The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-18

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he met with disappointment when he
looked over the list the next day, in the
city. None of the passengers appeared
to be Italian.
Wemust write to the oompany's
office in Liverpool" Mrs. Forsythe said,
and find out whether the list in the
papers was correct. Oh l. Will, j would
like to go over there myself
A month later, when ID was ascertain
ed that there had been two passengers
from Bayonne on the steamer, Madam
Loizeau and Mile. Beaufort, the wish
Mrs. Forsythe had expressed began to
be seriously considered. 1t seemed to-
her quite probable that Madam Loizeau
was the lady who had taken her child,
and she could not ress until she had
made an effort to fiad her. In fact,
when autumn came and Rupert entered
college, Mr.. Forsythe was prevailed on
to set out on the undertaking, and they
sailed direct to France. The interest of
the story, however, as 1t was told after
ward, lay more. with Rupert, perhaps
during the next year than with the
wanderings of his foster parents, for
accident gave him an opportunity to
distinguish himself before he had COM
pleted his second college term.
In his nineteenth year young Forsythe
was tall, broad shouldered, energetic,
and attractive looking. He had well
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black curly hair, and dark eyes, that
gave his face bright, intelligent ap-
pearance. Whatever he undertook to
do he did with a will, whether it was
mastering the grammar Ola dead Ian
guage or performing feats In the gym
nasium, and accordingly, 1t was not
long before he became popular.
While skating on lake near the col
lege, one moonlight night in January,
with a merry company Of students and
a bevy of fair companions from the
town, it chanced that serious mistake
befell one of the young ladies, and that
Forsythe, like the true knight he was,
risked life and limb to rescue her. She
had ventured alone on a dangerous
place in the ice and fallen through
The crash and her scream threw every
body into confusion for moment, and
the crowd that rushed to her assistance
made the chance for her escape from
drowning very critical, as the ice in all
directions near her instantly threatened
to give way; but Forsythe, quicker-wit-
ted and more selfpossessed than the
others, shouted to them to stay back,
and then, throwing of his coat, began
to creep out on the ice alone.
Don't be frightened Cling to the
ice will reach you in moment !"
he said, encouragingly.
The young lady Miss Beatrice Linds-
ley) was too terrified, however, to know
what she was doing and, instead of
holding on and waiting she tried to raise
herself out of the water. This struggle
exhausted her strength, and she soon
fell back, uttering faint cry, and sunk
out of sight.
Forsythe kicked off his boots, threw
himself forward, and the next moment
had his arm around her and was fioun-
dering in the midst of the broken
ice.
1t was desperate maneuver, and,
had not his companions by this time
obtained some boards and come to his
relief, might not have proved success
full one. Miss Lindsey was now uncon-
scious and difficult to hold but he man
aged, by making great effort, to fight
his way to the place where the boards
made the ice firmer. Then, with aid,
he drew the young lady from the water
and carried her to her frightened friends
on the shore.
The next day the affair was the chief
topic of conversation among the stu
dents and in town. Mr. Lindsey, who
was one of the prominent citizens, call
ed on Forsythe, to express his gratitude
in fiattering terms ; and the local paper
published glowing account of the acci-
dent, congratulating the community on
an escape from sad calamity and char
acterizing Forsythe as exceptionally
manly, brave and daring. Miss. Limbs
ley was, in fact, the handsomest and
most accomplished young lady in the
town and, consequently, held high
place in the estimation Of her many
friends. s
would rather be Forsythe, than
have the learning of the whole faculty