The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-04-10

know, and all that, but by CAD. 1 don't
think don't think that ever man
felt quite for woman as | did when
| made that jump. If it had been a
royal mail steamer l was jumping for
I'd have done the same. My God, what it
was to see her so frightened And then, -
he continued when she came around SO
quick and backed that skiff up and didn't
faint or tremble at all, as most women
would when the danger was over, l felt so
proud of her, and felt so proud that that
quick thought of mine had saved her Elk
cuse me, but [ felt as if she were mine
She spoke first when got into the boat"
! continued Robert. Her voice startled me-
1t was very cold and yet it was little for
lorn. You had better take the oars and
row me home, Mr.. Martini she said
"She took the stern and | began to pull
for the hotel, not speaking, for l did not
understand her manner. All at once it
struck me that, perhaps, the close shave to
what she might think was death, might
have set her to thinking about lot of
things that they preach about, and tried
to rally her.
"'Come, | said, it wasn't man-of-war.
l don't believed it would have sunk us, any
how spoke in TESTING tone The look
she gave Inc struck me dumb. | pulled
ahead. Just here in mid-channel the knowl-
edge of what she thought hit me all at once.
dropped the oars.
Il ripped out an oath. couldn't helpit.
Then checked myself and said: 4 beg
pardon, it was very rude
:" Rude = she flashed back at me. Rude =
Then her voice grew forlorn again, and she
smiled sadly as she said; That is very
philosophic term for it. Mr. Martin
Robert dropped his head on his hands
again, and when he raised it his voice had
that sharpest pathos of utter defeat. you
see,n he said, chow completely at cross
purposes we were. She was so full of that
one idea that she hadn't even heard me
swear. | shut my mouth then and some
how pulled to the dock. didn't know we
were there till the boat jammed against it.
''Mr. Draper" said Robert solemnly, ''the
worst of it is that your niece cried and
gave me her hand at the door, and she
said, I'm glad you said what you did about
bravery last night. 1t shows me that you
only acted on your convictions about
about such matters.
"Good heavensr' 1t was / that spoke. l
had listened shiveringly to Roberts wan
dering and broken tale being more con-
cerned with the fact that we had drifted a
good mile down the chilly stream-it is al
ways cold on the st. Lawrence at night
than with the thread of the narrative, but
as he finished the narrative the thought
flashed on me, as it had on him, that my
niece, Cicely, having put together his
words of the night before and his action in
the boat. had concluded that he had jumped
to save himself MY poor boyln l said
not harken to my trying to set the matter
right but cut short his yachting and went
home the next day. Long ago, on my own
responsibility, l told my niece of what an
error she had made. think that is one
reason why she remains unmarried. AS
for him, as l said, the wound is deep and
wide yet, for all the six years of healing.
l would like to see the matter arranged,
but l went as far as l could when l told
him that he'd better straighten it out for
l am not going to throw my niece Cicely
at any mans Philadelphia Press.