The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-15

'Fha river is rising. There ia a food
coming down. exclaimed Cart. In
half IN hour The leland will be under
water and everything on it swept away.
La never have known it flake Robin
son hadn't warned me. hltched I'D and
came cut as soon as gos the news.
Thank Goil''
faltn Murray felt a glsw and melting
at her heart as she listened, bat ehe made
a" reply. The situstion certain lv seemed
rdly to faver much conversation, for
Curt was driving fercely up the river
again, and everywhere the signs of tie
snproaching "break W" wtre growing
nare snd more fearful and threatening.
why don't you drive down." she asked.
"lhc rapids are onl half frozen" re-
pied Curt, "and We should surely be 10
II we get into them. Besides, the waite
u 'hallowsI up here, and ths horses viii
ri thst footing sooner att or we break
IN
AFTER we braak in % repeated Faith to
herself. why, the sic; gh will go right
to the bottom H is terribly cn,l abou.
,,!'
1t was cool subject. perhaps. aud
Faith felt the icy Ahudders creep over
her, in spite of her courage. a. she noted
how far they yet were from any possible
landing place. @
/ And now the booming, moaning sound
that Faith had heard snce before that
evening, began TO fill their ears, and the
sleigh slid hither and TIL her on the au
dul*ting surface, aad Curt dashed his
faithful powerful span to THAR utmost
exartion. Every mirute SEEMED an nour
e"t now, At last, Cart exclaimed exult-
iagly:
"aurrah, Faith! We are bebond the
deep channel, think. Back there the
, current is swift, and the ice will break
and pile. It's breaking now! See lt!--see
the great cakes go ever and overt"
"Bst Curt" responded the almost shiv.
, ering beauty, don't you see that he ice
is parting from the shore ahead cf US,
just because it piles up out yonder: I
can tell by the aosnlight on the water,
o Cur, dear, it is dreadful to be drowned
. hut it's even worse to think that I've
nr"ught you out here, too. Can't you
swim ashsre!-O Curt I've been 50 very
bad to you!"
you wait memeDt." shouted the
single-mind'd young athlete, as he gave
his tsam tha lash again. eff We can only
q get little nearer the edge Of tho lee
Hal there it cones! Down in the bottom
Q f the haat, Faith, must use my c&rs!-
t now-qulck--hurrah: hurrah!"
j Faith Mari y had bid her face in the
t furs that almost covered her as she stoop-
] sd, but she herd wild, fierce, frighten-
= ed neigh; great sp'ashipg plunge,as the
2 horses went into the water; the cracking
J. Of ice, mingled With tue roaring s,und of
the food; and then, insteadof the arctic
] bath for which she had prepared herself,
. she was conscious of an easy, rocking,
| fl'a'ipg motion, and the music of row.
Jocks, as the cars we're swung strongly
, back and forth by The sinewy arms Of
Curt Rowland.
d Then, o. last, her astoulyiIment got the
0 better of her fear, and she looked .imd-
b IL out from her hiding place; but the,
= color anne fast into her cheeks .gain as
4he did go.
"Ths boat, Curt?" she said.
Eyes, the cid boat herself" he replied.
Il u It on instead OF the sleigh bow, TO
come after you " th. asst for the fun of
it, and covered it all over with rohes and
blankets. oaIY expected goad lasgh,
but now it has saved both our lives. You
didn't mean to put year fsot in my sleigh
and the boa at the same time. did you
Fsith?"
% Curt. forgive me-" was all the an
swer that calne just then, ami Faith felt
spe' tally relieved at the remark which
INSTANTLY followed. ..
''9'hsre arc the horses-safe on their
feet in the shadows and making for the
shore. Wen he there, too, in five min
ntss. Just look at the lanterns along