Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-16

mally among the ragged cornices of ice that lined the banks of the stream, while out in the midst of the current the whirl. ing waters rushed forward with foaming activity, defying congealment.
 It was grim picture for Clarence Car. son to contemplate, but rendered doubly 30 by the tesic incident he had just witnesseds falling of Edith in the water, the plunging in of Ned Newcomb to her rescue, and the disappearance of both.
 "They are lost!" murmured Carson. "Even should they outlive the current, no power on earth can prevent them from being swept over the falls" And saying this he moved cautiously short distance down the slippery river bank, then drawing his overcoat close about him, turned away with a shudder, intend Ing to go home and tell his uncle of the thrilling scene he had witnessed.
 Meanwhile Ned Newcomb was strug- gling desperately with the swift current. A flow stout strokes brought him within reach of the life that he had risked his own to save, but when he tried to make the shore. with Edith Edwards on his left arm. he found himself overborne by the floo4. which was running like a mill- raoe at that point, and grew faster as it approached the falls.
 Had NoA Newcomb been alone he could grapple successfully with the subtle strength o6 the icy current; but with two lives tp saye, and the voice of death, as 1t spoke ID the fatal falls ahead, ringing in his Aaz~. 1t required more than human strength courage, and fortitude to make ehe hxavo light which he was now waging againn overhelming odds.
 AltheueA overpowered by the flood, he felt fnat Ae could still save his own life by dAsssskng Edith to her fate, but he banisAs< the thought, and resolute1y derqFmSnAA on saving both their lives or neithAs Better live or die together" varA tas words that Hope whispered in his s.e. And now, indeed. it seemed e tx 0 would be death for both. The hurTyHRe water renewed its speed for the 6n,a Rsshxe over She falls, and "the xeou1 fxAas4ed swimmer, the spray at his lin-s &sa 1o longer able to resist it's fierce ousA @4oaven pity Us both!" he pr1y04 = he closed his eyes, and clung rena6Aao<4 to his precious burden. He GxpAo6st that both would be dashed ovA1 tixs sa1ls the next instant, and en- 6ulSeA a.~ . brief space in the depths of deAxA Defore being tossed into the wind. ne.Aha~n q foam that whitened the rQdlS harond the black and dismal anyA
 tAxs ta Hod Newcomb's great surprise GnA " lsaAre was a sudden halt in the gUirH6R waters, and the foaming falls roarea leader than ever. as if clamoring Sor sAAsr srey. A fallen tree that jutted ons iirs-, ssae bank of the river impeded chsn psxxress and held trem there. NaA Ns~~amb realized that his fair com. panioa ssd himself were on the brink of deatA, 2ne slightest jar might hurl them over u&a ssam-covered cliff. It seemed = 1 . AeAa-the hand of God-had been 6AJuEe fxsss the flood to save them.
 lS vAa Easn that Edith began to mani- fest xeAs ~i life for the first time since As ssaz~a her drifting helplessly in the sW1tx vAIsr. This was a source of pleas. uxs ana apprehension to Ned Newcomb; pasaGAyo SA know that the brave girl was stlh env9 and apprehensions lest her e1sytaoae ahght prove too great a strain rov xh@ fAIlen tree in the flood, that sou,nAA ls be the only barrier between 1ne1naAas<a and death.
 t1oaasSaGally the friendly tree swayed w1rs ,s>~ current, then lighted itself. Woalld ik rield to the stress of the flood, ana silr> ever the falls? An, no, too much depspdaS upon its tenacity now, and Ned TA~aomb prayed earnestly that it miehs nee bend or break, as he groped saovtv aisag the slippery trunk until he gu< far enough out of the deep, seeth- | inx surxs&t to obtain a foothold.
 Hns Nt&ter was heard. In less time than n tkkes to tell it, the entire scene Qx n.yrs~ vns at an end, and the big, brsvs-hesrted mechanic was safe on snns~. lxaoping wet ill the frosty night, wlxn El3iSil Edwards trembling in his Axma
 "Eour eszi," he thought "what a noble pprrn k4xa must be to risk her life for her fasAatss sAke."
 Eaitn aaowed signs of returning con so,nusnsss. put as it was yet some distance 70 her Sas,e, Ned Newcomb realized that In hov hs~aent condition it would 1mperil hev AAs Se aake her so far, and he resolved upaD eaasa1afng the hospitality and friend ahip ek Gns very first house they met.
 nus l. dAort distance from the river bank, in a nnrrow alley, light was seer In rse wssaow of low-roofed two-story bvald1ns Thinking it to be the home o1 sounS nEs~udly fellow-workman at the mn. Eaa kpocked at the door for admit tanos. 9a> door was opened by an ole wounAn vAo was somewhat stopped an6 wrinklsd nut who had most agreeable ana synuakhetic voice.
 "G yun please, ma'am, would like you = ee~s this young lady few hours rea ard s0re at your house," said Net NewAsabA. "I have just rescued hel fron 1Aa stver, and want to get her , dooins 111Aout delay, as fear her life i san fn a0eer"
 The H3A dame hesitated in open-mouth 0A vaAA
 ~tGk | daee of life or death, ma'am, | -A~.>h Hod speakinp m DrOmDflv fo