New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-14

The Hood must have risen tremendously FAST"
three hours ago. Mr.. Godthorpep
Upon my word, lcouldn't have believed II" he
said, much perturbed. "IneVer, guessed anyt thing
of this sort was likely to happen"
There is only one thing to be dOne,' Cherry
said gayly. You must resign yourselves to cir
GnmStances, and be our prisoners for tonight
particular. and the morning If you can't make your
escape in our own boat, shall easily be able to
signal some one to bring us punt
II, for one, shall DO cOntented to be prisoner to
so fair a gaOlerD said Mr.. GOldthorDe CALAMITY
reappeared in the house. feeling somewhat dis
its. Explanations were made to Mrs. Roper, whom
Cherry insisted on taking of to bed; aud after she
had disposed Of her for the night arrangements for
her busy away from us. Mr.. Goldthorpe, sitting
alone in the drawingIoom with me- began to look
on the shady side of his imprison ment.
Il suppose we are sure to be able to get boat in
the mornIngf" he questioned anxiously.
II depends upoon, whether any come TINS way or
cannot think what is to bring them"
But # don't get boat can't get back tOItSwn;
and must be at my office at IL tomorrow. have
most important engagement"
linen hope you Will get boat"
" At any rate. this sort of thing can't last The
river VIII 60 down as fast as it came up, daresay"
Floods have been known to last three weeks
without abating,D, told him for his encourage
cross he could be- In spite of his fine speeches. he
was rapidly falling into that state of mind and
when Cherry announced that our rooms were ready.
no made no attempt to detaln her for the
tete-a-tete which now at length was possible but
took his candle. and marched away gloom
OF daylight l was at the window, and
looked out upon sea of brown waters
afterward learned that a weir had burst which
accounted for the rapid rise. The water was up to
the very walls of the house and flowing past it In
strong stream. Evidently there was no possibility
f from yhP woG there use
his opportunity No man ever had a
better, Here he was, shut up with his lady.
love for hours, her mother safe out of the
way, and her other cbaperon frequently sitting
with the invalid. knew at least one other who
would have cared little in such situation, for
foods outside and business in London, but thought
himsefin Paradise. Mr. Goldthorps was ofa different
opinion. He kept perpetually fdgeting over to the
window looking out for the boat that never came,
and lpterruptng all attempts at talk occupation
It's no use, Mr.. GoldthOrpe,' said Cherry at last.
Nothing seems to pass us except some poor mans
Swede rurnps. You'd better occupy yourself III
fishing for them. We may DO thankful TO have
then IF for ri dinner in day or two"
well, seriously, things look somewhat blue.
We have very little room for keeping anything
in this house and we get most things in small guam
titles The butcher to have called this very
day, and unless he takes boat to now, we shall
be short commons at dinner-time. The only things
we have good supply Of are flour, bacon, tea and
I'VE shant starvs at any rate" 1 remarked,
much relieved by the presence Of tea in the list.
But one can't live on -four and bacon" SAID NJ
Flour can be made into bread, and 1 shall pro.
coed to effect the conversion, If necessary laughed
Cherry. " II we can't live on bread, bacon, and
tea for a day or two, wo must be sybsTites."
like a farm-ia6orerb Mir Godthorpe muttered
Really, when one lives in such place, one should
make provision tor what may happen"
Cherry did not reply, but lett the room rather
Ofeadcd. By-and-by she recovered her temper, and
her sense of duty toward Mr.. Goldthorpe. She re-
turned to the drawng-rOOm, and tried with all her
might to entertain him, She sang to him until ne
got up and walked to the window, yawning, and
looking out for boats. She played crl0b3ge with
him until he grew tired OF beating her. and she
grew tired OF being beaten. She took her work aud
waited for him to begin making love to her; but he
never began In the intense ennul OF that day, the
poor girl did ample, .penance9 for the sin Of
should have thought nice and sufficient
dinner but for Mr.. GOldthOrpe's scarcely disguised
he slept after IT, We all went TO bed early; and #
ever girl looked utterly tagged and worn-out, 1t
was Cherry Roper on the night of that wet satur-
day which was to have been her betrothal day.
".
Morning dawned, and dreaTy hight spread slowly
over a dreary scene. We had agreed that 10 o'clock
would be quite enough for breakfast, and aDOuf
that hour wendell my way downstairs: Inc hau
door was open, and Mr. GOdthorpe stood at It, star
ing out dIsmally at the prospect, and keeping up
his everlasting watch for boats 1t was not cheer
fu sight, and turned from 1t to meet Cherry IN
Breakfast Is ready" she said. I'VE have eaten
all our bread. and so / have made some hot cakes
But matters are growing serious. find Jane was
mistaken IN telling That we had plenty of houri
we 6ays only about as much left as have used
this morning. The moral OF that is-to;morrow we
there, a few yards of Oh, if we only had man
with U.S. instead OF tOgy!" The tOgy was
summoned to breakfast, and told the state
of affairs, and that it was Unnecessary to
make our provisions go as far as We could lie only
replied thai OF course boat would come, ana IL
was nonsense TO starVe ourselves; ne, LOT one was
not going to do il. And accordingly. while Cherry
aud ate only enough TO keep Us going, he maze
extra havoc among the precious CAKES by way OF
nur
az last gave way, and when he made o momentary
pause She rose from the table and carried away the
dish. Mr.. GoldthOrpe glared after her.
"Poljte. upon my world" he remarked. l
could not stand any more OF hun just then, and
left the room. was going upstairs Wheh I neaI9
a sudden call from Cherry In the Kitchen hurried
10 her; she was standing at the back door, WIN
clasped hands and cleaning eyes. 1870,
"A boat sle cried; "a boat, coming hcre
| looked where she pointed, and. through one OF
the bare hedges, could see something moving In
neighbOring field, ~, ..y
cit is coming SAID Cherry "don't you trouble
81 wonder who It can bet" remarked lnn0cently;
She turned, aud flashed look at me. A iL i,
of yours she said. her eyes dancing with Jun
" come totake you home to luncheon. lheIo II %
ali the more cakes for MIR. Goldth0rpes Tea.
The boatman knew his way apparently no was
feeling along the hedge for thin place, where ne
could force his boat through, for OF course IL was
impossible to open any gates. we c0ulu near nlm
among the thorns what proved to be the bow OF q
light river gig, and slowly the inmate pusheu
pulled himself anu MS Dudl tulOush'
az a. tbot time the whole household was
Gathered at the door to welcome Hugh Garfield Or
eourse NJ was he Cherry had known 1t from the
first, and had not been long IN guessing VINO was
most likely to have come 10 our rescue
Are You all well ~ shouted the young man, al
most before he was within speaking distance.
/" All welp responded Mr. GOldthOrpe, with an
air OF responsibility hope you have brought us
prOVisIons.' , -, 49,,
- Everything cOuld think of that would go in my
bootU answered Hugh bringing 1t up To the steps.
Mrs Roper was shaking hands with our deliyerer;
" don't know how to thank you, Dr. Carheld,"
she said for coming to help us-and at such risk
tOOP -,e -, -
lauahed Cherry "Dr. Garfield would never
rave Left Mira Singleton to sta:ve.' Then,
in n lower tone sine added, as no
cIasned her hand: 1T was good OF you TO come.