Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-05-31

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"A Chtnomam!" Jim and l uttered the
exclamation.
ashore Miss Hurst would IKE TO see me
for a minute or two. Naturally her
wish was command, and, informing
my uncle of the circumstance, we
bided our time.
Her mother. with outstretched hand
and a white, pathetic face. met me at
the door Of the cabin.
"Mr. Gray" she said, and the false
name struck me as contemplate under
such conditions, II thank you with all
my heart. My daughter is all the
world to me, and you have brought her
back from the grave. God bless your
She drew me to her and kissed me on
the forehead. and l was seized with
great longing to throw my arms about
her and kiss her as would have kiss
| ed my own mother. But drew back.
mumbling stupidity that it was nothing,
that she was to think it nothing had
done, that l was glad l had been of
servce-a mixture the idiocy Of which
appealed to me even in the midst of
my embarrassment. for embarrassed l
was, and deeply. for over the mothers
shoulder two great gray eyes set in q
sweet, pale face were watching me
from the top berth. People had spo'
ken of my courage in jumping into the
sea. Well, it may have seemed a bold
thing to do, but l certainly hadn't the
courage to face the wide, inuuiring
eyes of this delicate girl
"Mr. Gray" she said, 81 hope YOU do
not think me unkind or remiss. l want
ed to send for you BEFORE, but am
supposed to be under the doctors or
ders. though why can't imagine. Be-
l1eve me. am perfectly we'll. but he
orders rest. and my mother wishes it.
| Let me thank you now"
| She held out her wee white hand,
which pressed with nervous clasp,
and l looked into her face, right into
her eyes. and knew that this pale girl
held my destiny in her hands.
| Don't thank me-" mumbled,
scarcely knowing what | was saying.
Don't say anything more about it, 1t
is enough for me to know that have
been Of service to YOU
land it is enough for me to know"
she repeated slowly, world Of mean
ing in her look and tone, that you
have saved my life"
II am glad" l said.
"And l." she answered in low voice.
l looked her straight in the eyes, and
she returned the look frankly. without
finching and believe we each strove
to read the deeper thoughts that lay
behind. TO me she seemed a living
piece of pale perfection, for whom I
would have leaped into so raging seas
or the deadly maelstrom itself.
The doctor appearing 1T that moment
and cautioning me not to excite his
patient. we talked but a little while
longer, and as shook hands with her
she said. x suppose you are going
!! ashore?
1T is very probable"
"You will be careful?'' There was al
most a tone of entreaty in her. voice.
81 promise you"
They were only little common words,
but they were full of meaning. l knew
now that there was some one who took
more than passing interest in me-
Well, nothing of any moment hap
pened at Colombo, and the next day
when we were we'll at sea once more
Miss Hurst came up on deck and duly
received the congratulations of the pas
sengers. Naturally people expected to
see me monopolize the greater part Of
her time, but in this l think they We're
disappointed. Indeed l purposely kept
aloof from her, though it might have
been an act Of charity if had stood by
to warn off some of the more foolish
people. However, in the afternoon she
sent for me to come and take tea With
her and her mother in their cabin, and
my reply to the invitation, which was
rs delightful as it was unexpected, was
a hasty brush up and f1urried appear
ance. thought it hard that poor old
Jim should have been left out in the
cold, and l apologized to him before
going; but, dear old fellow, he never
looked for the slight and consequently
failed to find it. Moreover, they had
not seen much OF him, and they were
quite ignorant Of the fact that Mr.
George Carter was the uncle of Mr..
Frederick Gray, who was not Mr..
Frederick Gray at all. 49,. -~~,<;, ~ r..
l was received with the utmost cour-
: tesy by the widow and her daughter,
. and though we strove hard to talk OF
many things l knew we were rigidly
eschewipg that subject which of all
others was the most interesting. In.
deed during my previous visit to this
. cabin 4 had been struck by the fact
! that neither neither nor; daughter had
referred IN any way to the ;assailant OF
the ATTEMPTED murder, but instead in.
dulged in vague peneralities, as though
the )amentabla occurrence had beer
, the result merely Of accident. From q
: perhaps mistaken sense of modesty
also refrained from directly broaching
) the subject, but at the time thought
Il It strange, and ] almost thought II
: stranger now .*s, 5 ST Il. "a
We solemnly drank our tea and made
/ g nratense of eating biscuits, but ii
I the time there was 81 fpeltn" 10 the ali