The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08

the fish dam an ford NV the Piney, ever
sense can remember; an he never
hurt man er a woman in his life. My
NAV, she's bin ded so long 1 don't reckon
as l could tell. Paw an me jist lived at
the store an got long all right till them
Inoonsnlners started stories that paw he'd
tod the marshals where the stills Is;
then they came down to whip paw.
heered EN- comm that night, and l hid
paw, an wouldn't tell em, the mean
skunks, whar he wuz. Then they list
grabbed me, toted me up ter the boiler
whar you ms found me. They tried ter
git me ter tell, when they tied up my
mans an cut my dress waist off, but 1
never sed a word bout paw Then they
sed, ,D-n the peslxy gal; let's hick'ry her;
an Ihey qua. You ms know all bout it
The girl was looking out of the window
at the river while she was telling her
Dflet story. She was not yet fully recov-
cred from the effects Of the whipping and
Z exposure. a few moments of silence and
she sprang to her feet, her face all agloyy.
Ihere's paw! There's paw!' she scream
co. pointing to a bent old man slowly
padding down the stream; and with the
sWittness of deer rushed out to the
bank and hailed him
THE old boatman turned to shore. ana
as the bow of the boat struck the gravel
the girl sprang in and fell into the old
mans arms. nearly upsetting the little
Paw! o paw
Liz. My Liz"
THAT was the greeting between father
and daughter. and as the old boat rock ed
on the eddying current they sobhe5 like
children. The scene was a very affect
ing one and lasted for several moments
after which the girl led her father int5
and attention
God bless yer. men, said the old
man, fervently Thar be sum men left
in Their wurld Wit, an old Jake Coulson
is glad he has met en- He arose, held
1 out his hand to us, which we grasped
and shook heartily But he continued
I we must be goin', Liz. Sometimes roin'
Ter happen ter-night. l wouldn't hev
I yer yer miss Il fur all the. wurld, an 1 know
/ COO wouldn't either
We couldn't persuade the old man
4 that II was not safe to take Lizzie away
I at that time, when flakes of snow were
/ in the air but he was firm and so was
/ the girl. She seemed to have grown
strong since her father came. The dark
/ brown eyes fairly beamed in the excite
/ ment OF some anticipated pleasure and
/ her form became once more erect. She
! was a beautiful Amazon, as she stood
1 there on the river bank, Just before en-
| barking with her father. She came I'd
| to DR.. Wicks and me and said: 7 KANT
say jist what | feel fur what youns hey
/ done for me, but it's jest right in thar
/ in my heart, and | KANT talk it out
! If ] didn't feel tibet paw an God had
business fur me, know I'd cry Il OUT
/ There was a suspicion of tears in
/ her eyes as she said these parting words.
and / don't think that either DR. Wicks
/ or myself were less affected, as the brave
/ girl shook our hands and said goOdby
| The boat was pushed out into the stream,
and with the current and the paddle =
| dip, moved away as furry of snownakes
/ fell upon the brOnze-brown hair of the
/ girl and alighted upon the grizzled beard
/ of the old man.
1T was some days later that we learned
/ from a trapper going up the river that
/ there was a terrible explosion in Rab-
I bit Run on the night succeeding the day
/ that Lizzie Coulson and her old father
! left the cabin. The trapper said that Phe-
I land Parker's still had blown up, and
! that six men, besides Parker, had been
shaken to pieces that night. The trap,
per didn't seem TO understand exactly
\ how it all occurred or the cause of the
I explosion, but said there was powerful
! smell Nv gunpowder bout the place after
/ the fare-up.'
'Suthin did happen that night" SAID
I DR.. Wicks to me, as the trapper passed
on. So that 1t the story of this picture
which l have been working on at differ>
ent times for fifteen years. said the ar
| fist. as he laid down his palette and
! threw himself back to gaze upon his work.
I Did you ever hear Of the girl or her
| father since that time they left your cab
( I'M" was asked of the artist.
/ 20. yes; very frequently. Lizzie has
| been the wife of my friend, DR. Wicks.
/ for thirteen years. They reside now in
/ California, but old Jake Coulson lived only
a few months after he left US than snowy
day"