The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-28

false warning than withhold true
one; be ran to his Iaorrs, jumI~d or
him. ard spurred away.
His horpe WAS fast aud powerful.
and carried him in three minutes hock
to Emden's farm. The farmer hsd
gone to bed. Ransome kaocked him
up and told him be feared the dam
was going; then gslloped On TO Hat
tisld Mill. Here he found the miller
aud his family all gathered outside.
ready for start; one workman had
run down from the reservoir.
"'The embank h m@nt 10 not safr.'
SO hear. III take care af my
ffour and my folk. The mill will take
care Of herself Aud he p,i.s~d wish
pride To the -,,lid structure and srsnise
pillars.
"Ransom- gail"p-i on. shouting -
h. went
The shout was taken up ahead, aud
he heard v..ic- crying In the night,
It's c,,minp. las coming!' This wild
1
ing and shouting had ex .ited, seemed
like All independent warning, and
thrilled him to the bone. He gaiioped
through Hatfield. shouting, Save
yourselves! Save yourselves.' and the
people poured out, and ran for high
ground, sbrieking wildly; looking
back. he saw the hill dotted with what
he took for sheep 1t first. but II was
folk in their night-clothes.
He gslloped on to Dsmflask, shout
ing ~ he went
"At the top OF the hill he turned =
moment aud looked up the valley;
soon he saw lofty white wall running
down on Hatfield mill; IL struck the
mill, aud left nothing visible but the
root. surrounded by white foam.
"Another moment, and he distinctly
saw the mill swim yard or two, then
disappear aud leave no trace, aud on
came the white wall kissing and thun-
dering.
"Ransone uttered cry Of horror,
and gallopei madiy forward to save
what lives he might.
Whenever he passed house he
shrieked his warning. but be never
drew rein.
/ As he galloped along his mind
worked. He observed the valley viii
Ell in places, aud he hoped the flying
lake would spread, and 80 lose some OF
that tremendous volume aud force be-
fore which he had seen II ,tfield stone
mill go down.
with this hope he galIoped on. and
reached Poma bridge, five miles aud :
half from the reservoir.
"As he CLOSED IL, he caught sight OF
the flying lake once more; he had
gone over more ground. but he had
gone ~ further He .aw the white
wall strike Doiiman's FIRM; there was
a light In one window now. He saw
the farm house. with its one light.
swim bodily. then melt and disappear.
with all the Ppor souls In II.
He gallopei on; his hat flew off; he
came under the coiner's house, and
yel ed warning. A window was
opened, and man looked out; the
light WAS behind him, aud, even In
that terrible moment, hs recognized
Shiftv Dick.
Tine flood! the nooa! Fly. Get
on high ground for your lives!'
"He galiopei furiously, and made
for Litti-'s house.
"rhen came fierce galloping, and
Ransone. with his black hair and
beard flying. aud his face like q ghost.
reined up and shouted wildly: Dam
burst! Coming down here! Fly for
your lives. Fiy!'
HE turned and galloped up ths
nil. cote and his mate emerged, and
followed him, bowling; but before the
other poor creatures. half paralyzed,
could do anything, the Kissing thun-
der was upon them. What seemed =
mountain of snow came rolling. and
burst on them with terrific violence,
whirling great trees aud fragments OF
houses past with incredible velocity.
"At the first blow the house that
stood nearest to the flying lake was
shattered, and went to pieces soon after;
all the houses quivered as the water
rushed round them two stories high.
Now came q higher wave, aud the
| a.. an
of the bedroom floor, aud swept away
the ladder; yet, driven forward like .
cannon-ball did not pour into the ted-
rooms from the main stream; but by
degrees the furious flood broke, melted
and swept away the intervening hous-
es, and then hacked oil the gable end
Of Grace's house, as il Leviathan had
bitten piece out. Through that aper-
ture the flood came straight in, level
Ell the partitions ut q blow, rushed
into the upper rooms with fearful roar,
and then rushing out again to rejoin
the greater body Of water. blew the
front wall clean away, and swept
Grace out into the raging torrent.
The water pouring out Of the house
carried her at first toward the tree. and
Little cried wildly to Coventry to save
her. He awoke from his stupOr OF
horror and made an attempt to clutch
her; hu, then the main force OF the
mighty water drove her away from
him toward the house; her helpless
body was whirled round aud round
three times by the struggling eddies,
and then hurried away like feather
by the whelming torrent"
The picture which Mr.. Rcade gives
of the scene of devastation after the
water had subsided may be applied
with almost equal fidelity to the terri
ble sights depicted by our correspond.
ents this morning.
The Right or Left Arm.
The question, whether a gentle
man walking with lady should give
her his right or left arm, is frequent