Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-02-06

Llzzle-lasS don you hho"
me? Is Archie Lowell forgottenf
said the stranger, as he advanced.
'Archie-oh, Archle-is it you 2
Oh, Heaven and | didn't know of
your danger!
Then, woman.hke, when he had
folded her in his arms, she began
to cry for JOY, knowing that he was
safe and also true to his troth.
Never mind, love; it's all over
now but | mustn't delay when
there s a gentleman in sore need OF
help. Give me that rope, lass,
and come with me.
Fastening one end to the iron
balcony, he let the other down to
where Lee was anxiOusly clinging
in a perilous position, and i'm
mediately descended to help him.
After unfastcning the insensible
man from the hatchway, they tied
him under the armpits, when Lowell
reascended to help Lizzie hoist him
up. Lee remained below to pilot
him clear of the rocks and above
the wash of the waves, and then
mounted to aid them. On placing
him before fire in the parlor 1t
seemed almost more than doubt
full if he could even be resusticat-
ed, so limp, cold, blue and pulse
less was he.
Il declare uncle doesn't know
me any more than Lizzie did, said
Lowell, when they laid the insensi-
bic man down.
Lord bless me. is it Archie
Lowell that we've saved And SO
the wrecked brig was the Gannct.
How you've altered, boy
AS they chatted, they were busy
chatting the apparently lifeless
body; and fortunately didn't desisti
but persevcred oravely till warmth
began to return-then the pulse
at last faint breathing-then his
eyes opened as if in a dream, and
he asked where he was. lie was
saved, but not yet out of danger;
for he had been long immersed and
considerably bruised on the rocks
so they put him to bed. with
these exceptions every other sou
in the Gannet was drowned their
bodies subsequently were recovered
i'm the beach. The storm continued
with great fury all night. For
years it had not been eQualed III
violence. The lighthouse had
never been subjected to such a
strain and succession of shocks
The anxious watchers could feel II
culver and rock under the assault
of the raging element. But II
bravely withstOod their fury. A
day broke the wind lulled, the sc;
went down, and they fell and
: thanked God that they were safe
Iizzie,' said Lee, as they sat a
the strangers bedside next day,
for he had quite recovered the
shock, and all but the bruises
'don't you think he resembles you
mother only you were too younl
when she died to remember
Il had a sister, interrupted thei
, guest, when | foolishly ran ava
from home, years ago. We liveC
, in Portland. My name is Watson
WATSON Stewart Watson?
'The same
'Then you must be my 'wife'
r long-absent brother. Archie, di
, you know thisT
mo; he was a passenger, who's
name | never inquired; an
, wouldn't have guessed the secre
t though l had. We converse
3 often enough, especially at the enV
of the voyage and when the storm
r came on | promised to look afte
t him, as had taken a fancy to hil
n and could swim
n OF course there was great n
| ioicing in the small circle at thi
If new discovery.
a How came you to return HON
in the Gannet 2 at length aske
o Lee.
g well, as I said, l ran ava
r when young. Something ha
It offended me, and | was indepen'
if ent and determined to do withOu
l. home help. | reached the Brazils
d wandered away into the wild il
o terror, and finally settled far froI
q any means by which letters coul
g. be conveyed, even if wished I
@ send them. At last | made, not
d large fortune, but a cOmpetenc
and lOnged to take q look at I'll
II old spot where | was born, to sc
d if my sister survived, and if an
G one would recognize me. Havin
8 reached Rio Janerio, | took pas
o age in the brig. And so this prett
o girl IS my nleceF he JOcularly ad'
l. ed, after time, when they ha
a told him of his sisters death. {
Ia wish she had been some one els
e. that | might marry her myself
t. 'No-thank you, said Lizzi
N looking archly at her lover.
4. 'Ah, WE'LL said her uncle, seein
c. how matters stood, Il can give sc
l. a helping hand.
le And he performed his promise
n Not only were they his kinsfolI
ly but they had saved his life. FL
m long Lizzie Lee became Liz