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Excerpt from The Sheriff: A Modern Maine Story in Which Pride and Politics, Romance and Rum Are Curiously Intermingled
A louder crash of a wave against the rock, followed by a startled cry from the girl, awoke him from his reverie.
Unobserved by either, the tide had risen until the rock on which the girl stood was entirely surrounded by water.
That in itself was not a serious matter, re?ected the young man as he leaped to his feet, for he knew that it was not so deep but that he could wade to the rock, but he also knew that this entire shore was but a wild jumble of rocks, large and small, and so broken and slippery that it required care ful stepping and a clear head to reach the rock, even when the tide left the rocks uncovered.
But while he thought, he was running swiftly down the rough, uneven Slope to the shore.
Another wave, but not so high, broke as he stepped into the water. His impulse was to rush forward madly to the rescue of the girl; but he knew that to do so would result only in the loss of his own life without saving that of the girl; so with cool, steady nerves and using his strength care fully, he stepped into the water, calling to the girl to throw herself ?at on the rock and grasp any slight projections which she could reach.
The water was only to his knees, but was rushing madly back and forth, threatening to sweep him from his slippery foothold at any moment.
Then came the second wave, a great mass of black rolling water at the base, green in the curl of it and topped with diamond dotted spray.
The man paused, tense, expectant, bracing his right foot backward against a projecting rock and bending his left knee downward, stooping in the attitude of a trained athlete waiting to receive the onslaught of the enemy.
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