Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-10-25

Charlie swan Up to the opposite end
Z from the one Belyills vac holding on sc
/ and steadied IL. his cool action auayi1g
Roberts frish; little.
Miss Brighton Is aiI right. aud we INST
get this boat ashore, dip the water out o.
/ IL. and row her 10 the club house." said
l Charlie, "a he began TO push the boat to-
wards the hank. ~as soer IS y1ur Oct
I .oucn the bottom t1ke that bow Inns
ashore and pull the boat in"
Belville saw that the danger was past;
and when he felt bottom he made for the
shore with The line Then. a. Charlie
I rad -1li him, BE- put il ever his shoulder
Z and pulled with all his might Thsni to
/ looking around, he saw il vas up the
bAEk far enough 80 dip the water out Of
T. But scr-ethlrg else then net hts view
which unnervsd him 80 that be sank -
secoud on the grass; FOR, Just esteru OF
the boat Ia .he deep water he saw the face
u brave Cbsrii- Cock sinking beneath
the water. Charlie had becoms cT-r
heated wheu working u(th May, aad that
last plunge into the cold water was toe
much for him Cramps had siszsd him
/ Just ~ he vas Fastening ashOFe 20 enjoy
Tho traits ~ His braserT
Robert was almost disabled BY ths
shock. but be saw that he must do what.
ever was o. BE- done quickly. 80 he tip.
ped the water out ot the boat, and after
trying tn fiud CHARLES body he put the
still unconscious girl in the boa ard
started to pull for the clubhouse as best
he could.
He was somewhat ssddsnsd by the acct
dent 10 Charlie. but then. as be looked
OH the beautiful pale face in the stern OF
hts boat, he could not help thinking. viii
little selfish satisfaction. that his prss
ierred rival WAC out Of the wav: ard theu
the thought came into his head why coald
not he tell May. who had been ncorsctous
during the whole affair. that he was the
hero who had saved her. and thereby win
her hand This Thought had no sooner
come into his head that he determined &c
act on it. SO. when be reached the dock
and met two % Mays Beta friends there
he said.
Boys, hurry and help me take Mise
Brighton up 10 the house. Our boat cap
sized; Charlie Cook took cramp and
was Drowned. and had all could do tc
save Miss Brighton"
They accordingly lifted her out OF the
boat. and enc ran ahead % prepare Mays
aunt FOR receiving Mag, who had theui
trse lbs still Unconscious girl right 70 hef
room
That night there was gloomy silence
about the clubhouse, which was broken
now and then by low inquiries concern
ing May; regrets at Charles Gntimely
death a-d praises for Mr.. BeIvilIe, who
was the hero OF the hour; and it was said
that he would surely have Mays hand FOR
the brave deed
Next morning at nine O'Clock, Robert
Belville's carriage stopped before the
club house. and he was met and led Ut
the piazza steps by lot OF MAYS friends,
who showered upon him uumberIess
words Of admiration for his heroism- He
was no moro the unpopular man os the
previous week.
Robert Belville. IL you ever are in
need I'll be a mother TO you, cried Mays
aunt as she grasped him by the hand
when she came down from Mays room
at the head o: the stairs on hearing his
voice.
Poor May, The shock had been a ter
rible one to her. The first words she ut
tered when she regained consciousness
were:
as Charley Cook safep'
They feared that the truth would be toe
much tor her, weak as she then was. 50
they said that he was safe: but in the
morning they saw she was strong enough
70 hear the truth which they told her as
gently as they could She didn't want &c
see any one then She felt as though she
could welcome death. She could hardly
believe that the great strong, noble
Charlie bad been drowned aud she. the
weak. little. helpless one. had survived
II could not be true. II could not be true.
When she heard her aunt talking with
Robert Belyills ut the bottom % the stairs
she tottered out OF her room aud to the
top % the banisters to see IL she could
hear any thing about Charlie. She could
not believe that he was dead. Then, as
she peeped over the railing, her eyes were
blinded by tears, but she thought she saw
% jOyi she knew she saw. Charlie Cook
himself appear at the front door OF the
club house.
Robert Belville, standing. with his back
to the door, in the midst OF q circle Of adj
mirers, was Just saying
The cramp caught" but his SEN
tencs was doomed never to be finished
for May gave a little scream OF joy. rush.
ed down stairs and past him to the front
door.
When every one present turned 20 see
her they discovered Charlie Cook, with
May clinging on his arm, looking as we'll
as when he started on that ill-fated trip.
Thank God, you're safe" he ex-
claimed where's BelviIIee want to
congratulate him on getting you back to
the clubhouse so safely"
But Belyille was nowhere to be seen.
However the clatter OF hoofs outside told
the tale % his isnominIous retreat.
I'VE thought you dead" exclaimed
May, as she clasped his baud in both OF
her hands
SO l would have been il the cries Of
Belville, when We tipped over, had not
made an old hunter up in the woods
come down TO the shore and see what
was the matter" said Charlie. s.Hs
came, however, just too late TO find Bel
Vile amt the boat. but Just in time to see
me floating, utterly exhausted aud quite
Unconscious, into the lake. He pulled
ne from the water and carried me ND to
his camp, where he worked on NE almost
ali last night, and, thanks to his efforts,
an able TO be with you once more.
Nv hat Is that you say, Miss BrightOus
belvll!e told your aunt that il he hadn't
been so Frustrated by his labor in saving
you be might have saved me4"
Then- when they gave him BelviIle's
version OF the accident, and he saw the
little plot Belville was endeavOrirg TO
play, he gave a full account of the sad
experience, in doing which, he avoided
alluiing 70 his own brave conduct; then
be excused himself. so that he might pack
his trunk for the train he had intende
TO take before.
think that ere Charlie Cook boarded
that one O'Clock train. be surely must
have had few quiet words with May; for.
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