Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-08


cop;to y, and, as he recognized its ~unsourduess,
long shrill cries Of distress and terror
s8nkui1g out far and wide over the river, and
So hivered through the dismal woods beyond.
on thepay ut length broke upon us. still floating
vvsvs ,fgn that lonely river, between its froWr-
banks, and on our ran, whose limits
for Acre now email indeed. Death seemed
shoullose upon as In one of his most re-
withoilsive forms, and we no longer pretended
the nrsadness to bis coming, but spoke together
- hey should whose hour was at hand.
sun Ior ,ddenly the river took an abrupt bend,
OF the aided by the waters Of another river,
either b,h. here fell into IT. spread almost to the
sv;dentensions of a lake; but still it was bor-
tba, Ind BY those monotonous, .Ya1-like
tnas tnBs, shutting out every hope. AT length
highwisighted something like a chasm dividing
as the cliff down to the waters edge. | spraug
ord q my feet in q moment. Here was at least
~, nance for life-the first that during ali
wiz rose wretched hours had presented ITSELF
sortsnd resolved at once to profit by 1t.
all 4 Without a moments delay, the horse was
co,, asst loose from the shafts, and Annie was
=, he'd securely to his back, then with a few
INT words of encouragementand hope tothe poor
enfyoung girl, doomed to so many hardships
rand dangers, / took the halter in my hand,
and sending the horse into the water, leaped
in myself and then commenced swimming
" to the shore.
= But the struggle was a long and arduous
y one for we were more than q mile from the
= land, and both the horse and were cramped
and stiffened with cold. Many a time /
thought the effort was in vain, and that
. neither the horse nor / would ever reach
y the shore, that, too, my WEAKNESS seemed to
recede as we advanced. Moreover, the cur
! rent pressed strongly against us, striving to
! sweep us down beyond the goal against the
i steep rocky bearer that lined the water.
y Fortunately the hot springs had raised the
\ temperature of the water, for poor Annie's
= girlish form was almost hidden in it, as the
. waves gurgled and surged around her, some
. times even sweeping above her head. But
; the young girls courage rose with the &C.
casion, and she bore unmurmuringly this
! new phase OF suffering.
= But they strive hard whose prize is life,
: and after more than an hour of hope and
y doubt, and fear, we reached the land we had
= never hoped to tread again. AS we emerged
from the water, the wintry wind piereed
: through our saturated clothing, with an lev
: thrill that threatened to freeze them on MS.
~ Providentially, in our need we found a set.
tiers house near at hand, where we obtained
~ dry clothes, refreshments, and the loan of a
. horse and sleigh, in which we were soon
7 speeding along the road to Ticouaga. As
i we proceeded, fresh fears for her fathers and
70 sisters fate assailed poor Annie, which were
only set at rest when she found herself in
y their arms.
= Since then, the chances of a soldiers life
have brought n Q through many adyen u es,
= but none have left so deep an Impression on
= my mind, as that long and terrible night
- upon the ice; nor shall l ever cease to re-
y member with deep affection and esteem the
young girl who was my gentle and heroic
~ companion in its suffering and peril.