Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-07-12
EVENING STAR.


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A little after s O'Clock on last THURSDAY eve
ming the landlord of thshotel q TIE hamlet OF
Chiprewa, Mr.. VIM. Pls0oerfeit, standing in
the dosr.sy ofhis Tan .osssryes group OF per
aears river road. They we're three. rhe frst
syo1ns sents~san az about p years Of age.
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The yoang lazy, ana the little fellow, the iadys
psee s sed sss 1T - ,s,! sssier in the
kept by = German. He ran over there 20 sci
he wstch an AmezicAn lever In ina sold case
repaired. And before e came a.sy seasht set
for the young lady whom he had Isft Of the inn
The Seveller took the nnmeer % the watch u
be repaired and asked the name % his patron
The young man ansSered thai his name WAS
McCormick, and Afterwards In couversstion
stated that he had lived IN Detroit Returnipg
20 , me hotei the young man sces presented him
arm and the little fellow st his siae. ant asked
for boat As they wanted q row on the river
MT, Plummerfslt et o.se explained tn danger
them finally that ne would let them have boat
only on condition Of = psomise that they would
eonhne themselves TO the waters OF the Chip
n.
here empties into the Niagara They All prom
ised readily and rowed merrily MP the creek.
They returned 10 the hotel delighted,
and the young gentleman drew q large rolf
of crisp new bank notes, wrapped up in a
piece Of newspaper, from the hip or ''pistoi'
pocket of his pantaloons, and handed Mr..
what he owed, ssyiag carelessly, 1--WE shall stay
several days when that Is used up Will pay
you more" Several persons saw the money
nee IN posSessiSH OF this Gentleman and one
sloO. The entire amount has been variously
estimated at from 500 10 81 500. Before re-
nring on Thursday night the young gentleman
asked where he should apply for a marriage
license. He was informed that he would have
70 go to Welland, the county seat, in order TO
OBTAIN one. be then made arrangements for a
horse and buggy, with which 70 ride over ON the
morrow. Before noon he started. Accompanied
BY the young girl, whose little brother was left
behind. In the Afternoon the lovers returned
In good spirits, and had lunch.
Soon after they left the hotel and walked
down To the creek. Getting boat they turned
Its prov down stream. An old gentle man who
Sa passing over the bridge that spans the
attracted by the light laughter that came 40
from the boat, and paused . few noments
Whether the young man at the oars was al thai
moment too much engaged i'm Iootins int ~
pretty face directly IN front Of him OF not ID u
Impossible TO say, but the Old gentleman re-
agement of the boat. Down below the mouth
OIL Chippewa creek, some twenty rods away
there is a "riyer fence, I" beyond which the cur,
rent sets with fearful force towards the rapIJs
The old man watched the boat moving along in
direction disgonally down the stream ami
heading for outside OF " the river feucep No
tottered back and caught at the railing OF the
bridge for support They were in the rapidsi
AS the water fence Was passed aud the cur
rent was bearing them along swiftly specks of
froth dotted the water. The girl looked from
these beyond and caught gliiapss of the white
foam and mist thrown now and again high in
air along the crest Of the first rapids She ut
tered cry, and pointed in the direction of the
nrst line OF descent above Goat Island. Her
and with both hands he thought 20 turn the
boat IN the middle OF that current running like
mill race. lie looked then. apparently for
the other oar-lO0ked in the bottom of the boat
and ON every side frantically. He had lost the
oar IN The moment of his first appalling
horror. He had dropped one oar Ia tie
water, and IL was carried awsy in A sec
ond beyond sight aud beyond sound,
down in the depths Of the fOaming abyss
of the rapids now yswning beneath them.
The boat darted down the first crest OF rocks.
the stern swinging about a moment she was
lost 10 view, and then came swinging on seem
ing to point toward Cedar Island. Then she
rose on the point Of great foam recovered rock
and darted down bow foremost As though
steered by invisible hands. Prom the new
tower the poor wretches, who had gone 20 sladIv
forth in the fraI cockleshell, were seen clinginy
TO each other in the bottom Of the boat Then
cloud OF mist and spray yeiled the whole from
sight, and for an instant only, Just under the
arch OF the rainbow over the cleft of the Horse
shoe Fall, the end OF the boat protraded from
the foam and mist; another instant for the
space of the hghtning's fash, two black frag-
mehus OF the breaking boat were seen, and that