The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-27

van, manun,N htienlles trembling voice
answered, VI am holding Llae aud Marie,
and you have tho baby
"l feel tho planka separating" Adele cried,
"ilold 10 ne, my little ones, and lot US die TO-
getherN
Tho frall raft was swept violently against
some obstacle aud Adele raising her arm
caught tho oyerhanglng branches OF a tree-
"QuokI quiokI l.tienne," she cried, 'it Is
tho wax trea by tho lake Climb up, and !
win hand you tho otheR Perhaps o blessed
Lord, wa may be yet sayedl" As nlmhle as
a squirrel even while she spoke Etlenne was
already up, aud one by ona tho children were
handed 70 him, tho mother tho last Tho
planls had been stopped by tho tree, and
Adele had hardly lifted herself 10 ono Of tho
branches, when they broke apart aud drifted
away Tho wind lulled, but tho rain came
down In solid aheet Pressing her baby 10
her breast, Adele held on as well as she
could, calling out 10 tho children above her
TO encourage them, They were too much
frightened 70 cry, but drew In their breaths
with q 6hudderlng sound
"AlamanI mamanl' gasped little Marie
"the rain will come IN my mouth, and u
ohokes NO."
"Keop down thy head, darlng,n she cried,
"Etlenne, my son, hold your sIsters Stay
win reach up and hold Llle, and you talle
care OF Marie"
~ have her hand maman,N tho little fel'
low cried, ~ have II tight Llse, brother
will not let you fall,"
Oh fearful night 10 those poor ereatures
Blown back and forth on the awpying branch
%, which tore and gafhed them, tho rain
coming down In floods, blaclmesa OF nlght
aud tempest pierced now aud again by vivid,
binding flashes OF lightning, and tho dread
that tho roots Of tho tree would bs washed mp
by tho food which ragged beneath them,
Adele, half sitting among tho branohes, folt
tho hand with which rho hold Llse growing
6tlff and oramped Tho ehild too, waa moy'
ms restlessly and mutterpg TO herself
AZ last fho uttered ahrill cry
"Look, maman look Boo papa bringing
a bOati lle holds out his hands % mo, Let
mo jump down, am 20 cold, 10 eoldN
"she Ia delIrlous with fright" muttered
the mothOr holding with her waning strength
tho struggling child hut with scream,
fhe twisted herself from tho weak grasp, Tho
mother heard q rush through the hlaelmes, q
splash, and though Mo neither lost her hold
nor fanted, all things 10 her numbed senses
assumed tho Eamblanee 0f dream,
What was all that roaring around her, and
was she onher husbands boat with thewayes
tearing and rending M Was that Etienno
eObbng above her aud crying out that tho
rain had drowned little Marie aud rho was
deadl What was deadi
6he could only hear the roar and rush Of
the wind and cruel waters she could only
feel that tho terrible elements had mastered
her foul and body, and crushed all sonso and
feeling out of lhom, Tho baby IN her bosom
was llo q lump OF leo Qoor iulant II had
died early IN tho night, but tho hold II In a
conyuhlye grasp,
When tho gray dawn came poor llttlo Eli
enue, uumhod and fensoloW, ooHonodhhgasp
and was swept down by tho torrent Adele
faw him fall, but only Rugged her dead baby
more tightly aud smiled,
40 midday boat containing relief party
saw tho woman among tho trenches aud took
her down.
sho made no opposition, but with that
dreadful rmilo frozen on her lips she tat
dumb, seeing and hearing nothing around
her.
She is atm living, II II can bo called lIio
whore memory and perception are forever
banlshcd, sho "a quiet, aud mover speaks
ayo 10 repeat ono phrase over and over
again, sometimes IN lhrlok, sometimes With
gobbIng moanU
"llold on tight, my bravo EtIcnnol For
Gods ako, don't fall, my precious boyr
Do you think | have exaggerated tho hor'
rora OF tho one incident Of that tlormi Go
TO Torro loano and atl the fato Of tho fam
lly whoo Dd history | have related. They
viii toll you that tho fisherman Vncontl and
his boat have mover hoon heard o. Thoy win
show you tho poor inano Adolo, with her
broodIng eyes which seem 10 500 nothing, and
tho palo lips which call day and night on hor
"hrayo Eucnno. m. b, Williams In Youths
Companion,