The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-07-18
.PR0TeGe OF JA(KHA0L(NS
How He Rescued Her from Watery Grave.
Bv Bret Harte.
For The Constitution.

For The Constitution.
The steamer Silveropos was sharply ana
steadily clearing the broad pacid shadows
of the Sacramento river. 4 large wave IKE
an eagre. diyer"ing from its bow, was eX-
nending to either bank, swamplng the TUES
and threatening to sUbmer%e the tower
levees The great boat itself-a vast, h"l
delicate structure of airy storleS' Iiah-ih7
galleries. fragile colonnadcs. Endca coIl'ccS
and respondent frescocs-Was lhroppi"-
throughout its whole pcrilous length WIN
the pulse of high pressure and tine Stroh7'
monotonous beat of Il powerful PlN'oh
Floods of foam pouring from the Hl5h paw
die boxes On either side ana reul'''ih7 -
the wake of the boat, left behind track OF
dazzling whifeneSs. over which trailed
two dense black banners flung frcln IT'S
lofty smoke stacks.
Mr.. Jack Hamln had quietly emerged
from his stateroom on deck and was look
ing over the guards. His hands were rest
ing lightly on his hips over the dehcatc
curves of his white waiStcoat and he was
whistlinG possibly some air to when
lie had made certain cari-playlnS passengers
dance the night before. lie was Ill com
Portable ease and his soft brown eyes under
their long lashes We're vciled with gentle
tolerance of all things. lie glanced laziiH
along the empty hurricane deck forward;
he glanced lazily down to the saloon deck
below him. Far out against the guards
T'l,'l d 9"uHS en- VI i''''ii'i
lie remembered her at once. She had
come on board that morning with one Ned
Stratton, a brother gambler, but neither
favoritc nor intimate Of Jacks. From
certain Indications in the pair Jack had
inferred that she was some looIlSh or r'FN-
t-ttpn A
away from her friends amt fanny WIN
the abstract nnfalttF OF ms >itu;i'o '"r>
was NOT IN IN" least cnnc"rhed- 'fui 1t
suddenly oc'Urrn" I" mn 'I'' w p''
HtraQoh pu'hiE H"p A., t,t ",.,. -. br
,"ST iaI,lilI- stu ~ l',i'' lo. WIS
n e',, oiI TOW, Tac, smiIod huf he was not
m on Story. ''.N Ss.'lpH. n"' Nv wa ~
. greatly amused with S'rAitth IL.
She was very pale ana S''nl' 10 ~ III
ihc network raining as Il ~ S9f'"'t-f
- - ;la'2o Slte' W. 80
,.I.,l down ,nttr4e5 sc
"fee'ned I" o. S''N'i W." .rt..,r,1
used ~ me f'1HuI' "'N - ;1
0on. 1t certainly was i2-'tIa' M -. -
this slopinc! rapid hurryIn& on IN ~" ~ L.,
SELF uuder me froTI'I bor th'v would seize
pre- .l'I'tu, - m .1at ahaStlv incline
awning t'AIui. on '.lI. r,,-G,,,tion Of
whirl II round ~ one I,,r,, - Lrnl,on
tn" heating r'"I.'0 ann M ',,,,',;tio,, doom in
and shattered ON 81 IN IS no st,osm bn-
tn' hut"N Ui''''' ~
his a., them ,ar.5 ,,vav presently with an odd,
o9r now f %N"i fcr r"vrd hands together
stit step cna1hI nrI ..t;ffonnd too In her
rs if they hal hacoln? fac Icisurejy
rigid grasp Of the r",l,S along mi the narrow
watched her rs she moved al"i,1 t'' NJ III f.
strip Of the derk, , Tn W." @;rl Wv With rus
tie manner and great of;h o. "i'"
hair under her straw hat ..+or had shn
She might nav I,-t,, cha reached
not been 80 haG@ard " hen S1t a,, rT't thnn
the door Of the saloon she p'mN'u har
turning suddenly, began 10 W'.A HU,J,iS '.bn
again. A. she nearcd the spot Whc'S sue,
hoI been standing her pace Siack'heN anu
whom she reached the railing she S,'I'''I
to rnIanse against it i'll her former helpless
fhion Hack became laZliE Inlfr"Nl'd-
S'n!inIIy She lifted her head and cast a
;tI. .Joncn around and above her. IN
1 ,, ,oorr,,tarv lifting Of her face Jack saw
'1' l '.,',.,.lsior, Whatever it was. his