Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

tall broad-shoudered man, with a
bronzed weather-beaten face, and a
golden beard and mustache.
He came to the edge of the smack and glanced
keenly at the runaway horses and then at the
two figures behind the park wall. When the
dray got within fifty yards of the onlookers,
Lord Harry sprang lightly over the wall and
crossed the road He was athlete, and, more
over, absolutely devoid of fear.
Lady Agnes cried out to him to come back
and the man on the smack yelled something out
to him that he did not hear,
The horses came at him like an avalanche
He sprang at the reins of the leader and was
SWING off his feet.
If the horses had keep straight on he must
inevitably have been trampled under their hoofs
but as luck would have it they caught sight Of
the girls white dress and swerved sharply to-
ward the creek, as though they had been struck
broadside by a tornado.
Lord Harry was swung round like stone in
a sling, jerlxed off his hold and shot out half
a dozen yards into the water. The driver went
flying after him.
The contents of the van scattered and broke
in every direction. The horses plunged few
yards through the mud, slipped, struggled to
their feet, slipped again, rolled over and kicked
furiously, churning the mud into filthy black
slime. The driver was pitched on to the leaders
back, whence he rcochetted into a soft bed OF
mud two feet in depth
He fell over and almost disappeared, but he
rose unhurt. a filthy spectacle, splitting mud
from his mouth and dripping with it from head
to foot.
Lord Harry Guy was not so fortunate. The
man on the smack kicked off the big boots and
looked keenly at the foam-hecked water where
he had disappeared 1t was several seconds be-
fore he appeared on the surface and then he
was some yards farther down the stream He
sank almost as suddenly as he had risen.
The man on the smack looked no longer but
dived into the swift tide and rapidly to
the spot where the body had vanished.
Once more the head appeared and vanished
this time but few feet from the rescuer. The
latter dashed through the water, and, diving
down, caught the arm of the drowning man and
brought him to the surface. The body was
limp and still, and it was easy work to swim
with it to the shore
He did not touch bottom until he got into
three feet of water, for to swim mere
child's play compared to walking through the
mud. And then he lifted Lord Harry Guy onto
his shoulder and carried him to the grass by
the side of the road. Lady Agnes came to hin
with white face
"Is he's he" she faltered
"He's all right" replied the man roughly;
"run up to the house, that's a good girl, ano
get help; blankets, hot water, something to car
nv him up on. / will rub him down. and III
bet he's smiling when you come back, but rur
like the devil, in case we don't happen TO gel
him round" The girl turned without another
word, and, clambering over the wall, disap
peared from sight,
"Hi, you there" yelled the man to the driver
who had cut the traces and got his three horses
to their feet, Gust leave your horse, and lenc
a hand here They will walk out of the muc
by themselves now, / guess"
The sailor gave him few rapid instructions
and then, hurrying to one of the dingheys, push
ed it off and sculled over to the smack In es
than two minutes he was his way back
clothed in a dry jersey and trousers and will
bottle of brandy and rough blanket in tn,
bottom of the boat
less than ten minutes Lord Harry sighed anc
opened his eyes.
A quarter of an hour before the arrival of tn
relief party from the hall he clothed in
borrowed serge suit and smoking a cigarette
and was chatting cheerfully to the man who ha,
pulled him out Of the water.
The sailor went over to the dray and gave
hand to the driver, who was trying TO saw
some of his cases from the encroaching tide
The two men toiled hard at their task and sue
ceeded in deposting most OF the boxes on tn
road.
Two of them, however, defed their united ei
forts, and they lay half-buried in the blac
mud, with the tide eddying round them On
Of the cases was broken, and 1t appeared to