Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-02

over shot wheel our doom was sealed.
Nothing much shUft,of & nifacle@scould
save us. Striking out for the bank, !
called for my companion. to do the same,
but encountered with the ulster coat his
progress was not great. -.
We would find footing on the lasher
| probably; the eddy would assist US.
We fcated round the turn in the stream.
The wheel was revolving. I could plainly
hear the splash, splash Of the monoton-
Gus clank and dash; the water dripped
and ran away from the grinding wood
work, and gladly escaped beneath to
save being crushed to air on the top of
those mighty paddles.
We had two channels to choose from
one over the weir, the other beneath the
wheel. The suction in the latter was
tremendous. I swan strongly tor the
former. I reached the slippery piles and
caught them. A bright light was burn
ing in small window in the mil, twenty
yards or so away. We were in an eddy
for a moment. I called out loudly. A
head was put out. I yelled again. The
plank whereon / la! slipped from be-
meath me, rose up again, and carried me
headlong down the feamy lasher like an
arrow from bow, while my companion
was wrenched away and darted for the
wheel.
A loud cry escaped me as we parted.
All was over now. Death at last. "Oh,
Rosie! my darling Rosie! till we meet
in heaven-farewell!" I had time to
think so much--no more:
Yos~ III L.. ~
| around like that--sheer of, can't We?
Let chap have a mouehful of airl Hur-
rah, yer sowls2 he's breathin'l"
he was. It was I. But how weak,
how very i'll, mentally and bodily, felt
when first woke again to life and asked
for Rosie!
"Snurs he's wandering in his mind, so
he is DinnJ, run up and tell the cap
tain the gintleman's alive. Hurry now"
remember nothing more until I found
myself in barracks, in my brothers
quarters. Then I suppose I fell asleep.
But when I again woke to consciousness,
they told me, in muff1ed tones, that had
only just pulled through brain fever, and
had been in bed nearly five weeks.
Five weeksl was due in Londonl I
meat least the voice was not like my
own.
"Indeed, then, it's out o. this ye don't
stir, me lad, lawyers or no lawyers.
Quiet, now, or III give ye composer, and
send ye to sleen tor another MONTH"
submitted, ana got better. In fort
night l was down again in the ante
room, where was welcomed as "hero
Of romance" The good. quizziug
and congratulations on my recovery were
incessant. At last noticing my puzzled
look, my brother said:
"Perhaps he hasn't heard the real facts
- have you H.
II have not the very slightest idea
what you ale all talking about replied.
IF it's joke, don't see it,"
'Now, look, here she is againl Lucky
fellow!"
mot a day but what she rides over to
enquire"
"Her fathers here, too"
"Tell them to come in, Hamblyn, and
see the preserver of the sole daughter of
his house and heart"
heard, but scarcely needed all this
| ''chaff."
The door opened; a lady in we'll fitting
habit appeared. Mechanically rose as
she came in. I looked at her for one
brief second, the next had clasped her
| in my arms.
Rosie, my darling Rosie, can it be
| you indeed9"
| No doubt about it. She had come to
thank me. For what? For saving her
life that night when Sir John Carney's
house was burnt.
1t was Rosie I had rescued, then. No
wonder my heart beat so fast as we float
ed down the stream.
! Rosie was my own at last. She IS
mine still, thank heavenl
| Very little explanation is necessary.
Mrs. Temple and her daughter had been
paying round of visits, and while stay.
ing at Sir John Carney's house the fire
had broken out. Rosie had been nv
companion during that twenty minutes
in the water. Wrapped up as she was
and silent as We both were, We did not
recognize each other in the dark. The
miller had stopped the wheel and pulled
Rosie out of the eddy just in time.
| For day or two Rosie had been quite
unable to give an account of her rescue
from the fire; and when her father arrived
in obedience to telegram, he learned at
the barracks--where he had called with
Sir John to thank the commanding officer
for his timely assistance-that his daugh-
ter's preserver was myself.
The reader will almost guess the Sc
quel. Soon aft.r my return to London
was appointed secretary Of a nice little
company, with nice little salary, and
work to match, and all through the indu-
ence of the solicitor. This employment
left me seisure for other work which l
was lucky enough to obtain, and my
success embo]dened me to ask for Rosie
once more.
This time was not refused. We were
married the year following: and now
when we wander "over hill, over dale
we often recall how we struggled togeth.
er for life that memorable night "through
food-through FREE
I How Man Goes to Bed.
! Speaking of how man goes to bed, an