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THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.. AUGUST 21, 1880.
Ill a dozen words, that he who found
himself alone on the Carrleks half an
hour before the tide turned would be a
dead man tn half an hour, for there Was
no point among the network of currents
which the strongest swimmer could
hone to gain.
" Who Is It?" I asked. " Could you
tellV''
" I couldn't see for sure; but It look-
1 to seem like Lucy Green that keeps
company with master Brooks"
"A woiimu good God!" In this
peril, 'At least, something might possibly
be done. As fust as I could cover the
ground I was at the coastguard Btatlon,
only to And a single old sailor on what
was by courtesy called duty, a strong
fellow enough, with any quantity of
rope on hand ', but what could two
men do ?
Nothing, certainly, without trying.
We could carry to the edge of the cliff
rope enough to reach the Carrleks twice
over. But that was little. How could
a 'woman, even if she had the courage,
fasteu herself safely to It, and keep her
self from being dashed to pieces against
the face of the cliff ou her giddy upward
journey ' And how could one man
reach her, with one of hands to hold to
the rope above him t
Happily, the sea was tolerably calm ;
therwlse, considering the shortness of
the tln'ie at our disposal, nothing could
have been done. It was only too certain
that somebody was there. The letter
carrier was positive that he had twice
saw a woman on the rocks ; the second
time, while I was on my way to the
coastguard station, he had seen her try
ing to clamber further out seaward, as
if she had become fully aware of her
danger, and was trying to place herself
where she might have a chance of being
teen from the Bhore. I looked at my
. watch, and the sailor looked out to sea.
There was no boat to be signaled, and
not nearly time to obtain one for our
selves and to row round.
The question of the boat was settled
in a tingle look from one to the other.
But the same look set the sailor's wits
working.
" Kun to the station," he said to the
letter carrier, " and get all the bars you
can lay your hands ou, and bring them
here, and look alive."
He craned over the edge of the path,
und so did I, though more cautiously;
Hit there were no means of seeing any
thing more in that way. The sea had
already risen in a surge of white foam
uud dark green cascades over nearly the
whole length of the rocks below, so that
any prisoner upon them must have been
driven for respite from death under the
bulging part of the cliff, where she
would be altogether out of sight of all
but the sea-gulls. Then the old sailor
looked out westward, where a broken
patcli of white and gray cloud seemed
lo be rising from the sea Into the sky
in the shape of a spire.
"The wind won't be here till after
the turn, Sir," Baid he. "There won't
be so much swing on as there might
be." He put his hands to his mouth
and shouted downward, but no answer
returned. " Where's that young slug
with the oars "
I could only hope that he had some
plan. I certainly could think of none.
Terhaps, though as anxious as any
human creature must be when a man
or woman is drowning under his eyes,
and when he can do nothing but wait
above and listen for the dead heave of
full tide against the cliff to tell him all
was over, I may not have been bo ab
sorbed in the emergency as I should
have been two or three hours before.
What was a moment's struggle with
the sea compared with that worse than
death against which I was trying to put
out my nanus no less in vain r I was
not, I feel sure, at that moment con
sciously thinking of the greater peril
in the immediate face 6f the less; but
that it was the greater which had well-
nigh paralyzed me I know.
At last the lad hurried back with four
long oars. The old sailor laid them all
together, fagot-wise and bar-wise, over a
cleft in the edge of the path, go that the
bundle of oars might serve for one
strong beam, and that the rope might
run through the cleft for a groove before
swinging from the projecting rim of the
cliff out into the air.
Of course our idea was to fasten
whomever I might find below to the
loose end of the rope, in hope that the
sailor, with whatever help the letter
carrier could give him, would be able to
draw her up, and then let down the rope
again, so that I might follow. With
view to the first part of the work,
curried down with me a second rope to
f vsten to the noose and to act as guide
from below, bo that she might not swing
agaiust the face of the cliff on her up
ward journey. As to my return,
might manage a good deal by climbing,
or I might, at any rate, be pulled up far
enough to swing above the tide until
further help should come. .
At last I stood upon the Ias Blab of
- slippery rock which the sea had not
holly covered. There was Just room
enough upon it for two. And I stood
face to face with Adrlenne Lavalle nay,
muBt call her so Lady Gervase.
At last I could do all things for lie-
glnald Gervase. Was I to flinch, so
that my weakness should let loose upon
him all from which I could save him,
and that in such a way that he would
never even guess the peril In which he
had been f I swear that I felt as if for
this very purpose she had, as If by
Providence, been ' delivered Into my
hands. If only that wretched lad had
never caught sight of her 1 But was I
to let such a miserable chance as that
destroy Ileglnald Gervase ? What was
I there for but to counteract chance,
and to do all things for him V Suppose
I did murder her, what but good would
have been done V I did not shrink from
thinking tof the thing by its name. I
had completely cooled my blood by
now.
What she read In my face 1 know not.
But something she must have read, for
it was very far from the birth of a hope
of rescue that I saw In. hers. She
seemed looking through my eyes Into
my heart, as If she feared It more than
the sea. Neither of us spoke a word ;
but, meanwhile, the sea itself rose and
rose, and the wind began to rise too.
I was absolutely making plans. I
leave her there it would not be my
fault If Bhe were found drowned. The
body could be recovered at low water,
and buried, and nobody would be the
wiser. I must give up Lottie, of course;
it was one thing to commit a murder,
but quite another to make her the wife
of a murderer, even though of one who
had right on his side. I could take it
into my head to leave England, and
should soon be forgotten.
" Can you save meV" she said at last.
" What are you going to do with me V"
'Ir1 with youV" I asked. "God
knows. What are you doing with Itegl
nald Gervase V Look, the tide will be
waist-high soon. I am his friend. Are
your rights or is your life the dearer to
you t But I can't trust you."
I turned faint and sick at heart. How
could I nerve myself, even for his sake,
to be strong enough to let this weak
womau die t Suddenly a heavy, wave
swept over the rock, brought her to her
knees, and would have carried her Into
deep water at once had I not instinctive
ly thrown the noose round her and held
her bo. It must be done, though; it
was some weaker self that had saved her
for a minute more.
1 x ou can save me, and you bid me
sell my rights for my life!" she said,
with real Bcorn, and with a courage that
startled me. " Yes, you say truly ; you
are his friend. Like master, like man.
Should I have held her there till Bhe
was drowued V Should I have been able
to face the unspeakable shame of re
turning to the cliff alone, or should I
have waited there until the tide had
covered me also ? I say to myself, and
I say to you, what I said to myself.
God knows I trust not ; but I have
never very confidently believed in the
goodness of the good, or the badness of
the bad, or the weakness of the weak or
the strength of the strong, since that
day.
'Ahoy, there! Hold on!" I heard
shout, and the grind of wood on the
rock, and the unshipping of oars. I
think we were both in the boat before
we knew where we were. She was
saved without my help, and I I scarce
know from what, if from anything, I
had been saved.
Sir Reginald himself was at the helm,
What could I do now t Absolutely
nothing, at last, except give up every
thing to despair. I waited for the storm
to burst even there and then.
It was simply to my amazement that
no look or sign of recognition passed
between the husband and the wife whom
he he, not I had saved to destroy him,
I waited in vain.
" Thank God I saw you from the
yacht in time !" said he. " It was like
you old fellow, to try to break your
neck for nothing, but I don't think
both of you could have got up without
damage. May I ask the name of the
lady whom I have been lucky enough
to Allow me to introduce myself."
" I am Lady Gervase '" she said with
a scornful look at me. "I thank you
Sir, for saving my life"
"Lady Gervase!"
" You seem surprised ? I am the wife
of Sir Rigluald Gervase, of St. Moor's,
May I know whom I have to thank
for-"
" I really must ask you to pardon
me," said he, courteously bewildered
"But Lady Gervase happens to be on
board that yacht yonder. I am Sir
Ileglnald Gervase."
What could It all mean V
If you reader, cannot guess, you must
be as blind as I have been. You must
have forgotten my telling you that Sir
Reginald had Inherited St. Moor's from
a cousin of his own age, and that
Reginald was the family name. It that
cousin bad chosen to die suddenly before
he had time to communicate with his
wife or hla friends, or to inuke a will
his wife was perfectly entitled to call
erself Lady Gervase if Bhe pleased ; but
; could not possibly affect his heir
beyond compelling him to pay a certain
part of the personal estate to the widow,
which he was able enough td do. What
a worse than a fool I had been t
When I have heard people talk lightly
of their temptations to do this or that, I
have said: " The greatest and strongest
temptation I ever felt was to murder,
n cold blood, a woman who had never
done me a shadow of wrong." People
think me jesting ; but it is true.
A Thlok Headed Witness.
" lAO YOU know the prisoner well V"
J asked the attorney.
"Never knew him Blck," replied the
witness.
" No levity," said the lawyer, sternly.
" Now, sir, did you ever see the pris
oner at the bar?"
" Took many a drink with him at the
bar."
"Answer my question, sir," yelled the
lawyer. " How long have you known
the prisoner V"
1 From two feet up to five feet ten
inches."
" Will the court make the-"
" I have, jedge," said the witness,
anticipating the -lawyer ; " 1 have an
swered the question. I knowed the
prisoner when he was a boy two feet
long and a man five feet ten "
" Your Honor"
"lt'safao, Jedge; I'm under my
oath," persisted the witness.
The lawyer arose, placed both hands
on the table in front of him, spread his
legs apart, leaned his body over the
table, and Bald :
" Will you tell the court what you
know about this case V"
" That ain't his name," replied the
witness.
"What ain't his name V"
" Case."
"Who said It was V"
" You did. You wanted to know what
knew about this Case his name's
Smith."
" Your Honor," howled the attorney,
plucking bis beard out by the rootB,
will you make this man answer V"
'.Witness," said the judge, "you
must answer the questions put to you
" Land o' Goshen, judge hain't I bin
doin' it ? Let the blamed cuss fire away,
I'm ready."
" Then," said the lawyer, " don't beat
about the bush any more. You and
this prisoner have been friends V"
Never," promptly replied the wit
ness.
" What ! Wasn't you summoned here
as a friend"'
"No, sir. I was summoned here a
Presbyterian. Nary one of us was ever
Friends he's an old line Baptist with
out a drop of Quaker In him."
"Stand down," yelled the lawyer in
disgust.
"HeyV"
"Stand down,"
"Can't do it. I'll sit down or stand
up"
" Sheriff, remove that man from the
box."
Witness retires, muttering, " Well, If
he ain't the thickest headed chap I ever
laid eyes on."
Some of the Advantages of a Free Press.
rpHiiJ beautiful , idea of getting some
JL thing for nothing is nowhere more
readily traceable than in a newspaper
office.
So much has been spoken, written and
Bung about a " free press" that people
have come to accept the term In a sense
entirely too libera!.
If a man has a scheme of any kind
germinating, he just steps into the edi
torial room ' and details it with the re
mark, " I'm not quite ready to adver
tise yet, but a few words will help me
along." He gets the few words but
never gets ready to advertise.
Two tickets admitting a lady and gen
tleman to the " G. R. X. M. T.'s Grand
Ball," are expected to produce a six-line
local and a quarter column description
of the ladies' toilets after the ball is
over.
Church fairs and the like are worse
than balls. They never leave tickets,
but demand more space, because " it's a
matter of news, and a help to the
cause."
Should a boy saw off his finger, " Dr.
C. O. Plaster dressed the wound with
great skill," would be a graceful way of
Baying it, and besides it is " unprofes
sional" to advertise.
The patent rat-trap man brings in one
of his combinations of wire and mouldy
cheese bait, sticks it under the editor's
nose-, and explains how they catch, 'em
every time the springs work. " It's
something of interest to the community
and if you put In a piece save me a dozen
papers," which he quietly walks off
with, as though he bad bestowed a favor
In allowing editorial eyes to gaze on
such a marvel of Intricacy.
An Invitation to " come down and
write up our establishment" Is a kooiI
deal more common than a two sauare
ad." from the same firm. Newspapers
must be tilled up with something or
other, you know.
The lawyer, with Btroiig preludloes
againBt advertlsln g, is fond of seeing hla
case reported In full in the newspapers.
with and occasional reference to his ex
ceedingly able manner of conducting
the same. . It is cheaper than advertls-
lng.
In fact everybody, from a lo lzzard.
who has an axe to grind, asks the news
paper to turn the crank, and forgets to
even Bay thank you, but w.lll kindly
take a free copy of the paper as part pay
for furnishing news.
The press being " free," all hands
seem bound to get aboard and ride It to
death. That Is why newspapers are bo
rich that they can afford to pay double
price for white paper and never ask Con
gress to aid them by removing the duty
on wood pulp. Neiv Jfaveti liegMer.
Betting on a Certainty.
A
NEW industry has been started in
this land of freedom,and the inven
tors, if they have been as successful
throughout their peregrinations as they
were in the instance below, they must
have reaped considerable profit, so legiti
mate does tne tning appear. A young
Baltlmorean was Introduced to a couple
of well-dressed men In a leading hotel
of Washington, and the three had occa
sion to go in the cafe and take a smile.
While iu there one of the Washlng-
tonlans took off his hat, and wiped his
brow, exclaimed : " How hot it Is,"
adding, " I'm transpiring like a horse."
A smile went around among the three
and his friend ventured to suggest good-
naturedly that he probably meant per
spiring.
No, I don't, said he, " I mean what
I say- -transpiring."
Then you are wrong, said our Bal
tlmorean, for transpire means to take
place, to occur, and in the sense in
which you use it it is wrong.
' I am right," says the first man, ap
parently nettled into sticking up to his
opinion, " and 111 bet you $50 I am."
" I don't want to bet on a certainty,"
said young Baltimore, " I know I am
right."
1 No," said the other, " you daren't
bet."
Well," said the other taunted Into
action, " I'll bet you ; what shall it be,
$50 ?"
1 Yes," returned the fellow, and they
accordingly repaired to the hotel, when
a Webster's Unabridged was produced,
the young Baltlmorean read with great
surprise and sorrow.
Transpire, To be emitted through
the skin ; to exhale ; to pass off in in
sensible perspiration, &o., &o."
Next morning be met with two more
men who had been led into a bet by the
same parties and the same word, and it
is reasonable to suppose that they are
Btill gulling the ignorant citizens of
other cities.
80"Wouldn't It create a lively sensa
tion in a gossipy little Pennsylvanlan or
Jersey village for a preacher who had
just married a couple to address them as
follows, as did a French priest a recently
married couple : " It is from the bottom
of my heart, Joseph, that I congratu
late you upon the great step you are tak
ing. It was, Indeed, sad to see you wast
ing your youth in a life of drunkenness.
However, all is well that ends well,
and it pleases me to think that you have
Bald good-by forever to the wine shop.-
As to you, my poor Catherine, thank
Heaven heartily that you have been
able, ugly as you are, to find a husband ;
never forget tnat you ought, by an un-
changable sweetness and devotion with
out bounds, to try to obtain pardon for
your physical hn perfection, for I repeat,
you are a real blunder of nature. And
now. my near children, l loin you in
matrimony." If we had been that bride
groom, only the priest's sacred office
would have prevented us from putting a
highly swelled head on him. We are
not informed how Joseph took it.
A Short Sermon.
The ascent of Jack and Jill to fetch
the water from its fountain head leads
us to consider : 1. The attraction of the
height. 2. The upward Impulse of the
sense of want. 3. Misdirected efforts.
4. The profit of pursuit. 5. By this
memorable catastrophe we are led to
consider the penalty of overloading.
in conclusion, tnis authentic nistory in
dicates that no man rises or falls in the
world by himself. When Jack fell
down Jill came tumbling after. Mo
mentous issues bang on every step we
take in life. The false step by which
we fall is certain to involve some one
else in our disaster. Therefore we ought
to be ever mindful of our goings, that
our footsteps may not slip, like those of
jack anu Jill.
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