The Dickinson press., 1913-12-27

inc young man, OUC U OO610
had been placed across two logs to
make a seat for her, and she instantly
suspected that 1t was his work. She
refused to sit down. For ten minutes,
or while she was getting real mad, she
wouldn't 60 within fifteen feet Of 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 own her pole
and picked, up the board and pushed
1t into the water. To her chagrin, the
young man didn't seem to be aware Of,
her presence. He was catching all
the fish, and. she wasn't getting
nibble. He made a great fuss every
time he caught one, and presently the.
girl found herself wishing that he,
would tumble In. He could have told.
her that hersline was in only two feet
of. water and that a crab had eaten
OF her bait as soon as the hook touched
the bottom, but he had nothing to say.
He even grinned because he had moth
ing to say. h.
Halt, an hour had passed away when.
Miss Bessie changed her position. It
did not vel 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 a min
ute something seized it. She ~repressed
a cry aud was taking f1rmer grip on
her pole when the planks under her
feet gaze way. and she went into the
pond with a 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:
II 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
zone 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. l happened
to be driving by the old mill and saw
it all. That young fellow managed
like a hero. There was no boat, and
I could render no assistance, and two
or three times I thought they were
gone"
"Aunty," asked the girl after the
doctor had gone, "did I fall into the
mill pond?"
eyes, DEAR
"And go over the dam?
eyes" (
"And how-how was l savedY'
"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, l don't know
where they will stop. I'll bet he'll have
the nerve to call here and ask after
you" s0.3 +
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, L suppose it is some more of
his impudepee."
\ I'll. think J.. must have been mis-
taken all the time. aunty," replied the
girl, with a. blush.
What? Wasn't, it impudenceW
Moo. ISfgguess he knew more about
fishing than I lid
Aunt Mary looked at her for a long
minute and then sagely shook her head
and turned away with the observation:
II don't know about that, young lady.
| should say it was right the other
way. You may not have caught a
whale, but that amt saying you
haven't caught something else"
There may be good fishing in the Ba.
k~ersville mill pond again this. year, but
there will be no further impudence on
the one hand nor indignation on the
other. Affairs have progressed too far
and too agreeably for that. In the
language of Aunt Mary:
"A girl. comes a-visiting--she goes
out to f1sh-she meets an impudent
feller-she falls into the ponrd-he saves
her hfe-they"- a.
"They what?" asked Uncle Joe.
None q your business! You go out
and see IL that pie In the oven has
burned all to a cinder while I've been
thinking Of things"
Prieet Of His Treason.
Benedict Arnold died in London June
IA, 1901. His, life after his treason
was a most unhappy one. He was
avoided BY men Of honor and on many
occasions deliberately insulted. He re-