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Title: The Siberian exiles. A novel
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
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Publisher: New York, R. Bonner's sons
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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her to the surface, and very quickly,too ; she had swallowed some water, but not much, andin a few moments he had her close to the steamers side,whence a rope was lowered by a few of the passengerswho had not joined in the general panic. The youngman passed the rope beneath the womans arms andshe was quickly hoisted to the lower deck. By thetime she reached it, her friends had descended, andthey hurried her into a cabin, where she fell into a com-plete faint, from which she was restored with no greatdifficulty. Alexei was helped to the deck of the steamer ; a boatwas lowered to look after the other involuntary bathers,and it was assisted by a steam-launch that happened inthe vicinity. The other woman who fell overboard wasone of the first that the steam-launch rescued, and therewas no occasion for Alexei to jump into the water again. The young man resumed his coat, his only drygarment, and was the centre of a group that testifiedits admiration of his courage and his ability as a swim-
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AN INFLUENTIAL FRIEND. 335 tner, in no stinted terms. In a little while the oldgentleman rushed out of the cabin, and as he neared the^roup he exclaimed : Wheres the man that saved ray grand-daughter ? Here he is, half a dozen voices responded at once.As the propounder of the question came nearer thecrowd opened and made way for him, so that he had nodifficulty in reaching the object of his search. Thewater that dripped from Alexeis garments showed veryplainly that he was the rescuer, I cant thank you enough, said the old gentleman,taking the youth by both hands. Had it not been foryou the poor girl might have drowned. Did you knowwho she was ? Not at all, replied Alexei. I only saw it was awoman that had fallen overboard, and her life was in■danger. I acted upon the impulse that every goodswimmer should have, and does have, under such cir-cumstances, and you know the rest. You perilled your own life, said the other, asy^ou might have been dragged under by some of thosein the water,

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