The Penn's Grove record., 1895-07-26

IL HhB running hOIu DHuk 70 DaQH
and trimming over witha sudden foo.
Of red. muddy water.
And, even above tho noise OF til,
aood before them, they heard q SCUM,
like the angry shouting of furiou
m~ultitudes. Looking backward ant
up the creek, whence the sounds came
they saw . great tunhling shudder
wall pushing befoRe it and bearin,
upon its crest al imaginable sorts o
debris advancing down the dry cPeol
bed with such thundarous onslaugh
that the little mound on which che,
stood shook and seemed fairly to lowe
under their feet.
They looked about them The ar
foyo ran into the creek below. Abov,
both il and the creek had flooded on.
NATL they Joined. Their little mount
was ar island, momentarily growing
smaller, surrounded on every side BY
raging torrents, in which were driver
and whiyled whole trees, full grown
cattle, with sometimes b fence pos
whose trailing wire had caught in thei,
barbs all name Of CHASTITY wfeckage
Up came the water about them
down fell the hail.
'eIt's @ cloudburst above, darling
said Bob. 'It won't last long-th,
water won't cover this rise"
Sim not afraid, Bob" said May,
With very white lips; '.I'm glad I came,
anyhow, If we've got to die wen die
together and the way I've felt for the
Last three weeks I'm sure that's q heap
better than living apart"
Bob jumped off his pony and lifted
Nay from hers. The hail was comins
bigger and beat cruelty upon them.
He wrapped his slicker about her,
pushed the ponies close together and
sheltered her with them and his own
body as best he could.
"We won't die" he said; sTbut, poor
little girl, what an awful storm I've
dragged you out intoi"
Just then from the further bank O.
The creek, above the awful bowling OF
the storm, came this intelligent COM
mand In old man Loves ear-splitting
tones:
"May Love, you come here to me
his minutel" And May laughed hys-
s~erically.
"Well, he can't get at us, anyway,
but the hail car. Oh, look to your
poor handsi Oh. Bob, I can't bear it.
Put the slicker back on"
"Why, honey. said Bob, as the
ears came in earnest now, sI'd get
pounded Just the same anyhow, and
you must let me have the comfort OF
keeping some Of it off you-it sin't
\ patchin' on the way your pa would
DO mo If he could get me right now"
While the storm ragged and the water
;ose nearly to their feet, Hank Pear
vail had the almost exclusive benefit Of
DID man Loves remarks, since only his
widest shrieks reached the young
,ouple, who were too much absorbed
in each other to heed either him or the
storm.
These remarks disagreed with Mr..
e~esrsal1, who was notoriously q man OF
and observation.
whats the matter with that young
ellerT he qneried sngrily; "watch
aim . standin' to the north'ard nv his
gal, Q keepin' the hail often heri He
lin't no chumpi II he keeps that HEX
ap right through he'll make . better
husband n what you ever did,"
About this time, the hail ceasing,
;he e~xpectant Justice came down to
The further bank of the arroyo. The
water was going down visibly but it,
,oar was still considerable.
"Ho, Bobi !" yelled the Justice above
the sound. s.got yer lcense?"
Bob took 1t out and waved IL above
bis head.
Old man Love could not, from where
ie stood, hear q word; but he SUR
missed what had been said, and the
sight Of the document was like as the
red flag TO the bull.
81 dare ye to marry 'em," he
dreamed. 81 dare ye to do It'll" And
IN an ecstasy of. rage and anxiety he
forced his pony down into the foaming
among the whirling drift. where
he was promptly pitched of by the
terrified creature, which instantly re-
Pearsali, at the risk Of his
own life, had to fish him ont, receiving
of abuse for his pains, and re-
turning it with biting irony.
In two minutes time the shallowe,
nroyo was fordsble. though the creek,
down which big drifts continued to
come, was not. Bob sat May on her
pony, mounted his own, and prepared
10 ride out. The sight Of the Justice
"a plains cupid, with boots, slickex
and cowboy Incorporating to take
Of the pair, was too much for
old man Love, and, dismounted az he
was, he plunged In o delirium of rage
into the creek, sputtering and yelling:
"Stopi Hold oni You Just dareia
May hesitated, frightened, but Hank
pearsall yanked her father out again
and set him on dry land, ~snorting:
sDoggone vel I pulled 70 oui
onct beforet What fer CANT ys stay
putt Huh7 When ye try buckin'
agin 3 boy like that, backed by .
Texas norther, you're agoin' to git left
don't ye know it, That kids got q
cinch on Proyerduncsn Bet
re he had this hyer storm staked outi
Go II fellerl Go It gall I'm with ys
every time-rm fer yei Yer the right
sorti wouldn't hsuder ye fer all the
old snake bit fools In Texasi I'll fist
up the scraps o. this ole eejit
an tote 'em back to the ranch"
And " May and Bob rode of, tat
teeed, beaten, draggled, but oblivf.
Ousiy blissful and iaunty, . faint hail
tollowed them:
Goodbye, kids: wish yer joyt
Come on. ole calamity New Yorh
Herald.
8 Cunning Rug Repafrers.