The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-05

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"My dear fellow, / am delighted to see
you" exclaimed my friend McCausland,
~ be pst ne ptthe door Ut ,hig house,
- fihSdf g6nS aok q visit to lHolmcsdale, a
little town in the north of England. Nc
Causland was engineer to the water COM
pany there, and had invited me to go
: 1 siisS Usual interval for dressing,
we sat down to an excellent little dinner.
Not unnaturally the conversation turned
upon the weather.
= am sorry this rain continues" said
McCausland; stit spoils my water supply.
People bully me as if / could help it"
Are your reservoirs near the town -
asked.
;sNo," he replied, "away in the hills.
We can go over tomorrow If you like.
I'm due there y .-.s5s.s
Theexcursion was arranged. Weagrted
to start at eleven O'Clock next morning,
and we started punctually. We pursued
our way up the hill and, crossing the
brow, reached small inn. Here we found
country gig awaiting us. Into this we
clambored, and proceeded along wooded
by-road, 6tony and rut full. At length,
when hope had almost given way to bad
language, we pulled up at another smsll
inn, called the I" Reservoir. We got out
Of the gig gladly.
An engineer foreman hurried up and &C.
costed us politely.
lis all right, johnson ?" inquired Nc
CgAsIand.
~ Yes, all Is right; but"
swell, but what
i don't quite like the South Reservoir
embankment," was the reply.
McCausland turned pale 70 his very lips.
"Come with me-" he said, abruptly.
We hurried after him in silence and with
u strange dread upon US.
We soon came IN sight Of the seK lensive
embankment, which confined the waters
of the largest of the three reservoirs Of
the Holmesdale Con- pany.
"This is the spot | was looking at this
morning. said johnson.
:" You had better have few men topud.
die w tbe,3 taH McC aqslapd, .indicfting
Z tiny crAck thAtwould have escaped less
experienced eyes.
We then continued our inspection, but
during our progress round the works the
clouds had massed themselves in wild
grandeur aboye1he. hills, and day heavily
above the Apps Val1eyin front. The rail-
road crossed the valley on q graceful via
duct near Ammering Junction.
= "A low, moaning sound was in the lair.
~ Wa not the wind, for the b9ee4e had
~stfAHge5y lulled. The men had al gone
up to the reservoirs. McCausland and !
sat chatting together.
"Do you think you could find your
way back alone?" he asked, suddenly.
"Why?" said. "Do you intend to
!, remain here? Is there any danger2"
"Well, scarcely that but Think fought
: To- be'cn-the spot; Twill return tcmorrow
J. a nea aosif s..y, tooss III.
4 Certainly. if you desire il. I'VE rough
it up here, though"
do not mind that" replied. So il
was settled. Fortunate it was that did
remain. As we were preparing to visit
y wv f1&i4sh0l ig4t&fng, which had hardly
n RMDoEtA IN 14<M 4AS A+}Cho l6ak VAt ftVA0I u
" Thousand thunder echoes.
This was the signal The windows OF
heaven opened, and perfect deluge de-
scended upon the devoted valley. The
little brooks leaped up, and danced down
the hill sides, in white array. Tiny wa
terfalls swelled themselves into cataracts,
and foamed down to the. streams.
= But still the men worked hard amid the
fr1noy,, md tbt1 dor
light, and Nature rested not that livelonp
night
But turned in and got some sleep in
defiance of the elemental war without
At five o'clock in the morning, as the
! gray light was. Struggling, into life, Nc.
CanslaLd came, fully dressed, into my
I; room. L SH1ted ups His I'LL
Dress yourself as quickly as you can,
and come down stairs" he said. began
to ask questions Lose no time, there.
a good fellow; want your assistance
He left the room.
jumped up at once, hurried to tina win
ssyv --dlnakea nut. DAY was iustbfeak
ing through the misty sky, and all tn.
world was raining.
Ever and anon q sharp snap denoted .
bough torn from its place and whirled to
The soaking earth
-. ! dressed quickly and Joined McCaus
land m the little parlor. He was study
ing private copy of the railroad time
tables which as an official he always car
RED
"Will you take the horse and rid
down 70 Ammering junction with mes
sager
His collected manner assured me. Was
this all A ride through the rain was mo-