Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-10-07

hif. and l especially was enjoying the
sea water. Ny aunt had charge OF Us
girls and considered herself responsi.
BILE for US. She used 10 cit on the beach
watching US.
! was wading one day In water up
to my waist. wore q little gold
cross about my neck and had lost II.
While looking for It'll could have seen
Il on the bottom-l went down into
deep water.
] had been swimming q good deal
and was tired. They say that swim.
ming is the hardest exercise one can
take. At amy rate. 10 trying to swim
back to shallow water I found that
didn't move at oil. got frightened.
and this made matters worse. The
tide was settling down to the south
and was moving me with it--not fsr.
but proximity makes little difYerencs
when one Is poweriess. called to my
aunt, but she did not hear ms OF was
not aware Of my condition. for she
made no move TO help or call on any
one TO help me.
What an awful thing Il is to be In
danger Of drowning and zee come one
looking at yop. thinking that you are
enjoying yourselfi
But there was one Of more expe,
rience in such matters who did see
me. Near By was q pier extending
out into the ocean, and on that pier
was a man. He was standing over
deep water some twenty feet above
the surface. He was In shirt waist
costume. saw him Jump feet fore.
most and swim for me. I went down
before be reached me. but only for a
moment. felt his hand under my
arm. We rose TO the surface, and q
few strokes carried Us to shallow wa
ter.
One would suppose that my first feel
ings would be gratitude to the man
who had helped me. singulariy enough.
what thought about was my lost
cross. a little gold trinket not worth
%. As soon a. ! got my breath said:
"oh. my crossi fear I shall asvsr
zee 1t again."
"Your crossf"
eyes. ] dropped It near here. ! was
looking for It when stepped beyond
my depth"
He cast his ere about him and, sud
denly thrusting his hand down for
an object glistening in the sunlight,
picked up my cross and handed It to
me-
II was impossible for me. dressed as
the man was, to tell to what class he
belonged. He might be . boatman or
q fisherman or follow any calling per.
tanning to the water. He certainly
swan like q duck. ] hesitated o mo-
ment about offering him money for
having helped me out Of deep water,
but finally N we walked up on to the
beach ] said, -If yoa win call ct the
Arlington hotel I shall have something
for you."
"At what hourr' he asked.
"Well, say directly after luncheon"
he took OF his hat to me and walked
away. doubtless to get on dry clothes.
After luncheon I went to my room
for q rest. which I greatly needed
was falling into doxe when a waiter
raped at the door and said that .
man was below who said I had asked
him to call. went to my trunk,
where kept my money. took out
ten collar bill and told the waiter to
give tt 20 the man below. The waiter
went downstairs. but soon returned
with the bill.
HE says Il isn't enough. miss."
was rather taken aback: but. going
again to my trunk. got cot another
ten dollar bill and sent Il with the
Grst. But the waiter came back, a. be-
fore, with the message, .Not enough"
l kept sending additi9pal bills until !
had sent $50, but they all came back
with the same message. AZ last I told
the waiter to ask the man what would
satisfy him. The reply came back:
'The little gold cross"
My surprise at this was greater than
before. The man hao 0ecnned 800
and asked for n gold cross which. as I
have said. was not worth - had
no especial attachment to the trinket,
so handed It to the waiter and told
him 10 give It to the man below.
l may have been stupid about II. but
| couldn't understand the matter at
all. Why q man who would take re-
ward for saving a life should decline
substantial one for girls ornament
couldn't imagine. But I was very
tired and went to sleep thinking about
It.
Well, I didn't see the man any more
on the beach, nor anywhere else for
that matter. One evening we went
over to the Bellevue for the dance
there One Of the girls said that Q
yachting party Of young men were to
be there, and we all got our prettiest
costumes. When we reached the Belle
vue the hop was In full swing. but
the yachtsmen had not appeared.
Presently they came In.
"Well, I declare" I exclaimed, turn,