The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-11-25

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151'' Come = up Il afotherl Y Fetch the baby
out and come up! The aWfuf'ioesis con-
ing as high as the mountain, - gasped,
sKristine, still: paintings dovnwsedi toward
ny. Mrs. Muller stood spell: bound =. nots
,,l h rom his crsde and FIJI 1T with him..
Then Mrs. Muller seixingy she scarce
.kne Y. why, the blankets from the bed,
followed her chill ]. for the terr:bles sounds
were already in the air. - s~us,z sss.,
=. Kristine reached, q rock perhaps thirty
feet, above The house, ~ ORR opt with;
her emotions. Of fear and anxiety, she
dropped down upon it and began 70 cry
over the baby. ;sonssf .e,,is:73 ylsm A.,
THE din increascd.t: The ice:gorec Was
At the curve, They could hear the crush:
ing gurgle Of the ice aud waters. asBefofe
them rolled, the full, sullenS riyer.sa' s''Fst
/, ''Mother !'T cried Kristine, jumping TO
her feet, didn't you hear i The train!
the: trAin! ,And nobody to tell them r.
|. Before her mother could restrain the
girl, tie baby was On the rock, the pill
lows were dumped into the mud and she
was rushing down the hillside dragging /.
blank et, after her. ,rs., ~ ~ t.,:tsg -
4:'NIy child! Ny poor <child!'', cried
Mrs. Muller But the roarsoutcried her,
and Kristine was at the cabin. "A few feet
below itlay the trick, ntouched and firm.
The train was very !near.. The child, forget
ting all things but: the danger to it,
sprang npon the track and spread the
blanket out as. far and as wide as she
could, waving it and her arms in q way
that words cannot describe-the roar OF
the coming, train in front, the roar of tie
coming food behind. , -: . go
The engineer saw: the child. He was
on the outlook for: danger. ~ The train
was stopped. Then it neededsno words
to tell what was coming. With speed tho
train was hacked down the valley, out.
running the river. Kristine was scarcely
above the cabin when the ice came. Her
mothers outstretched arms almost drew
her out Of the food. =. 81, -. ~.
They stood on the hight and saw the
ice.cakes surge, against their poor little
cabin home. They saw the: waters lift 1t
and turn it around. They saw it real, as
though about to turn upon its side: and
then the cabin went down on the mighty
food, and they three'wcre left alone on
the mountain-side. j. =. s.. -. j.
Smother, what shall we dos?'' asked
Kristinc. ''Whcre shall we gol'
"Just wait till Iget through being
thankful we're saved from the food .
said Mrs. Muller.
''1t'M be night some time,'' said Kris
tine, "and we've nothing to eat for din
ner and our little man will be cold,''
catching up the baby and kissing him."
"Whers can we go!'
"Over tho mountain, until we come
somewhere, to somebody" said Kristine
gathering up the blankets and the pillows
and marching on to conquer q new world
''Don't get lost" said the mother, fol
lowing on with the baby, stout little fel
low who smiled away, not caring one bit
50 that mothers arms held himP'
Kristine passed by the place where tn.
statue was hidden, left it to the right
and went on over the mountain. They
sat down often, going slowly and stoppine
now and then to look over into the val
ley Of desolation below.
At four in the afternoon they came il
sight of = highway. just as darkness
| was gathering they say horse and wag
on on it. Never did a ship in distres.
hail sail on the ocean with more JOY
than did these poor wanderers hail thi'
sight of a human being and joy of joys
when it came nearer they discovered tina
somebody was speaking the language by
which alone they could tell their distress
OF course, it was-who else could it b
but John Muller, whom the tearing riv
ers had kept back from reaching hi
home by any Of the usual routes.
He had travled all day, and expected
to wander on the mountain half the night
before reaching his cabin. ~
."Heigho!'' he cried, when he had met
them and listened to the story they had
to tell. "Then we're to begin the worlG
again, are we! Well, since we're all to-
gether, let's 60 at itFwith cheerful good
will, for it's Gods good will STILL
':Get in, get in all Of you. and come
home with me for tonight said thu
farmer, who was taking John Muller tt
the spot where he could cross the mount
ain. And they did get in and started t.
begin new life.