Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-17
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safe and sound as any boat could be-"
Then the old man told OF Angela's
mishap and her rescue. The flush IN
the captains face died away; but the
great drops gathered more quickly
and fell from his forehead
"Then Miss Rooden is all right p
he asked, huskily.
eyes, captain; but she might have
been drowned
'And if she had been, you would
have been responsible for it. the
accident must have been caused by
your carelessness. I told you to see
that the boat was safe
$50 I did No boat was ever more
safe and sound. captain"
"Then what had happened to lt?'
he cried. angrily.
"That is what no man can tell,
captain If you have it raised out OF
the lake you will learn. | cannot
understand it,
$50 it was Major Norton who
saved her life?" he said, with RI
evil look.
eyes, captain But for the major
the young lady would have been
drowned certainly"
81 am grieved to hear of your &C
cident, Angela" said the captain
when he met her an hour afterward.
She raised her eyes wistfully to his.
"It is strange" she remarked,
gently. THAT is the second narrow
escape I have had from death"
But the strangest circumstance
was tina the captain would not allow
the boat 20 be raised from the depths
of the lake.
sIt was so very nearly being a
cof1n,' he said, that I should never
like to see 1T used again"
CHAPTER XxXVlIl.
Three days after the boat accident
Angela stood alone in her room. She
had not yet ceased to wonder at the
strangeness of her misadventure, but
no solution of the mystery came to
her The captain refused to have the
boat raised, although Major Norton
and every one else who spoke to MIN
about it strongly advised to have it
done.
''You ought to know what was
wrong" the major said. Life is far
too precious to be sacrificed in such
way. If the fault lies with those
who repaired the boat, they ought to
be reprimanded for it; if with Jones,
he ought to be dismissed. You take
it far more coolly than I should
The captain seemed very impatient
during his friends harangue.
"It would be waste of time and
labor to have the Lnlng raised" the
captain replied, for | should never
allow it to be used again. l hate The
very thought of it.
1t might have been the majors
fancy, but it certainly seemed to him
that, instead of being grateful to him
for the service he had rendered, the
captain grew cooler to him from that
time forth.
Angela was as much perplexed as
ever regarding the cause OF the &C
cident But she had not seen a
silent figure creeping down the stairs
at night, cropping in the darkness,
unfastening doors with a stealthy
hand, passing out of the house and
through the grounds, down to the
boat-house. She had not seen the
boat-house door carefully closed, and
a lantern produced and lighted.
She had not heard the muffied sounds
that might have proclaimed the
deed.
The captain had calculated to
nicely how long the nails would hold,
how long the loosened plank would
the water to rush in and overwhelm
the frail craft.
Up to this time Angela had not
the faintest suspicion of the truth
She was restless and uneasy concern
ing the mishaps which had SO nearly
terminated her existence. Danger
and death seem to pursue me- she
said to herself why should it be
so?
There was faint knock at the door,
and Jane Felspar, her faithful old
nurse. came in.
Are you alone, my dear?" she
asked. Il want to talk to you
Come in, nurse. l am glad to
see you said Angela; for, although
G fashionable lady's maid had in
some measure taken old James place
no one to Angela was like this faith
full woman. She had nursed her fair
young mistress through her infancy
and childhood, and she worshiped her
now as one of the most lovely ans
perfect of women. She had been in
great trouble and distress about her
young mistress. and, with the sure
instinct of love, she felt there was
danger necr her
MAY I stay and talk to you, Miss
she asked. 81 am not
happy about you, my dear. l do not
ike to be always hearing that you
have been in that accident and the
other.
81 must be more careful, dear
coid thn Oip1