New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-20

| dead. Heaven be praised. but nearly choked with
one of the three that had been playing about tho
poop at hide-and-seek. ] held her on high-she was
but feather in my hands-with slant oil the head
to let the wator drain from her throat and conld
hear cheers and cries rolling IN sort OF broadsldo
from the ships side to tho starboard bulwarks,
which were back with the swarlnlng OF sailors ana
passengers. while aft stood crowd, motioning and
shricking. tell you 1t was strange To hear tho.e
sounds coming along the smooth surface, every note
clear as "A bell, through confusion oil hurais, hys-
terica screaming and the loud orders OF the mate.
directing the hands who were iranlcally ~ WORK ia
clearing away the quartcr-boat ready iCr lowering,
mixed with the Tapping of the canvas beating tld
masts rs he vessel lifted with the swell and the strain
ing of spars and the chale of the rnnnng-getr Inc
ship came round very slowly to the FAINT diaIgh t
experience overheard. should have fouIld some
thing like new sensation in the sight OF the stretch
of water betwiXt me and her cleaning hui, leaning
her shapclv. chcckcrcd side out of the yearning
gurgle of the swell until you could see the water
sparkling as it drained down the bends past tho
greenish copper into the But man who has
tumblcd of yardarm into q smother OF yeast ana
hollow full of roaring can't be expected To make
much OF an adventure overheard IN calm, with
him to be seen by
The boat came down into the water with n ratio
and splash the oars broke into silver shining ss
they raised after the first dip and in a trce
the little girl and were lifted into her aud r0wed
alongside the ship. The child WAS handed up To
twenty pairs of arms extended 10 receive her. and |.
dripping wet, aud feeling more like waterfall than
| Il man. scrambled into the maln-chalns and 80 got
aboard From the malumast 10 the cudddy front
the deck just block OF people and there being
plenty of mothers among them, they would have
maize some kind of fuss over this very chap mid
| exploit had not hurriedy showed through them
on my way to my cabin sayhg IN rep,y 10 ,ne,r'
We'll done STR Inc hoI rig PigGT ~ Sn SoH,
you srw and the like of such exclamatiouS, on.
it's all right It's no more than duckIng Tor either
of us" And yet, small ~, the incident was, Il was
of the right kind to sensation, II was break
of the mOnOtOny of the seattle; then again. no
kind of excitement caused by accident upon the
ocean SURPRISES the thrill sent through the heart by
the fall Of person overheard ana ail ,he Women
and maybe all the fathers. in that ship would Ind
u child tumbling into the water much more moving
than had man taken an involuntary header; ana
combining these points with the electrical eiiect
| of the piercing snrek that followed the accident,
the rush 10 the side the shouts ana screams OF men
| and women, | could not be surprised to ma tho
crowd of 'tween-deck and other passengers very
| much stirred and somewhat enthusiast ically demon.
! stratiye as passed through them. stripped and
dried myself and was soon completely dressed, ana.
! lighting cigar. stepped through the cuddy mp tho
| showed my nose Daniel bounced upon me: Jack
cried he, {" it was smartly done. The child owes is
| life to YOU The least delay would have been fatal:
| for the child was under when you reached her.
And as he said this up hustled the passengers-Mrs.
O'Bren full of Irish impulse, using her elbows that
| she might force her way to shake hands with me.
! Mrs. Jackson jOstlmg Mrs. Grant Captain jackson
! tanning Thompson Tucker against Aunt Damarisi
! Mrs. Marmadukc Mortimer sobbng. a. an emotional
! young wife knows how, on such occasions. ana hct
husband lowering on the skirts of the Otbors wait,
ing to catch my eye 1t was what an actor would
| refer to pelting feowcreature with rotton-eggs,
! and | was 50 exceedingly disconnected that | was
heartily sorry hadn't turned in when stripped
| myself. instead of coming on deck.
| Mr. Egerton" cried Mrs. O}rcn, "yerc hero
there's tho markings of a thrue mother ~ You. and
my blessing upon you. AS Il widow VINO mas been
mother herself
at was very smart thing. Mr, Egerton let mo
| tell YOU, sir shouted Captain Jackson " HAD you
been Il sailor, you couldn't have shown more pres
Mr. Egerton," cried Aunt Damaris, 9" must
shake your hand. Your conduct Is truly I'M
| am sure cannot remember what mumbcd in
reply to these and dozen other cOurtcsleS and CONF
| pmcnts. The smallncss of the exploit made mo
feel that there was "A deal of unconscious irony IN
the most generous of human impulses; and was
sensible of bushing like gIr as bowed na ana
| But | not To be lot oil yet, for on sudden
| heard voice crying out Where is he where IS
| he - and up rushed Mr.. Joyce the others making
way for him. and Selling my hands he endeav0red
to speak, but his voice failed him. and he looked at
me only with the eyes of a man whose heart Is iuii
"Iow is she :" | asked.
"Oh." he answered in broken tones" she will take
no harm the doctor thinks. Nothing to be feared
but the shock to the nervous system. She talk,
ing to her mother" and, breaking down, he called
! Gods blessing my head in barely artlculate
Ills gratitude was so affecting that. for the life OF
me- couldn't help mist creeping over my eyes.
| To Goddess Il man is but a conventional phrase.
but when a father says the solemn words when the
blessing of the Almighty Is asked for you 10y man
| whose childs life yOu have saved, ana VINO speaks
with solbS in his voice. and his face made INFINITELY
affecting by gratitude, the sentence takes wonder
ful significance, you fee thore Is more IN 1t than
sound and the memory it gives Is something to I'm
ger like Il shining light i'll the mind iOr many long
lie explained how the accident had befallen; the
| forward end of the hon-cO0ps. which ran down
either side the poop stopped short on within hall
dozen feet or so of the termination OF the raised
deck, leaving the rail opcn tho child had gone be-
| hind the square end of the coop to hide from her
little brothers. and the nurse catching sight OF tho
wee body at tho instant it toppled backward and
overheard. sent mp tho wonderful shrek nave
| mentioned | should have imagined that nobody
| but the mother could have delivered such note;
hut. he that AZ it may. when Mr. joyce had eN-
! plained how the thing had happened. he again
! yI;ISped my hands If he would embrace me, ana
then hurried below to after the little glrl Alter
| a bit the other passengers drew OIL vi All thos9
who lived aft the only one who had not approached
| me was Fl0remce. She had kept her seat. though |
knew that her eyes were upon me while stood sur,
| rounded by the others Aunt Damarls had rtJolned
her and seeing this stepped up, and seated myself
on the edge of the skylght Just wncre was before
| went overheard and addressing the old lady,
our conversation was interrupted, to give me lea'o
to call upon you at sydney.
Florence. "Do not You know that you have lnst
saved little child's life it was noby done. Ana
she put ont her hand. took 1t ana pressed H. iiit
! ing nv cap aS did 50. go
| @Dont speak of such thing as that as noble said
| / There is no risk. The sea Is Calm-tho ship Is
| scarcely moyng-l had a life-buoy to support mo-
| should he a poor creature II should take credit
! for such twO-penny job as that" , >,
You very enicmatlcal person. Mr. Egerton.o
said the old lady, cycling me rs if had grown three
or four feet since my bath. You seem to treat tho
saving of life very lightly, sir think your con;
! duct wonderful. How You can come back here ana
| resume the conversation after an Incident that
made my very brains reel cannot imagine
why. Miss Hawke, 50 value your KIND invita-
ton that did not want this little upset to turn it
wholly ont of your mind, which might have hap
pcncd if did not take care to recall H.. .,...,.
! rhis little upset how can you give the very
near drowning of an infant such term| she ca
| claimed. But perhaps You are usrd TO danger.
donbtlHlly and yet you too young to have seen
enough to harden your nerves. need not ask II
you are in the army =
F" No." SAID l. feeling confused. you need not ask
that. Miss Hawke
Indeed she went on, scanning me- you have
much more the look of sailor than of any other