Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-08-13

try to swim ashore and tow tie carry
all"
Don't you do It. Ny Ian. If you
fhould drown what would become Of
me?"
1t was the tone of this speech. as
much as the words, that bit the cap
tain hard. He himself almost sobbed
as he said:
'Pashy, want you to try to- git over
on this front seat with me- Then | can
put my coat round you, and you won't
be so cold. Take. hold Of my hand"
Hiss Patience at first protested that
she never could do 1t in the world. The
carriage would upset and that would
be the end But her companion urged
her to try, and at last she did so. 1t
was a risky proceeding, but she
reached the front seat somehow, and
me carryall still remained right side
Up. Luckily, in the channel between
semblance of a wave.
Captain Perez pulled off his coat and
wrapped it about his protesting COM
| panion. He was obliged to hold it in
| place, and he found the task rather
| pleasing.
ooh, you're so goodr' murmured Miss
| Patience. What should l have done
without your
FLUSH! Guess you'd have been bet
ter off. You'd never gone after that
| fox if it hadn't been for me, and there
wouldn't have been none of this FUSS
ooh, don't say that! You've been so
brave. Anyhow. We'll die together,
| that's comfort
"Pashy," said Captain Perez solemn
| ", 'it's mighty good to hear you say
| that
us it," she said softly
'Pashy," he said huskily, give been
thinkin' of you considerable lately.
Fact is, I-1-well, 1 come down today
a-purpose to ask you somethin'.
know it's queer place to ask it and
and 1 s'pose it's kind of sudden, but.
Will-will you. Breakers, by mighty"
The carryall had suddenly begun to
rock and there were streaks of foam
about it. Now it gave most alarm
ing heave, grounded, swung clear and
tipped yet more
"We're capsizin'," yelled Perez.
"Hang on to me, Pashyw
| But Miss Patience didn't intend to
let this, perhaps the final, opportunity
slip. AS she told her brother after
ward, she would have made him say it
then if they had been 1.-TWO fathom I'M
der water"
"Will l what, Perez? 2" she demanded.
The carryall rose on two wheels and
begun to turn over, but the captain did
not notice it. The arms of his hearts
desire were about his neck and he was
looking into her eyes.
'Will you marry me-" he gasped.
-"Yes," answered Miss Patience, and
they went nnder together.
The captain staggered to his feet and
dragged his chosen bride to hers. The
ice cold water reached their shoulders.
And, like flash, as they stood there
came torrent of rain and wind
that drove the fog before it like smoke.
Captain Perez saw the shore, with it's
| silhouetted bushes, only a few yards
away. Beyond that, in the blackness,
; was light, a Pickering blaze, that rose
and fell and rose and fell again. Z
: With his arm about her waist Perez
guided his dripping companion, as fast
as they could run, toward the light.
: And as they came nearer to it they
: saw that it flickered about the black
: ened ruins OF. henhonse and lath
= fence
? 1t was Mrs Mayo's 'henhouse and
Mrs. Mayo's fence. Their adventurous
journey had ended where it began.
], "Well, by mighty" exclaimed Cap
: tain Perez for.at least the tenth time,
as he sat ip TIE ,kitMen wrapped in
an old ulster of MrsMayos and toast
ing his feet in the oTA4 'if don't feel
like fool! All that Scare and wet for
nothin'."
"Oh, not for nothin', Perez" said
Miss Patience, looking. tenderly down
into his face
"Well, no, not for nothin' by a good
deal! I've got you by it, and that's
everything. But, say, Pashy," and the
captain looked awed by the coinci-
dence, Il went through fire and water
| to git your