The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-13

oPens he had sialen oal wkeh his mntL-
er's hrk 1ss turned. reached the edge of
The b4k. and was 10 ne srt q looking
over. ~hra BIS pareal's ere ranghl sight
of bic. The shrek whirh she Uttered
spreciisaled ihs catastrophe she fssred. fIr
the rlild frightrned u lhe rrv. lat bis
bslanse. and Eel hesdlong into me siresm.
which here xeni fpaming end roaring
along innumeEabie rocks. constituting The !
most Dangerous rapids known in that sec
ton sfGhs country. Seresm nov l0llnw.
ed srfrsn 10 rapid surcesslan % The ego
niz-d parent rushed IN The bank. She sr.
rived thfre sinullsnsopsly silh The party
uhnn se lefl reclining in The shade. snd
who were scattered shout siihin Few
steps oi the scene &c The acridenl Far-
tunass sss il that they were 80 near. Else
ire nasher ~nrld hare plunged in after
her child, srd both been losl. Several 81
The men immediately spproaeh.d The
brink. end were On The poIut ~ springing
in sher The child. phea The sight Of The
sharp rocks crowdlng the channel, The
rush and whml Of The waters. and Tie want
LOT sey knosIsdge where 10 look for the
boy deferred them. snd they gave Up the
lenlesprlse.
| No, 90 the youth we have inirndured.
Ills rsi work aas 10 throw Of his roa,:
his next TO spring % the edge Of ,he bank.
Here he siood. for second, running he
Ieye rapidly over The scene below. and
taking in, with glance, the different cur
rent. and the mosldsngarous 81 the rocks.
in order 10 shape hls course by them
whsn in the stream. lie had scarcely
formed his conclusion, when his gaze
resied on White object 10 the water lhs,
be knew al once to be the boys dress,
,and. shlle he companions sghast ., his
ieDeriiy, were prevented. IS much by
transformation as by the ave with which
he had already inspired them from inter-
iferiue. he plunged hesdIoDg into tie wild
and roaring rapids.
Il "Thank God-he will save nv child. y
, CAPPED the woman. . see--ihere he isl
OH my boy. my darling boy, how could
: lesve YOU"
Al Every one had rushed 10 the brink oil
The preciplce, and was now following
: with eager eyes, the perilous progress o.
! The youth. as the cuIren, bore him on
!. ward, like feather IN The embrace Of :
). hurr,cane. Now j, seemed IS If he woul.
: 90 dashed against . juu,ng rock owe
!. which the waiter few IN foam; and nov
a whirlpool would drag him 20, from
. f---- 500 1900 would appear impos
: sible. Al times the current Uure HI'a q"
= der and he would be lost to sight: then
!. Just as the spectators gave him up, HI
n " would re-appear. though far enough iron
4 where he ,sni-hed, sull buffrling ami
A the voitex. OH! how that mother
= straining Eyes followed him in his peril
;. Gus csreer-how her heart sank hen h
!. went under-aud with VIA. gush o
: Joy she saw hun emerge again fr'm III
!. waters, aud tlinging The waves aside viii
Q his athletic arms, struggle or. in pursuit
), her boy. But il seemed as II his gene
:, rous Efforts we're TO be al no avail, To
i though the current WAS bearing of ~
a boy beime his eyes. scarcely ten feet DIS
- iant. he could moi, despite his gigantic e
forts, o, eriske the drowning child.
IN On they flew, the youth and the child
s. and il was miraculous how each escape
n, being dashed to pieces agsins. the rocks
er Twice the by went out Of sight, and
m Suppressed shrek escaped The mother
c. lips. but twice he re-apeare,', and ihei
ut with hands wrung wildly together an
de breathless anxiety. she followed his pre-
i'm gtees, as his unresisung form was hurrie
as onward with the current.
M. The youth now appeared TO redout
en- his exer,ions. for they were sPproachln
,rs the most dangerous part Of the rveI
he where the rapids. contracting heiwee
90 the narrowed shores. sho, almost pepper
,er d,cularlv down the decl'vity oi fttre
m. feet. The rush of the waters at this sp
he was Tremendous, and u" one verturHd
ste approach it's vicinity, even in cano
ais lest they should be sucked IL. VIII
nix then would be the youths fac unless b
20. speetily over,o Il the child! lie SCENE
IL. fully sensible of The increasing peril. al
Us, urged ms way now through The lnami'
lc- current with desperate strength. ThF
several times he was on The poin; Of gas
Ike ing The child, when the waters whIti'
IN, the prize from him. The third eff
fell was m ale just as they were about e"te
ling within the influence Of the cure
for above the fall. aud when il failed, I
The lme,her's hear, sunk within her aud s.
is groaned aloud, luIly expecting TO see I
)" youth gre up the task. But no! he
mp lly pressed for ward the m"re eagerly a
,ho as they brea.hles,ly wa ched. they 81
pve amid the ho ling waters, as II bearing
he charmed lie, The fo'm # the brave ynu
mi following close after that OF the boy. A
NOW, like an arrow from the bow, pur
for er and pursued sho, 10 the BRINK "i
Igle precipice. An instant they hung the
90. distinctly visible amid the CLASSY waite
4, a that seemed to pause On The edge oil
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