the current, striking him
sideways, threw him towards the bank, and she caught him by his sleeve.
For an instant it seemed as if she would be dragged down with him. For
one dangerous moment she did not care, and almost yielded to the spell;
but as the rush of water pressed him against the bank, she recovered
herself, and managed to lift him beyond its reach. And then she sat
down, half-fainting, with his white face and damp curls upon her breast.

"George, darling, speak to me! Only one word! Tell me, have I saved
you?"

His eyes opened. A faint twinkle of the old days came to them--a boyish
smile played upon his lips.

"For yourself--or Jessie?"

She looked around her with a little frightened air. They were alone.
There was but one way of sealing those mischievous lips, and she found
it!

"That's what I allus said, gentlemen," lazily remarked Whiskey Dick,
a few weeks later, leaning back against the bar, with his glass in
his hand. "'George,' sez I, 'it ain't what you SAY to a fash'nable,
high-toned young lady; it's what you DOES ez makes or breaks you.' And
that's what I sez gin'rally o' things in the Ford. It ain't what Carr
and you boys allows to do; it's the gin'ral average o' things ez IS done
that gives tone to the hull, and hez brought this yer new luck to you
all!"

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