The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-29

lash the rudder again; Uncle Jerry
can't stand much more
II moved n little, an they both
! reached for the rope. The next moment
Miss May gave horrid. groaning cry.
/ an Mr. Hugh was in the water holding
on by the rope. Miss Mays face was
deathly pale, an she was all bent over
in the queerest way-teiling Mr.. Hugh
to be patient She didn't seem 10 be
able to move, an ! remember | was
sorter cross at the idea OF her givin' out
| jest when she was most needed.
called one of the boys and between us
We got Mr.. Hugh on board. Miss May
all the time leanin' more an more over
the side, till feared she'd be over, too.
! warned her, but she only said: NO
fear of that, Uncle jerry an laid her
head on the side of the boat might
have known-dear lass, dear lassr
Uncle Jerry paused to control tho
quiver in his worn old voice.
"As we pulled Mr.. Hugh on board
there was sudden jerk. an Miss May
went over. l saw then what the
trouble had been. The rope that held
the dory was only partly out, an the
sudden pull Mr.. Hugh had given il had
hauled it tight an drawn Miss Mays
arms tight across her chest
1.-THE pain must have awful for when
we found her both arms were broken
an there was n great dent across her
chest where the breath had been
knocked out of her, almost
''She knew If she said anything Mn
Hugh would let 90, so after that first
cry she never let sound pass her lips.
''For a second or two the rope held
her up. an Thought could save her,
but she knew better. As started 10
pull her in her dear face came above
the foam about il. She tried TO shake
the water from her eyes in the old way
" 'Good-by, Uncle jerry she says,
her soft voice all hoarse an strained
with the agony she was in--then she
looked at Mr. Hugh, an that lock- ha.
haunted me ever since. II was so full
Of lovei You could see all she'd cared
for him. an all she'd suffered, kinder,
in her eyes Good-by. Hugh. my dear.
dear Hugh she said, an his name,
~ - 'fAA ANA AaPsr Nhf SDc t3sl
sound she made; then the water closed
over her an she never rose again"
Uncle Jerry didn't care to conceal the
honest tears that rolled down hla
cheeks, and something in my own eye.
blurred the sea from my vision
Neither spoke for a min ute, then said,
"Did you say they found herr"
Uncle Jerry replied, grnfIiy: 'T found
her myself, after the storm, lyin' on q
bed Of seaweed, tha: same iovin' look
on her face. / didn't tell no one.
Tor / couldn't bear no one 10 tech
her got my wagon and lined
4 with clover and ferns that cut on
purpose, an tux hcr up 20 Miss Roic..
an laid her on the little bed she'd slept
N all summer. The mex. day her friends
come and tux her homo.
X clos ed the season at Miss Hol.'a
IN sold the Foam for twenty dollars
n get her out o the baT. an | hain't
lever took q pleasure party since.
,uess 'Fon't paint any more tcr-day.-
A2d. gathering up LIS brushes, uncIs
Icrry left me abruptly and started
hrough The heavy sands for hots..
vhi}e / fo0Ted ny sczt out 81 reach of
Jie incoming tide ard watched his
sDopiuy figure I'll IL vanished in th,
.0or ot his cabin. and rseds:ats,d q,
shat | had hrard--G- T.. Greble. La
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