The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-12-14
CHAPTER Ii-Continued.

Samuel Marlowe was not one OF
those who pass alooly by when there
On excitement toward. To dash to the
rail and shove a fat nan in a tweed
cap TO one side was with him the work
Of a moment. He had thus En- excel
lent view OF what was going on-a
view which he improved the next in
slant by climbing up and kneeling on
the rail.
There was a man In the water, q
man whose upper section, the only one
visible, was clad in n blue jersey. He
wore a derby hat, and from time to
time as he battled with the waves, he
would put up q hand and adjust this
more firmly on his head. A dressy
swimmer.
Scarcely had he taken in this spec
tacie when Marlowe became aware OF
the girl he had met on the dock. She
vas standing a few feet away leaning
out over the rail with wide eyes and
parted lips. Like everybody else she
was staring into the water.
AS Sam looked mt her the thought
crossed his mind that here was a won
derful chance Of making the most tre-
nendOus impression on this girl. What
would she not think of a man who,
reckless OF his own safety, dived in
Rnd went boldly to the rescue? And
there were men, no doubt, who would
be chumps enough to do 1t, he thought,
al he prepared to shift back to a po-
sifion OF greater safety.
At this moment the fat man in the
tweed cap, incensed az having been
JosG1ed out of the front row, made his
charge He had but been c%rouching,
"a better TO spying. Now he sprang.
His full weight took Sam squarely in
the spine. There was an instant in
(which that young man hung, as ii
were, between sea and sky then he
shot down over the rail to join the
man In the blue jersey, who had just
discovered that his hat was not on
straight and had paused to adjust 1t
once more with a few skillful touches
OF the finger.
v In the brief interval of time which
h9arlOwe had spent in the stateroOm,
ghatting with Eustace about the lat
fter's bruised soul, some rather curious
things had been happening above. Not
extraordinary, perhaps, but curious.
These must now be related. A story.
iH II Is TO grip the reader, should. l
MN aware, go always forward. 1t
should march. 1t should leap from
.crag to crag like the channels OF the
Alps III there is one thing l hate, IL
Sts a novel which gets you interested In
lthe hero in chapter one and then cuts
hack in chapter two to tell you all
about his grandfather. Nevertheless,
mt this point w must go back a space.
We must return TO the IN when,
having deposited her Pekinese dog In
her stateroom. the girl with the red
hair came out again on deck. This
happened just about the time when
EDustace Hignett was beginning his
narrative.
by now the hustle which precedes
The departure of an ocean liner was al
sfs height. Hoarse voices were crying
Gan for tie shore!" The gangway
was thronged with friends Of passen.
gers returning to land. The crowd or
the pier waved flags and handkerchief
and shouted unintelligibly. Members
or the crew stood alertly by the gang
plank ready to draw Ii in as soon a.
fhe last seer-off had crossed 1t.
THE girl went to the rail and gazet
earnestly at the shore. There was al
anxious expression on her face. Sh'
had the air Of one who was waitln.
Cor someone to appear. Her demeanol
was that of Mariana at the Moate(
Grunge. "He cometh not I" she seemed
% be saying. She glanced at he
wrist watch, then scanned the docl
once more.
There was a rattle as the gang-planl
moved inboard and was deposited OF
the deck. The girl uttered a littl,
cry of dismay. Then suddenly he
kAce frightened and she began to wav'
her arm to attract the attention OF al
elderly mar with a red face made red
der by exertion. who had just force'
his way to the edge Of the dock an,
was peering up at the passenger-line'
rail.
The boat had now begun 10 NOV
slowly out OF It's slip, backing into tn
river. Ropes had been cast off. an
an Overwhelming strip OF water ar
peared between the vessel and til
shore. Il was pow that the man o