Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-01

didn't like it m yself, an didn't blame
them poor young things-butI couldn't
keep my eyes off Miss May,
"She was wet to the skin now, stand
in pretty well forward, as she was,
every wave that come aboard splashed
| over her
"The wind or somethin' had brought
the color to her cheeks, an every now
an then she'd take her cap off an shake
the water from her hair. Sh c seemed
to grow taller too, an her voice, whic h
the wind brought back to me, sounded
for all the world like the last echo o
the fog-bell t'other side the bar.
1--WE were gettin' on now With that
wind at our backs an the racin' cut OF
the Foam we couldn't help it. We
were in past the lighthouse, an begun
to think we'd weather it. Jest then
there was a report like a pistol, an
| went heelin' to leeward with my arm
in flinders / remember thinkip' that
was the end O things, an then ]
tainted"
~ hNlC bCIl1 ulCN Oub gorgeous Itu
cotton handkerchief and mopped his
brow, from which the perspiration was
rolling in streams; then he continued:
when | come to, there was Miss
May and Mr.. Hugh holdin' the tiller
with all their might. The derned rop
had used to lash the handle had
broke. They told me afterward that
when it happened Mr.. Hugh and Miss
May sprang to it, an between EN- they
managed to keep her head before the
wind.
MY arm was painin' me just awful,
but managed to put my well shoulder
) to the wheel, so TO speak, an found
could help considerable The rope had
got pushed about the painter of the
dory an was trailin in the water be.
! hind.
1.-THE girls had kinder walked up, all
but Miss Julie. She couldn't seem tc
get over her fear, but sat there white
as n ghost with her teeth chatterin'.
Miss May looked at her minute, then
she got up an went over to her.
/ never knew, but thinkin' of it after.
, ward, it seemed to me she must have
felt somethin' of what was comm
Miss May stood there so sweet an
J tender, an SCI she:
Never mind, Julie, dear, the worst
is over | feel sure you'll reach home
safely an be happy Then sudden-like
, she stopped an kissed Miss Julie, an
, come back to Mr.. Hugh an me.
81 think Mr. Hugh's eyes begun to be
} opened then, for he gave her the queer
est look. She met his eyes, an for
moment her bright new color went
, away; then she turned to me an said:
, Poor Uncle Jerry! Hugh, help me to
lash the rudder again; Uncle Jerry
can't stand much more.
, Il moved a 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
r on by the rope, Miss Mays face was
' deathly pale, an she was all bent over
in the queercst way-telling Mr.. Hugh
= to be patient, She didn't seem to be
V able to move, an | remember | was
e sorter cross at the idea of her givin' out
, jest when she was most needed !
4 called one of the boys and between us
we got Mr.. Hugh on board, Miss May
: all the time leanin' more an more over
4 the side, till | feared she'd be over, too.
r | warned her, but she only said: NO
G fear of that, Uncle Jerry, an laid her
7 head on the side of the boat. might
t have known-dear lass, dear lassr
n Uncle Jerry paused to control the
g culver in his worn old voice.
1 "As we pulled Mr.. Hugh on board
e there was sudden jerk, an Miss May
went over saw then wha5 the
g trouble had been. The rope that held
Y the dory was only partly out, an the
e sudden pull Mr.. Hugh had given it had
n hauled it tight an drawn Miss Mays
arms tight across her chest.
e 1.-THE pain must have awful, for when
0 we found her both arms were broken
V an there was a great dent across her
. chest where the breath had been
S knocked out of her, almost
t "She knew if she said anything Mr..
t Hugh would let go, so after that first
c cry she never let sound pass her lips.
c For Il second or two the rope held
t her up, an thought could save her,
+ but she knew better. AS ] started to
c pull her in her dear face came above
|! the foam about if. She tried to shake
n the water from her eyes in the old way.
V 'Good-by, Uncle Jerry she says,
her soft voice all hoarse an strained
e with the agony she was in-then she
looked at Mr.. Hugh, an that look has
Y haunted me ever since. 1t was SO full
It of love. You could see all she'd cared
l. for him, an all she'd suffered, kinder,
It in her eyes. 'Good-by, Hugh, my dear,
d dear Hugh she said, an his name
it as it left her lips, was the last
sound she made; then the water CLOSED
4 over her an she never rose again"
(. Uncle Jerry didn't care to conceal the
a honest tears that rolled down his
d cheeks, and something in my own eyes
a blurred the sea from my vision
a Neither spoke for a minute, then ] said
n Did You say they found hero
Uncle Jerry replied gruflly; Il fount
If her myself, after the storm, lynn on {
n bed of seaweed, that same lovin' lool
IS on her face. | didn't tell no one
st for | couldn't bear no one to tecl
q. her. | got my wagon and linec
Il it with clover and ferns that cut or
% purpose, an TUX her up to Miss Hollis
10 an laid her on the little bed she'd slep
20 in all summer The next day her friends
m come and TUX her home.
n. ut clos ed the season at Miss IIolt's
St an sold the Foam for twenty dollar
n to get her out o the bay, an ] hahn
never took pleasure party since