Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-11-25

| aOles tlaH 10 brave UNJUST Judgment
rather than do what he thinks to be wrong
| above the mere brute instinct which in
moment OF excitement, forgets all physica
consequences.
As Wilson walked away from his com
panions he felt he was regarded as a cow
ard This was for him bitter trial and
the more so because there was one in that
little bant of startled maidens for whose
generous regard he would sacrifice all but
honor
1t was, perhaps half az hour after this
unpleasant occurrence, that Logan, whose
heart still burned with an unforglving spir-
it, encountered Wilson under circum-
stances that left him free to repeat lis in
sulting language without disturbing the
rest Of the party, who were amusing them
selves at some distsnce, and beyond the
range Of observation. He did not succeed
in obtaining personal encounter as he
desired.
Wilson had been some time sitting
alone with his unhappy thoughts, when he
was aroused by sudden cries of alarm,
the tone Of which told his heart too plain
Iy that some imminent danger impendcd
Spriaging to lis feet he ian in the direc-
ton Of the cries. and plainly saw the
cause Of the excitement. Recent heavy
rains had swollen the mountain stream,
the turbid waters of which were sweep
Ing down with great velocity. Two Young
girls who had been amusing themselves
at some distance above, in boat that was
attached to the shore by long rope, had
through some accident, got the fastening
loose. and were now gliding down, far out
in the current with fearfully increasing
speed toward the mill dam, some hundred
yards below, from " hich the water was
laundering down height of over twenty
feet Pale with terror the young creatures
were stretching ont their hands towards
their companions on shore.
Instant action was necessary or all would
be lost The position of the girls had
been discovered while they were some dis
tance above, and there happened to he an
other boat on the dam, and that nigh at
hand, Logan and two other young men
had loosed it from the shore But the
danger of being carried over the dam
should any one venture Oat in this boat,
seemed so inevitable til II none' of them
dared to encounter the hiztrl Now
screaming and wrlnLing their hands and
now urging those men 10 try and save
their companions, stood the young maid
Ems of the party on shore, when Wilson
dashed through them and sprnging into
the boat cried out:
"Quick Logan. take an oar or all is
lost"
But. instead of this, Logan stepped back
a pace or two from the boat, while his face
grew pale with fear Not an instant more
was wasted. At Il glance Wilson saw
that if the girls were saved it must be by
tie strength Of his own arm. Bravely he
pushed from the shore ana with giant
strength born OF the moment ami for the
occasion, from high nnscIfish purpose. he
dashed the boat iuto the current. and
bending to the oars. took direction at an
angle with the other boat towards point
where the water was sweeping over the
dam. At every stroke the light skiff
sprang forward dozen feet, and scarce
half minute elapsed ere Wilson was be
side the other boat. Both were now with
in twenty yards Of the fall ; and the water
was bearing them down with a velocity
that strong rover, with every advantage
on his side, could scarcely have contended
against successfully. To transfer the
frightened glrls from one boat to the other,
l. ,,f. .i,pa fha do
sweeping current would bear their trail
vessel To the edge of the dam, and still TO
retain az advantage, was to Wilson i'm
possible. 70 let lis own boat go and
manage theirs he saw to be equally impos-
sible
A cry of despair reached the young
mans cars as the oars dropped from his
grasp into the water. 1t was evident to
the spectators of the fearful scene that he
had lost his presence of mind, and that
now ali was over. Not 81, however. In
the next moment he bad sprung into the
water, which, near the break of the dam,
was not more than two feet deep, As he
did so. Ee grasped the other toat, and
bracing himself against the current, held it
poised few wards from where the foam
crested water leaped into the whirlpool be-
low. At the same instant his own bogt
shot like an arrow over the dam. He had
gained however, but a small advantage.
Ii required his utmost strength to keep
the boat he had grasped from dragging
him over the fall
The quickly formed purpose of Wilson
in thus springing into the water, had been
to drag the boat against the curranl to the
shore. But this he precelved to be impos
sble the moment he felt the real current
Ii he were to let the boat go he could
easily save himself. But aot once did
such thought enter his heart.
Lie down close to the bottom" he sale
in a quick hoarse voice The terror
stricken girls obeyed the Injunction imme-
diately.
And now, win cooness that was won
dertul under all circumstances, W ilSor
moved the boat several yards away from
the nearest shore, until he reached
point where lie knew the water below th
dam TO be more expanded and free tron
rocks. Then throwing himself suddenl,
against the boat, and running along unit