The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-06

dad corpsc, an les only thirty bob for
hrin6ihB In man alive ~ you save from
drownding. -
'fBnl-o'.my soul" says I, raising my
sweep, being that, angry with tho man
that I'd have knocked him over The bad
as soon % would rat, "wiil you-row Or
shall brain your"
Just at that minute my eyes went to-
ward the shore, an II there wasn't Miss
Noe, not wringing her hands now, but
plunging into the sea, clothes and all,
though lady with skirts, an swimming
for dear life out to the boat 70 help me.
up with my voice an shouts: "Come
along, Miss Noel You puts the men to
shamel Blessings on you for a brave girl"
She was swimming that splendid.
Well, rows toward her an helps her
aboard Into the boat, an In she jumps,
all dripping, but taking no more notice Of
1t, bless you, than II water was feather
bed to her. An she seizes the oar Bill
o'-my-s soul wouldn't work, an she cries
out to me, agonised like; "Row on, Cap'n
Cooley, for heayen's sake, row oni Alex
Is a-drowndingp
Well, wasn't going to carry a super
cargo, as you may say, to weigh the boat,
not yet a passenger for nothing, SO, to
Tighten the burden, just ups with Bill
o'-my- an clasps I'm round the waist,
being q older man nor him; but, heaven
be praised, astrong one. He was took by sur
prise-too much to struggle-an heayea
un over afore he knowed where he was an
makes Jonah Of him. He comes up
splIttering, being the worst swimmer for
q seafaring man as ever l met with.
There says /, hitting out ct him with
the blade Of my sweep, see how you likes
1t yourself, says /. There's five pound
agoing begging for whoever pulls out your
ugly corpse, for nobody ain going to trou-
BILE about you living" An off we two
rows, Miss Noe in her dripping clothes,
an leaves Bill there to sink or swim, ac-
cording as he was minded.
A quarter Of mile out we comes up to
a sailing boat. Wind was nor east, or
might have been o pint nearer east may
hap, an sail before the wind could bear
straight down upon where Mr. Alex was
drownding. Miss Noe, she stood up and
calls out to the men; "Over yonder," she
cries, showing the way with her hand.
"Quick, quick He's drownding.''
Ina second they sees, an without one
word Off they goes, liflin that student I
wouldn't "a believed It II hadn't seen 1t,
an they flies before half a gale over in
the direction Of the gentleman. Well, he
was done up for swimming through not
having another kick in him, as you may
say. But he was able to float on his back
an might have floated an hour more, may
hap, il so be as the chill Of the water didn't
numb him an send him to the bottom.
They come up to him an pulled him in.
could see them a-pulling of him, but
whether 1t was thirty bob or g5 worth,
couldn't rightly make out for certain.
"Is 1t alive or dead?" says the young
lady.
WELL" says I, che do look rather
limp" says I, "as is natural when you've
been lying SO long in the water. But
think it's alive. Anyhow, we'd better row
baok an get your things dried, miss "
ooh, no" says she, crying. II can't go
back till / know. Cap'n 'Oolley," says
she, I'VE must row on an meet them.
Well, didn't quite like it,sowing to the
gentleman, perhaps, having nothing on,
which Miss Noe hadn't thought of. Still,
this being a matter of life an DEATH
where such things can't be allowed to
count, rows on to meet them.
About hundred yards off 1 stands up
an shouts SO as she shouldn't understand,
IT'S 1t e5 job, mate or thirty bobber2"
An the youtig gentleman himself lifts
himself up in reply, with one of the fisher
mems jerseys on, an a sail wrapped round
un, an he shouts at the top of his voice.
waving his hand, "Alive, alive Noel'
wanted to turn, then; but, bless you,
there wasn't no keeping back that young
lady. Afore knowed where was at tho
sound Of his voice, she'd stood up in the
boat an jumped off the seat an was
swimming for dear life again to the sail
ing boat where her young gentleman was
a.sitting
He was most dead when she got there.
He'd just had strength of mind to hold up
till he could shout to her, an then he falls
back, numblike an as white as death,
till they gets him ashore again. There
Bill-o my soul was standing, spluttering
an shivering, looking blue with cold an
saying rs how ! ID done him but of 25, or
anyways 80 shillings, through throwing Of
him overheard. They took the young
gentleman up to his lodgings an gave
him the regular thing-hot blankets an
such an brandy, an by the end Of the
day he was pretty well right again. But
The young lady, she didn't as much as
catch q cold with 1t, an afore they left
this place him an her was married. An
when Bill-o' -my-soul come to hear that
her father an mother wanted to give e1O
apiece to the men in the boat an me, he
was just that mad you could a. heard his
language five houses off, an not choice
language neither. Exchange.