Telegram-herald., 1889-09-05
ROMANCE OF The FLOOD.


John Fscslsy, ys~.ns rsAsrzss, ~hass
soSoa-a<zorss 6 bao1is have El@ae An y pa
al for EADy n zee along lie Sus2ssa~Ir@
river, ~G-ksc lnto tie Perry Cs0nty oo1r%
house tie ether dsy aAc asked for 1Ar-
rage Ace1ss. w-ttes Harrisburg ~
correspondent HIS fsos wss noS a. brown
thai Il { - Eot bolray his bushes wlen he
announced the name - his prospective
orloe. cat Il Wa net because she had ever
been gully q . wroag Going thai he
nusbe4 TIE girl wss Mary \ lerger AID hs
~4s very proud Il her. They Lac Ayec
within ten MES % e4ce other for years.
b1t Il Was not Uutll the recent great nood IN
Peunsy wanna thai they were brought - a.
acquaintance
John Is = c2rpenteris son. ana ne indus
trlously aided ms istaer to preYlce Tor =
Large family Oy fishing sId pioting fsalnE
parties from the big towas around she
river Most q the llms Was sreat q ti-
easqeehGuua. near waieb l-s paf-- 4.FsA
When the Juue food caU- people from 81
parts 81 the country l4fr.eI t0 tne
river " sec lts sigAts. G-ry Aerger
aud Ooy. scr u the farmer with
whom she lived, loiterea ou the waters
edge 4nt.l dusk of the day when the water
had reached It's highest marx Few per
sons had tarr-ed 80 long but ste and the
BOY forgot the time while .ookihR cut OF the
swift waters 81 a booEa-ioy catcher. he w4s
standing In frsl skd. hooking the Dlg
boons with a long pee aae towing them 10
land on the opposite side q Le river. Boom
after boom was thus sccure4, Gud be oper-
sted with sacn vigorous regularity that II
seemed his strength would soon De exhaust
ed. He had jus. landed one Of unusual
zis tgn f-t afH = 81 .Ffh D.
thought nc would rest awhile before going
out into the troublesome waters again. Bat
be didn't aud. wiping tie perspr2t.on from
MS brow with part of rs aorn shiri-sleeve
be quics Y rowed out and was headed 20
ward large walnut .cg Before lie reached
the coveted prize his boat had been caught
between mass Of the booms, which ground
IL TO pieces Like a thing OF giass. He es-
capped most niracul0usly from instant death
by climbing over the logs and reaching the
water He tried 20 swim FOR the shore. but
II was plainly seen that he was too much
overcome 70 get even half the distance. TIE
current was swift, and he was beginning 70
go down with IL
Mary Yerger knew that be would
drown unless she saved him, for nobody
else was In sight II was q perilOus at
tempt. but she did not hesitate. She was
not the kind OF a woman 10 see numsn
life thus sacrificed without al least an ef-
fort TO rescue, and with almost superhuman
strength she dragged into the water row
boat that had been pulled up on elevated
ground, safs from the rising water. When
she reached the man he Was 60 nearly ex-
hausted that he could not climb into the
boat without her assistance. That night
from the same table at which John Prov
ley ate his supper, Mary Yergers meal was
also taken. II was st Johns home, and the
two sat around the table long time, telling
their experience of the early evening 70
Johns parents, and their other children.
Mary was always thereafter q welcome
guest at the Prowley home, and John spent
much Of his time in her company.
1t was with a proud satisfaction that John
related this circumstance while the clerk
was filing out his marriage license. John
and Mary are married now. and they ex-
pect TO get a pretty good start toward
housekeeping when the Lumbermsn's Ex.
change, OF Williausport pays for the logs
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