We were taken on board the boat, and rowed to shore.

Mr.Clayton recovered his senses so far as to realize that I had saved his life.
"'What is your name, young man ?' he asked, grasping my hand.
"'Ferdinand B.Kensington,' I answered modestly.
"'You have saved my life,' he said warmly.
"'I am very glad of it,' said I.
"'You have shown wonderful bravery." "'Oh no,' I answered.

'I know how to swim, and I wasn't going to see you drown before my eyes.' "'I shall never cease to be grateful to you.' "'Oh, don't think of it,' said I.
"'But I must think of it,' he answered.

'But for you I should now be a senseless corpse lying in the bottom of the river,' and he shuddered.
"'Mr.Clayton,' said I, 'let me advise you to get home as soon as possible, or you will catch your death of cold.' "'So will you,' he said.

'You must come with me.' "He insisted, so I went, and was handsomely treated, you may depend.
Mr.Clayton gave me a new suit of clothes, and the next morning he took me to Tiffany's--that's the best jeweller in New York--and bought me this diamond ring.