The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20

Look there said Pete. pointing across
the fiat; IF any of those red devils are in
the canon where 1t is narrow they will be
good Indians ever after"
As / glanced in the direction he indicat-
ed, 1 could hardly believe my eyes. A
great river covered fully a third of the
fiat. Uprooted trees and large stones were
rolling in the food. l was about to reply,
but establishment checked my words. A
mass of water was fairly squirting from
between the rocky walls, accompanied by
a booming roar
1T is the dam above that has given way
observed Pete. TT is a mercy; hullo,
what does that mean?"
There was sudden cessation of noise
in the ravine below us, and on looking that
way we saw floating mass of trees piling
themselves up in a wonderful manner.
Pete, we are losti" l cried; lit is an
other dam, the fiat will be under water in
half an hour"
We tore frantioally along the base of the
cliff to find some place where we could
climb up, if only few feet. Any project
ing rocks were, however, inaccessible.
With the strength of despair Pete raised
me to his shoulders, where tried to stand
and reach beyond the curve of the rock
that had sheltered US. 1t was still too high,
and losing my balance came to the
ground with such a force that for an in
slant was stunned.
Pete helped me to my feet; then folding
his arms he said calmly. Nothing can
save US now, Jack 1t is all over" My es-
innate of the time it would take to flood
the open space had been far too small.
Most of 1t was already submerged, and we
moved a few feet to higher ground. L tried
to remember some prayer of my child
hood as the water reached us, but fear
put the words to fight. Gradually inch by
inch our limbs were hidden in the brown
flood AS il reached my waist a sudden
thought flashed through my mind, and l
said eagerly, LET us strike out for the
dam"
"You can but try" replied the partner,
with intense sadness in his voice, but you
are almost certain to be sucked under it,"
Scarcely needing his words threw off
anything likely to cucumber me, and had
commenced to wade into deeper water,
when l noticed Pete had made no prepa-
ration. AS his inability to swim came
into my mind. the brave fellow extended
his hand to me and said, grasping my
own, "Good-by, Jack! God bless you,
old man.
The words had no sooner left his lips
than a sudden and deadly sickness came
over me. The ground rolled under my feet
with a sullen, roaring noise. The water
rising and falling, splashed and swished
against the bluffs. Great masses of
loosened rock fell amidst the flood, throw
ing fountains high in the air.
Trying to steady one another, we looked
round on the awful scene. The sickening
motion ceased, and with it the earthquake
roar.
by heavensw exclaimed my partner
1.-The water is going down, the earthquake
has let it loose"
Eagerly we glanced toward the dam. It
was movingl Then with a roar and a
crash, like some mighty beast walking
from its cage, the great pile OF trees
rushed out of sight.
The sudden reaction was too much for
me; 1 burst into tears, while Pete shouted
and danced in the receding waters like a
river god gone mad.
When we reached the settlement we
learned the Hualapi Indians had found
their chief murdered amongst the forests
of Mount Hope Blaming us for the deed
cost the lives of our comrades.
CThe End.)