Year: 1859




young man, who was the most energetic and
the best swimmer of all, rescued in this
manner no less than fourteen persons, most.
ly women and children. His cordial man
uers and great courage = the animated
glonces of bis usually fine eyes-his cool.
ness aud skill-nll contributed to give him
the confidence of every one; the chief hope
Of all seemed to be centered in him. The
work of rescue had been carried forward
so rapidly and so successfully, that not
single life was lost, either among the pas
sengers or the steamers company, nor yet
even injured; and although they were com
PEELED TO see from the shore the vessel burn
to the waters edge, and many had to de-
plore the loss of their property, yet the
predominatiug feeling at this moment was
that OF having been rescued from terrible
death, and of gratitude towards the brave
men who had saved them.


One of these sayiors, however, the most
active Of them, did not hear the thanks
which were given to him. He lay, a little
apart from the throng, upon the messy turf
of the forest, and blood poured from his
mouth over the moss. His cheeks, lately
crimsoned as by the flush of fever, now
were ashly pale, and those beautiful eyes
were closed as in the sleep of death. ST.
lent and terrified, the lately saved throng
gathered around; the women weeping, be-
cause he was dying from the efforts he
had made on behalf of themselves and
their children. Yet an attentive ot-
severver might have remarked, from his
sunken cheeks, that death had long before
begun its work in him and undermined his
health. Still, however, he is beautiful, as
he lies there with his well-developed chest,
barred to the wind and the drenched, rich,
dark-brown hair thrown back from the pure
forehead The dark pine-trees extended
quietly over him their waving branches, as
if they would shelter him from the hot
beams of the sun.


Who is he?' asked all aloud, or in an
undertone His dress looks like that of
a foreigner but his speech and his couute-
nance with its good, manly expression, are
Swedish


My brother my brother exclaimed
a voice of deep anguish, and young man
pressed through the crowd, flung himself
upon the ground beside the apparently dy-
ing man, aud laid his ear to his heart. He
again spraug up and exclaimed Take
care of himl Let nobody remove him from
this place before 1 return y


And with these words he rushed through
the forest in the direction of Kuugskoping.
: The remainder stood irressolute round
the pale young man. Grateful hands wiped
/ tie blood from his lips, and bathed his TEN.
Piles with water from the cold forest-spring.
He lay quite still with closed eyes, and
they knew not whether he was alive or
dead they could not perceive that he
breathed. But to remove him they dared
not In the mean time the greater number
of the people began to proceed to the town,
because they could thence send help, and
besides, each one had to care for himself
aud bis, to fad lodgings, dry clothes, etc.
On the other hand, the peasants of the sur
rounding district collected and formed a
close circle around the young man, who
seemed to have bled to death, or to con-
template the vessel which lay upon the mir
ror-like lake, with extinguished engine-fres,
but still burning hull.


They talked about Yngve.


He is certainly dead,' said one. He
ought not to lie here said another. He
ought to be carried to the town, to the
DOCTOR said a third


DO not touch him = cried one of the
women whom he had saved, and who faith
fully kept watck By his side the effusion
of blood would begin afresh, and he would
die by the way. We must wait; of a Ger.
tainty some one will soon come TO him from
the town. And she related to the aston.
iShed listening people the noble achieve
ments Of the stranger that morning.


They waited in silence. The sun rose
higher and higher, and the pine-tree branch.
es no longer sheltered the dying man from
its fiery rays. we cannot stay said the
peasants; we must go home, but we will
first carry him into the nearest COTTAGE


Wait T still besought the faithful watch
er; wait little while longer | Some one
will soon come


A tall lady, clad in white, came through
the wood with rapid steps; she was follow
ed by men with a softly-cushioned bier
The crowd hastily opened at sight of her
calm commanding presence, and made way
for her. She knelt by the side Of the nm

conscious man, laid her hand upon his heart,
and then her ear to bis mouth. She then
smiled and looked up:


He still breaths he lives p


She made a sign to the men with the
bier; she herself raised YngTe's head upon
her arm, and carefully, with the help Of
the men, placed him gently upon it.


Friends said she, addressing some Of
the crowd, go on before us aud clear the
way through the wood, so that nothing
may impede us. No one who serves thi:
man to-day shall fail to be well rewarded!


Willingly, but silently, they obeyed Her.
thas command. She was known and re-
spected throughout the country; she was
well known in the dwellings, of the distress
ed; and, besides that, every one felt deep
sympathy for the young man whose noble
actions that very day they knew.


Now, gently, step for step, through the
forest to the town. said Hertha And on
went the procession, dressed in the Sab
bath and holiday attire of the country, and
soon opened way through the forest. -
Close beside Yngve's pillow walked, watch
fully. two women-she whom be had so
IataIv savad and she whom ha lovad sc