Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-09-24

GU uO"u ON TIE 'SIu6 OI #Iu6 Terrible
stream, and buried her head in her
gown-tail. which she had worn, like many
| vi her country women, in lleu OF a cloak
or shawl. l@' r.r'. '.i ?" -..8 F.EH
The young man and he who held the
end OF the coil oi rope began to ascend
lhe course Of the torrent. We lost sight
o. them tor a time. We held our breaths
| The only sound that broke the dead 81
lence that CO existed with Ihe rush and
crash OF the torrent. were tie low, nuts
lered prayer Of the poor Irish woman. ~
we heard her telling her beads. AT
Ieugth some one c,Ied out, 'rner he is r.
aud sure enough. high up as the bend of
the river. we saw a llLtle black scoiI6p
sAeil of boat, sseeret or Scuied { | dou't
kno" which you calilt) by one man it
was whlrlcd. and tossed. AMI thrown hiIh
er aud thither by the white IOaming rap.
ids, not yet-where he waS-at their full
fIrce. but gathering fury every yard tn Al
he neard the island, still two or three
hundred yards away. All the steers
IN N 'senergy and power seemed reserved
or the one action vi lacking from rock TO
rock, SO that at each obs.acle he could
take breath and re-arrange the boat
He was drlfLed swiftly from rock 10 rock
Az times we feared his strength would
not suffice to guide his little boat 10 the
next point OF land among the seeIhiug
waters, and that We should see him burne
past Us like lightning, carried hopelessly
20 the Falls by tie Tremendous rapid
AT times we lost HIM behind the scrubhy
u,hwuud that grew here and there ON
al l'ict .arger than the others but at
l:n5th the last passage was made he
was 'here on the island. We saw him
rousing and contJrtlHg the men. who by
this time had sunk in.o the we.knrss and
the stupor OF despair. He cheered them
up, pn.ted their backs ; he pointed to US
or rather 10 the poor shrouded wife, still
praying with hi tden ewes. Then at last
We watched him cat down ONE trees
branches. ami lay then in the bottom O,
the bOat-we COULD not imagine why
,,nd then there "lS sOMG artan cement OF
'he rope he had taken wi h him | hardly
know hDw-'Or hy this tin. !hu p or
wife haI gone down II the yrunI wi h II
heavy tall and Il long >u1btns grJan IN u
dead faint. from which NJ ,tfprtS ot mne
chL.d rouse hsr-aOthInS, II short, but
Ii. husband. as-rAvel aui rescued by
! III It brave young mrn-he stood by her.
, and '.'k hsr Ia MS n'n+. anl cheered
her nuI CON or:eI her by The Souuu of
th4t VICE she thought never TO hear
,n"rr
~ Il the y''ry M III shat 5"cIm O.
.'' l"un5 ,n4n 2 i 1t
tny.' AN NJ ,dn P"rciv ,i'$ eyes
ser" W. wl:h 'r as. n!'u,n5h u"r nput.
..As ~iuIi 'wr LiA ~, know how 20
Ill AZ. rn u, .! hi'n--"'a. OF u, blcsset /
nitn AMI SI4I: ut Ha ii Irk hIuI hy ih-
, Ii IN tn: al tn. t H.. .,,In; /" get rII Il.
as. nn mAk,a5 Il ,i,t .: hI> i .r!n5. ani Il.
! lat apin5 irrn us. un I"r pr"ieHsc q
n"rIinS to Gh IN e ats clD ur9. wal n were
il.!cch wet through with the spiny and
the lAss!linr w4,rrs. Wnrn lie Was uu
OF sight the oldest mtn auun: tnc crowd
t3uk uf his hat, and jH<t thanked God III
aS IL ~ and sim pie words as yuu can well
inn inc and ihen held the hat To us all,
without ann,her word of rxpianA.iun -
We knew what it WAS for for whIle the
young man had been gone up the w0Oied
shore. before he had embarked upon the
roaring waIers-we could not have spO
ken word then-it mai been bruI, ED
that he WAS poor working lad, who
10 Nntnined his OLD mother Oy daily laOur
! and we !Urgcd 20 make his life II Urt
easier To him henCrInr:n 50 one pul In
a W ten as II pie | - IDr Spn"antus III re
and many put III d"liA'6 amd some te"
put III cents VITA tears tnAl they had q !
more TO give) and altogether there were
{ from three Lu iUur hunircd I!uiiArs either
paid or promised. by the time he Came
oIt OF the kind of puOsIc house intO which
he had gone to change his ciuthes-
>, TnONe who were Oh tne watch tor him
brought him to US agaIu-unwillIng and
sheep laced, thOash he did not know
why we wanted him. Then the old man
who would tain have made Il speech, on
ly words failed hin) showed the hat INTO
his hand, aud burst InIO tears.
{ The young IelLOw looked at the money
looked round at us aIl-and then quiet
~ rlaSed the hat on the gruund. In INK
you all. kindly said he but cant take
it, tie gave NO reason; only replied
over and over again in the same words.
Thank you kindly but can't take 1t.
i We Iuld DO nothing at the moment; but
it was suggested aud the idea was car
rieI out that the house in which his
mother lived. and the rent of whlrh he
had to pay, should be bought, an given
to the old woman. before he knew any
thing about 1t. Meanwhile. he said. in a
simple and straightforward manner
enough. i cut a lew stems aud braC hes
down from yon place. thought as no
man had ever been there before, TO my
knowledge, no one might happen 10 20
there again and they might be kind OF
curIosiIIes in the way OF walking stIcks-
reckon to make SIX or seven ut 'em, and |
hope they will not be thought TOO high.
priced Ut half dollar each 2. -.... 40.