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John Tranter was the first to come to himself, for although he had been longer in the water, he had done nothing during that fierce battle with the current. He staggered to his feet and looked down upon his rescuer, who had raised himself upon his elbow, and was smiling faintly at the buzz of congratulation and of praise which broke from the squires around him.
She ugh Here we be! Easy now!" A low shore loomed black across our bows. Above it the lighthouse rose, a white chalk mark against the sky with a red glare at its upper end. Mr. Atwood sprang overboard with a splash. The launch was drawn in at the end of its anchor rope until its keel grated on the sand. "Now then!" said our rescuer. "Here we be!
In the first instant that his eyes came above the level of the water, Dick took in the details of Ripley's whereabouts. Dick had to calculate at lightning speed. "O Prescott," gasped Fred, when he saw his would-be rescuer, "can't you break the ice between us? I can't keep up much longer." "Get hold of the edge of the ice, Ripley," called Dick. "Just rest lightly on it.
For a space Maitland stood in the hallway, troubled, apprehensive, heart strangely oppressed, vision clouded by the memory of the girl as he had seen her only a few minutes since: as she had stood beneath the chandelier, after acting upon her primary clear-headed impulse to give her rescuer the aid of the light.
I suppose all those youngsters are madly in love with her ? I don't see how they could help it." " Yes," said Coleman, glumly. " More than half of them." The minister seemed struck with a sudden thought. " You ought to try to win that splendid prize yourself. The rescuer ! Perseus! What more fitting? Coleman answered calmly: "Well * I think I'll take your advice."
An ugly light was growing in Red Pepper's eye. He got away without further words. Only last week Van Horn had been helped out of a serious and baffling complication by Burns himself, and no credit given to the rescuer. From him this sort of high and mighty sympathy was particularly hard to bear. Around the corner he encountered Grayson.
"I would give my life for you, Lady Blakeney." said Juliette simply, "is it not HIS since he save it?" "It is only a little presence of mind, a little coolness and patience, which I will ask of you, dear," said Marguerite. "You of course know who your rescuer was, therefore you will understand my fears.
"Since it will be more agreeable to you, we will do so," was the hearty remark of the head of the family, as all began "discussing," as the expression goes, the feast before them. "I will say, however, that Jennie did meet with one experience, in which her rescuer showed possibly more pluck than Mr. Gordon to-day." The guest looked inquiringly at his host.
"I have saved three Germans," said the rescuer; "I will make you a present of the three." The crews of the American and German squadrons were now cast, still in a bellicose temper, together on the beach.
She had another reaction. She devoutly wished that she had not sent for him. Had not his own perversity taken his fate out of her hands? If he preferred to die, why should it be her concern? Should she volunteer herself as a rescuer of fools?
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