The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-29
CHAPTER VII.
A MATRIhoNIAL TALK
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Before Godfrey Bingham droppad OF into
q troubled sleep on that eyentfdi might he
learned that the girl who had saved his life
at the risk. and almost n the cost, Of her own
was ont of DANGER and in his own and more
reticent way he thanked providenceas hearth
IL as did Owen Davies Then he wentto sleep.
When he awoze. feeling very sick and SO
stiff and sore that he could scarcely move, the
broad daylight was streaming through the
blinds. The place was perfectly quiet, for
the doctors assistant who had brought him
hack to life. and who lay upon a couch at the
further end of tho room, slept the silent sleep
of youth and complete exhaustion. Only an
eight day clock on tho mantelpiece licked in
that solemn and aggressive way which clocks
affect in the stiffness. Godfrey strained his
eyes to make out the time, and finally dis
covered that it wanted n few minutes to 6
o'clock. Then he fell to wondering how Miss
Granger was, and to repeating in his own
mind every scene of their adventure, till the
last, when they were whirled out of the canoe
in the embrace of that white crested billow
He remembered nothing after that, nothing
lat rushing sound and @ vision of foam.
He shuddered little as he thought of it, for
his nerves were shaken; 1t is not pleasant to
have been 50 very near the end and the be
ginning; and then his heart went out with
renewed gratitude towards the girl who had
restored him to life and light aud hope. Just
at this moment be thought that he heard
sound of soothing outside the window. He
listened; the sound went on. BE tried to rise,
only TO find thut he was too stiff to manage
it. So, as last resource, he called the doctor.
whats the matterg" answered that young
gentleman, jumping up with the alacrity of
one accustomed to be suddenly awakened.
''Do you feel queer!'
''Yes. rather, answered Godfrey; ''but it
isn't that There's somebody crying outside
here"
The doctor put on his coat, and, going TO
the window, drew tao blind.
''Why, so there is he said ''It's n little
girl with yellow hair and without hat"
"A little girl, = answered Godfrey why,
it must be Eiie, my daughter Please let
her i'm
"AIl right. Cover yourself up and I can
do that through the window: it isn't five feet
Sfrom the ground" Accordingly he opened
the window, and, addressing the little girl,
asked her what her name was.
''Ilffie,n she sobbed in answer; "Efie Bing-
ham. I've come to look for daddie"
''Al right, my dear; don't cry so. Your
daddie is here. Come and let me lift you in. =
Another moment and there appeared
through the open window the very sweetest
4 little face and form thatever a child OF e WIS
\ blessed with, for the face was pink and white
anu in it were set two beautiful dark eyes
IL.
made the child sight to see. But alas! just
now the cheeks were stained with tears, and
around the large dark eyes were rings almost
as dark. Nor was this all. The little dres:
was hooked awry; on one tiny foot, al
drenched with dew, there WAS no boot, and
on the yellow curls no hat.
''Oh! daddie, daddie,a cried the child
catching sight of him and struggling to reacf
her fathers arms, ''you isn't dead, is you
da3die!'
No, MY love, no." answered her father
kissing her. "Why should you think that
WIS deadi Didn't your mother tell you thai
was safe!'
'Ohl daddie," She answered, 'they CANT
And said that you were drownded, and l erie,
'and wished that / was drownded 200. Their
mother came home at last and said that yol
Were better. and was cToss with me because
went on crying aud wanted 10 come TO you
But 1 did so on crying. cried nearly al
night, and when it got light did dress my
self, all but one shoe and my hat, which
could not find, and got out 10 look for you.
And how did you find me, my poor httl
dearr'
''Oh, heard mother say you was at tn
Vicarage, so / waited till l saw man. ant
asked him which way TO go, and be did tel
me to walk along the ciir till l saw a loni
white house, and then when he saw that
had no shoe he wanted to take me home, bu
ran away till 1 got here. But the blind
were down, so | did think that you wer
dead, daddie dear, and 1 cried till that ger
tleman opened the window"
After that Godfrey set TO work to scold be
for running away, but she did not seem t
mind 1t much, for she sat upon the edge c
the couch, her little face resting against b
own, a very pretty sight to see.
You must so back to Mrs. Jones, Eff
and tell your mother where you have been.
Il can't, daddie, I've only got one shoe,
she answered, pouting.
But You came with only one shoe"
YES, daddie, but wanted TO come. and
don't want to go back. Tell me how you ws
drownded-"
BE laughed at her logic and gave way
her, for this little daughter was very near
his heart, nearer than anything else in IL
world. So he told her how he was drown
dee, - and how lady had saved his life.
Ellie listened with wide set eyes, and the
said that she wanted to see the lady. q
.that moment there came n knock at the doc
land Mr. Granger entered, accompanied b
DR.. Chambers.
''How do You do, sirgn said the forme
81 must introduce myself, seeing that yc
are not likely 10 remember me- When last
saw you, yoH looked as dead as beache
dogfsh. My names Granger, the Reverau
j. Granger, vicar of Bryngelly, one of IL
very worst living on this coast, and that
saying great deal"
Il am sure, Mr.. Granger, I'm under
deep debt of gratitude to you for your hosp
tality, and under a still deeper one to YOU
daughter, but hope 70 thank her PERSONAL
for that. F"
''Never speak of it. said the clergyman
e"Hot water and blankets don't cost mucl