The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-10

tContinued.)
 "Oh. God. bring me--us-safe oacA so father and mother. Amen.'
 "Amen" added Harold.
 Her prayer seemed to sustain tne .hild. The habit of belief was dolns It's work: she was sure now tnae o1 would send help.
 Harold dared not let her look back. To such helpless little one slnsas breath of that flying deluge or water and foam might mean death. anu anu no denied himself the seeing also, TOT ne felt # a duty to save his strenSln 1ia he could for the sake of the littie ohe dependent on him.
 ing. For by this time the clothes or both were so saturated that he had to swIn hard to keep both ahoat. He dared moi let the child go whilst he took off his own clothes, as he would have done had he been alone He managed to take of his shoes using the other foot as lever; but tnat was all he dared do. And his clothes were be- rinning to cucumber him. No Qne Knows till he has experience of 1t how clothes lengthen in the water. The sleeves draw out till the hands are covered, and the trouser legs iengthen and lengthen till they hamper the movement of the feet.
 Harold mand8eu IO Ldhc OiL SOhtc VI inc child's clothing. and that eased the weight. but he in his heart prayed that the coming help might not be long de- layed. How he deplored now that it had not been possible to reach the life-. buoy. for once in touch with 1t, weight would become as nothing. And so he waited. saving his strength to the ut- most.
 On the bridge the Captain handed NF~a Cfn,, oh ct, a rafr af fha abirr9 binoculars. For an instant she looked through them. and then handed them back and continued gazing out to where the two heads appeared--wh0n they did appear on the crest of the waves. like pin-heads. The Captain said half to himself and half to the father:
 Mothers eyesl Mothers eyesm and the father understood.
 As the ship swept back to the rescue, her furnaces roaring and her tunnels sending out huge volumes of smoke which the gale beat down on the sea 10 isaward, the excitement of all on board grew tenser and tenser Men dared hardly breathe; women wept and clasned their hands convulsively as they prayed Tn the emergency boat the men sat like statues. their oars up- right ready for instant use. The ofii- cer stood with the falls in his hand ready to lower away.
 when opposite the lifebuoy, and therefore about half a quarter of a mile from Harold and Pearl. the cap tain gave the engine room signal "stop," and then a second later: Full speed astern." With the stop and re- versa1 of the engines the great ship seemed 10 shake and culver like a frightened horse. The men In the boats became sbraced In every nerve. and the officer. his face like flint. threw his eyes once again on the falls to see that all was clear. The seconds that elapsed seemed hours. but when few had passed he said quietly:
 ssReady. menl Steady" Then as the coming wave slipping under the ship began to rise up her side. he freed the fails and the boat sank softly into the lifting sea.
 Instantly the oars struck the water, and as the men bent to them a cheer rang out on the deck.
 Harold and Pearl heard. and the man turning his head for 8 moment saw that the ship was close at hand grad