Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-09-16

over, that ho was still alive, babe tho men push
or, and wrapping the rug closer about the rigid
form of my friend, placed him at my feet, at
the bottom OF the boat where could watch him
as | steefed.
Again wo wore III tho current of the river; the
night had grown still darker, and by strainihg
my sight TO the utmost | could SEQ no further
than naf dozen yards beyond the boats head.
Tho current was rushing at hoadlong speed, and
with Il deafoning roar like the crash OF Il vast
waterfall. The men were using their oars moro
| to steady the boat th8n to pfopel her, while we
| were buino along with IN uneasy, lurchinS mo-
| tion on the swollen, eddying waters. Every few
moments dark object driitea past us-now a
dead horse or COW, now Ii barrel, ladder, or Il
| hon coop, waits from many ruined homestead
| Once haystack struck the boat sideways
| wheeled ns round, ell bnt overwhelmed us i'll
the surging Hood. From time to time bent
| over Weir and applied the spirit flask to his lips
IL was all | could do, for had to give my und-
| yided attention to the work of steering. When
We reached the town tho mon were all
but exhausted. Like the rest they had been
working with the boats all day. One of the
| three doctors IN WIlloughby lived close to the
| bank, and bads the mon stop for a moment ut
| his house. When he heard my story, the doctor
accompanied me home.
| We laid Dick in liir bed. Besides tho doctor
aud rutrelf, NIr. and Mrs ,iillxianttAui9 t.Ieir
daughter were the OILY others in tho ROOM
With anxious faces We bent over tho bed as
| the doctor proceeded to examine the still insen-
sible form of Weir. Ho laid open Dicks waist
coat, tore aside lDs shirt and placed his hand on
| his heart. As he did 10 something foil out
from between tho folds OF the WOODEN shirt and
| lay on Dicks breast. IL was small knot of
blno ribbon. picked it up and banded it to Ell
la Dlaxlmid. AS sho took ii, her face that had
| been marbopale before, changed to crimson a
| strange, startled look came over her eyes, and
she Turned a.tily from tic bedside and seated
herself by tho iifa. Shc, too, recognized tho
| ribbon.
A few moments examination satisdod the
doctor that Dic. was still allye and we proceed
ed to apply such remedies for Ills restoration as
were wlthn our power These proved more
quickly successful than / had hoped for, and
soon We had tho Eatistaction of seeing DICK
! slowly returning to conscousnehs and life. Be
fore the doctor left ie had fallen into sound
gieep.
| When he awuae neXt morning, Dick was com
pletely himself again. When the doctor called
and saw him, lie pronounced that no grave ra
srlts bad cnaucd from tho previous nights ex'
| pOsure.
On tho day lrccoeIug that Of tho events
above narrated, the rain ceased, and the waters
rccoded from the earth almost as quickly Al
they had liNan. But what scene uf desola'ior
they lett hctnpi Ear AZ tho ego could reach
tho land that Il few days before had been 9feel
and sml'ins lay droaiy whste Gf Wilderness
FARMS aud hninesteada, gardens, orchards, ant
vineyards, stripped bare by the cruel waters
and left shapeles5 lutn. But On these thlngn
familiar enough to many colOn!st, it IL not IN.
intention keic to dwell 1t WAS some time, o
course, before tho pleasant homestead at Wyan
drn regaincd its old shape and beauty but TIN
Australian soil and climate have quick recupera
two powers, and Mr.. BiaXlmds property was re
stored to its former appearance with fap!dit
that would have astoIsllGd stranger i'll tn
, country.
Leonard EaMortnn did not marry Ella Biax
land. IL turned out that there had never bee
any mention of an onGagement, either on Til
/, | part of themselves or Elias parents--tltOugh
. have reason tu think that Miss BlaXiand at on
time was really very iavOiGbly inclined to Ham
erton. But circumstances occurred to cnang
, her feelings completely i'll this resi- Get. hhoru
, after the great flood. HameitOu disappeared SUD
donly from W0ughby under somewhat ines
plicable circumstances. After his depauni
stories got about very little to his credit, ehieil
: relating TO peclniary matters. aThere was
, good deal of mystery about tho whole affair
and it was thought that the young mans irienf
, Ill Sydney had used their strongest influence
hush tho matter up. Enough, however, g
| abroad to render lfamertons further stay
! Willoughby impossible. He consequently souSl
= q larger Held in neghboring colony, where
-. might, il he chose, start afresh and reform &c
+ tain of his habits of life.
+ The place in Ella .Blaxana's regard, that III
been supposed by everybody to have been occ
q pied by IIamerton, was quietly taken by one
n a very different stamp-~ilick Weif. or cotr
Il everybody was surprised when it came TO
q known for certain that Weir WAS to mlIry AZ
Blaxland Ii was hardly conceivable II
I very last person that any ono wonll ha'
thought of But 80 il was. The small world
n WillSughby WAS not behind the scenes, and pc
"a hapa it, surprise was not very wonderful in I'll
;. case. Dick did not at once strike you as q
T. kind of man likely to carry off tho praitGnt &
h in countryside.