Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-04-20

and making ready to leap. The flood
didn't wait for that, though. La a
moment there was a quiver Of the
bank. and it went beneath from my
feet. leaving me wrestling with the
waters once more don't know how
| | did il, only that. after a fight and
being smothered, I found myself
crawling up the side Of the Gulch,
ever so low down, and dragging Jael
into safe place with herbairn. She
foil down afore me hugSed my legs
and kissed my feet; and then she
started mp and began staring up and
down, ending by seeing, just above
her. old Hez cling there still. with
his sound arm rammed into the bush,
and his body swept ont by the fierce
stream. The next moment she had
seized me by the arm, and was pynt-
ing at him. and she gave wild kiud
of shrek "He's a gone coon. my
gal, saws. though she couldn't hear
me: and l was gloating over her
beautiful, white face and soft, clear
neck. as l thought that she was mine
all mine. I'd saved her out Of the
flood, and there was no Hez TO stand
in our way.
"Save himi-save him." she shrek
ed in my ear.
What. Hez9 Save Hez, to come
between us once more? Save her
husband-the man 1 hated, and
would gladly see die? Oh / couldn't
do it; and my looks showed it, she
reading me like "A book the while.
No, he might drown-he was drown
ed-must he. No; just then he NOV
ed. But, nonsense! | wasn't going
to risk my life for his and cut my
own throat like, as to the futur'.
though. pynting again at where Hez
still tloated: and the old feeling Of
love for her was stronger on me than
ever
"Yu're asking me to die for you.
Jaeli" 1 shouted in her ear.
"Save him - save Hezl' she
shreiked
!i"Yes save him." groaned to my
self Bring him back to the hap
piness that might be mine. But she
lotes him-she loves him; and /
must"
| give one look at her-as |
thought my last-and couldn't help
il. If she had asked me dumbly, rs
she did, TO do something ten times
as wild, | should have done it; and
with run got well up above Hez
afore 1 jumped in once more TO have /
the same fight with the waters till |
was swept down to the bush where |
he was. I'd got my knife in my teeth |
TO cut the bush away and let him |
free, but as 1 swept against it my
weight tore il away, and Hez and L |
went down the stream together; him
so done up that he lay helpless in the
water. Something seemed to tell me
TO finish him off. A minutes under
water would have done it; but Jeals |
face was before me, and at last / got |
TO the other side, with her clinging |
along beside us; and il it hadn't been |
for the hand she stretched down to |
me should never have crawled out |
with old Hez-I was that done.
AS / dropped down painting on the
rock, Jael came to my side, leaned |
over me, and kissed me, and turned |
away, for the next moment she was
crying hard, and bringing her hus-
band TO, and was beginning to feel
once more that l had been a fool.
/ amt much more to tell, only that |
the food went down most as quick |
as it came up. and Hez got all right /
again with his broken arm, and did
well. They wanted muchlv u be
friends; but / KEEP away. felt as
IL I'd been fool TO save him. and
was kinder shamed like OF it; so L
took off TO Frisco, wher, after chum-
ming about, 1 took to going voyages
to Panama and back, and the sea
seemed to suit me like, and there
stuck To tn. Y Graphic.