. The young vigilantes : a story of California life in the fifties . t was the work 42 THE YOUNG VIGIL ANTES of a moment for Walter to make a runningnoose, slip that under his arms, sign to Char-ley to take a turn round a bitt, then to swinghimself over into the chains and be lowereddown into the water on the run by the quick-witted Charley. Meantime, the young ladys father was al-most beside himself. In one breath he calledto his daughter, by the name of Dora, tocatch at a rope that was too short to reachher; in the next he was offering fifty, a hun-dred dollars to Walter if he saved her. Giv
. The young vigilantes : a story of California life in the fifties . t was the work 42 THE YOUNG VIGIL ANTES of a moment for Walter to make a runningnoose, slip that under his arms, sign to Char-ley to take a turn round a bitt, then to swinghimself over into the chains and be lowereddown into the water on the run by the quick-witted Charley. Meantime, the young ladys father was al-most beside himself. In one breath he calledto his daughter, by the name of Dora, tocatch at a rope that was too short to reachher; in the next he was offering fifty, a hun-dred dollars to Walter if he saved her. Giving himself a vigorous shove with hisfoot, in two or three strokes Walter was atthe girls side and with his arms around was high time, too, as her clothes, which hadbuoyed her up so far, were now water-soakedand dragging her down. Only her head wasto be seen above water. At Walters cheeryHaul away! fifty nervous arms draggedthem dripping up the ships side. The younglady fell, sobbing hysterically, into her fathersarms, and was forthwith hurried off into the. Walter rescuing Dora Bright. — Page 42. 7 ] ¥• PL v:llBF:,RY DR, LENOX TILDEN FCUi^D ON BOARD THE ARGONAUT 43 cabin, while Walter, after picking up his coatand hat, slipped off through the crowd, gainedthe wharf unnoticed, and with the faithful,but astonished, Charley at his heels, made abee-line for his lodgings. Moreover, Wal-ter exacted a solemn promise from Charleynot to lisp one word of what had happened,on pain of a good drubbing. My best suit, too! he ruefully exclaimed,while divesting himself of his wet clothes. No matter: let him keep his old fifty dol-lars. Pretty girl, though. Im paid tentimes over. A coil of ropes a handy thingsometimes. Sos a rigger—eh, Charley? Charley merely gave a dissatisfied was very far from understanding suchrefined sentiments. Besides, half the money,he reflected, would have been his, or ought tohave been, which was much the same thing tohis way of thinking. And w
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