The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-08


They were now nearly as high as Co
ventry on his tree; but their house wa
rocking, and his tree was firm,
In the next house was heard the des
pairing shrieks ofpoor creatures who saw
no way OF evadiIg their fate; yet the
way was as open To them as to this brave
sob, my angel" said Grace, "sayl
theml Then, iiy0u die, you go Ito God
"All right" said Henry, "Come on,
They darted down the gutter 10 the
next house. Little hacked hole In
the states, and then in the Woodwork,
and was about to jump in, when the
house he had Just left tumbled all ia
pieces like a house OF sugar, and the de-
bris went floating by, including the bed
stead that had helped to save them
Little jumped In, kicked hole in the
ceiling, and yelled to the inmates to give
him their hands,
There was loud cry Of male and fe'
male voices.
"My child tlrstlp cried a woman, and
threw up an infant, which Little caught
and handed to Grace, She held 1t, wall
ing, to her breast,
Little dragged five more souls up,
Grace helped them out, and they ran
along the gutter to the last house with
out saying, "Thank you"
The house was rocking. Little and
Grace went on to the next, and he
smashed the rooiin, and then the ceiling,
and Grace and he were getting the peo'
pie out, when the house they had just
left melted away, all but u chimney
stack, which adhered in jagged dllapi-
dalton to the house they were now
upon,
They were now upon the last. Little
hacked iuriously through the roof and
ceiling and got the people out; and now
q souls CrouChed In the gutter, or hung
about the roof Of this one house, some
praying, but most Of them whining and
walling.
At this moment was heard a sound
like the report Of gun; large tree,
whirled down the flood, struck theplane-
tree just below tho fork, and cut 1t in
two Us promptly us u scythe would go
through q carrot,
1t drove the upper part along, and, 60
ing with 1t, kept It perpendicular for
some time, The white face and glaring
eyes Of Frederick Coventry sailed past
those despairing lovers, He made a
wild clutch at them, then sank In the
boiling current, and was hurried away.
This appalling incident silenCed all
who saw 1t for u moment, but when
Little started to his feet and cried "Hur-
rah -
There was general groan.
"Hold your tongues!N he roared.
Owe got good news for you. The water
was over the top windows; now II is an
inch lower. The reservoir must be
empty by now, The water will 80 down
as fast as 1t rose. Keep quiet for two
minutes, and you will see."
Then no more was heard but the
whimperipg OF women, and, every now
and then, the voice OF Little; no hung
over tho parapet, and reported every
half minute the decline OF the water; Il
subsidized with strange rapidity, as he had
foreseen.
In three minutes aitor hc had nnticed
the frat decline ho took Grace dawn
thror,vh the roof m the seconJ floor
When q race and Hsnrv got tboro tbov
started with dismay the danger was not
over; the front wall was blown clean
out by the water, all but jagged piece
shaped like crescent, and it seemed u
and "rowJeJ Will h~mon So;nos ' hoJ
not failen in ~ "s'' ""N
TyVs mrst ont ont ~ ,I,;s ), so;1 I;,,,o
n1t ali hancs tosethor ho " thrsod i i
He called Tia others down I from tbe
ROOF, and TIED to set down by The stsir.
cose hnt fonnd 4 wsS broke1 into s"c.
ions and foat;nS "Sort OT Tbon 1 10 I S,,t
into lie door near lie wall All ~ lila
infInitC sunrise fonnJ tbS srst Ao 40,
Within Ionr ieet nj him. The dooi
had lifted Il bodily more Than six ieet.
Tia drained IN IN Il md maja r; race
Iot herself down N him Ia hnIJ;nr hsr
around The waist md landinS hsr NJ
livht M n feather m
Henry then hackad thronch the door
whish was iammed tivht. Snd tho wSter
snbsidinv. nresently Tia wrecks If the
staircase left off iioatin" md stnck in
lie mnd md water. hv IKE means thev
mSnaosd n oot dawn and fonnJ ,bon;.
selves in n Iaver n mmd stones and
debris alive md dcai snch ns no imsgi.
nation Ind Shitherto conceivcd " ''N'
Dreadinv howeyer IN rerna;n In n
,n,,.n 30 SUPERINTENDENT ,,,;tI,;,, a,,j ~
sSattered without tbat Il scanned % I to s,,r.
vivs Nv mere co6esion II mortar. ~ he
bsvued ii race N mt liar arm nronnd his
nooe onI tLon It,oJ 10. nj oass;nd Las