The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-08-27

AZ long ~ they kepi The open cod ol
their crsf cot OF ss.et they sess coupsr
lively .ir. bat What II one oi them
should to shi't bis OF her posi,ionl !
stndder 10 thirk oi The conseq uences.
What va 10 be dcntf dared not
leave them sna so Tor help. u n.t not
even call for IL, for fesr Of slsfmine The
children. l Iisli rooted 10 The spet. aud
looked srouud 10 = bcviidsred manner,
when l noticed . boy sirollioe up the
beach near me.
Nss bad iesrned to dislke tbis psrlic
ulsr boy very much. lie w.ss boy sho
seemed 10 be perfectly indi1siebt 10 9th
er peoples good or III uill. Add yet |
cent say Why l personally disliked hin
H l bad never seen him do snytbins
downright wicked, his prsnks ] always
thought we're chiefly the result oi tboushi
lessuess. Al his sppesrsncc the children
would tcstter. while be would beat down
their ssnd houses and mud forts. He
sss slws,s ready 10 provoke game oi
hsticnns With anyone not older than bin
seli. In fact, be seemed TO have no
friends bui the dogs and followed him
every where. And this boy Remi Dov.I
by name was the only creature to whom
| could turn 10 thi, emergency. l si
once bsde him rua for help. but be did
not take the slightest notice oi me. bni
staring stolidly out al the children, ]
again addressed him, this time in plead
ing tones: O,. Rsmi, dear Rsmi, 40
rup, like good boy, end hnd some one
to save poor little Pierre and Msriel Bee,
III give you this. tempiinsiy holding
up my petknife TO allure him,
Sill he needed me not, bat stood ftz
ing out to ses, apparently quite Indifferent
vas 10 despair, wbep, ell at once.
saw him wade ont until the wster came
up slmos, TO bis neck. Then, with one
plunge, be was laundering about. beyond
his depth. A new horror seIz,d me,
Three children would nov perish. IL
stead OF two. But, mol Presently l saw
this boz, who YES bat thirteen years Of
sse, strike ont vigorously until within
reach OF the frsil fragment OF the canoe,
which he touched gently just enough to
give 1t . movement shorewsrd. This he
did st intervals until II was within my
rehch. when wsding ont into the water.
| quickly drew the canoe 10, and the
children we're saved without ever having
been consciou, OF their peril.
Bat where was the brave boy who bad
risked his life to save his little neightor
How my heart smo.e me for ever having
an unkind thought for bim
be soon emerged from the
water, in . half fainting condition. and
Is l tenderly helped bin home, asked
Where did You learn 10 swim go vel,
Rsmip
/ didn't know myself l could do 1t. be
replied. / nsver svsm ont any farther
han that bouy before. e
Well, r mi, why did yon 60 theni
Well. some one seemed to be saying:
Go, Rsmi, and save the kiddies. and l
lad seen my father and the big boys do .
I. and l thought ! would Try IL,
Bot. strange to soy, from that day there :
vas not better or more daring swimmer Q
long that coast thsn the young hero Of b
be halt canoe. and. best oi oil there was
10 one Of the children more enjoyed hsv i
ng take part in their games than this
sme Remi Dovsl. whose Hrst noble sci
1 heriosm seemed 10 have driven oil IN Q
iudness ont OF bis heart and transform
d him into the faithful defender OF oil
mall children from that time forth. when
yer or wherever they might hsppen 10
eed him.