The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-09-01

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ilsrnArnt more ~ wvsv In tle water.
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nlS,n tAc hor~r. And with tlse ether |
held my vile. W~s tlsmA elrurelinv
when 4 Wild CRY frum h~f lir~ startled
the air. thur child wnA wHaiss~l a~ay.
"Oh. my soul 1 cannot srli yon
What ! snartvsl during tho~e momeat4.
esnld mot hclr our darling. III left
my vile shc wnA lost. chung ~ the
horsc and cluug /, my shricking wife
shrickinE N uod Tor mercy Tor her
Child. In the distAncs upon The insnm
u tho snreing nood ! could sec our lii
liz one. her white dress cleaning In thr
Hnli, living horne swiftly away. a
moment and l NV 4 man plunge
from Tho bank into tho river. nAw
this much, anil then m intervening
point Ut land sllnt out thu SCENE. Ths'
horse wan now rapidly nearing Tho
shore, and ere long my wife and I were
On dry land, with The horsc and wagon.
A soon 4. l waa surr nv wife xas safc
! lcft her 10 casu for tho horse while |
posted on down thc river hank hi nucst
of tho swimmer and thu child.
You may we'll undsestAnd that all
this time ! waa frantic. / waA 4 ma.
chine bcing operated upon BY ! snrging
and agonixing emotion. How long or
how far ! wandered ! do not know, but
4 length ! met : man, wct and drip
ping. with my darling III Ills arms, my
darling aAfc and sound. Hc told me-
that he hal caught the child within 4
lew rods II Tho falls, and that In landing
be- hal cleared tho fatal abyss by not
more than two yasds. liz WA n young
man, not than 10, handsome and
stAlwArt. He said be had sccn my
wagon tip. and was coming 10 nv M.
sistAncc when he aawt Tho child washed
away. 4 threw my iifc into tho bal
ance, aAid ho with 4 genial smile, and.
thank aod both tho lives ware saved 4
~ asked him how l should ever ~.
pey him. Hc stopped mo with I'm i'm.
ploring geSture !:
Ill you talk III moro nay than |
have already rsx0ivcd,' he aAid, you
can rob me Of the only solid reward |
can claim, mercy | II saving the llfr al
such = cllcynh II not enough III reward
In itself, then hard Ii tho heart that can
Grave more.' And, Will, m0iatened cye.,
he told mo that liz hal 4 child Of hin
own u honc-An only child u very
nearly the same ago.
II aakrd II hc would tell me liH
n.mc. With 4 smile. he answered TINT
his name did mot mattrr--hu WAX not
SURF that he hal q name. ! then asked
him II liz know M. He nodded, aud
xaid he thought | might III MI.
Huntington, Of Walbridge. When ! told
him he wAa correct, le Maid lao must
hurry homo. And with, Tint lle turned
away. Wa too deelLy moved 10 stop
him, aud whom he had disappeared /
started ~ rcjoin my wife with ! dawning
~imprsasi0n that the man might be
nlightly derAngnl. nnt my darling VA
safc--her broad, fieecy cloak hal foAted
out and kept her head above waler-and
won't on my way rejoicing, resolved
that the preAnFveF of my CHILD should
not b. forgotten.
~ will not tell yon Of the emotion OF
my wife whom shc hold lcr child once
more I'M lirr arms. W. reached Shire.
Ton before night, aud found quarters Il
\ comfortable tavern.
"On TIM following hay LAban HArfurt
called upon W. aud waA about 10 spread
his evidence Tor my inspection, when /
interrupted him. told him I could
not accept hin confidence until l made
NJ my mind 10 take hi. capse Ia baud.
6ofrcthing seenlal 70 whisper that there
war danger ahead. did not f.s,l rom.
Portable In that mans presence. felt
NJ though be wan trying 10 bny I'M. Tho
court wonld Mt In four days. told
him | would give him Il final nn.wtr III
t~n days from that.
That evening ! made 4 cuntlIant of
my wife, mud asked her what | should
do. III take tho cars. ~.id, II MIA
snre Of 1000 Bhc bair mo do what
WINS right. Odd has t,rcn very kind 10
~, rhe said, ! LIT us look ID Him for
guidance
.Aftsr this ! called on thu clergynaan
NJ thu plMca, wh0Mn ron lad ln.rn ms
clanHmato IN college, and whom | hm.,
otiex before visilssd. III received ii.
heartily, and bysAnd. by asked him
about William Acton. The result ~ ali
be- told ma y .ummed mp IN Ills CLOSING
sentence. Said he
=" an suro William Acton VIA i,hil
ip Act0n'a chill-in fact I know it---aul