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T HEBE IT CONTINUES
HALL never forget him Krr.u.e
ft! if thousand knives i pierced my
L"t once, and I caught my breath
I """. n-nn like n shriek as I
ltK down, and felt the water
&l at the'jKirtlng slippery Ice
X crate. fi"Ks, but it wej. i lm-
member that the vague thought
1 1 Ureugh my mind, "rernapB
WieyMIerm,Btay jvitU
, but mv senses were going fast.
'.'. i... t ,.. inr.tpif tin tar lest.
In itrang hnnild (might nnd held me,
Ithrn I think for a moment I really
wis en the bunk when I opened my
...i Mr. Andersen una kneeling
ii me rubbing my hands. 1 felt ns
it bony was iui m -. "" -
1 te fpek. "y "I"1 clt ,rezT10i
i n M nrm round me nnd lifted
te my fee', holding me close te him.
for en Intnt I clung te hl.n with
pmlful feeling m mckiics mm smui
i before I gasped eut:
Ob-eh! I thought I was drowned!"
Ir. AltUerSOD inugni-u snmij.
I thought you v.cre, tee, ' he said.
voice wai henrsc, nut u Hounded
(imiatbctlc and I began te cry mis-
Mr. .,..
'Its no use rr'ing, my. Aiuinnen
I roughly. "And jeu'll cntcli jour
lb of cold If you stand here. TnKe
.bandl De you think you con run?"
h took my hand, but I dragged
k.
'I can't eh. leave me nlene
te mc alone."
fhea'cafc! lO'j must run: Of
Lrse reu can!" he urged sharply.
Sea't be uch a baby. Yeu're net the
Br one uie is wci ana ceiu, re-
Imber'"
b'vt the first time I realized that he
I3 dripping wit, tee, nnd that he must
c goiie into tne water niter me.
lie dragged me up the bonk, nnd I
I my bent te keep pace with lain, but
lcsi felt stiff, nnd my ttkirtB clung
but dc, hampering me at every step.
I don't k rw hew c cot home. It
lined like a hundred mile, though wc
Illy wtnt by a much shorter cut then
read.
bsd forgotten nil about Nlnn, nnd
think be bad tee; he had no merry
nn no; enee v. lien I begged te b b
efd te 6tep and reht he grew really
jry.
F'Uojeu want te get pneumonia?" he
rriuarnseiy. ou can nave all tne
t ru like once I get you safely
bw."
Illut the last few yards were the
rt, and at the deer of the farm I
(mid hae fallen from sheer fatigue
1 vrrakneiia if be nud net plclteu wc
bodily.
Ills rnrrlcd me Inte the kitchen, and
t m- ilnun In .Tnlin Alhprrv'n Iilvh.
Wfi chair by the fire.
jThe house fecmed deserted and he
nt Inte tlin paetmga and shouted for
J, Albtrrr.
I luard ber veice answering from
stairs, nnd then he came back te mc.
"Jlatf a het bath and go straight te
i, r,c fial'l. nnd tnen ad I did net
nver, he added ynkindlv : "It's your
n fault, jeu knew. Terhnps It will
1 a lsen te you te de as yeu're told
the future."
II looked up at him with fiery eyes;
pan utterly wretched nnd longing
r mbii one te be kind te ine, and all
did K01 tn scold
"It's 11 pity jeu dldu't let me
en," I Mid. "Yeii'vii enlv wnBlrd
ur time by pulling me out. Nobody
mis me. '
A faragc frown bent biN brews.
"It's tin uk tn, i ine riihW'.!' " li
M bluntly "Yr-i I! feel better wlttn
jtgery wu vwum, i u reine round
lleenlng and nee hew ou are." He
ww a moment. "Uoed-by," be
iled mere BentW.
I dH t.at answer; I kept ray face
ttlcd, though I knew be was stnndlng
Cre. lbm Miililnnlv 1m rnmi hneki
e picked me up out of the chair, and,
ft and fold .18 ie both were, he put
2 arms around mc
I lliank (ied. 1 did null you out," be
id, Mltll much Ptiifillnn "Anil ilmi'l
Ik nen'eiiM; nbmit nobody wuntiiic
a. Yeu knew it's net tvm." Mm,
iMrry wns creaking down the stairs,
! I tried te free mvsclf from Mnrb
nderren's nuns, but he held me fast,
iwg iiQun into my cold, tear-stained
ft. then he beut and kissed mc en
1 lips.
i CHAPTER XII
rIpeuilmenU-A Tiutte of tlie
1 Future
I had my bath, nnd n great basin of
il griiel. nnl a hvitm IUnli1tt,fy frnm
Irs. Alberry before I went te bed, and
r, "'in me ioiiewmi me upstairs urn!
ied me wundlj.
four ttemnn! I think she really had
b,d fright. It wns nil I could de
tp her from Hi'iidln for n doctor,
supposing jeu'd been drowned,"
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LmiT ,, ",l l 'nuggled lieiicntb the
F'ly quilt and looked ever the ten of
i ner with spiirkllng ryes.
I wished she would go away nnd lenve
Itr It.., -- '' ii nun l" li'llllilll
fi.i i l wen''crful ineinriit when
1 Ani,ri) .Picked me up from the
cha r nnd kissed me.
. nan never been kisfed by a nmn
Si'?11 It weinwl a, I lay there,
Jjwiiil for the wnrinth nn.l Knn,rr
heuH ' (,rp,'lf'l walk home, thnt I
Uti?. ir. "un.1. nny ",l,cr n In
"the werlll ,0 k,8S lm h
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h We ...i.i i, " ") ueen n tittle
em.nt u '' 1,,lm' r,,Kht frera '" "t
ken iL ' ? ,,"! H',,,10 evor t,le 'edge.
WB the wbe-l romp off our tiap, but
VhJ knew tht I leveU blm w t , nl
'' ?fit nnd Mini.
id ultel '"' ,!iad ma!,c mc h"" only
JjW as I wuh. i tei,i inj.,cf t)ll t !, t.
J tote, L.r'V' "i. !-.. rerfecUy
1.1','e Hltl. bin.. " C"V" lU rest 0I
iked nn.mw';y !lPr n"onnlre If
.; wu, and U nne cenhi i,n..n ,.n
"7eney the iiiihIk iil.i ... i "...", ""
nl wins :' ""Mtl
V Ma ti
wauled M,lrt
igetU'ii iii j- luclplfiit Jealesy
nt Nlnn. I wm TfliinB and unsephisti
cated enough te believe thnt a mnn only
kissed a girl If lie really cared for her
nnd wished te marry her. I thought I
was tee excited te sleep n wink, nnd
ret I fell asleep before l una been in
bed mera thnn n few minutes.
It wan the excitement nnd fntlgue, I
suppose) but. anyway ) I slept soundly
all through the attcrnoen, nnd woke te
Und my room quite dark, ave for the
glow of the fire which Mrs. Alberry had
Inslsl'id en lighting.
I Iny still, only hnlf nwake, think
ing of what bnd happened. Just like
a dream It seemed, and bk I wnn won
dering whether I ought net te get up
se eh te be In time te see Mr. Ander Ander
eon when lie called thnt evening, an he
said he should de, Mrs. Alberry opened
the deer softly and tiptoed in.
"I'm nwake," I wild, laughing, nnd
I could hear the sigh of relict she
gave.
"You've slept se long," she said. "I
was beginning te be afraid; I really
was."
"I've had a lovely sleep, nnd I'm
qulte well," I declnrcd. "I'm going
ta get dressed and come down te sup
per." "Supper! Why, bless your heart,
It's past ten," she told me. "Ve had
Hiippcr nnd elenred away nn hour or
mero age, but I'm going te bring you
up something het."
I Mit up and leaned en my elbow,
staring et her.
"Past tenl Have I been asleep all
the afternoon and evening, then" I
asked blnnUy.
"Yeu have Indeed, miss," she as
sured me. "And sleeping quietly, tee,
or I should have had the doctor ever
here long enough age."
I lay back en the pillow with a feel
ing of disappointment.
"Ilns Mr. Andersen been?" I asked,
nnd for the first tlme I felt shy of
speaking his riiiine.
She was making up the fire with n
big leg.
"Ne, indeed, he ban net," she said.
"And I'm sure I hope thnt be's done
the bamc ns he told you f de, and
gene ctrnlght te bed. I tried te make
him stay nnd change Inte some of
Jehn's things, but net he ! And 1
wouldn't be nt nil surprised if he doesn't
get a fine chill."
"He decbn't leek delicate," I snld.
"He had pneumenin last winter,"
Mrs. Alberry said turtly. "And one
yeu'tc had It you're always liable, se
my mother used te hij,"
She cume nnd steed beside the lied
nud laid her hand en my ferchend.
"Sure you don't feel feverish?" she
nskrd anxiously.
"Yeu dear old Rilly. T feel perfectly
well," I answered. "And I'm very
hungry."
Hut she would give me nothing but
bread nnd milk; she had mnde up her
mind te treat me ns nn invalid, till
the next day nt nil events, nnd I bnd
te submit with as geed a grace ns pos
sible. Hut I could get no mere sleep that
night; I Inv nwnke watching the
shndews en the walls nnd celling, and
thinking nbeut Mr. Andeisen.
Vhen should I see him cgnln? He
seemed suddenly te (ill the whele world
my world, nt least te the exclusion
of everything else.
I (tot out of bed once mid crept ncress
te the window, drnwlng nside the blind
te leek out toward bis heure.
Hut there was no light In the room
which I knew was his, and I crept
back te bed with n forlorn feeling.
I wondered what Nlnn had thought
about It nil, und what she bad said
ubeut me!
CHAPTKK XIII
A Letter Full of Meaning
I was up early in the morning. I was
sure mat sir. Andersen would come
ever te oreakfatt ns he had done thnt
first dny of my arrival, but though my
heart leaped at every sound nnd step,
be did net come.
It was much warmer, and a thaw
had set in.
"There won't be eny mnn 6kntlng,"
I said disconsolately, and Mrs. Albcrrv
unswercd sharply that it wns n geed
thing, tee. She still kept looking nt
me nervously, und iisking If I was sure
I felt fit te be up.
"I never felt better in my life," I
snld emphatically. "I premise you thnt
I'm net a bit the worse for my duck
ing." "You'd hnve been lying upstairs un
der thnt quilt new, nud net moving
or speaking, if Jt hadn't been for Mr.
Andersen," she said, nnd I knew sbc
was right.
it had been a terrible moment be
fore I felt the crip of his hands. I
did net want te think about It; I knew
I could never be nearer te deutli than
I had brpii then.
T wntiderH nbnut flip bone ibe whole
meriiinif, t ding ri- " ,n and ewiiml.
r,r- 'fT.ry uus out " ,he farm and
his wife busy about the house. There
was nothing for me te de, and I did
net euro about going out nlene.
Lvery tlme there was a sound of
wheels In the read outside I wns sure
it must be Mr. Andersen. Hut the
morning nnd afternoon passed and be
did net eemc
When it get dusk I put nn my hat nnd
coat and slipped out of doers It was
n dark night, but I managed te find nj
wn.v i-oiiit'uew ncru-,1. hip Held foetnut
te Little Lungteu that was the nam
or ins house.
There wns no light in the upstairs
window, but one In the parlor where we
had had tea that first day. New I was
actually there I could net find the eour eeur
age te knock en the deer and nsb boldly
hew he was.
There wns another fear In my heart,
tee, 'jpslricn the ene thnt he might be
111. Supposing he had regretted kissing
me, nnd was staying nwny en purpese?
I steed out there In the darkness ler
n long tlmn, staring nt the house and
wondering where Nina was.
If he were ill would she nur6e him?
t naieu ner.
When I get thoroughly chilled I wnt
back home ngaln, nnd crept iu et the
side noer nnd up te my room.
My nerves fell nil stupid and Jumpy,
und I wondered If perhaps, after all, I
was going tn he ill.
Then nn Idea enme te rne. I would
write Mr. Andersen n little nole nnd
send It ncreN by the boy, Ned. After
all he had sned my life, nnd it was
only nntural for me te wrlte nnd thank
him, I had net been particularly gra
cious last night.
I wrote n stiff little letter by candle
light In my own room.
"Dear Air. Andersen I hope you are
none the worse for the wetting we hnd
yesterday. I did ns you told me (for
once, I expert you will say) and had
n het bntli nud went te bed. I am qulte
well today nud verv grateful te you (or
pulling me out of the water. I nm
afraid I wns horrid last night, and hope
you will fergive me. I nm sending thlH
note by Ned, because I nm nfrnld you
may have caught a chill, and nre net able
te come ever as you said you would,
Once mere thanking you very much for
snvlng my life, I nm,
"Yours sincerely,
"SALLY SLATER."
It wasn't much of a letter te send te
n mnn who Jind saved you from n hor her hor
ilble death, and I realized it with n
senna of discomfort. Yet I knew I could
write nothing better.
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