The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-28

or while she was getting real mad sha
wouldn't 60 within fifteen feet ~ the
seat Then the stranger suddenly
made his appearance from behind the
Old mill. and TO show him what she
thought Of him she laid down her
pole and picked up the board and pusb
cd i into the water. To her chaerin
the young man didn't seem 10 he
aware Of her presence. He was catch
ing all the fish, and she wasn't getting
nibble. He made great fuss every
ume he caught one, and presently the
girl found herself wishing that he
would tumble in. He could have told
her that her line was In only two feet
OF water and that crab had eaten
on her bait as soon as the hook touched
the bottom, but he had nothing to say.
de even grinned because he had moth
ing TO say
Half an hour had passed away when
Miss Bessie changed her position. II
did not seem to be a secure one, but
In her defiance and chagrin she was
willing to take chances She rebaited
and cast in her hook, and within min
ute something seized it. She repressed
a cry and was taking firmer grip on
her pole when the planks under her
feet gave way, and she went into the
pond with Shrek and a splash. She
rose to the surface, gurglIng and gasp
ing, to find the impudent young man
beside her and saying In her ear:
Il expected It. Don't struggle and
you'll be all right. We have got to
go over the dam. but l can swim
ashore below with you"
The girl ought to have given him
lone Of her looks" but she did not
take advantage of the occasion. The
water was very cold and the fall over
the dam ten feet She gasped with
fright and clutched the young man.
and then night seemed to have come
She had tainted away. When she
( opened her eyes again she was in bed
at Aunt Mary's and the doctor was
saying:
/ "She Will do nicely now happened
to be driving by the old mill and saw it
/ all. That young fellow managed like
/ a hero There was no boat, and
/ could render no assistance, and two
or three times l thought they were
gone"
"Aunty," asked the girl after the doc
tor had gone, did fall into the mill
pondT'
"Yes, dear"
"And go over the damp
Eyes"
"And how-how was / savedT
why, that impudent young Teller
had the impudence to jump in after
you and bring you ashore. If things
are to go on this way, don't know
where they will stop. I'll bet he'll have
the nerve TO call here and ask after
you"
Aunt Mary was right. That evening
the young man did call and make In
! quiries and leave his card, and twenty
four hours later he was again ushered
into the parlor, to find the rescued
maiden able to be about. Aunt Mary
heard a great deal of talking and some
laughing, and at the end Of half an
hour, when the caller withdrew, she
was ready with the remark:
well, spose It's some more Of his
impudenceY'
II think | must have been mis-
taken all the time, aunty," replied the
girl, with q blush.
what? Wasn't 1t impudenceT'
MOO. guess he knew more about
fishing than did"
Aunt Mary looked at her for a long
minute and then sagely shook her head
and turned away with the observation:
81 don't know about that. young lady.
should say 1t was right the other way.
You may not have caught whale, but
that amt saying you haven't caught
something else"
There may be good fishing in the Ba-
kersville mill pond again this year. but
there will be no further impUialCe ea
the one hand nor Indignation on the
other. Affairs have progressed too lar
and too agreeably for that. In the Ian
guage of Aunt Mary:
"a girl comes a-visiting-she goes out
to fish-she meets an impudent Teller
she falls into the pond-he saves her
life-they"-
"They whatT' asked Uncle Joe.
"None o your business. You go out
and see If that pie in the oven has
; burned all 10 a cinder while I've been
thinking Of things"