Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-03

from below as he was next seen to sit on the
window sill; and steadying his left hand against
the shutter made the motion Of q toss win the
other hand
Double hush and triple expectancy from the
crowd below when with the strength OF an ath-
lete, the quickness Of a swordsman and the
precision Of q bowler at ball play the ngure
Hom out the blackness all around him parted
/ with the infant
A white parcel now descended. amid the
oeepess 1ush OF all, and then fell with result OF
peLIected per- aim into the center of the extempor-
| lzed receptacle. The child for an instant
bounded upward. but on its second and mini
| mum IAN was skillfully caught in the arms OF
one OF the s.alwart firemen in the rescuing
But the brave man? Was he TO perishY He
W. presently seen at the next window, having
reacned II 3y masterful and hylike crawl on
| coping under both windows
Ladders. ladders" was the new crv. These
nao already been prepared, but as the longest
soueneo me walls beneath where the unknown
| man IN evening dress stood it proved TOO short;
/ while as that conviction was forced upon the
i dremen flames began to pour on the top rounds
| out oL tne NlnaoW below the place where the
i daunted.
A visible wave Of horror seemed then TO pass
i over tne tnrongs The most experienced nre-
man appeared 70 be at puzzling loss Of plan.
/ But cheers again arose as the rbreatened man,
| still with the handkerchief over hfs face, was
Deneld moving over yet another coping. grasp
i 1L@N-A-l-A-
ally hidden By the dense smoke that became
/ denser when streams Of water blunted the
| force Of the iFe behind him.
What was his aim? What bis purposef
Wnat ms destination? Sooner OF later he must
fall into the vortex Of fame behind him or on
the pavements below.
He is making for the water ufueiI cried thu
chief engineer.
He has grasped it already" added fore
What coolnessF' thought all. az Ike n sailor
descending rope hand over hand he managed
to reach the side bar of ladder raised againse
| tne pipe, ana anno cneers thar could have been
heard far into the village, ne reached the
ground
Reached it only to be surrounded by ehesr,
/ ing mob. who sought to take him bv the hand
and who fought with each other for thst
/ honor; and fought 50 confusedly, that in the
semi-melee, he, through some dexterity had
disappeared as unknown as he had at fist
| emerged on his self-impossd task Of mercy
But the crowd found his hat and picked M
i the cambric handkerchief. The hat contained
no card. The kerehief had nothing Of identih-
cation except two finger holes that had made
i how to fight IRE.
The local papers on the next morning mar.
rated the romantic incidents Of his deed through
/ columns Of commanding description One
/ paper headed its account "An Unknown Hero.1
Another paper put forth this headline, Modest
/ Savior Of q Babe" All gazetteB exhausted
/ rhetorical praise for the unknown in his cool-
ness. atheism and modest bravery.
MIS- MIS- Vera @ and L1. her party came INTO the
Il
/ to divers sermons she had many times delivered
/ against the plebeian practice OF Newspaper
reading at restaurant serViee and thereby pre-
venting digestion waiting upon appetite she
| was now paying more attention to the morning
| journal than to her saY0ry omelette. Her face
was glowing with honest enthusiasm as she
perused the thrilling account Of the IRE and OF
| the almost miraculous rescue. Her running
comments were OF sympathetic and eulogistio
character.
As Carson 1eisureIy sauntsred toward his seat
at the table and nonchalantly wished every
body good morning in the very midst Of her
enthusiasm, he was greeted with an '.Of course
| you heard about the IRE Of last evening"
He looked positively unconcerned, and she
continued, But beg your pardon. such minor
affairs don't interest one OF your cold blood"
"Oh, yes; my dear Miss Vera, heard Of IL
Ny man Mivins was there and told me some
| thing about il"
"Rescuef FancyI Was there rescuer' he
asked as he became apparently absorbed in his
| cup Of cafe an lait.
WAS there rescue. indeedF she scorDfnlIy
| demanded, and with positively the intonation
/ Of almost contemptuons indignation why
look down the tablet Everybody is reading
the newspaper account Here is is; almost a
| "Oh, fancyFs he almost drawled II shall read
/ it by and by on the piazza with great delight
since you commend It"
myself.
And he with all who listened to her rich voice
version into sentences crisp and piquant as an
i Addisonian article. When she came to the
dramatic point Of the tossing Of the child
doWnwards, she turned toward her mother and
/ exclaimed: "What heroI 1 really believe
/ could accept such man for husband.D
'.FancyF' be said, still stirring his cafe per
/ haps this unknown hero was an acrobat or =
/ circus chap-one Of the fellows don't You
know, who saw the air with trapezea"
MISS vera crumD,9g ,5es.. nsr n1smsgsper y n2z
she proceeded to quit the table, added: Il de-
1 clare could tzko some vengeance upoa you
for such habitual stolidity in the face Of Buoh
Before she could quit her place-pausine to
adjust her hat and shaWl-a gentleman pass
Carson, then exclaimed: '.It must be- It u.
/ Are you not the gentleman who last night was
/ the hero Of the rescue7 Yes"-and again be
was seized by the hand-'T saw you plainly. for
descended. and obtained . full view Of your
/ faceF'
The features Of Carson thus 80 abruptly ap-
pealsd 20, became instantly flushed with sur
prise; and his manner as he still stood in the in
tended acs Of bowing out Miss Vera at once
told her how accurate was the Identification.
Her face whitened, she became nervous, al
most hysterical, and forgetting all etiquette o.
maidenly reserve, she grasped both Of bis
hands, shook them heartily and said: You
modest hero. How Wretchedly have mis-
BE bent toward her and whispered, sAnd
you have said you could marry such nan
VIII youf Or for my boldness viii you take
Before an hour had passed his name vas On
every tongue in Saratoga. Photographers
hunted him in his bedroom lair Autograph
seekers chased him from every side Reporters
gave him no peace nor freedom And at every
mineral spring his health was drank By young
and old.
When at nightfalI he was compeIlsd 70 jour.
nsy back to New York he was eheered st the
station, and his departure really made fri-
umphal. All Of which the reporters and press
agents duly narrated; and sent By wire into re-
motest ham1ets, bus they did not obtain 4 couV
of this note thar Mivins duly placed in the
hands Of Miss Vera's maid and that in sub
stance ran:
HAu revoir. and let me beg pardon for nv
boldness. IL it has offended. But If not may
resume my privilege Of seeing you soonfp
When he arrived at his apartments another
"By the shipwreck Of the yacnt PetronelIa
during a terrible simeon in the Indian Ocean
its owner, the Duke Of Pemberton. and his two
and only some of the crew
He read no further He dropped, dazed, on
the seat, as he involunfzrily exclaimed:
'.AndI am the heirF'
Vera duly took her ''vengssnce.D Il de-
scended on the heads 3f as many suffers as
Penelope had, and in time It also descended on
the head OF the new Duke By her consent TO BE-
come not only Mrs. Carson, but to add an
other American Duchess % the British peer
age. New York society declared with the
usual bitterness that the title and not the man
had won bride. But all who witness their in
creasing happiness at their castle home dismiss
the libel at once, and admit that II revenge u
sweet there is often as sweet Vengeance"
1.-THE EHD.l
Copyrighted. 1850 All rights reserved.
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