A GALLANT RESCUE.
"Awake, awake, oh, gracious heart—
There's some one knocking at the door!
'Tis Cupid come with loving art
To honor, worship, and implore.
Arise and welcome him before
Adown his cheeks the big tears start.
Awake, awake, oh, gracious heart—
There's some one knocking at the door."
Several moments of keenest suspense ensued, while the noisy and excited crowd watched the water where Geraldine's fair head had gone down beneath the surface.
Harry Hawthorne made a bold and gallant dive through the eddying circles on the water, and for a few breathless moments, he, too, was lost to sight.
The people shouted, in dismay and pity:
"They are both lost! They have been sucked under the boat by the swift current!"
Every face grew sad at the thought, and some tender-hearted women burst into tears.
It seemed terrible that those two beautiful young lives should have gone down so suddenly and tragically into the darkness of death.
But, suddenly, a low murmur of joy rose above the lamentations.
"See! see!"