Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-30

placed the sandwiches before her and
filled the thermOs cup with hot coffee.
Drink this" he ordered. "And eat
those sanwiChes-every crumb. Then
you've got to answer a few questions.
Meantime, I'm going to swim out and
get my boat"
He slipped off his shoes and
dropped into the water. once he
! looked over his shoulder and saw that
the girl was watching him. He lifted
his arm and she waved in response
He swan easily with the tide and
had almost reached the boat when,
without the slightest warning, he was
oyerpowercd by an attack of cramps.
lie waved his arms desperately before
he went down.
A long, shrill cry came back over
/ the water When he rose to the sur
/ face he saw a round dark, wet OBJ
iect bobbing through the water at
/ Iincreditble speed.
! 1t was the girl He went down for
he second time, swoonng from that
| gripping agony. When ne came up
again, she was very ntar-so close
that he could sec her scared brown
/ eyes. lie tried 10 smile as he felt
/ himself sinking, but she hurled her
self through the water and gripped
his shirt collar with firm. steady
fingers
| Pantingly she dragged him toward
the motor boat, clnging to its sides
/ for a long time before she could
| help him into it, He sank in an un-
conscious heap on the bottom while
she found the emergency oar, lifted
| the anchor and sculled the motor boat
slowly toward the sandy beach.
| When he opened his eyes he was on
y hn ,l, l.,
| tage. tall old man was chafing his
wrists and pumping his arms while the
girl sped fleetly down the beach for
/ assistance
! 1t was hours afterward when he
awoke from a refreshing sleep in the
/ living room OF the cottage Painfully
| he recalled the events Of the after
| noon, remembering that the fisher
girl had saved his life. Her voice
reached him now low pitched and
| Imelodious: Come, grandfather, your
soup Is ready: You better eat ii while
| it's hot"
Just as 7 thought" muttered Ray
mond. She's starving herself to feed
| the old man! I'm glad to owe my life
/ to her. 1t will serve as my excuse to
rescue them from the certain death
/ by starvation"
Then the grandfather came in. He
proved TO be feeble old man Of
nearly so. Raymonds gratitude
| and sympathy invited confidence and
presently the young man was listening
| to a pathetic story OF how a once
famous artist had been overtaken by
relentless poverty.
! Little by little his money had
/ dwindled. He knew that his grand
| daughter was starving herself for
! his sake. but she evaded all his at
tempts to compel an equal division
] OF the scanty store. Now winter was
| coming neater every day-what would
be the outcome? he shuddered and his
eyes filled with bitter tears.
! 1t took hours OF argument to per-
suade them to let him come to their
rescue, but Raymond succeeded In
quieting their scruples and took them
away with him in he Sea Urchin.
/ Undr the tender and watchful man
agement Of his mother. the half
famished maiden who had saved his
/ life was restored to normal and alto
gether charming young womanhood.
! Although the aged painter did not
/ long survive the hardships which had
been the burden Of his later years.
| he lived long enough to see his grand
daughter become the happy wife OF
/ the man whom she had saved at the
risk of her own life-K. c. Journal.