said a drawing twenty times the size would cost him only $8.
'I had just enough money to buy my ferry ticket back to New York.I felt so sad and hopeless .I just didn't want to live another day.Perhaps I looked the way I felt,for I saw him on a seat opposite me.He looked at me as if he understood. He was nice-looking but above all, he looked kind. When you are tired or unhappy or hopeless, kindness means a great deal.
'But I felt I couldn't fight any more. I got up and walked out, towards the side of the ferry-boat. No one was there, and I just slipped quietly over the rail and dropped into the water. Oh,Hetty,it was so cold.
'But I didn't care. And then I felt that somebody else was in the water beside me, holding me up.He had followed me,and had jumped in to save me.
'Somebody threw a life-belt, and he made me put my head and arms through it. Then the ferryboat came back for us, and they pulled us on board.Oh,Hetty! I was so ashamed! And then some men like policemen came, and he gave them his visiting card.
'"The lady dropped her bag on the edge of the boat, outside the rail,"he told them. "I saw her.She tried to get it,and fell into the water".
'Then some ladies on the boat took me down to the engine room and got me almost dry.When the boat landed,he came and put me in a taxi. He was all wet too,but he laughed, as if he thought it was all a joke.He begged me to tell him my name and address,but I wouldn't tell him because I was so ashamed'.
'That was silly, child,'said Hetty kindly.'Now wait while I turn up the gas a little. Oh, how I wish we had an onion!.
'Then he raised his hat.'went on Cecilia,'and said,"Very well, but I'll find you anyway".Then he gave money to the taxi driver and told him to take me where I wanted to go. and he hasn't found me yet!'.