Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06

tnem poor Young thiuES-bnt conidn |
keep my eyes or Miss May.
"She was wet 20 the skin now, stand
i'm pretty we'll forward, as she was.
every wave that come aboard splashed
over her
"rhe wind or somcthin' had brouyh al
the color 20 her cheeks. an every now
an then she'd take her cap on an shake
the water from her hair Sh q seemed
To grow taller too an her voice. which
the wind brought back 60 me. sounded
for all the world like the last echo o.
the fog bell t'othcr side the bar.
"Wc were gcttin' on now. With that
wind at our backs an the racin cut OF
the Foam We couldn't help IL. We
were in past che lighthouse. an begun
10 think we'd weather IL. jest then
there was report like pistol, an
/ went heclin' 20 lcewnrd with my arm
in flinders. remember thiulSip' that
was the Cud O thugs, an then /
tainted"
Uncle Jerry drew out a gorgeous red
cotton handkerchief and moppcd his
brow. from which the perspiration was
rolling In streams; then ho continued:
When come 20. there was Miss
MAY and Mir Hugh holdin' the tiller
with all their might The dcrncd rop
| had used 20 lash the handle had
broke. They told me aftcrward that
when 1t happened Mr.. Hugh and Miss
May spraug TO il, an between 'em they
managed 10 keep her head before the
wind.
My arm was painin' me just awful.
bat / managed TO put my well shoulder
10 the wheel, SO 10 speak, an found ]
could help considerable. The ropc haG
got pushed about the painter of the
dory an was trnilin' in the water be.
hind
The girls had kinder walked up. all
but Miss Julie. She couldn't seem &c
get over her fear, but sat there white
as "a ghost with her teeth chattcrin.
Miss May looked at her minute. then
she got mp an went over to her. /
never knew, but thiul,iu' OF IL after.
ward IL seemed TO me She must have
felt somcthn' OF what was comm.
Miss May stood there SO sweet an
tender, an scg she:
Never mind, Julie, dear. the worst
is over. feel sure you'll roach home
safely an bc happy Then suddcn-lille
she stopped an kissed Miss Julie, an
come back to Mr. Hugh an me.
Il think MIR uugh's eyes begun to be
opened then, for he gave her the queer
est look. She met his cycs, an for
moment her bright new color went
away; then she turned to me an said.
Poor Uncle derry Hugh, help me II
lash the ruddcr again; Uncle Jerr,
can't stand much more
II moved little. an they both
reached for the rope The next moment
Miss May gave a horrid. gruauing cry,
an Mr.. Hugh was in the water holding
ON 6y the rope Miss Mays face was
dcathly pale, an She was an bent over
IN the quccrcst way telling Mr. Hugh
TO hc patient She didn't seem To be
able to move, an remember / was
sortcr cross AT the idea OF her giviu' out
jest when She was most needed. J
called one OF the boys md between us
we got MIR Hugh ON board. Miss May
all the time lcauiu' more an more over
the side, till ! feared shed bc over. too.
! warned her, but she only said: No
fear OF that Uncle DERRY an laid her
head ON the side OF the boat I might
have known dear lass, dear lass"
Uncle Jerry paused TO control tho
CULVER in his worn old voice.
As we pulled Mr. Hugh ON board
there was sudden jerk. an Miss MAY
went over saw then what thu
trouble had been. The rope that held
the dory was only partly out. am the
sudden pull Mr.. Hugh hnd given IL had
hau'cd It tight an drawn Miss Mays
armS tight across her chest
1.-The pain must have awful. for when
we found her both orms were broken
an there was a grc.. don't ucrosS her
chest where the breath had been
knocked out oi her. almost
'Shc know IL she said ANYTHING Mr.
Hugh would let 70, So after thut first
cry she mover let a sound pass her lips
"t"r second or two the rope held
her up, an Thought could save her.
but She know better As I started 10
pull her i'm her dear face came above
the foam about 10. She tricd to shake
the water from her ewes I'm the old way
Eoo5-hy. Uncle Jerry, she SAYS.
her ,oti voice an hoarSc an strained
with the agony She was then She
looked ut Mr. Hugh. an that look has
haunto,. tue ever since DO was so full
~ love, You could sec all she'd cared
ior him, AN AN she'd suffered. kinder
iu her eyes 'Good-hv. Urrh. my dcnr
dear Hugh, she said. au' his name
as 90 left her lips, Va. the last
SQUAD she made, chen Che water CLOSED
over hcr an' >hc newer vr-c a4un."
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