San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-30

How was it that he cut your hose, will.
ing to take your life, yet still did so much
to bring you tor" asked the captain, in
credulOusiy
bill was quick tempered, and he was in
an awful rage. He would not have hest
tated to have thrust his knife into my
heart, albeit he would have been sorry for
it the next instant, but cutting the pipe
was an accident-and when he saw the
terrible death with which | was threat
ened his anger disappeared like the mists
of morning before the gentle sea-breeze
The boys told me that when | came to
the surface | was in Bill's arms, and it
was his own hands which unlocked the
helmet from the collar and gave me air.
They also told me that he would not stop
TO have his weights unbuckled, nor his
head piece removed, but just knelt down
beside me, calling all the while for me to
open my eyes, just as though had been a
brother"
Glow about the young woman who was
the cause of all this trouble? What be-
came of herr" inquired the captain, with
much interest.
30 Nancy? Poor girl, said Tom. why,
she didn't care nothing for either of us two
fools All the time we were thinking that
we might prevail upon her to cruise in our
company she had agreed to sign articles
with young mate of an East Indiaman.
So when we found that out we both of us
took a job which lasted us about two
years down in Key West But when we
got back we heard that Nancy had been a
bride, mother, and was then widow,
the poor chap whom she married having
been lost at sea on his very next voyage.
Then Bill and | hunted her up, and
when we found her we adopted her for our
sister. We came out here to Frisco, where
business is better than on the Atlantic
coast, and she came, too, and we've looked
after her ever since"
'Her child. Did it live?" inquired the
captain, interestedly.
"Well | reckon it did Leastwise it
was alive couple of hours ago when saw
it going over the rail yonder with a
months pay in its pocket to gladden. a
mothers heart" replied the old diver.
with quiet chuckle.
What! Do you mean that Neddy, your
tender is Nancy's boy?"
That's just about the size of it, cap'n.
And he's a boy that no woman need be
ashamed of either; and if his mother will
let the lad follow the business into which
he's started-and that's what Bill has gone
up to the house to find out-rN wager my
gear and dress that within five years
there won't be a diver on the Pacific coast
who will dip deeper or work longer under
water than the same boy"
But Nancy?" asked the captain. Twill
she never marry?"
Th, ~,
low voice Not until either Bill or have
sounded for the last time and been laid
saway in our armor. Then perhaps she
might. True Flag.
An Important Omission.
Mrs. Williar.s had never been satisfied
With the arrangement of her old house,
md so, when her husband proposed to
build new one she said she would like to
draw the plans; then she should be sure
that she would nave enough closets and
other convenienCes.
Mr. Williams said, Certainly, my dear,
you draw the plans, and then you can have
Jones look them over and see that they are
practicable"
''Of course they'll be practicable, and it
will be only matter of form for Mr.. Jones
confidently.
The plans were made and remade, al
tered and reatered, until at last they gave
Mrs. Williams perfect satisfaction. There
were enormous closets at every turn, and
open freplaces wherever there was a
chance for one. and with sigh of relief
she started for Mr.. Jones office.
When she displayed the plan of the first
a / I. ts,l L.,
tect's evident approval, and although he
seemed on the point of asking some ques-
ton once or twice he did not do so, and in
triumph she spread out the plan of the
second floor.
What do you think of that" she asked
in the tone of one assured of a pleasant an
Swer.
Charming, my dear madam charming"
said the suave Mr.. Jones; "but-ah-Oh-
how do you propose to reach the second
floor, may ask"
"Ohr' said Mrs. Williams with a horri-
fed gasp, Il forgot all about that; there's
no place for any irsH'-Youth's Com
panion,
The Work of the Snow.
Snow has several curious methods of ex-
tehdlhS the sphere OF us nOSJlle influence
The comparatively light SHOWS which fall
in our latitude are of minor Importance,
since they readily yield to the early spring
sunbeams. They are in some degree bene-
fetal to the fertile surface and protective
to its more tender annual plants, while
their only important adverse effect is the
dangerous flooding of the rivers, due to
their rapid melting. But the deep and
persistent SHOWS of northern regions are
far more exhaustive of solar heat, and re-