Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-21

ly abreast of the figure, when there was
sudden crash. He felt the ice beneath |
him, land in an instant he was plunged in
to the deadly cold water with a shock that
caused him to utter wild, sharp shrek ,
Of mingled terror and pain ere his head
sunk beneath tbs bubbling SURFACE
Fortunately, the river was not very
deep at this point, nor was the current at
all rapid and in another moment Jack was
struggling manful'y among the broken icc
to reach the firm edge of the airhole.-
But, encumbered as he was by bis heavy
clothing, apdnearly paralysed by the
intense cold of the water, it is more than
doubtful VIII he would have succeed
ed in rcscuing himself from horrible
death Help, however, was at hand =
The phantom had heard the shrek and
seen Jack disappear, and swift as swal-
lows fight, it sped to the rescue. On the
very edge of the air-hoie it halted, and,
rapidly tearing off long Cashmere scarf,
with which its throat and shoulders were
protected, planted its skates firmly ath'
wartwise on the &C, and flung the end of
the scarf with skillul aim right into Jacks
face, crying at the same time, in clear,
( sweet voice
"Hold hard, Jack, and never fear -
E Now for it,"
That voice gave Jack new life. A sud
: den glow seemed to gather round his
heart, and to start the warm blood afresh
t through all bis suffering frame. He
r caught the scarf in his teeth, and then,
graspng it with his left hand, was .ena-
It bed, without great strain upon has res
i, cuer's strength, to climb upon the solid
!, ice, hoarsly circulating, "God bless you,
e Fanny!' and instantly lost conscious
= ness.
r There was not moment to lose. AS
d sistance must be had at once, or Jack had
d only been saved from one death to sue
Mt cumb to another almost as speedy. There
of stood small cottage on tho shore of th'
to stream inhabited by ferryman. To ,h
ne cottage Fanny Leytou, brave and devote'
r, girl and no lcnger the provoking phantom
lie q wv rather than skated A few heav.
SIS bows with a largcstone soon awoke the in
or ma'ea, ten hurried words tod the tale AM
in few minutes Jack Philips stripped
re wrapped in blankets, and laid on mattres
III before blazeing fire, while Enoch, tn
e. ferryman, concocted powerful hot 81
as toddy, his panacea against oil aeshy ill'
at for his slowly reviviug guest.
lis Fanny Leyton, having sent Enoch, b
to land, to her own house with news of tb
in affair, heroically rebuckled on her skates
'as and started as swiftly as ever up tie rive
cr to bear the tidin, 8 to Mrs. Phillips an
ole Kate. In an hour Jack was as well ;
e. ever, apparently, and took second todd
Ell with decided relish, and in less than tw
he hours later Mrs. Phillips carriage, wit
led Kate rnd all sortes of remides and clotl
% ing within, drove up to the ierryman's doc
mt and carried Jack home.
i've The next morning, howevr, Jack vi
, it not so well. He had a high lever and C
ow cry limb seemed to burn and throb, as
len with acute rheumatism. About nine o 'cloC
came Fanny with anxious inquirers abo
ird his health and before she left Kate, wi
JUS whom she was in close confab for an hou
out she wrote few Lines Jsiah her pencil whi'
Id she desired might be given to Jack as 500
ark as she was gone.
Ma As my friend would never show me Il
lief note nor communicate the contents, a
er. unable to give them to the reader. B
ed, that they were eminently agreeable [ fe
vas confident, for as soon as Jack recovere
ED which was in very few days, he Gallo
ing at the Leyton mansion, and continu
ub- to repeat his visit daily for the next mont
- at the end of which period he annoupct
but to me, and to tho rest of mankind W
ace cared to know it, that he was engaged
sea, Miss Fanny Legion.
"n, They have been married more than
''ru year, and happier couple never desi
eld to see, They still 60 a skating now a
IN then, both by day and by night, VIII
gut there is moon but always together, a
nce so they are sure never to be betrayed il
WIN danger by the fantastic chase of Phantc
iaS' Skater
he say- A vast coal field has been d
inst covered between the great lakes and
lied Rocky Mountains. This will furnish f