The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-14

she lay. But again she dropped her eyes
and chung the tighter ! saw that she
dared not slacken her fast failing clutch.
Or was IL rather that she saw TOO well that
had she compiled, the resistless draught of
the torrent would have swept me like q
9 pebble from the slippery shalel Full
well knew its potency 1 was in despair.
What trifes turn our fates to life or
death There arose in my mind memory
OF childhood-of sailing single boats il a
rapid creek. With long line attached l
would toss them out IN the stream, and l
recalled my vexation because, as l held the
Irvine on the bank my ships would not
stand off and float free, but constantly
towed to shore. And now-lf only l could
fasten rope somewhere, aoovel In the
very spot grew q scrubby beech with claw
like roots protruding, but the cord was
short. Then a ragged branch stretching
over the water caught my sight.
O, Madge, was it not weary waiting!
! climbed far out on the bough, and
as 1t bent reaching still further forward
made fest the rope. This time it shall
hold thought grimly, and swung N.Y.
self down in the seething flood until it
drew me close beside my beloved. AT last,
at last. her dear arms were locked about
me, and all the das hing turmoil of Shan
more could not drown my glsdness.
Under the double strain the tough bough
sprung like an anglers rod. but it was
sitter than ! had thought; we swayed out
to where the fumelike rush was tiercest
and there hung. How long could weary
arms endures There was but one remedy,
the stress must be made still sharper. 1t
was no time for hesitation; l plunged my
head beneath the drift of foam and brought
TO bear the full brunt OF the hurting cur
rent. The water roared and tugged.
With every nerve and sinew l resisted.
Lodi ga- r,,A
deemed that the end had come. But the
great limb cracked aud wrthed and
yielded; and as we lifted up our faces we
were swept in against the shore. STILL for
one quaking instant, all lay at hazard; then
the solid rock was under US. We were
saved.
Haypyi We were as weak as a new
born babe, but our JOY was like the JOY of
the mother who has borne it-ioy that they
only may know who after stark death
agony are brought back TO the caress of
love.
1t is said that the great difficulty in mend
ing lies in darning edges together 10 good
shape, and suggests as a good plan to buy
some net lace such as is used for canopies
or draperies, or for darning in patterns.
If, when the knees of children's garments
wear thin, bit Of this lace is basted on the
under side and carefully darned down on
the outside with line thread or yarn bhe
color Of the fabric, the garment will wear
almost as long again. A piece of fine net
darned down on the wrong side of table
cloth will save q large rent, and will
scarcely show. A careful housekeeper
who believes that waste o. anything is al
most crime, uses coarse nst for darning
thin places in towels. 1t is surprising how
much longer they will wear, aud how easy
the work is. Cut the lace in q square, if
possible TO use it that way, lay it smoothly
on the goods, and With a long needle and
very soft thread follow the meshes of the
lace in and out, each mesh alternating I'M
til the edges are sewed fast. Be careful
not to take the stitches through to the
right SIDE, at least If it is desirable not to
have the patch show through. Then few
judiciously distributed runnings down ON
the right side of the goods being very
careful to follow the grain of the fabric,
and make a short stitch on the right with
long stitch on the wrong side.