= THE CONFESSIONS OF ROXANE (By Frances Walter) 3 J | Jog was fully eight feet deep, and | at that particular spot the creek was not less than fifty feet wide. Vir- ginia had fallen when she was about It all happened so suddenly that halt Jorgas, 5 Shas she iad not 1 was not so much alarmed as be-| OTe than twenty-five feet to go to wildered. reach a safe place. But with her We had walked down the bank kis hanging closely to her feet it of the creek' until Virginia, who "2% @ difficult matter for her to was leading, came to a great tree | *¥IM even a short distance. Despite whieh had fallen meross the stream. | the handicap, she was making some With one bound she was upon it. | headway when Kenneth plunged into shouting that we must all "walk | the water. « the log." Kenneth, who followed | As soon as his body struck the her, drew back in protest before I Surface I knew that he could not had time to express my own disap- SWim. Virginia, in her effort to save 'proval of the adventure But Vir. herself, directed her entire attention ginia was obdurate. to keeping afloat, and, of course, "It is a very simple feat," she Ould not observe Kenneth. Had she declared. "The tree trunk 1s thick | S¢en him. probably she would have enough to provide a secure passage- turned back and endeavored to assist way, and it will require only a min-| him, for he was struggling much af- ute's walk to take us across.' ter the fashion of a person taking his "When in doubt play safe," he re-| first swimming lesson. How long marked. "I suppose there is very | °0uld he be kept from sinking? Not little doubt that we can cross Jong, it was evident. Plainly it was SS ------ es A "DARE" AND AN ACCIDENT. (Copyright, 1916, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate) safely, but there is some chance to be taken, and I should dislike very much to see you or Roxane fall into the water." "We shall not fall," replied Virgin-| fa. "Come. Let the take the long path; I am for the| hort route across,' up to me to do something, But what could 1 do? I was not a swimmer my- self, and if 1 repeated the foolish act | of which Kenneth himself had been guilty there might be two persons faint-hearted | drowned instead of one. I glanced helplessly about me, and then looked once more at the water, As she spoke she walked quickly | Virginia: had nearly reached the out upon the tree trunk and turned | Shore, but Kenneth's strength was mockingly toward us. fom failing. 5 "Do you not see that it is perfectly | My mind worked quickly as I wafe?" she inquired | watched Kenneth struggling in the Whether she intended it or not, | deep water below me. The recollec- there was something in her voice that | Lion of every device that I had ever seemed to "dare" us to follow her. ' heard of for saving a drowning man Kenneth must have detected it as | flashed through my brain, but none soon as I did, for he hesitated no lon- | of them fitted the present situation. ger, and soon was beside Virginia. |Kenneth was ten feet from me and "Aren't you coming Roxane?" | Despair seized me. Kenneth would erled Virginia, looking over her | drown beneath my eyes and I should shoulder as she walked carelessly on. | be unable to aid him. "Yes," 1 replied unwillingly, '1| Suddenly &n idea came to me as 1 shall risk it." caught sight of a large grapevine My words were drowned in a short, {| which hung from an overspreading piercing scream, and I saw Virginia | tree. "If only 1 could secure the rope- plunge into the water. But the | like implement of salvation Ken- Plucky girl had been frightened only |neth's rescue would be an accom- for the moment, and almost as soon | plished fact. as she struck-the water she recov-| Creeping along the tree trunk un- ered her presence of mind and began [til I came within reach of the vine to swim. Kenneth, who had been | I grasped it and tugged away with all too far from her to prevent her fall- {my might. At first I was unable to ing, gazed helplessly at her for a | dislodge it from its fastenings in moment and then leaped into the (the branches above. My only hope stream, {lay in the possibility that the vine The situation was not fraught with [might be a dead one, but it seemed gréat danger to Virginia, but it was that I was mistaken, that the. ten- sufficiently perilous for Kenneth to |tacles which ran out from it were be exciting. The water under thelalive with tenacity. But no! it gave a J Sn soon gowns fashioned in s y 'interesting With black Pumps and ov rl rT Te The treat that its lovers learn to expect from a cup of a re for "Seal Brand" hol spoonful in 1 Q Lf ae Sw Ns 4 in OF Woma Some Interesting ~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917. way finally under my persistent pull- ing and toppled down over me, one (end falling into the stream below. An instant later I was gliding alpng the log guiding the vine to within Kenneth's reach and calling to him to grasp it, The poor fellow, weakened from his long struggle in the water, seemed unable to take advantage of the means of rescue so close at hand. Once he stretched out his arm to seize it, but instantly his head sank beneath the surface of the water. Every ounce of strength which te- mained to him was required to keep him afloat and the moment he ceased his struggle his eyes were blinded by the water into which he sank, The vine was so heavy and was rendered so unwieldy because of its great length that it was impossible to manipulate it to the greatest advan- tage, but when I realived that Ken- neth's only chance lay with my abil- ity to pull the vine closer to him I addressed myself to the task with such vigor that soon the perspiration was falling from my brow and there was a strong singing noise in my ears. Then an electric shock went through my body. It was such a sen- sation as a fisherman feels when his forgotten hook is seized by a mam- moth trout. Slowly, steadily, heavily the weight increased. Finally I dared to peep over inte the water. as I had hoped. Kenneth had at last been able to grasp the vine and was clinging to it with all his might, his head bent, his shoulders partly out of water. "Hold tight!" I shouted as I clung desperately to the lifeline. There was no answer except an in- creased weight at the other end of the vine. I felt yagudl¥ that if the load became any Reavier I should not be able to sustain it, and in prepara- tion for the worst I lowered myself slowly until 1 was seated on the tree trunk. . In that position I would be able to offer greater resistance to the pull at the other end. It has required much longer for me to relate what happened than it did for the rapidly moving phases of the event itself to take shape. In fact, from the fime Kenneth fell into the creek until the moment I rem- dered his position moderately safe there was barely a sufficient period for Virginia to swim from the centre of the stream to the shore, fifty feet distant. She had little trouble sav- ing herself, despite the weight of her garments and their persistence in be- coming entangled with her feet. Nevertheless, the struggle ad weakened her to such an extent that site was compelled to sink to the ground when she reached the creek bank, and sit there panting while she watched Kenneth holding on to the grape vine. "Just a moment and 1 will/ help," she panted, when-she had regained her breath. Neither of us replied, Kenneth be- cause he was unable to speak, and I because 1 was watching him so in- tently, "I'm coming." Virginia cried a few moments later, as she dragged her- self to her feet and began wringing the water from her skirts. "Here; give me the line!" she di- rected when she finally reached my side. Needless to say, I submissively surrendered it to her, and watched Jor passively as she 'walked along he tree trunk, towing Kenneth from the deep water into the . shallows. Presently his feet struck bottom and he stood up. He was saved! (To Be Continued.) 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