Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-11-27

COURSE lduSueu -tnOuSnC ne was
jokin'. Fred's alters fondiof his joke
Dorothy put her hand to her head, she
turns, sickened, away; her eyes met
Jacks eyes fastened upon her face. He
touches her little roughly on the shout
der.
Dorothy" he says hoarsely, 'there
aim much time to lose. Shall try to
save him-for you?"
''Save him--save himr' answers she,
wildly. "Yes, yes it's my fault, his be.
ing out yon at all-my fault! Hurry,
hurry, Jack! Come, Joe-father! Jacks
going to save him."
Jack doesn't finch nor hesitate a sec
ond; he pays slight heed to Joe's re-
morstrances or to Dave Chenoweth's
oaths. In five minutes he has boat out
on the shrieking waves of the inlet, and
with one catch at Dorothys hand with
his as she helps her father and brother
push off the craft, Jack Kendall is pulling
for his life and the others with despera-
ton known only to such heroic natures
as his.
They watch-ths thrce-from the
shore. Now they can see the frail shell:
now they cannot. This moment q living
spetk upon the top Of the waters, leaping
to meet and reach that other speck a
mile and more away from it; the next,
both lost to sight in the great gray gulf
1t did not take long so long as it
takes me to tell it-before Jack Kendall,
making one last long lunge with his
boat, holding his right oar with his
strong white teeth, caught the living,
af -, l.
and lifted it in hes de- him.
Dorothy fell IN her knees on the sand
clutching w til tense fingers at the spray
dashed rocks by which she crouched.
Look ny up she saw the Cape Ann
Lights, and then, with great awful
sob and arush of long rent-up tears, she
remembered Jack endal. Through all
the neNt fateful moments she thought
only Of him saw only, in her mind. his
blue eyes, his sunny head, as the speck
upon the waste of waters da he'd nearer,
| ncar,r-nay, now Joe and his father,
reaching strolg arms, caught at the
boats edge and hauled it, Dor, thy help
ing, up the sands.
The three men-they were not wordy
people carried Redo uickly into the
farmhouse Kitchen and laid him on the
old hair-cloth sofa They gave him slim
ulants, put dry clothes on him, and
finally whispered that he was ''all right, "
and sat down to cat. At last Eave Che
| noweth and his son at down.
Jack Kendall stood by the window; Ia
had refused to take anything, or to dry
his clothes or change them; and Zorro
| thy sat on a stool by the sofa, gazing ut
the sleeping mans pallid face.
Jack turned away from TIE window.
j The two men were talking over their
meal. Dorothy was we'll in the shadow
| away from tie flare of the candies, ard
| Kendall went up t, her and knclt down
| beside her
"Dorot "" he says, brok.; ly, Il be,
lievc as how I've done alb lut ali ] could
for you''--be glances al she sleeping
man--''and now I'm goin' away from
| the farm for good to-night--now y
| He holds out his hand
Eorothv docs not take it. She rises
she crosses to the window and pulls asid,
! the thin curtain, and bcckous Jack K en-
dai to her de.
Jack. she say. "when saw you OH
yon, and aw the lights shinin' pTaYct
| for you to come back SAFE lack Shakes
hi, head sadly.
''l'o- YOU the gnl cries. wildly; no
him! It's MI ben mistake with him
it's been you, lack, all the time
When l saw tn IN ghts, l knew
couldn't love no landsman, Jack
couldn marry no man as couldn't man
age boat better'n that. Jack, she adds
pla;ntively, twill you hev meg"
And LAX makes lit answer, save tn,
fold of his wet young arms about hel
closely, the kisses Of his ruddy mouth
on hers.
So these four, quietly, lest they wake
the bruisodand resting man, eat to
gether their Thanksgiving dinner. And
at the at window, where Dorothy left
the curtain pushed aside, the Cape AnI
Lights 6 cam in and shine on Jack:
happy face.
'I'll always love them lights" Eoro
thy whispers to h lover, later on.
"W II he" Jack asks.
Eyes, the girl answers, ;houghtfully
1.-TWO of kind is a far mating" strok
ing her lovers hand "Eu: i'll matched il
only magred. "-Fa"nje A. Nat ews.