The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-05-31
LOVE AND & KITE

nv DEAH. uhat are the Proba 5il-
ines
@Risisg temperature. wilh raia on
tbe coas-
0b. / an sorry, II Eeuld be
ralr dresEfBl 70 hare II rBin toner
roz
Then they passed ana locked out
through the bGlfrui3ed window of
the ga wooden br.dge where IbeE
had net Sbe lived 0n one side Of
tie stream he made bis beme CD
fbe other They otsen mel here IL
+ the center Of The dim s1d GuskE
bridge that spanned tie river that
IA IbFoash TIE town II Was oBe
5 uf those buge tmbsred truss bri5Ces
once 20 COMMON II New EaglaBd
Outside. its a8cient roof ard boarded
sizes tad lEkel % that sober slate
eol9- ttat makes extreme age With
II, i Was dasiF E1d Ozark Upon ibs
Ha.s fakes q wbiisx&sb aal,ereG.
( baif de.scbed, and fescoou- q cob
4 = e. mil.l Z with Absn1gLe5 nests
lei b 1epsrted swallows Strange
ligbLs danced Uu lie ceiling. where 3
bule il tie floor admitted ibe r.
heetsd gt1 tran the flashing waters
6elgw Every feo,fal "a Tie ssft,
pow dery dasI thar covered every tblaE
ecboed 8sisily, While The ar seemed
ever tlll Il ths UsuoJolsss Burmar
ai he river just beyoad, further
down The stream. .stoVd aueIber bridge
use3 ~ TIE -2aWay lrai1s aad foot
4 pAz-eagers. - that the l9Wn bridge
Was de-erle6 by al save those WHh
teams Besides his, il vas hardly
considered safe l. trusses already
szgged dow8 Il he uidGle ssG
Threatened 10 droP ill9 ne Wa1er-
Fra a Wine Lbsy Eazed i.Poa tbe
roaring. fsaming Hood beaealh 5bsiR,
and then she .ouk his arm. aid lock
ing Up II las lace zaid, sotIiE.
Yea vii e1me eariy. dear !
shsA b- waiting far von
.-0b. e course. Il lbe bridge bolds
togetber Il Is q crazy affair ard we
Wsv have freshst tonight
There's TIE other bridEe
1es- bat # one Eoes he ether
mav
Tbes. after some further 1Alk. isey
depsrted their several wsFs
The probabilities were correct II
did rsia II rsined 8 verv great
deal Ii rsined more and more. and
/ the snow thsj covered al fbe country
roand sboat began 70 mell The
river rose higher and higher II
turBea yellow with drifting sssd
Lumps and sheets of ice began 10
. dost down. with uucb grinding and
up-osr By dark TIE wstsr was
Eithin ten inches q high 8ooG marx
By niBe O'Clock Z was reported that
81 ice gorge had formed iust sbsTe
the iowo bridge
TIE next dsv neither scrap ngr
sIick Of either bridge could be found
F.. At daylight the people gathered IN
two foriOrn crowds upon the bznks
and remarked tbst the situation was
{ peeul.ar Among TEN stood q
( y0uBg man and Young woman,
leach on oae shore, while lie river
relied between Their situation was
Z very peeuliar. They guzed II each
other oFer the b.iiiag, aosming ehasm.
sgi they SAID nothing. Il would
have been useless while the water.
bBE-coYered with floating ice AID
brQksB 1imbers. bo9Ded sad thunder
&c With such noise and farv.
! TIE modera Hero lhgught her
Lea0der might a. least swim 20 her.
He thought differently. A boat 4
BALBOA would be safer Thus think
: ing ard mourning, they g-zed &
each o,bsr f0gdlF f0r scne line, and
then ~ apparent uuJaal cs1sent they
retired - lkeir respective breakfasts,
to est-and n0arn EVER bridge
f9r hftv niles Up s1reEm Mas report
ed down. Below. some twenty mics
distant. were ferrFes-W bsre there
was 10 ice
Sbe ste Der breakfast witb tearF
eEss de couldn't eat al ell. He
mast cross that stream How Not
al the Gslights of buckwbeat cakes
could win f0m hiu tie thoagbt
THas,iag = roll inlo bis pocket he
gent eur ID rie~ The situation
Il vas n8t e8c9GTagi8g- For
more than tEo mics above aud below
lie fogn he river ran between steep
ellis BsErIv seventy Sect bicb- Be
lind lh-se tie c0U8lry was leTel, and
here 60 The banks the loEn had
grs& n CD OF beth shores Above
tie divided village The fields came 70
the ragged, stony edge ~ the elag's
His home was upon tis fathers farm
AID The parental scres came 70 the
waierside Her fa1hers farm and
6elds were directly opposite Hitber,
by 5 s0rt q mutual instinct, they
DOLE NEIL
The snoE had disappeared and the
ground was hsrd and frezen. The
rain had eesse6 ard i looked as II il
might -iesr away They mel On ep-
pasils sides OF the river, and sszed
fondlE al each other after the manner
of people IN = certain peeslssF frame
u nind She said u ter heart:
Thou art 50 Dsar, snd Yet so fa- I"
He said n his heart thae II ne cezldn Z
get oFer that three hundred feet Of
roaring water be was pcor kind Of
creature and met uIEcb Of 3 man.
ssyxsv
he sat down en- big sso9e tc
think She Also sat DOVE, choosing
s raa feace for q ihors Suddenly
he s5rzag % and shouted II her