir, with man keeping
his eye on it from the other side"
"All right, we'll send this man-Poul
, der, when you've put us down, just tax
! Mr.. Pettigrew's canoe back to him, vii
youw f, 4
"With Mr.. Lescar's unfeigned thanks
/. He has my cards in his pocket-book
! At all events l left it lying on hi
lawn" .,... ...u ..t ,.-
! No questions were asked, of coure; pc
culiar as it might seem that gentlemal
should ignore the name of the owner
=, the boat he had borrowed, and yet shout
leave 50 intimate possession as his pock
et-book lying on his lawn. But thes
people were Of the simplest and kindes
= quality. However violently and sue
~ denly Mr.. Lescar may have introduce
himself to their notice-he had becon
y - during the process of his introductio
D > both wet and manned, and there was re-
II son enough to receive him as a brother
= a. they would hear of no apology and wei
distressed at his evident distress, and ha
an hour afterward he was dry and b
. foot bandaged. His letter, too, was DIR,
+ and he was lying on a sofa and his lett
- - on little table beside him. They ha
:. . even--this at his earnest request--fu
'o nished him with pens, paper, ink an
envelopes. In one envelope he put Mi
Munnisss erratic document. And he
'e it NAV be confessed that as he lay ba'
:. on his sofa with that document in h
~ :. hand, he would have given much to rel
", it. Not because of mere vulgar crayil
y for prying into other peoples concerl
but because of the natural passlona
8 wish of a very anxious lover to knt
10 what were the contents and who t
writer of letter which the beloved
ne his heart priced SO highly. He was N
ol however, for one single instant tempt
eo to crafty his curiosity. Without hest
tion and with averted eyes lest he shou
ne see by chance any one word of the WI
l.. ing, he put the letter into an envelol
le He then wrote few words to Miss MI
~ Mss on a sheet Of paper, and put tt
$50 with it. & ta
- ITO BE Continued
Ao Keep your bowels and kidneys in heal