The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-12
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While spending few weeks At 9
nshine viiIl 3 on the Atlantic coast I
naCes the acquaintanco Of one OF the
lila eeTs. vfth whom used to sit on
ne dunes aud chat One afternoon
Tounss fisherman came In from on the
yater, and. as ne passed up the beach,
seeing my companion, his face lighted
up with pleasure, and they EXCHANGED
4 few words cordially.
"He seems to IKE you," remarked
after the young man had gone
.FWell, yes responded my compan-
ion. q did him favor once, but Il
was nothing more thana duty.
/ pressed him for the story, and he
gave It.
..Afy friend cap'n Joe Milford when
he dfe6 asked me to look after his 1t-
lie girl Molly. About the time Molly
grew to be a woman she met with the
two greatest misfortunes that can hap
nan to a eirl-she lost her mother ana
che got mixed mp In love afair with
Z man that was no good-that Il, he
usaa In love with her, and she, not be
ing In love with any one else at the
dime. listened to him Then along
comes John Ruddock, q fisherman
from down the coast. and settles here,
looking for better fishing ground than
what he'd keen trying. Johns son
Paul was then twcnty-three years old
and MS Likely a young fellow as one
would find anyw here. As soon as
afolly BIuIfsrd sees him she falls In
owe In earnest, and that leaves the
other fellow. Rufe Scott. out In the
cold.
scott acted very ugly. he dldn,
trouble Molly much. nOrsdtd he trou-
bic Ruddock. for he daren't- BE just
took it out In sulSing whenever he met
eIther of them It struck me that IL
were Paul wouldn't Ike to meet MIN MN
ont alone In the dark unarmed. But
fine went on. and Scott didn't do any
thing to show how he felt except oy
Sis looks. which were plain enough.
zone day d sudden squali came UP.
and a little while after 1t had blown
over Molly Milford come to me whtte
as a sheet and says:
=. sTTncle PhiT-she called me unclc
fhourh WIS no relatIon-'Uncle Phil.
the said, 'PauI Ruddock,s boat has been
blown over by the squaIl and sunkF
ct 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 I ceulo
make out man nearly two miles out
swimming for his life. watched him
TOR minute OF two and MADE up ~
mind that he was laboring hard and
would never get to the shore unless
Sone one helped him. Tossing the
glass to Molly. I ran down TO the
shore. where a Iifeboat was kept The
only person I 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
eaYe him, and, taking hold of the boat
together we got her nose down INTO
the surf.
"tGet in,'I said. III shove her out
.Erhis meant for him to go with me.
He was about to make some ugly re
ply, refusing to do 50, 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
mt when the waves came In lower,
Jumped In at the stern, seized my oar
and together we pulled beyond the
foam into deep water.
'ERufe being for'a'd and aft II
wasn't necessary for him to pull rs
ha-i MS I. But I noticed that he was
IoinE good work, which relieved mJ
aind, for was afraid he would shirk
Gut soon found by looking ahead thai
he scoundreI was pulling me around
rn6eed, RuEe having the port oar,
could look over my left shoulder and
see PauI-.that Is, whenever he rode the
crest of a wave. stopped rowing
turned around, stood up and, raising
my oar. said:
You miserable dog, II you do that
again I'll brain you and throw yo"t
carcass overboardp Then I sat down
and kept my eye on the stern of the
ooat and Molly at the same time
keeping the two in line. Then sudden
" Rufe stopped rowing. ! turned OF
him again, and he had his oar up
ready to fight.
81 haven't any call to help Pau
Ruddock, and won't That Is all there
Is about it.
You won't. chr
Il dropped my oar, caught his on nv
arm, got at him, and before he could
get a grip on me tumbled him over
board.
".There,' 1 said. Swim back to the
girl you're trying to get even with
"HeadinG the boat toward Paul
youk beth oars and pulled ahead, max
ing a big spdrt Having my face Co
ward Ruce. saw him swim Tor =
point below Molly, and 1t was evident
he didn't want to meet her. She was
too intent to see whether would sue
reed or not to notice him. and, land
ing n quarter of mile away from her
he skunk up the beach and disappeared
behind a dam. That's the last h'