The evening world., 1890-01-25
SAVED BY A FALL.
A Story Of Lows and Adventure on
The High Seas.

Tho merchant ship Drui.l, from Bombay.
forLondoD, lay bocalmed of the west coast
Of H%indoostan, between Goa and Manga
lore, where the GlEuts Mountains were
seen to"o ring in savage grandeur thousands
Of feet IN the air, with wild torrents leap
Ing down the rocks, flashing through the
dark green Rlirnbbcry and ruthing with tho
din OF thunder.
III the wind doesn't rise ere tomorrow
morning we will Lave 70 anchor, said the
captain to Robert Winfield. n handsome
young. naval lieutenant on leave Of. abb
hence rom hhs frIgatc stationed at Bombay.
l don want to Jay the ships bores op
nat coast, nor do l like tp get too ucarlt.
nave heard bad stories OF the natives there;
a., any rate. believe that almost crcry
hin40G I, u thief aud murderer by nature! y
Bell Upton. daughter OF MAJOR Upton. who
was bnun I nome for hio In,ian regiment.
On sick leave. heard those words. and. shud-
deiing, drew closely to the side Of her in.
valid father.
A qnici glance was then exchanged be-
tween her ard the yo1nR naval lieutenant,
WHO'S rea.snrinG look 'ct med ioat once dis
ing. sad to his daughter. Come, Bell. let
ut go below ="
Winfield had been n sultor Of Beli's since
s sone e1 ,"o,t 10 k Enyri1 ii'r ,at,rr at to nonp i%
'NaNiis Nv ~ ' - Ai'hi's
but not 70 the Major, who wanted her to
choose n Weather lover.
be'l, was beautiful, with n form Of urri-
vailed grace, brown eyes. n Gear pearl
W'i'eskln, with littlCco,or. aud dark golden
hair ina toll III ripnlinR masses over n pair
%, nagnifc"nt shoulders.
III" iicitcnant wstchCd heT ndmirinEiy
No harm shall betali her. not while /
I'VE he thought. se lie now. glanced nm
eaNilT tOWHr's the c'nst. I'VE have arms
ID IHN raj lnNO NNp mi - , .n u41.fn o1NNt1 In
the captain.
"Ay, nv. sir; but it isn't likely VIC shall
be attacked. We are full two leagues IRON
the const, aud before we are near enough
TO be boarded n breeze will spring up, I've
no doubt"
\ few hours later night closed round the
1hin., Tho sky was covered hv thick clouds.
which ohtcurcd. the moo and seemed IT,
Letoktn that Il breeze would come before
long.
Meanwhile. the rlip having drirtei .
ihnucht the, captain very c%9rcl,ss. not to
have more than his ore lookout forward
posted OIL so dirk n night.
before - o'clock The opuarter;ieck was
dcscrted Ivy all ave the officer oi the watch.
II lazy fellow. WHO was now stretched on tho
carpenters c,ust, hail. a.l, err. while the
wntcl, forward, ns Winfield who stood
ceirc ly the light Of n lantern in the fore
rigging. lay reclined OF the hatch. some of
them snoring.
resolved to 90 nloet On tho. mizlon-tppseil-
ward to watch for the first sign OF n breeze.
Arrived on the yard. the gloom was 40 in
tcnse that he corld not scc the water below.
although NJ ho still gaIcd III tEatdirection--
was II reality. or only INA .%ination he
Thought lc cnuld detect n dim ontline OF
something shooting nroun' the shin'G stern.
lIs vas nbo"t descending when the clouds
parting over tho moor. n tood of Silvcry
was poured down on shin ard water,
revealing n spectacle that ~tlrrilleh the Young
man with .horror-a seen" -" snldcn and
nnrNrccted that his very heart seemed to
While no was alcft. Bell UPTON had come
ont On tho q1arter-heck, nnd now stood with
head bowed, az II she was in deep
thought. so that her beautiful white nect;
like polished ivory in the clear NOON
ninIoo. with . lone. 1.-THE body. Tniafed
TO ~thcRwaist, had ciambGred tho side, |
from large canoe. containing half n
trived to glide, ..erpent;likc, on The outside
Of the ship until he had obtrincd a position
behind her, when he had drawn n
sharp dirk, which, hc was now on the point
Of plunging into the snowy neck of ihe fair
passenger, that she might give no alarm!
The Lieutolant'p hands clinched the yard
likes wise as lie beheld the young lady's
peril.
He must save her-he. would save her. |
he thought; and yet, how was this to be
lnno:
To give an alarm would only hasten the
girls doom: Ia dctcend. no matter how |
by means OF one OF the backstavs, !
Nnnld be OF no IRE. A. she would reriSh
he could reach the deck and attempt
to atay the deadly handl.
There was 10 time to lore /; in three HFc- \
the dirk worll descend and the girl
would lie killed ut one stroke. nv flat tho
begun to ascend the vessels sidn could
rnnncc on the drowsy male occupants of
he deck. and shaving them. make Them
masters, OF the ship almost before n
cnull he given.
Like q lightning flash, the instinctofloyc.
he resolution tn snyo Bell in some man
Ier from this immediate attack. sent y and
len thought 10 the brain of the agonizel
The Hindoo murderer. in hia p~osition on
he outside Of the ship. was Inder the Lien
ennnt.. although about forty feet below
iinl; while the girl. standing two feet from
I've rail. was within easy reach orthe native.
yhnfe arm aud body ~ stated, were now
Ira rn bacl from tho bulwarlIE, TO give force
o iac mtdi:aied bow!
The younL MaU, therefore, Grcmed that
/ would be ~ easy matter to reach TIE
iinloO IN thr only way i: could nov be
with sufficient rrp'fity to prevent tie
NJ once novel gnl 1csrPratc, anil which
perhaps, involve his own destrnc-
on.
q fish either itr ~ hn,h for the woman he
nved. resolved Ia drop town from near the
nd Of the mis2C l-t0nsail-yarl npon The
lin loo, forty feet below. and thus daah
NM ere re rDu!l deal tle fatal how
III, unified ,iirkt "
lie would rltt7ra ,hriiI c"y--a warning IN
he crew a. he c:ra'" ttc iir. tiuu rory'n"
hem. reThrIs. ia timr tn iuccr the attack
{ the ru'l'""s, and insure the further
u rety Of Bel aud the -ir'p.
The emergency admitted ~ IN d0lav.
ypnU#F man plutplfnF rho ,-.rl ,.a..
he cud. hurC ~ e y ccouG, 10 make
nrr h. was in 4 lire with the HnlCG hr-
cath; then, inst ~ ~" lirk va short tn
esctnd, he lei 20 Of tile spsr with u lnp0.
crr that picrc'rl every CORNER NJ the
hin, and down lc went. r'Ga,ing through
be air with t-Ir,iC velocity!
There waSh whigliug, ~ hing sound, then