The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-07-19
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i..IiiS.e "A NE Atlantic coast I
...-.,.. ~ Acquaintance Of one Of the
-. vith whom usad 70 SIT On
Tie dunes and chat One qfseElAoon z
roun9 fisherman came n from On me
Iater. and as he passlel.dl up ne beach,
.eeInr my companion, his face hGated
M Win pleasure. and they exchanged
. Jew words cordially,
s.T4e seems to IKE you remarked
.ftsr the young man had gone
.sIrsII ves.s' responded my compan-
-, Il ala him q favor once. but i
- nothing more than q duty.
pressed him foI the story, ana ne
So. NJ friend Cap,n Joe AEulford when
he died asked me to look amer Pc NJ
~ I'M Molly. About the time Molly
~ =, ~ 8 woman she met with the
| -, ,-raarest mIEfOrtunes that can hap
-, y, 4 uirl-she lost her mother and
| ~. S0t mixed mp In a loyo AFFAIR with
nan that was no good-that =, be
-se IA love with her, and IhS, not be
- IN love with any one else ut the
49, listened to him. Then along
| 1890 John Ruddock. . haherman
| sro1o down the coast. and settles here,
| iool-In0 for better fiGhing ground than
~hat he'd been trying. Johns son
| T,,,I,I y,-ns then tventy-three years old
/ 80 &c likely a young Fellow as one
1-O,,,,I And anywhere. As soon as
/ Sfo1Iy NIuIfori. sees him she falls In
| 49, in earnest and that leaves the
other fellow. RUFF Scott, out in the
scott acted very ugIy. BE didn't
trouble Molly much, nor did he trou-
HE Ruddock, for he daren't He just
TOOL IL out in sinking whenever he met
| either of them. It struck me that y
Iere Paul ] wouldn't like TO meet him
/ out alone in the dark unarmed- But
time went on, and Scott didn't do any
tI,Irq, TO show how he felt except by
his looks, which were plain enough
zone day sudden squaI came up,
/ and a little while after II had blown
over Molly Milford come TO me white
| ms n sheet and says:
...I-ncle PhlT-she called me uncle,
though was no relatlon-'uncleP Phil
she said. Paul Ruddock's boat has been
blown over ny the squall and sunk!
| Il ran into the house. grabbed my
| glass and, going to the beach, only
| few hundred yards away, brought the
| glass to bear on the ocean. could
| make out a man nearly two miles out
| swimming for his life. watched him
for a minute or two and made up my
mind that he was laborlng hard and
| would never get to the shore unless
some one helped him. Tossing the
| glass to Molly. I ran down to tnes
shore, where lIfeboat was kept Inc
only person met was Rufe Scott.
told him OF Paul Ruddock's tx and
| asked him to help me get the boat be-
yond the breakers. He hesItated
moment. but couldn't stand the look
/ gave him, and, taking hold Of the boat
| together we got her nose down Into
the surf.
".Csct In said sI'Il shove her ont
.gThIs meant for him to go with me
He was about to make some ugty re
| DIV. refusing to do SO, when he caught
sight of Molly coming. Then he got
into the bow and took up an oar
watching my chance to run the boat
out when the waves came In lower.
Jumped In at the stern. seized my oar
ana together we pulled beyond tho
foam into deep water.
"Rufe being for'a'd and I Mt, Il
wasn't necessary for him 70 pull as
hard as I. hut noticed that he was
doing good work, which relieved my
! mind. for 1 was afraid he would shirk.
Hut / soon found by looking ahead that
the scoundrel was pulling me around.
Indeed, RuCe having the port oar,
could look over my left shoulder and
see Paul---that Is, whenever he rode the
crest of a wave stopped rowing,
turned around, stood up and, raising
my oar, said:
"'Yon miserable dog, II you do that
again I'll brain you and throw your
carcass Overboardg Then sat down
ana kept my eye on the stern Of tho
boat and Molly at the same time.
keeping the two In line. Then sudden
" Rufe stopped rowing. turned on
him again, and be had his oar up,
ready to fight.
eel haven't any call to help Paul
RuddoclI, and l won't That Is all there
= about it,
"'You won't, chr
ST dropped my oar, caught his on my
aEm, got at him, and before he could
ret a grip on me tumbIed him over
board.
"aThere,' / said Swim back to the
girl you're trying to get even WITH
"aeadIns the boat toward Paul.
took both oars AMI pu.l,fl ahead, max
ing a big squirt Having my face to-
ward Rufe, I saw him swim for
point below Molly, and 1t was evident
he didn't want to meet her She was
too intent to see whether would sue
coed or not to notice him, and, land
ing u quarter OF a mile away from her.
he skunk up the beach and disappeared
behind dam. That's the last he