The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-27

bare. wet earth, drawing M .issI< t,r~x.h.
OF vapor On the sunny Slopes. There za.
look 81 WEAKNESS On the face Of nature
a. II the quiet were the ecnsa 81 exsxus-
Issh- II certainly was . reaction. for a
hours the rain had fallen In torrents.
breaking Nd the Ice and choking the
streams. the S.n1 had been almost xzss
ana nsG and highway wer. strevn vita
evidences Of the storms power
a. TIE gate % handsome house stood
Us osner, M. Ambrose Winchester. ze-
counted D,e OF tae xezlsh.eas men In the
town He seemed 20 % taksrx tr ira
magnitude OF sas storm a. his eye swept
over lis vel kept domain from the thrifty
orSzarcs IN the rear and me woodland
eeyosd the smooth meadows IN fron..
Nn%fs a miniature river seemed 70 have
sprung into existence
a young man IN a buggy croys m ara
stopped
Good morning. Nr. Winchester said
he
Good morning. Hutton" sasa the other.
gruff1y.
I've driven over this morning. Mr. Win
fnat payment. I've done ny best 20 raise
the money
II don't matter. Hutton. I've made Up
my nine 20 forecioas that property"
Hutton grew pale
Surely. you wouldn't DO that. There
xas enireasy IN his voice and eyes
Ioa know the factory shaf down TO
hair time all sumner even AZ that I was
saving toward the payment when my
sife's long illness began Doctor and
nurse bills ate up xE4t I'd saved for You"
same Old story A man has no right
70 get married until he can support q fam
iIy, Doctors bills ard ali. I've no SYM
patny with saen nonsense. People marry
90 nothing and then expect other people
TO support their families. sooner they find
out IL can't be done. The better. Nov.
take good care OF my family. without aay-
body else's help, and / always expect IA
IL you cant DO as much then It's your
fault. not mine. See7 I shah f0reelose
and now let as have 10 more words about
IT,"
Win this the farmer strode into the
house the young Eaaa driving on slowly
with bowed hsat
The farmers little girls. Ruth ard Ma
bel, came dancing CAT. aad their mother
followed them INTO the psrch. "Sew. BE-
sure and leave gTan1sna's az o'clock. so
as TO get here before dark"
'Yes. mamma. We gi.i." they promised
giibiy. ard started OF on raE-
Grandma Winchester lived about a mile
away. on al Enfreaaen;ed road. but the
children had made the trip often Stree
they were quite sTraIl- So no. they chat
ted happily along the familiar path, pos
thing around them. even 20 the washouts
the rain had made In the road and gat-
tiers. But when they neared Blue creek
they sts~d In sheer surprise.
The little summer brock they had some
times waGed across had grown 20 an an
CRY torrent. and overlooked It's steep barr
and wss rushing na6lg along. bearing tee.
foam ard branches OF trees. In fact tree
had lodged against the bridge. and It's
limbs 50 nearly covered Il that * was dlt-
seait for our little travellers 10 get across
"Oh, how tie bridge sreEbles." cried
little Mabel.
FITS all tals ice pushing against H."
said Ruth.
The wind began 20 rise. and the blue
gray clouds settled Down. tarNly ooscuT-
ing the san. which had made tire lay seem
so fair Tire children shIvsred ia unison
with the change an1 qateksned tsaeir pace.
Al ; o'clock that afternoon the iHo little
girls stool appalled, at the Blue creek
crossing Tue brook had swollen sttfi
mere. ard was n0w raging torrent: TIE
place ~raanei BY the bridge was the mar
ruwess ana tire narrow p!auss. with tie
frail side ratings. held TO each bank as II
by a thread
s.see. Mabel we must hurry" said Ruth.
..or our bridge will be gone. Take my
haaa, and we'll run scross quick"
I'm awful 'frsid,' sad the child. with
qaivering lips.
Wei, I'll 60 first said her sister. en-
ccrraxingiy. "snd youth see hcT easy IAN
be. Nov. iAen. cne-tso-tnre~s and
claspsnx hands the tva little girls started
10 run across the reelsag erAfgs feraaps
II was their weight: perhaps Z vas Al that
very moment the fassenings we're ready %
give way n0t certain it vas that WIEN
they reached the middle OF The bridge u
snapped tts connections AZ each side ana
with lightning velocity shat down TIE
stream the little ores eilnggng 20 e8ch
other ard the hand rail
TIE sr.ghtfai speed at uhisa tssy we're
going, together wifn the awful r0a- 81 the
water and tie audiences with Naleh tbs
whole thing came about. gave the chil-
<sYrr no chance 30 feel tae extreme terror
that sheir hazardous position @oasd natlSr~
ally have inspired. they bad only ose
thought. only csc insf.ncsive feeling. aSs
ina. vas 20 cling win a death grip % the
bridge ana each other Il Has reserved for
n spectator % the scene. wao arrived on a
little knoll that comma nds~i a vtss % TIE
whoie transaction Just as u occurred. .
experiences she faii agsay 81 taesr terrible
situation. This Was tas4r father. An
bre~~ Winchester
Iaka ore gone mad. he ran desperately
alung he hank after ire SrsN bark, RS
eyes gaxed On the tss lsssl- sxawsng figures.
lark brown ars nAxen earls sItrgilng Is
tsex were tossed ~ the wiaa. 4ntI smal.
rates OF woodland cns Ell MS vies. Stin
he ran. snuyfsriEg cries. prayers. antl his
breata gave out. ard BIS gssalBg throat
csua aa3y give vent "a sSFIsasalas hss
S8sss
Wsea ne aasSesa tns Isstle pa.ca eg xcoa-
lana he saw tAa bridge had sso9ase.
capgAs ~ the branches - .Tse Fallen
across IA. stream Bat TIE bridge tsssis
WIS xea8v 70 fail - p1ecSs zaS &c raj
% saseN ire cbIi3rsa hang a - sTzying
sns es-sslsx 3 n tarsa gsntn< every ea.sSsas7l.
"a usrt company with shs rest e. tae sue
setre AZ tnAs moment AT4re plunged
boldly lafa sAs torrent slsa q hEsS board
IN MS arms ard before t5s teseiae. hrratT-
le~s saEh@r eaa1 gain the 500. bad taken
hath children cato fase szssrta sh1 Ees
st~prxi1ag toward IRE SAar~. ID. Wan~
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