The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-07-24
"rHE ROYAL BRuIsu-ANrRtcAN"
THE MARRIAGE LIcENsr.

THE MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Before retiring on Thursday night. tho
young gentleman asked where Die should
apply for marriage license. he WINS m-
| formed that he would have 10 10 90 We'll
! land, the county seat, in order 20 obtain
one. He then made arrangements Tor "a
horse aud buggy, with which 70 ride over
! In the morning.
Before noon he started, accompanied Lv
| the young girl, whose little brother WAS IpU
behind. During the absence OF the lovers
the landlord at intervals chatted with ms
| child.
AN ELoPEMENT.
" Is that pretty lady your slsterf' asked
Mr.. Plummcriet.
8 Yes, sir" said the boy.
Where do you live when at homer"
I" AT Toronto
And where does the young gentleman
"He lives In the states, sir, but he used "a,
live, ini Toronto. lie lived there liJuo
while.n
"And SO he and your sister are going TO
be married."
=" Yes, sir"
This was on Friday the am Of July. m
the afternoon the lovers returned, their
faces radiant.
Can you give ms a cold lunch. landlord
and what shall pay you for the horse ~
The horse will be 80, sir, and Mr.. Plum
merfelt brought out lunch OF cold meat.
bread, cheese, ale and milk.
The three sat down. They ate but llItIn
meat, but drank freely Of the milk and lrit
the ale untouched. After the lunch
THEY ALL WHISPERED roGErmH
And laughed merrily. and soon after thcy
left the hotel and walked down 90 Che crpp..
One Of the villagers noticed as they pu..-
ed out from under the shadow of Che inu.
with its caves, ~ humble as Triah Ucrp.
glinting In the sunshine, dark cloud sud-
denly obscured the sun, and they seemed IU
walk AS II under dark canopy. Whom
they obtained boat, however, This timc
free to 90 where they pleased. and under
no restricting promise 90 the landlord. they
turned its prov down the stream, and .hr
sun came out from behind the cloud uuI
lighted up the waters, aud threw glory
about the fair girl In the stern OF the boat
and dazrd the eyes Of the boy in the bow.
An old gentleman who was passing over
the bridge that spans the creek llttle die
lance from its mouth was attracted by thu
light laughter that came mp from The boat.
aud paused "A few moments looking steadily
IN that direction. Whether the young man
at the oars was at the moment too much
engaged IN looking into the pretty face d.
rectly In front Of him or not IL g. impossible
to say, but the Old gentleman remarked
that he was very unskilful la his manage
ment OF the boat.
OUT ~ THE CURRENT.
While the old gentleman was looking. thn
boat, floating with the current thuuuu
little impelled by the oars, passed out INFO
the Niagara.
Now. ut this point less than three mile
from the cataract IL IS possible 10 row across
the river. Not only Is 10 possible, but, a. 20
matter Of constant occurrence, Go Us Cousid-
cred comparatively safe. But in crossing
from the American side. leaving the uirr
near the Erie depot, IL Is necessary 10 row
up the river as far as the end Of Grass
STAND, and then to cross, still pulling dag-
)nally up the stream, and bending to thc
work for dear life when In the dark look
ng waters pointed out from the shore as
TIKI CHANNEL or THE CURRENT.
On the other bank, pulling from the Cam
ida shore, you still pull a long way up tle
tream before you venture to diagOualila
lcrOss.
Down below the mouth Of Chippewa
,reek, some twenty rods away, there DIS "a
river fence" beyond which the current
cts with fearful force towards the rapids
The old man watched the boat MOVING
long in a direction dia2onally down the
tream and heading for outside Of "thc
liver fence" He tOtlered back and caught
t the railing Of the bridge for support, his
ace grew deathly pale, and lac tremblpI
he bridge and looked at him cuTiousy.
Then. an old woman followed and he asked
ach Of them If they knew who was liz the
'oat that was going to
co OVER THE FALLS.
The woman looked scared, as though shc
bought he was cFaZed. The child ran away
rying. This man was one Of the three who
aw the boat after it left Chippewa, and
ghile it still retained its form.
IN THE RAPIDS.
As the water fence was passed and the
urrent was bearing them along swiftly,
pecks Of froth dotted the water. The virl
boxed from these beyond and caught
lmpse OF the white foam and mist thrown
ow and again high In the air along the
rest of the first rapids. She uttered "a cry
nd pointed In the direction Of the first line
Doked over his shoulder, and an expires
ion Of horror must have settled upon bis
ace. There was, doubtless, none Of the
right color In the girls cheek that had
ade her the admiration Of the rusucs iu
he village she was leaving behind only
hort half hour before Her lover Rrasped
ne of the oars with frantic haste, and with
9th his hands he thought 10 turn the
oat ia the middle Of that current running
Ike a mill race. He looked then, appa-
emily for the other Oar-lOOked lD the bot
pm Of the boat, and on every side frauti-
ally. He had lost the oar 10 the moment
the first appalling horror. He had
DROPPED ONE OAR IN THE WATER,
nd It was carried away In a second be-
and sight and sound, down in the depths
the roaming abyss OF the rapids now
awning beneath them. The boat darted
own the first crest Of rocks, the stern
Ringing abOnt; a moment she was lost 90
lew, and then came swinging on, seeming
point toward Cedar Island. Then she
lse on the point OF great fOam-cOVered
lck and darted down bow foremost, AS
louRh steered by invisible hands. From
le new tower the poor wretches, who had
one so gaily forth In the frail cOckle-sheu
ere seen clinging 70 each other in the bot
I'm Of the boat. Then a cloud Of mist and
pray yelled the whole from sight. and for
D instant only, just under the arch Of the
linbow over the cleft Of the Horseshoe
all, the end OF the boat prOtruded from the
Jam and mist; another instant, for the
pace Of the lightning's flash, two black
agments Of the broken boat were seen,
nd that was all. The waters hid an else,
nd have continued 20 hide all, save q few
agments Of the boat, which washed oshora
eneath the cataract.
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