Feliciana sentinel., 1892-09-03

Miss Fairfellow had saved his life,
therefore he accepted her invitation
with polite eagerness. On arriving at
tho lake, the others threw their lines
contentedly from the shore; but Miss
Frank was determined to go out in
canoe. Dangerf3eld always had q dis
like for girls with masculine proclivities.
and Miss Frank. with her many manly
accomplishments, constantly grated on
him; but he certainly would have per-
ished in the woods if it had not been
for her spirit OF adventure ia pushing
out that morning without guide, and
no one could deny the fact that Frank
was very handsome young lady
what the boys would call simply
stunning"
So, without limiting at his total igno-
rance of the art of swimming, at her
invitation he boldly climbed into the
rotten old canoe, and ordering both
Rover and the terrier to remain on the
shore, they pushed out This suited the
Newfoundland very well; he was per-
fectly at home in the water, and he
quietly proceeded to follow them. To
be Nhus abandoned was too much for
the other dog, SO he boldly followed
Rover: but he lacked the latter's good
Judgment, and made franticaliy for the
boat, which was drifting not far away.
They attempted to order him back, to
push him off, but without avail. Final
ly he got his fore feet clawing at the
sides of the frail craft. and Dangerfield
| and his fair companion suddenly found
! themselves in twenty feet of clear,
| mountain water.
| With her camping-out costume, swim
| ming was as easy rs in a bathing-drcss;
so Miss Frank, amidst shrieks of
laughter from the girls on shore, calmly
swan around the canoe, with a feeling
of uneasiness about Mr.. Dangertield,
who was invisible. At last with a
gasp, he floundcrcd from under the
boat, and she, realizing in n moment
that he was no swimmer, pushed the
| long paddle into his grasp; but this was
| insufficient, and down he went again.
She never could remember exactly
| what was done next. but the spectators
say she disappeared with him for a
! second; anyway, she managed to grasp
! him, and moment later seized the end
of the overturned canoe aud had DAN
| gerfield hanging thereto.
! The dear old Newfoundland seemed
| to imagine that everyone was as much
| at home in the water as himself. and
I put III HlS time JcuHa anu
round, while the frightened terrier tried
| to hang on to the wreck, evidently
more concerned this time about him
self than about his master.
The three girls on the shore, real
izing the seriousness of the situation
busted themselves in shrieking: whilt
Miss Frank. with cool sclfpossession-
which TO Dangerfeld, even in his pre-
carious position. seemed almost irrita
ting--quietly took hold of the rope
which was attached to the boat, swan
towards the shore. and, with a few
strokes reaching shallow water, pulled
the canoe, with Mr.. Dangerfeld at
tached, safely to land
The merriment and hilarity of tn,
girls was soon as high as their excite
ment had been intense, while Danger
field felt as mean as if he had robbed
a church. He attempted to express hi
gratitude to the lovely Amazon, at th'
same time requesting her, as a specia
favor. that in the future she would al
low him to starve in the woods q
} drown in the mountain lake, assurin,
her it would be less embarrassing +
him.
Alas! to be trammcled by facts!
one were writing this little narrativ
from imagination, how differently
might be arranged. What charmin,
picture it would make. to have Mis-
; Frank-or Frances rs we would hav
called her--entirely ignorant OF swim
ming. and have Dangerficld snatch he
from a watery grave, assisted, O
course, by the noble Rover, and hav
the little terrier swim after them, ter
derly carrying the forgotten hat Q
l Sr1n h,t ct,
} often unpocticul, things with which t
deal, and the truth must be told.
DanRerfeld felt keenly that every
thing was reversed, and he realized i
was quite ungentlemanly On his par
net to fall desperately in love with hi
charming preserver. This second affai
: was too much for him, and he nastene
his departure before another opportur
ity should occur for him to be the re
l cipient Of Miss Franks manly protet
1 ton.
A few weeks later, as Mr.. Danger
: field, on his bicycle, was whirlin
through one of the picturesque village
on the Hudson, famous as a fashiona bi
: summer resort, n big mongrel do
: sprang over a fence, and without cert
mony proceeded to dcmotish the faitf
, fnl terrier. Jumping from his m;
chine, Dangerfield was rushing to tn
rescue, when a second dog suddenly NJ
) peared on the scene, and selling tn
mongrel, gave him, in short order,
, grand shaking-up amidst the app1aus
of the summer loiterers who had sud
denly gathered around. Among thes
Dangerfie1d recognized, notwithstanc
, ing her fashiona BILE attire, the charm
, ing Miss Frank Fairfellow; and Rove
was the terriers prcserver.
OF conrs e there was nothing to d
but accept her cordial invitation to e
right to their hotel and meet all tn
Adirondack party; and as the poor ter
rier had received n bad bite in his foot
: it was necessary to rest a day or two
So quarters were taken in the hous
: NTH Il ;s &aSr fr:o nth fnn