Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-16
MFFIINToWN,

the boat. he was saved from the sea.
But was his life saved for meP !
thought not, rs bent over him and
SAW his blue and half-uuconscious face.
think he must have died on ouI
homsward journey had not Pierre pro-
duced from the depths of the Marie
Antolnette bottle containing qulu-
tity of brandy, which | instantly gave
TO him, and before we had got back to
ST. Verolique he was quite conscious
again.
Ada rushed home with the tiding5,
and Mrs. Hilder had made every prep
aration for Jacks reception-ifI brought
him back at all, which they half feared
never might.
The three others met us at the pier,
and Jack was lifted out and carried,
not straight hume, but into Pierre's
little house, where we got his wet things
off and had him wrapped up IN blankets
TIL the deadly chill had gone somewhat
of.
Strangely, and most mercifully, he
suffered comparatively little lll.effects
from his long immersion. In a couple
OF days he was as well as ever. He
told us how he had bssn-as Ada and
L had witnessed-surprissd by these
men, whom he at once recognized as
some of the crew we had observed
watching US; how the first man had
Immediately assaulted him after a de-
mand for all his valuableS; how he had
closed with HIM IN a struggle, and
shaken him over the side of the ledge;
aud then seeing the other three-on
armed with long knife-running to-
ward him, he had instantly perceived the
hopeleSsnesS of struggling against such
odds, and chosen the alternative of
leaping into the sea to prObIbly being
stabbed first and thrown in aftsrwari.
He meant to swim to st. Veronique,
tho distanbe, he fancied, was not
much more than mile-but he had
net reckoned upon the swift currents
which abounded there, and after few
strokes he found himself being drifted
outward. But he struggled brayely.
Life was sweet, and SO Jack bore up
un il all hope had died within him, and
he felt in very few minutes more he
must succumb. 1t WAS Just then he
heard Braves bark.
50 brave and his master saved an
eighth life. and when We left S.. Ver-
Onique, which We did in few days
time. We left as substantial marks of
our gratitude as our means permitted.
Pierre WAS greatly pleased that he
had been instrumental in saving Nom
sieur's life, bu. with true French po-
litenesS he shared the glory of having
done 50 with m1dame, who had, he de.
cla,ed, behaved very well. BY which
| imagined he had not perceived M
abandonment of the tIiler-rapei when 1
Grst caught sight of Jacks hea above
the water.
The assailantS were never caught.
They returned to st. We: :Daique instant
". and when inquiries were made it
was found that their YES eel with the
whole crew on board had departed.
do not think, despite It's beauty,
that any of US were sorry to sly adieu
to st. Veronique.
Though VIZ encountered a lsenepdaa,ll
ovRr from Bseppe TO
and were five hours longer
on the passage than We ought to have
been, was too happy to mind it. J lck
was beside me-Jack, who might at
that very moment have been tossing
about on these very waves, a lifeleSs
corpse, but for the merciful providence
which had impelled me to 90 up on the |
cliff that sunny afternoon.