Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-08-03
sHEc COULDN'T BE DROWNED.
The Wonderful VITALITY 81 an Aby,,inia.

- - O..ucrIul vitality Of an AbyD0ln1oD
Girl.
Sir Samuel Baker gives an account Of
9 thrilling incident which illustrates
the folly of taking unnecessary risks.
he was stationed on the banks of an
Abysslnian river. His tents were
pitched upon the verge Of a cliff some
thirty feet in height, down the side of
winch rugged path led to the water.
Inc rainy season was so far past that
the river was rather low, though at
the foot of the cliff it was broad.
Lower down the shelving rocks mar
rowed the passage until just beyond
there were some powerful rapids. Near
their head was ford where women
were accustomed to cross, carrying
their burdens of fagots from the oppo-
site shore.
One day says Sir Samuel, 81 was
employed outside the tent, when OBJ
served throng of women, each laden
with 9 bundle of wood, crossing the
ford in single file from the opposite
bank
Among them were two young girls
OF about fifteen years, and remarked
that these, instead of marching in a
line with the women, were wading
hand in hand in dangerous proximity
to the head of the rapids.
" A few seconds later / noticed that
they were inclining their bodies up
stream, and were evidently struggling
with the current. Hardly had I pointed
out the danger to the men around me,
when the girls chung to each other, and,
striving against their fate, they tottered
down the stream toward the rapids,
witch rushed with such violence that
the waves were about two feet high.
with praiseworthy speed the Arabs
started to their feet and dashed down
the deep descent toward the river; but,
before, they had reached half way, the
girls uttered shrek, lost their foot
ing, and in another instant threw their
arms wildly above their heads, and
were hurried away in the foam of the
rapids.
ssOne disappeared Immediately. The
other was visible, as her long black
hair foated on the surface; she also
sank Presently, about twenty yards
below the spot, pair of naked arms
protruded high above the surface, with
ivory bracelets upon the wrists, and
twice the hands clapped together as
though implorihg help; again she dis
appeared.
The water was, by this time full Of
men who had rushed to the rescue; but
they had foolishly jumped in at the
spot where they had first seen the
girls, who were, of course, by this time
carried far away by the, torrent.
Once more, further down the river,
the hands and bracelets appeared; again
they wildly clapped together, and in
the clear water we could plainly see
the dark hair beneath.
'Still she sanC again, but almost i'm
mediately she rose head and shoulders
above the surface, and thrice again she
clapped her hands for aid.
"This was her last effort; she disap-
peared. By this time several men had
wisely run along the bank below the
tail of the rapids, and having formed a
line across very narrow portion of
the stream, one of them suddenly
clutched an object beneath the water,
and in another moment he held the
body of the girl in his arms.
'sOf course she was dead? Or fit
subject for the Royal Humane society?
So | supposed, but to our intense aston
ishment, she no sooner was brought to
the shore than gave herself shake,
threw back her long hair, wrung out
and arranged her dripping rahat, and
walked .leisurely back to the ford,
which she crossed with the assistance
of the Arab who had saved her. THE
Million.