Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-10-07

L ns1Lns hn3cks d1rr1ng hfthcr and
thither in the stiff breeze
Look out!" repeated the man q, the
bow.
/ "An right!" answered the man at the
helm; there's no danger. have room
! enough
But hampered By the sudden appear
ance of large steamer in her wake.
the tug unexpectedly changed her
course, veering round 10 the port
There was loud outrry, In which the
crew of the brig joined. for they were
trying to be of assistance to the tug BY
steering in the same direction. The
tug and the steam launch were not
twenty feet apart
Greatly alarmed, Mrs. Barker had
sprung to her feet, while Molly had In
stinctively reached out for little WALT.
whom she held tightly pressed 10 her
bosom
"Starboard, starboard your helrn--
cried the captain Of the tug to the man
on the bridge Of the steam launch. but
this officer needed not directions; he uu-
derstood what was necessary to do. and
in order to keep out of the tugs srav he
threw the head Of the steam lauoch
around with considerable violence. for
the brig was already under good head
way and hence the tug would hsve been
in danger of being run down IL 1t had
Stacked its pace
So suddenly and vigorously had the
helm of the launch been put 10 the star
board that the craft gave q violent
lurch, and as an inevitable result many
OF the passengers were thrown or their
feet
The cries that now went M were
those of terror, for n seemed as II the
steam launch were about to capsize
At this instant Mrs Allaire. who was
standing near the railing, not being ahla
to recover her balance was thrown
overheard with her child The hriS
grazed the steam launch In passing her
and thus ended ali fears Of q collision.
"Mollyl Mollyi- shrielced Kate.
around whom one of the passengers
threw her arms, nm she was about q,
spring after her cousin
Suddenly one of the sailors "a the
launch leaped overheard and struck out
for Mrs Allaire, who buoyed up by her
clothing, wss floating a few yards
away With her babe clasped tightly
IA her arms she was on the point Of
sinking, however. when the sailor
reached her.
As the launch had been stopped i'm
mediately 10 was not difficult task for
this sailor. o strong man and an excel
lent swimmer, 10 rescue Mrs. Allaire.
Unfortunately at the very moment the
man reached out TO lay hold of the cap
tain's wife her strength failed her, her
hold upon her child relaxed. and little
Walt slipped cot of her arms and dis
appeared
Ia an utterly unconscious condition.
Molly was lifted on board the launch
and tenderly cared for. Again the fear
less sailor-he was . man aboet thirty,
Zach French by name-disappeared
over the side Of the launch and dived
repeatedly tn search of the child IL
was all in vain, however. Little Waits
body had been swept away by some
lower current
All this time, the passengers, aided by
Kate and the nurse, both of them wild
with grief, were making every possible
effort to bring Molly back 10 conscious
ness They were successful at last
Her lips moved, she murmured the
name of Walt, as her eyes opened and
her bewildered gaze rested upon the
strange faces.
My childr' abe gssped Then she
recognized Zach French, who had just
clambered up the side of the launch
His arms were empty.
my child?" she burst out I'm N piteous
tone Then, with n sudden movement,
she sprang up. repulsed those who en-
deavored to restrain her, and darted
toward the stern She would certainly
have thrown herself overheard had not
q number of strong hands been
stretched out to prevent Il became
necessary to restrain the unfortunate
woman by main force as the steam
launch resumed her course toward her
wharf
With distorted features and clenched
hands, Mrs Allaire now sank back mo-
tionless into her cousins arms. few
minutes later the launch reached the
wharf and Molly was taken up quickly
but tenderly and transported to her
cousins house Lew Barker had Just
reached home He ordered the servant
to summon a physician
Although the latter answered the
summons at once, IL was not until after
prolonged efforts that he succeeded In
restoring Molly to consciousness
Looking about her with n wild stare.
she exclaimed:
What is IL? What has happened?
All, yes-I know" and then. as n sweet
smile spread over her face, she added:
"It's JohnI He's coming, he's cominrl