Before he could unloose the tackle, and lower
himself down, he heard a splash, and saw a man swimming towards the spot
where Emily had disappeared. Henry plied a single oar in the stern of
the boat, and reached the place in season to take in the noble fellow
who had preceded him, together with his lifeless burden, as he rose. The
steamer backed down, and in a few moments more the party was safely on
board again.
"Where is the man who saved her?" said the disappointed Jaspar, after
assisting Emily to her state-room.
Emily's fall had not been accidental, as the reader will at once infer.
Jaspar's passion, and the danger which he thought the young officer's
presence menaced, had prompted him to an act which was not attended with
his usual prudence, and the failure was likely to place him in a more
uncomfortable position than his former one. With the instinct of
deception, he immediately offered a liberal reward to the man who had
rescued her.
"Where is he? Who is he?" shouted Jaspar, eagerly.
"_Here_!" cried a voice from the crowd.
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