The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-01-01

suggestlng-Oh, what did Il not sug.
gestl Never this dark, wild night of
dangerl Jimmy thrilled to IL again as
he had thrilled to it once before. He
waved jubilant hands. Agatha Red
mond" he called, across the space
and heads that divided them.
Whether she heard his call he did
not know. At that moment the word
was given, and she turned an almost
smiling face to the captain I'm reply.
She knelt to the deck apd got footing
on the slippery rope Men above held
It and helped as best they could, while
the sailor below waited to receive her
into the little boat. She was steady
and quick as a woman in such a peril
Gus position could be. AS she de-
scended, the rowboat insecurity held
to the Jeanne Dare, slid sternward
a few feet; and while she waited in
midalr for the boat to be brought up
again, the Jeanne Dare gave a
mighty plunge. The captain shouted
from the deck, a sailor yelled, then
another; the dipping sea tossed the
yacht so that for an instant the boat
below and the woman on the ladder
we're hidden from Jim's view. He
climbed over the rail and edged along
the narrow margin of the deck until
he was a few feet nearer the rope,
his heart humping with fear of
calamity.
And even as the thought came, the
thing happened. The wrenching of
the ropes, insecurity of their fasten-
ings, some blunder on the part of the
seamen-whatever it was, the rope
, loosened like filament of gauze, and,
with its precious burden, dropped into
the angry water. Before breath
could be drawn, the black waves
churned over her head.
AS, for the second time, Jim saw
disaster engulf the Vision that had
such power over him, he was seized
by a cold numbness.
ooh, you brutes!" he groaned
aloud; but his groan had scarcely es-
capped him when he heard loud alter
cation among the men, and in a mo-
ment, the usual tones of Monsieur
Chatelard commanding:
"Never mind! Quick with the boat
on the other side!"
| The seamen rushed to the opposite
side, now impatient to make the
boats. In the fear that was growing
momently upon the men, there was
no one to give q thought to the van
ished woman. Jimmy chung to the
rail for a second, peering over the
water. With cry of gladness he
saw her pale face rise to the surface
of the water several feet away and
toward the bow.
keep up a second! It's all right"
he shouted. Quick as thought he
snatched a life preserver from its
place on the rail, and ran forward.
He called thrice, Keep up, I'm COM
ing!" then threw the cork swiftly
and accurately to the very spot where
she floated. A second longer he
watched, to see if she gained it. 1t
seemed that she did, and yet some
thing was wrong. She was not able
to right herself Immediately in the
water, but foundered helplessly. jim
my knew that her clothes were ham
pering her, or else that the rope lad.
der had entangled her feet.
He turned and got his balance on
the narrow ledge. pointed his hands
high above his head, and took a
good breath. Then he dove toward
the floating face. When he came to
the surface she was there, not ten
placed firm hands under her arms
and steadied her while she cleared
her feet from the entangling rope.
Thank God!" he breathed. I'll
save you yeti"