Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-09-07
FOR A. THAT.
BY A PHOENIX.

Helen Graham had gone up into the
hilly regions of her native State, to
witness the nOve.tYOf spring breakup.
The graphic p ctuIe5 her cousins drew
of the wild lieicaueS5 of the hoods,
uTCLsed her curiosity, sufficiently to
draw Ger away irpm the gayety of the
ty early IN March, tia she might be
In time for the first premouitlons of
coming spring.
"Oh! COUSIN Fred, this alone IS worth
coming fUr," she cried, as they dashed
over the show bound road, into fiel Is
and out again, over drifts like nall
lIlls, and again skjrting the edge of tie
frozen creek. "This is my Grst real
sleighrIde with al the appurtenances,
aud miles of snow. How can this little
stream become the demon you have
des TIbed. | must be very early for
the show, am | uOtY'
No, we are little late this year; in
fact There are signs even now of Il
thaw. jus, notice, Helm, the appear
ahce If the Zine woods; they seem
envelOped in npke; Tn It Is the 70. E.
Tunner OF thaw, and it Is really not 50
C, III as it sem; the growing hum lity
OF the atmosphere is harder 10 bear
than much Co.der weather, il dry and
sharp"
81 WAS just feeling glad that I had
plenty Of WRAPS. l wouldn't mind II
we had week like this, If 1 could
have such a sleighr.de every d.y."
1--WE may have, hut 1 doubt II; two
or three days will tell the tale. The
West Canada has such fall, that when
. - th he of n nj -
things lying loose in its way"
AS Fred predicted, slow, drizzllng
rain began falling in the night, and the
next day Helen voted the dreariest she
had ever passed, though fun of fascina-
tion from her surroundings. From her
uncle's porch she could look up ACROSS
the valley. miles away. In the break
between the showers she could see the
distant woods wearing their veil of
blue, like nuns, silent and grim with
the Intervening space, one unbroken
sheet of show.
She extracted melancholy enjoy
ment out Of the sombre scene, that was
very much in harmony with her feel
ings, perhaps, for Helen had been less
gay the past winter, and something or
this may have accounted for her will
ingness to accept her uucle's invita-
tion.
NJ was picturesque little village
with its abrupt, climbing streets and
sudden declivities, close to the banks or
the sO-Called or, Elk, which aanuaily
became tempestuOUs river. Below the
village tie gorge suddenly narrowed,
leaving but a slender road way between
the banks and the wall, often too mar
row for leans To pass each other; hence
In places the wall was hewn away to
SUI ply the ed. During the spring
fresnet this road was impas 'abie, often
70. several days.
A. NJ the stream vas damned TO
supply a cotton mil, and yearly the fiat'
above were converted into lake; q
bridge supp rted by three stone arches,
spanned the stream at Is height, and In
the centre span the water was OF con
siderable depth even in summer. Here
the village youths had arranged iron
bars for acrObatic performances, with
the water 10 break unlucky falls; below
this tue wIter flowed over dam 10
seek its I:yel and darted on It's riit
strewn way.
As Helen sat in Church the next day
trying u fellow the preacher ID bis
di course, she WAS conscious or a strange
SENSATION, such as one feels when real
ling presence they do not see. she
looked around her but saw nothing TO
explain it, till she came out OF chuUch,
when size noticed, walking not far In
font If them, gentleman, whose
name Size did not need to ask. lie
lo,tef, d as if to let them pass, and she
flushed and paled beneath her ven,
b tsecn flashes of heat and colt She
COull not Slacken her lace without ex-
piaiul"g tD her cousin, who was anxious
10 get IN out of the cold, damp ar.
There was no help for it, so with avert
ell face, and chatting vOlubly as II she
did uDt know this man, who had power
10 move her as none other, she walked
on. She lOnged in moment to turn
and beg his pardon, but her pride had
Separated them, so, now, that pride
should keep them apart.
How had he happened there, she
wondered, of all men and all places,
ana Gro!rey King asked himself the
Sdme question concerning her.
red came IN at nightfall and told
them tie water was rising slowly, anu
already the ice in tie dam was swelling
under the pressure. When Helen
s"Ohe in th5 morning, she knew by
tLe rearing that the floods were al
"oiE; size spTang quickly from her be
ana ran to a window commanding a
view OF the upper valley. The sun WAS
Just rising upon rs wild scene as
imagination could well fancy. In
Twelve hours the placid, ,Iceboupd waters
nau changed to a seething, boiling
enallrOn of icebergs. They were
pHed upon the meadows in many places
IN ~ Immense heaps, like irregular mar
Sie palaces, where The night before all
inel hau neen whiteuess aud parity. The
f, TtS perch OF the village alone saved it
iIem destruction.
.hoIlS, cue was filed with awe. Who
Otiu raOt stand in the course of the tor
,nTs OF withstand the flood? She
t oS. near the thunder of the huge
ON, OGas as they came against the bridge,
snsl % fue Knew that force of men were
A ss t9ere, keeping the tunnel open
AS' 7neie had told her. She dressed.