The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-11-09

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"Whsre is that cry coming fromi'
"From up the creek, 1 think"
No! IN swear 1t sounded 80 II It oamt
from the end Of the bridge.
.'It must be down OF the point Some
roor soul is drowning, or-wbo Knows
they may be numbering some one. Tberer
AS the cry rose and tell again, growing
fainter and fainter With each repetition,
each indiv iduai hair ON the heads OF the
Mortified group that stood on the bank
slraining their eyes and ears, rose upright.
Such q wall as that surely never was uttered
save by mortal in the last agony Of DEATH
There were those Amsng the little group
that clustered on the bank who had acquit-
ted themselves creditsbly on the bloody
fields Of the rebellion. All save one had
s'rved 10 the earlier years of the war. Yet
they sbivered as they listined to that de-
spslring cry.
81 can't stand tbisv' exclaimed one more
reckless than the rest, as be ian down the
bank towards the point and waded into the
stream. The rosr of the rushing waters Us
they swept around the point was oil that
responded to bis hurried question:
"Wbere are you? Tell me where you
are."
When be regsined the bank, hs hurried
back and reported to the remainder who
still sirove, though uusucce.sfully, to make
out the quarter from wheocs the cry pr,a
cseded. The cry for help had now sank 10
. series Of almost inaudibly moaus, such ss
dying creature might utter.
A brief council OF war decided the mat
ter The group crossed the bridge In
body and walked down the bank on the Cd.
posi'e side Of the creek-past all manner OF
Obstacles; feeling their way around tanks
derricks, aud over stones, uutill the ts,ui
cry was traced to a certainty.
"Some one strike a light Who has
match :" said kepler. Schultz had one out
and lii 10 q moment. He also bad q ropes
end, picked up iu bis Stumbling, that was
saturated with oil. This served AZ Q torch.
Waving 'his frantically, Schu IL cried out
"We are coming; where are you'"
"Tbis way; oh, this way"
Moved BY one common Impulse the group
dashed forward nuder Schnltzs guidance.
Schultz, who WAS several PAGES 10 advance,
suddenly stopped and held the blazing
ropes end down as II 10 the &C, OF examiu-
log something on the erouud.
Whom the rest reached hi. side, th.y be-
held nun sitting squat on the ground,
with bis chin in his palms sod bic elbows
on tis keees. He looked up at the crowd.
blinksd, moved his head, and lot his eyes
drop Oh the ground suddenly. Has clothes
bore as much Of the yellow clay belonging
10 the hillside Of Story farm ss they could
conveniently carry. He WAS 10 the las.
stage OF drivsliug, suivsliug drunkenness.
Schultz, who knew him, demand Sd
"What 10 the-do you meAs, fright
sning psople TO death this way! What's
the matter with you! What did You make
that noise fort Say"
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Cen-cea-sn- csntre-er do, 'nsr ean.ca a.,
6nsr ,oay-y-y."
"fhe devil you do! Weli"-
Schultz drew bis breath in sheer surprise.
He could not do Justice to the OCCASION
No more could any one of the group. To
make amends for the sudden paralysis tba,
seized bis tongue, Page gave the wretch Q
sturdy kick, saying
"Gst up. you miserable, God d-forsaken
wretch. II you don't we'll throw you into
tho creek. I've half a mind to ss It Isl
WY, ysu nI'by, ugly, NANCY brute, do you
know you've scared come Of us ou. Of .
years growth? Move along now, II you
don't wan, souoe 10 the creek. Morsw
And be did move pretty lively for a
drunken man when We 60. him fairly start.
3D. But IL bis locomotive power bad ex.
ossded that Of Q locomotive on q down
grade, IL would not have made amends for
tbs powerful manner in which bis cries
moved the feelings Of the crowd that bus.
tied him uneeremoniously into Petroleum
Centre, and into stable, where they left |
him to sober off ct his leisure.
Said kepler, % be drew his b,ankat nm N