SAYING DROWNING LADIES

Evening Star, Issue 3634, 15 October 1874, Page 3

SAYING DROWNING LADIES

Bottlebury, of Camden, will never dive into the creek to save another woman from drowning. He saw a red-haired girl named Sparks tumble in the other day off a boat, and he instantly plunged in after her, caught her by the dress, and swam to the shore with her. As soon as they were on dry land Miss Sparks gave a hysterical scream, flung her arras about Botfclebury’s neck, and fainted. Just then the father came up, with the rest of the family, and perceiving the situation, he dashed up to Bottlebury, grasped his hand, and said—“ Take her, my boy ; take ner it js hard to give her up ; it wrenches ner old father’s heart; hut sbe is yours, fheos you my children—bless you !” Then r3 m, Gricd., and said she hoped Harriet would m happy, The little Sparki.cs manifested their emotion by climbing up BottleIniry s legs and pulling his coat tails. Then Harriet came to, and laying her head on his snoulders, whispered, “Kiss me, darling ” Bottlebury, amazed and indigant, tore himself away and fled, iie was arrested that afternoon on a charge of breach of promise and on the trial thejnry gave the brokenbeared Miss Sparks two hundred dollars dam-igis Bottlebury has intimated to his confidential friends that if any other woman intends to f.dl overboard near him, she will it to her advantage to learn to swim.