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were drowned, for instance?"

much for you?"
 ''Ethel, do you love me?' he queried. irrelevantly.
 All the laughter had left his face, and | she saw only the passionate love and mag netism in his blue eyes-deepiy, darkly blue they were now, almost black. She | turned little pale, her quick breath came yet more quickly. His face was very near hers, so near that wanton | breeze blew a stray tendril across his | cheek
 "You know it," she said simply.
 Was that a kiss? The sea gulls could have told, but they never did.
 ''Then, Ethel" he said, q have way. It is little dangerous; I will not deny that. If you love me, dear, as well as do you, you will not fear"
 The hand in his trembled slightly, but she made no protest.
 "I cannot give you up. This is des- perate remedy, but desperate cases need such. I am going to make heroine of you. You must fall over the rail into the water"-
 "Tom" she gasped, staring at him with wide eyes.
 'Yes-wait. You must fall into the water, you see, and then I will jump over and save your life. It will be easy As soon as you fall I will be overheard i too Do not be afraid to trust yourself to me; there is really not much danger, because can swim as well as 1 can walk. | It is the only way, dear, believe me. You are not afraid?'
 She considered little.
 s'I see, Tom; you think mamma will be so glad to have me brought back to life that she will-will let Us have our way"
 ''Yes, that is just it" he agreed.
 ''But, oh! is there not some other way; This is reckless, it is"-
 ''Well, Ethel" he said, II can see no other way. I shall be sure to save you, and then-then, little girl, you are mine for always"
 But, Tom," she urged, Suppose mamma will not yield even then?'
 ''She will, though" he asserted confi- dently.
 Something of his own daring spirit in- fected her. The spice of danger, her full confidence in his ability, their long love, otherwise hopeless-she made no further ] the wild scheme
 'How am to know when to fall?'
 ou must find your opportunity. Scream as you fall, and then away I will go. l shall be very near you all the re-
 mainder of the day; but do not notice me at all You will be very careful, so that no one may see that the fall was premedi-
 tated. And-there goes the first belli
 Run, Ethell No one must know we have
 been talking. And, Ethel, do not let that
 Lord"-but she was gone.
 Slowly passed the day. Luncheon was
 over two hours ago and the afternoon
 was slipping on. In the saloon the tin
 kle of guitar mingled with the sound
 of merriment and singing; only scat
 tered few were left on deck. Watching
 the waters were Ethel and the inevitable
 Lord Fenyll with his inevitable eyeglass. She could not get rid of him; the miser-
 able young man was too infatuated tc
 perceive her abstraction. Little by little she drew near to a part of the boat where she thought she might make the dreaded plunge most easily. , Tom, in the shadow of sail, appeared to be absorbed in a novel. No one, not . even himself, knew that the bock wa! ,- upside down. Ethel stole glance al
 him. Will he be in time? she wondered
 in an agony of fear and anxiety. How } blue the water was-and how deep , What if-but no! no! she would not
 think of that Now was the time, sh,
 decided feverishly.
 ? ''Is not that a sail Lord Fenyll?" sh s asked.
 , "A sail! In which direction?" E;agerl,
 he took up his telescope. This was jus e the opportunity she wanted. Slowly h 2 swept the horizon with the glass. | "Why, yes" he says. F'I see it quit ' plainly. l can even read the name on :, oh, Miss Van Zandtl Help! help!' l. With a shrielz of terror she had disap
 peared over the side; only one terrifie' l scream, but in an instant the deck wa
 filled with eager, frightened faces if Lord FenylI was rushing from one en, e of the place to the other, dragging wit u him an immense coil of rope, tangIin e up himself and every one else, cryin n out the awful accident at the top of hi u voice.
 Mrs. Van Zandt and another lady ha n tainted; the gayety had vanished; a i was confusion and haste. Tom saw nothing of this. He was i D the water before the echo of hey voic
 had died away on the startled air. Wit l. firm, rapid strokes he beat the waves To and his eyes were alert to catch the frs I? glimpse. The sun glared into his fact n but he did not find her. His heart faile n him. God! he could not see her! Wh IS did she not rise? "Ethel!' be cried alou
 in frenzy. But what was that whit Ua speck wonder? Could he reach it?
 moment more, only a momel.t more u with ebbing power, as the white fac 'u came to the surface, he threw one arr to around the body. His strength all bu D. exhausted, he was taken with his !ifele. charge into the boat lowered to met y him. The glad news was shouted to Il St waiting yacht, and willing help ws
 ready to greet the rescued and rescuer.
 The little figure in its clinging whit tn seemed devoid of life. The soft bal Ills curls around her forehead clustered darl 7d ly golden; the large drops of water slil ne ped of one by one, till there were lit to pools on the floor. Pale and pure an at still as death itself she was-ah! pit te fully still. The red, laughing lips vel
 pallid now; the soft white hands lin 1d and inert.
 ry My girl, my little grill" moaned al ly sobbed Mrs Van Zandt, and while the he talked in undertones, and while tea te fell, they took her below, and toiled f, I'll hours to summon back the wayerin nd spirit.
 ,le Tom-unhappy Tom-was the hero he the hour. But he could not be quiet; l n- could not wait in patience. Great waves p- remorse filled his breast, till the drops stoC IS out upon his forehead and his lips white ce ed. The dull boom of the sea seemed
 roar in his ears; he felt that lifeless boo lw still lying passive in his arms. Never aga ln to see her smile, never again to hear h SC; voice, with it's gentle, tender accer ul never-ah. no! It could not be too late at- she must not die! Up and down, outsi lis the door, he paced, listening to eat ts; sound, wrestling with his misery, pra on ing to God as he had never prayed l es, fore. To the excited groups, gather he here and there, he paid no attention an all, nor, indeed, did he even see thel
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