The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-30


hi.H1lu@ i.t il As,,u H,trt is !ua si,Fe lt1ih
GrowWling,
l-o'-nty-soul, " says I, raising my
sweep, being that angry with tho man
that I'd have knocked him over the head
as soon as l would Il rat, will you row or
Shall l brain yoU?
just ut that minute NV eyes went to-
ward the shore, an if there wasn't Miss
Noe. not 1vringing her hands now, but
plunging into the sea, clothes and all,
though IA Indy with skirts, an swimming
for dear life ont to the boat 10 help mo.
up with my voice an shouts: Come
along, Miss Noel You puts the men 20
shame! blessings on you for y brave girl!
She was swimming that splendid.
VOL ! rows toward her an helps her
aboard into the hu:;t, an in she jumps,
all dripping, bat taking no more notice OF
Ii, bless you. than il water WAS feather
bed to her An she sci&cs the oar Bill
o'-my-saul wouldn't work, an she cries
out IL me, ag0nizcl like: Row on, Capn
'Oolluy, for heavens sake, row on! Alex
Is a-drOwEding!"
Well, l wasn't going to carry Il super
cargo, as you may say, to weigh the boat,
net vet Is passenger for noihing, 50, 10
Tighten the burden, | just ups with BIZ
o'-mv-soul an clasps un round the waist,
being II older man nor him; but, heaven
bc praised, II strong one. He WAS took by SUP
uriSC-tuo much To surugglC-an hedEcS
TN over aforc lie knowed where he was an
n;:kcS u .!aiiah of him. lie comes up
s;iut,rring, being the worst swimmer fer
- Sr#iaTinG r'an Us ever / met with.
| '.Tnc"c. " says |. hitting uut ut him with
I,lHK III
/ It Yourself, " says !. There's five pound
| a-oins begging for whoever pulls out your
/ ugiy ccrrsc. for nobody ain 1t goin; to t:au
/ bic about you living" An oil we two
/ rows, Mis- Noe in her dripping clothes,
/ an leaves Bill there TO sink or swim, &C
( cor.iiny as ho WAS lniEGGl.
! \ quarter Of Il mi.c ont VIC c0!acs UP to
a sailing boat Wind was nor'eaSt, or
/ might have been IL p'int Hcarcr east may
| h.ip, an !. sail before tic VIVID could bear
/ straight down upon where Mr.. -Al2I was
| dsnUnaing Miss Noe, she stood up and
calls our to the Hcn: "OyCr yondcr, she
cries. showing the way with her hand.
/ Quick, Guir,! He's GrowHding."
Ina second they secs, an without one
yvlt;l of thcy ;-ocs. lniln that sudtient l
/ wouldn't :. believed it if hadn't seen it,
an they lies before half Il gale over in
( the direction Of the gentleman. Well, no
/ Was done up for swimming through not
having another kick in him, ;.s you may
, s.v Sat he was able to float on his back
al might have fluatcd an hour more, may
! hap il so Lc a. the hill of the water didn {
( Numb him an send him 10 the bottom.
They come up to kim an pulled him in.
could sec them a-pulling OF him, but
/ whcthcr it was thirty bob or - worth, l
- ft,p ,t.,ir
is it alive or dead" says the young
lady
Wei" says I, che do Look rather
limp" savs l, las is natural when YOU We
been lying 81 long in the water. But |
think il : alive. Anyhow, we'd better row
back IN gc0 your things dried miss. "
oh. 10, " says she, crying. Il can't 80
back till / know. Capn 'Oollcy," says
she, we Iui:sJ row on an meet them.
We'll. ( didn't quite like it, owing TO Tho
gentleman, perhaps, having nothing on,
which Miss EOc b&dE t Thought Of. still,
this being ii matter Of life an death,
where such things can't lie allowed To
count. ! rows OH - meet them.
About a hundred yards of I stands up
an shouts - as she shouldn't understand,
lis il it - job, mate, or IL thirty huhbcr:'
An the young gentleman himself lifts
hinagli up in rely, with enc Of tho liShci-
men : jerseys on, an Il sail wrapped round
III, al Ac shouts ut the top OF his voice,
viewing his hand, Alive, alive, Noe!'
: wanted IL turn. then; but, bless you,
there wasn't TO !lcepinS back that young
lady Nforc l i.nrwcd where I WAS, at the
. sound Of his voice, shed stood up in the
bua5 an jumped oil the seat an Was
swimming for dear life again to the sail
ing boat whc"o her young gentleman WAS
;-3itting.
lie was most dead when she got there.
He'd Just had strength Of mind TO hold NJ
/ till he could shout to her, an chen he falls
back, numblii;c an as white as death.
! til they gets him ashore again. There
Bill Ely-soul was standing, si!uttorine
an shivernc, looking blue with cold IN
saying rs how I'd done him out OF 10, OF
anyways 50 shillings. through throwing OF
| him overheard. They took the young
gentleman UP to his lodgings an gave
hiln tins regular thin&-hot blankets N
such an brandy, IN by the end of tho
day kc was pretty we'll right again. But
the young lady, she didn't rs much a,
catch u cold with it, an afore they lief;
| this place him an her was married. Al
when Bill-o-my- come to H,ar that
her father an mother wanted to give Alt
aniccc t. tic men in the boat an me. lie
was just that mad yoI could N hcarFhis
language i've houses off, an not choice
language neither. -Exchangc.