The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29

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 where is the siren?" a. ed Vera as she groped about with her hands
 Give me your hand7-there. feel that lever?"
 ~oh. yes-I thought tt was the squee-gee kind" said Yera as she pulled at the lever and men almost screamed at the loud fH oo-ool' that followed. .,
 My own invention at lever, chuckleC the voice. ~Creaf' Isn't itE.
 "F1neeit's very loud aanitted Vera. How often shall orAQ UT
 whenever the other fellol14 stop' he laughed.
 There are SO many of them me sounds lap over one another e4or mented Vera as she managed % 41t in another alarming "Boo-ool'
 Again her fellow passenger iau4Ata and his voice had ring of famill IILI. It was very bafiing to sit there go close to him and not know what no looked like-who he was-or anything about him It was very romantic, too. but Vera was not thinking of that somehow, for there was such a babel of sounds about her that all she could think of was that if she really knew who this man was she might feel more confidence in his ability to protect her from the excursion steamer that was their greatest menace. So far her rescuer had proved himself to be quite at home in his motor boat; he was strong and cool-headed and he was en- tirely practical and impersonal. All those things counted in his favor with Vera Gale. Suppose the excursion steamer did run them down would he be the sort to save her or would he let her go?
 Vera received an answer to that question with startling swiftness- From another direction there came medley of sounds-a footing. blowing. pounding of a steamers screw and then out of the fog astern there loom ed a dark shape and before Vera's frightened lips could utter a sound. her new acquaintance leaned forward. a gigantic form in the mist, and grasp ing her in his arms stepped overheard into the bay while the pufing steam tug sent his boat with the dangling canoe straight to the bottom of the harbor where it was not recovered for many day.
 The man and the girl went down and then up again, miraculously es- caping arising under any one of the craft that surrounded them, Vera's companion held her closely with one arm and with the other he stroked vigorously to keep them aacsk Pres ently Vera recovered hef FiIF snfi- gently to strike out witn free arm.
 "BravoI" he panted Ipund that she, too, was swl Then. amid the shouting and lg and screeching about them voice arose. Boat ahoy-twc q Ae wa teri" he yelled.
 After that there was danger oE their being run over by rescueH but all at once he shouted joyfully thaf he had found something, and then friendly hands pulled them over Into an open boat and only then did tho znan give up the girl he had rescued.
 'T-it-hadn't been-ior you-u-u-I Nw-ould ha-have been drowned!" said Vera through chattering teeth My canoe w-would ha-have gone to the bottom-so w-would l."
 Its at the bottom now and so is mine!" returned the other cheerfully. Say, mate. have you got anything warm to wrap this lady in?"
 "Aye-here you arel" and knitted jacket was tossed from the fog and her new acquaintance. sitting beside her, wrapped Vera in its comforting folds
 How about yourself?" she asked after a little while.
 4Oh, never mind me-Tm tough" was his careless reply. "But say" earnestly. you're plucky, do you know it?''
 q was scared to death" admitted Vera
 50 was l." he retorted and they both laughed.
 They sat there side by side. Vera listening to his conversation with the other occupants of the open boat. She was trangely contented and happy. For some unknown reason she felt that something new had come to her that afternoon-some new experience that was to color all her after life.
 Then all at once the fog lifted As suddenly as it had enveloped them 1t whiffed away before a light breeze, showing all the maze of boating in the harbor and everything sprang into re- newed life and activity.
 The two who had spent an hour in the fog together-who had touched hands-had spoken-had gone down to the gates of death and up again turned and looked at each other.
 Allen Cramer," cried Vera breath lessly.
 vera Galel" he cried equally as- ..-s .d +1,ar fbaea fuo uh0 had