The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-22

wood, merchant retired to his virtuous re-
pose.
Papa, papa, wake up! Allie Lindsey
is out here in boat Their house is carri-
ed away and o papa, the water is all over
the meadow "
Mr. Sherwood sprang hastily to his feet,
thoroughly awake.
GLOW came you to know about this, Cor
rie % he asked, as he hastily dressed.
"Allie woke me shouting under the win
dows. don't think 1 was sleeping very
soundly, papa
"Where is the boy, now?"
"Gone back with his mother-O, didn't
tell you his father and George and Ben
were carried away in the house. He man.
aged to get into q boat, and took his moth
er out of the window, but the ice got be-
tween them and he couldn't save the rest.
Ben jumped out into the water, but just as
Alfred was reaching to draw him into the
boat, great piece of ice came crashing
against it, carrying down poor Ben, and
crushing some of the fingers ON Alfred's
hand. Then he saw how the water was up
round our house, and he rowed clear up
here, with that wounded hand too, to tell us
of the danger. Isn't he real hero, papa?"
the bright eyes flashing out their admira-
ton.
eyes, Corrie," he answered, promptly
q true hero"
1t was hard work, but by daylight the
cows, horses and swine had been driven to
place of safety. Had the work been de-
layed two hours longer three thousand dol
lars worth of stock would have perished in
the waters. The water was nearly five feet
deepin front of the house, and the broad,
beautiful meadows stretching back to the
wood was one broad lake of foamy waters,
when the gray light of morning broke over
the scene.
Alfred Lindsey completed his bravery by
rowing against the current nearly a mile,
and procuring men and boats to take away
the beleaguered family.
Poor Tom Lindsey and his two boys were
! NdSICu up Oll UliO liCttttOWS, CluSI
past recognition by the ice and TIMBER
Only Alfred and his MOTHER weak, fair
faced woman, utterly devoid of ambition
or energy, were left, and they utterly desti
tute and shelterless.
81 ought to do something for Alf." Mr.
Sherwood said, after the excitement ant
peril were beginningto subside in Grantley
and he had ventured back to his house
again. 81 hardly know what is best Civ
ing to the Lindseys is like pouring waite
into sieve"
} "Why don't you hire him, papa?" Cor
: rie asked soberly. "You could pay hin
5 more than he earned, if you thought it wa
= right, you know"
And this was how it happened that Alfre,
= Lindsey became clerk-for he was 500
promoted from his original post of erran
1 boy-in the highly respectable mercantil
establishment of Sherwood & Son.
AS 1 said before, young Lindsey ha
: much to contend against. First came hi
: own long-seated Incidence He had neve
been confined to labor, and though his re'
!, olution was strong to succeed, the flesh wa
sometimes weak. His mother, grown wea
g and fretful, grew also selfishly unreasoni
: BILE, and instead of helping him forward
9 was a perpetual drag and hindrance to h
efforts, by her demands on his time an
G purse With their improved finances 81
@ had developed weak vanity for dress, an
d upbraided Alfred that he could not induls
If her in her rapidly increasing wants. The
there were the prejudices Of all Grantley
IL overcome.
- The thriftlessness, and Incidence, and il
Is potence of score of uncles and cousil
IL was continual sold man of the sea,
rs about his neck. No one thought to hon
N him the more because of them, recognizii
m tho merit that no had vindicated itself
o. spite untoward circumstances. He was 9
II Lindsey" and that fact was never lost sig
T. of, but continually urged against him, as