St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-26

the air. He had not lost his senses, and
chung On with desperate fercenesS as he felt
himself flying through the air. The great
crowd was awed into breathlesS stiffness.
every heart ceasing to beat and every eye
strained until it stood out beyond the socket.
The log revolved rapidly for an instant,
and then fell heavily upon the shore. clear
of the water, at the very feet of Minnie.
The poor wretch was unconscious then and
bleeding profusely. The log had fallen
partially upon him and broken one of his
legs and arms. But he was breathing, and
the news spread instantly that he was alive.
Then the crowd shouted Justify. and pushed
around to catch sight of the man until both
he and Minnie were almost smothered to
death. Finally the police stretched some
ropes and two or three doctors arrived and
the blood was washed frou, the mans face.
Minnie stood by out of curiosity probably,
and watched the proceedings intently.
Finally the man opened HIS eyes slowly and
looked about him He was lying Oh his
back, facing toward the east. his head
propped up by physicians knee.
Where am I?'' he said in faint voice.
Then. suddenly arousing himself. he went
on: what. am in Hennepin county
and Minneapolis, too, at that! swOre I'd
never tread this ground so long as 1 lived.
There's the Pillsbury mills and the Mani
toba bridge! Oh! if had to go through this,
why didn't the wild waves land me in Ram
sey county. anyhow? l promised my father
never to cross the river that flowed along
the borders of Hennepin county, and he
said he wouldn't, and [ dare say he has
! kept his pledge. And If he finds out that
Eve been over here he'll disown me-"
%I,<,,, OH toarc and off tom tod
to rise. but the effort was fruitless. who
would have thought that the Falls Of ST.
Anthony could kick up such circus as
! that?" he asked as he looked at them in a
| contemptuous way II had no idea of it.
| Still. Pm glad Pm out. Now. If you will
please get me down to st. Paul as quickly
as possible-and out of this atmosphere
| I'll proceed to recupeTate."
Minnie had been standing by, and for
! some reason she was strangely agltated. 1t
was necessary at one time for the detective
| to support her. Presently she kneeled
down by the man and said to him in avery
low tone:
1T seems to me that recognize your
| voice. Isn't this Paul?"
The man gave loud cry of joy and at
tempted to throw his arms around the
woman, but one of them was broken and he
could not do it. Then he fell back again
and looked at her iptently.
Yes. Minnie. you are right 1t is Paul,
and was coming back to find you."
'.rye been hunting for you, Paul, for
ever so long to tell you that was sorry for
the manner in which | spoke to you that
day" and then she broke down and
burst into tears.
The crowd looked on good naturally.
ambulance was called and Paul - who
entered no further objections to remaining
in Minneapolis-was taken to Mirnie's
home, where he rapidly recuperated under
her nursing. Mutual explanations fol-
lowed, and it was agreed that the wedding
should take place as soon as Paul got on his
legs again. Paul gave Minnie a detailed
account of his life since he had left her Oh
that fatal day, which, briefly summarized,
showed that he had determined to isolate
himself from the world after going away
from Mnnie's home in Minneapolis nearly
two years before. and consequently he made
his way into the dense pineries in ltasca
county, where he had been ever since. work
ing as common woodSnlan until recently.
He had penetrated the wilderness for a long
distance to the north and secured posses
sion of some valuable pine lands,
which he had sold to the
representative of a syndicate for $3.50, 600
cash. He had the check in his pocket
which was found and dried out and quickly
cashed He had left Split Hand two weeks
| before in skiff with the intention of COM
ing home with his fortune, explaining
everything to Minnie. marrying her and
settling down for life. and was swamped
lust below Anoka. His boat was smashed
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down stream with the logs, being unable to
extricate himself. The programme was
afterwards carried ont. and there is no hap
pier couple living to-day than Paul and
Minnie. They have learned by experience
| that nothing is to be gained by constant
chickering's and recriminationS. and an in
diligence in sarcasm, and they will live
henceforth in peace and happiness.
| The dangerous condition Of Paul would
| not allow of his removal to his own home at
| ST. Paul, and so his father was compelled
| to come ovel and see him at Minneapolis
despite the vow he had made that neither
| himself nor his children should ever set
foot in Hennepin county again. His meet
! ing with Minnie'S father was not at all cor
dial. but gradually the two men thawed out
| as they came to understand each other bet
ter. They found that they had made mis-
take all the time, and, by keeping their
animosities alive and allowing prejudice to
sway them. they had been guilty of some
very mean things. of which they were mu-
tually ashamed. They had m istaken the
true meaning of local pride and had dis
torted it to mean that they must resort to
any kind of tactics to gain an advantage.
And they had INDUCED in this sort of thing
nearly all their lives. But they shook
hands now and agreed to pull together in
| future, OH the principle that what would
! benefit one would benefit the other. Only
| in this way could the best and most salts
| factory results be obtained. A mutual
understanding was arrived at when Paurs
father said to Minnie's father: Let us
| take warning from the experience of our
children. Their names-Paul and Minnie
are emblematic of these great cities.
They have seen the folly of the fault-fnd-
ing policy. They have found that it is dis
astrous to be constantly harrasSing each
other and pulling at cross purposes. be-
| lifting each others efforts and making
light of everything said and done. It's bet
ter to pull together. Let us do like Paul
and Minnie-unite our strength and work
for the common interest of these two cities
and we shall be happy and prosperous"
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