Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-04

cheer and hurried to help out mother and
the girls. Kitty Rolston tainted dead
away, and mother couldn't stand was
oil Of tremble myself, now that the
danger was over. But it wasn't over.
Il was just stepping ashore when
Frank said, Hurry up shove her outp
usWhat do you meanG' asked
I'm going to save Jane, says he,
wildly.
(" Save Janep says I; look where the
starbnck is!'
"She was over the second big pitch,
more than quarter Of mile out. There
wasn't the ghost Of hope to save Jane.
But the boy was crazy, ! suppose, with
sorrow for her.
sassisT can reach heri' he cried, land run
ashore on some Of the islands.
s'You're crazyl' said /, stepping olt,
never thinking he would really try it.
He showed off / jumped in after him
somehow / couldn't bear to have the boy
go alone.
sLooking away over the trampling
breakers, could now and again see the
Mary Starbuck tossed and tJimbled and
flung. Sometimes she would seem to
leave the water entirely, and then again
she would sink out Of sight. How she
lived so long I cannot tell. Always
Jane knclt, / could see that. I wonder
that she could keep her senses amid the
indescribable shrieking and roaring of
the appalling food.
eve were right above Cooper's Island,
not two hundred yards distant. There
was third and a mightier plunge just
before us. Down we went, down, down,
till thought we would never stop fall
ing, then we struck, and the boat was
dashed to pieces.
''The next instant was struggling to
keep my head free from the white, foamy
crests of short waves. l got glimpse
of Frank few feet distant. Even in
that furious rush, he seemed to be strik-
ing out for the Mary Starbuck. But the
torrent bore him along like chip.
ssIn less time than it takes to tell it,
we were at the divide of the current close
to the end of Cooper's Island. By some
extraordinary luck we both struck
straight through where it forked, and
found ourselves in shallow water. /
waded ashore and was saved.
'sBut Frank OF course he was crazy
He ran along the outer shore Of the
island, stumbling over rocks and fallen
tree trunks, all the time keeping his eyes
fixed on the Mary Starbuck, which was
now plunging up and down, couple of
hundred yards below him. All the time
he kept calling, janet JaneI'
II followed as could.
ssOf course Jane could not have heard
him above the terrible turmoil Of the
river, but in little while she looked up,
saw him, and started to her feet. He had
at that moment stopped at the foot Of
the island Suddenly she stretched out
her arm toward him.
ssHe looked once at the roarers before
him and again at her reaching arms.
Then without further hesitation, he
leaped away out into the current and
struck out toward the tremendous waves
between him and the girl. Jane at that
instant threw up her arms with gesture
of unspeakable horror, and fell down
like dead on the deck Next moment
wilder wave overwhelmed the craft and
she fell to pieces like thing Of shingles
| I looked then for Frank. He had dis
appeared.
sT never saw him again, nor trace Of
either Of them. Their bodies could never
be found, though we had the river
watched below the falls for many day.
H. Youths ConppaniOn.