The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-31


awoke. 70 find himself drifting in ~. 4
multi OF Icy waters. Great dark waves
kept whirling. eddying and crashing |
about him. An arm was around him
holding him firmly. and he realized that
Mart was taking care Of him. Present.
~ . fragrant Of wreck plunged against i
them. and he heard Mart groan. but the
young man caught the timbers. and babe
| Arty lay hold Of them. The child brave
| ~ did as he was told. and elm bed &C.
lively upon the floating mass. Hardly
| had he done so when Mart disappeared
under the dark surface.
| A shrill cry broke out from Arty's lips
At the sight. but in moment the young
man re-appeared. lie was close against
the timbers-dsshing against them, In
fact-but Arty saw that he was unable
TO hold on 70 them. Throwing himself
nat on his face. the plucky little fellow
caught hold Of his friends sleeve. and
chung to IL with all his tiny strength
Tiny As II was, IL was enough for the
purpose. however. and Marts head was
kept above water; but his eyes were
closed, and he did not notice the child's
voice. begging him 70 climb up on TO
tho wreck
The waters subsidized almost as rapid
IL as they had risen. though the stream
remained q torrent raging far above its
wonted bounds. In few minutes the
rimbers on which Arty had his refuge
were swung by an eddy into shallow
water. They caught against tree and
then grounded al one end.
II Arty began crawling towards Shore
dragging Mart's body through the water
without great difficulty. But when he
. got into the shallow part IL was another
matter: he could not haul Mart's weight
any farther. Resting the young mans
! head on the edge OF the timbers he
| paused to take breath. and looked about
, him in despair. Now he began TO cry
/ again; he had been too busy for la
mcntations while trying to save Mart
al Presently he heard some one APP
preaching. attracted by the sound Of
his voice. Looking up eagerly. he saw
it was old Jerry, picking his way
: through the shallow water. He called
i him BY name. and the horse neighed
. | joyfully in answer. The animal was
/ sadly bedraggled in appearance. hut
Z evidently unhurt He had swan
a ashore lower down the river. and was
: making his way back 10 where he ex'
! pected TO find The camp Now. how
!. ever, he came to Arty. shifted him
d over, and rubbed him with his soft wet
|. nose.
Z .'Jerry'll help me pull Mart out
q said the child. aloud half to himself,
half to the horse: and laying hold OF the
q young mans sleeve. he again begar
A. bravely Juggling upon it Pull, too
q jerry urged the little fellow, while
is the animal stood wondering what it was
4 he was required to do. In a momen
y he understood, and seizing the young
u man by the collar Of his shirt, h'
4 speedily dragged him to land withou
!. much help from Arty. The affectionat'
= creature now seemed to recognize hi
n driver, and stood over him with aroop
4 ing head, bewildered 1t his helpless
% ness and silence. Mart opened hi
d eyes and groaned slightly once Q
twice. but Immediately re.apsed int
u Inconsistencies Arty sat down BY hi
. side. his little heart OVERLOOKING wit
4. greif and fear. He kept crying for hi
II father and his grandmother. and 70
a Mart to open his eyes. Jerry com
Y pletcd the sad group. standing over 1
i as II on guard. and ever and anon lift
y ing his head to send forth . shril
Y whiSny Of appeal This Is the positio
in which, = half-hour later, guided b
4 Jerry's signals. Steve Doyle and hi
u party found them.
u Doyle had not caught the lumbe
q thieves. The march OF his party ha
! been so retarded by the thaw that the
r had halted before going halfway. A
:. the storm increased, and they observe
q how the water was rising in the brool
y. y beside which they had encamped. the
= became alarmed They realized tn
u prospect Of big flood; and Steve Doyl
led his men back in hot haste 1t wa
- full daylight when they came out upo
~ the devastated clearing where once ha
I. stood the camp.
~ The horror in the lumbcrmen's heart
- Is not to be described. In pile Q
\. wreckage, strangely mixed up with ha
- and straw from the stable, they foun'
NJ the cook. with leg and an arm broker
I. but still alive. OF no one else was Their
sign. nor OF the horses From th
- cook Doyle learned OF Arty's presenc
- In the camp Without word. but wit
wild. white face, the man starte
~ down stream in a dcspairing search. an
~ the whole band followed. with the e,
~ ception OF two that stay TO take car
~ OF the unfortunate cook.
~ When the father clasped Arty in o.
~ arms he was almost beside himse
az with ioy for few moments; then lie y
A. membercd the poor fellows who wei
'r- gone. Giving the child into the arms I
py one OF the men. he busted himself wit
~ Mart. whom. by means OF rubbing. b
- soon brought back 70 consciousness
~. The brave fellow had been stunned
a. a blow on the head. and afterward ha
q. drowned: but he soon recovered 50 4
90 a. to be able TO walk with assistance
'ns To Arty he owed his life, even as
~ had himself saved Arty'S
~ A little later q melancholy processis
'on started back for Beardsley settlement
The poor cook was placed on Jerry
or back. and bore his pain like her
lde Arty trudged by the side OF McCann.
&C. whose charge he was committed BY b