New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-05-03

head, and there was frank close behlnd
him. Oh, have they gone under againP
No, there they are. The waters nave
dashed over them again. Oh, oh. oh,
how thankful we ought to be! They
have come up again, and Frank has q
firm hold of Jamie. But twas notvery
easy swimming in that furious water,
and Frank caught desperately at pro-
jecting rock.
''Heint" he cried. II can't hold on
long, and I can't swim with him.
The children were too frightened to
know what to do. There was no house
in sight Agnes looked round in de-
spair. Then she remembered the wag-
oner. All this had happened in less
than minute, and perhaps he was not
out of reach. She ran along the road
he had taken with her utmost speed.
Run, Agnes, run, that dreadful water is
tearing away at the rock, and Frank is
getting exhausted. Round the crook in
the road Agnes saw the WAGNER slowly
ascending a little hill at some distance.
Her little feet flew along the ground.
She called out, ''Stop! Stopr' but her
voice was faint, and she could not make
him hear. Hurry, Agnes, hurry! Franks
strength is almost gone. The wagner
is almost at the top of the hill, and then
his horse will begin to trot again, and
there will be no more hope of overtaking
him.
Isabella had said that very afternoon
that Agnes was a stupid thing; but how
ever that may be at this moment a bright
idea came to her. She had little rub
Der ball in her pocket. The scholars
had fashion of playing ball at recess,
and Agnes was quite skillful. Aim
steadily, Agnes. 1t isfor life and death!
She gathered all her strength and aimed
the ball straight at the wagoner's back.
It did not hurt him much, but he looked
round with sudden exclamation, and
he saw the girl waving her arms in such
distress that he turned his horse and
trotted back to her.
''Well, little girl, what now?' said he.
They're drowning?' Agnes white
lips could barely form the words, but
the WAGNER understood her in an in
slant, and Selling her with one hand he
swung her over the wheel to place be-
side him, and then drove his horse at 8
pace that must have astonished that So
Der animal.
He passed the crook in the road and
saw the boy clinging to the rock.
''Quick, childrenr' he called. s'Shawls,
tippets, handkerchiefs, everything! Tie
them together!'' And in the meantime
he cut the reins and tied them to the
line the children made. suppose so
many knots were never tied before in
five seconds, and then they had line
long enough to reach the rock. The
man tied one end round his waist, and
telling all the children to hold hard at
the other end, plunged into the water.
A few strong strokes brought him to the
rock. '.Give me the boy and put your
hand on my shoulder" said the man to
Frank, who, with his eyes rigid and set,
seemed not to hear. Franks hand had
stiffened in its hold of Jamie, so that
the man had to wrench it off. He placed
it himself on his own shoulder, and in
five minutes more they were all on shore.
''Wet, isn't it now?'' said Jamie, smil-
ing and staring at his clothes.
1t was some time before Frank could
speak.
swell then,'' said the man rather
gruff1y, perhaps to hide his feeling,
'.you've had what they call hair
breadth escape. Surprising hadn't
been here! You were an idiot yourself
not to drop that idiot-boy, who's no &C
count to anybody. You couldn't save
both, but what was the use of both
drowning? Tell me that
II thought of that" said Frank, rath-
er feebly, ''and l kept thinking that
when 1 couldn't hold him any longer I'd
save myself. But then / kept thinking
if he wasn't of much account that his
mother thought the world of him, and
couldn't letg 60"
Now this happens to be true story,
and l hope you will all agree, as the
scholars did, that though Frank did not
display any military skill' he was a
very good little knight-errant.- Our
Continent.