The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-08-08

ever, he asked me il had any instruction,
o give him
"Onlv iwo items" replied First,
will fight with pistols and sacon d, as INV
nerv's ara somewhat unsrung, would
like that The .ffar be put Of till to NOR.
row marning."
Walker wen: out with the Adju'ant
aud when ho returned he informed me
that the arrangements were all made
We were to NEE, u, I o's'ack the follow.
ing morning.; weapons. pistols; distance,
twelve PAGES; our seconds TO toss for
cho,re "i position TO FIRE at the word of
command.
A'er dinner sat down to arrange nav
affairs. wrote several le,ters, which |
s"n'-d a / enclosed in single env.."pe,
:" lie sent of b, nv clerk in case | should
fall. NJ proprry gave into Walkers
chnrCe. with Instructions ho~ To dispose
" II. N"-n matters had hem thus rr
r'ug~h IT WAS we'll toward evening, and
''k"g night ""He IN NV h.nd, | walked
"u' 'or u hre,th Of fresh ar.
Not fT fr"ru rhe camp was M,rcm,'s s
Its. will. ro'nar'ic 'pOi. ~h-r. the
waters "f h- r,vsr ru.nbled over a huge
he II hr"k-a rocks aud coward rhi. spo,
bent my Teps. JIN above the fails
'ss = hrriye ~ lng>. from which c,rrh he
"b'aim-d one ~ rhs grande-t scenes ,h.,
ever blessed the e, ~ m artist As [
reached ,ne summit s. IN cminerce n.sr
to t'"s, s,w woman and child
standing on the bridge; hu, | lost sinL,
IT Them Tor time rs d-.c-uI ed in,o the
-hrnbherv. l"a- as "rn-r-iry from the
'h'cko' when sharp. piercing cry of
aRon, b'oks up"" nv ea'. | sprsng T.
The hrh.r. and there say tie w.msu-
alone
She was wringirc her hands and sh,i.k
ing like crazy cre,lurs. ! va. moi many
seconds in c"mpreheudinx the truth
Be'ow The bridge, floating on the troubled
waters, I SAW the child. its sp. s,,iius gar
menn hnoyi"c it up; and could hear
the tiny voice cry ng, "Mamm. man
~, !"
There Was not 'nomant TO lose. The
ch'ld was going Rsares and nearer tc the
falIs-Rssrer aLd nearer to ito death. i,
~as fearful risk for me, for Ire chsnc,
were that should % taken over into the
h'ss'ng boiling surge belo~ tho rocks
But what VA risk TO me then! II |
died in the river | should not t,sud in
the way OF NJ r F.r~elis bullet. Ihad
batter y thousand times give up nv life
thus lhSn thrIw it away in the duel
The woman saw me. AMI appealed TO ina
Tor hep; hn, my coat was sff before she
discovered me and in y mprrreu, I was
IN tho wsie'. striking out with all nv
power.
Ih" child was half way from the bridge
t" tn, falls when started, but swan
rapidly, ~nI caught it just II, the p pin,
where the wsiers began To- gather fn, N.
plunge. II wss girl. not more than
thr.e or fsr years old. with bright god
en- ringlo's, large blue eyes. and a face
like a :hsr"b. she cl.spsd her little arms
"h""' my neck. and called me PApa"
"Oa papa good p-pa-dou't lot Kit
tv 60 INTO the "rek-h place do ~ there :"
With all my might held up the child,
aud struck "r ths shore; tut i, WAS not
tn he. / had been dawn in the swif,
current. and M mortal could have with
stood 1t. The prospscts Tor the morro~
took from me al fesrs for tho present,
and ! WAS moe calm and collected than
! might otherwise have been. AZ soon
a. 'eilis-i TIA, | mus. go over the falls
| turned every though, To saving the
ch'li. for, ovsn in those few abort mo
mts',s. the darling had won strangeI, and
trepI, upon ny love.
Nssrer Hah nearer ssif,sr and suifter!
lhe roar oi rhs NAL waters growing loud,
er aud louder ! until At length ,he edge
was reached. C.oss to IN bosom, 1 bore
the child, shielding ii as we'll M could,
and in moment nv eyes we're closed
bcne-,h the boiling food. Down, down
down. around hks . ton-,b.o a