The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-09


sus ike. affair ne AeadI bobSini
about like huoys In the water. At lasl
I up she jumps and runs down to tha
cottage. all b~"eathless. l could see IL
a minute her heart was In her mouth.
20, Cap'n Tenn" she saya. "Captn Tom,
DO look out at Alex. He's swimming
over there. an' IL seems t. ne he's In
some sort of tro~uhls"--loye having
eyes ~ can seq bettcr'n q btnocular.
Wen. | gets down my telescope, an
fiIes II upon him. Ho was q mile out
to sea-a black speck on the water. l
gets him we'll ixed Sure enough there
ne was throwing his srms up Wild. and
trying to make signs to the shore for
help.
lie It crsmpr- says the young lady.
Don't you believe H." says I: "there's
. deal moro talked about
eramp In swimming than there need be.
A man can't swim forever" says I.
Tired out; that's what l calls It,. sAys
T.. Aud tired out Nj. Alex. was. sure
enough. by the look Of him.
20. Csp'n Tom" says the youns iady,
will you save himf' wrinaing her
hands In a way that might melt a stone
let alens q Christian.
i was half way down to my beat By
that dme
Save himr' says I: ~ n saving Of
hlmi Biess yeur heart II he vsrn't 10
friend Of ysurn at aii-As man 10 man
I'd save him. Bil-es-my-scul,s says I,
seeing BIN on the sheFe. "eems and
help me" says L There's q gentle
man drowning"
"Drowndingr' says Bin. running
down and putting out, Gene onr-
says Bill: "Tm with your HIS name
being Billo.mysoui, along Of his hav-
ing been such = favorite when he was
young with sil the young women.
Well. we put OF and rewed. Bill tax
Ing one Of the sweeps-as Ia u name
for them hong oars-and me the other.
After \ while IL struck me we wasn't
heading outward. I looked up and
saw. and we was most turned toward
shore again I'd pulled the beat around
on BIll-which l didn't understand, he
being then a stronger man nor me to
puil-not but what. when I was IN my
best days. I'd have pulled q boat against
any man In England
"Bin.- says |. sharp. you're not a
pulling"
He looks up at me rather odd Mate"
be quiet like. I'm no fool Now. what
are you s-rowing fort-the young fei-
low or the money!
Pull. pull, manF- 1 shouts out Pull,
pull. / tell you'll The gentismsn's
drowndins-Miss Noes young gentle
man.
He pulls q stroke or two. quite feeble.
His heart wasn't in it Then I loses
my temper.
"BIl-o'-my+soul." says ], Jam / capsn
81 this here craft or Ina your For
unless you pull hsrder-I dent want
90 strong language hare; but ~ sure
as my name Is Cap,n Tom COOLEY, III
wiring your ugly neck for your
He holds up his sweep. and says he.
%, Is that yOnr gamer sage be. SAN
10 yOu propose to compensate mey-
II flashed right across me what he
meant -Bm. yoa blackxuard.- says I.
do you mean to tell me-and . man
there a-drowadtng1 Have you NO con-
humanity ssys l. brstllng up.
that you'd think of i've ponRd afore =
fellow creaturer
Five pound ts 4 good bit better nor
thirty bob SAYS Bill looking up 81
ne. salEen-hke-
Well. sir. IN say II TO your faee,
though your own father 10 County
Councillor. 1 always tnsagkt that one
as bad q Law as the county could make
But Law It l., all the same: and there
eat no helping IT IFS Is reward for
bringing In dead CORPSE. ri ir's only
ra.rty bop Tor brig . n4z alive a. pol
s2Fe from drownding.
-BinS-Bysoul." says j. raising mr.
sweep being that angry with the msa
that I'd have knocked him over the
Lead a. soon as / would & rat will
yoa r0E, or shall / brain your
Just at that minute my eyes went
towards the shore; and IL there WASH,
Miss Me-, not w~ringiRg her hands now.
BET piunging into the sea, clothes and
although 8 lady with skirts-an'
swimming for dear life out I the boat
70 help NE.
up with my voice an shouts: Come
Miss Noe. You puts the men To
shamei Blessings on you for q brave
glFi?' She vas swimming that splen-
did!
Well. / rows towards her, and helps
her aboard into the boat; and in she
jumps. all dripping. but taking no more
notice OF II, bless you. than II water
was q feather bed to her. And she
ssires the oar Billo-my-soul wouldn't
work: and she cries out 10 me. agonized
ike: Row on. Cap'n Cooley. for heay-
ems sake. row on; Alex. 10 a-drownd-
ing.'
Well. l wasn't going to carry a super
cargo. as you may say. to weight tine
boat. not yet a passenger for nothing.
30. 10 tighten the burden, / Just ups
with Bin-o-my-soul and ! clasps un
round the waist, being a older man nor
him, but, heaven be praised. a strong
n He was took by surprise too much
to struggle. An I heayes I'M over afore
be knowed where he was. and makes a
Jonah OF him. He come up spluttering,
being the worst swimmsr for Q sea
faring men as ever l mel with. There"
says I, hitting out at him with the
blade o. my sweep; '.see how you like
1t yourself" says /, There's 20 a1goin'
beggin' for whoever pulls out your ugly
corpse, for nobody amt going to trou-
BILE about you living" And on we two
rows, Miss Noe In her dripping clothes,
and leaves Bill there. to sink or swim,
accordin' as he was minded.
A quarter o a mile out we comes up
to a sailing boat. Wind was nor-east,
or might a been a pint nearer east,
mayhap; and a sail before the wind
couId bear straight down upon where