The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-16
THEIR WEDDING TOUR.
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by LIZZIE HYER NIcEIc
by LIZZIE IIYEIs Nerr.

old-fashioned house, now deckcd ont
III holiday attire for the weeding r,.o
scented scene of vandalism distress-
ing 10 the hearts of those who had
worked so hard to arrange them. The
iieoVy carpets were ruthlessly tornun
'ne piano was hoisted upon woodan
chars the dining table was extendoJ
10 It's full length, and piled wifi o,,
io'' "mt furniture half way to the cell
."6' me Kitchen stove was carried
"P,H.airS ana set mp in bedroom.
"ithin half an hour the house was
threcognizable. AS Mary came through
'he nall with n pile of books in her
arm there was n vigorous clano of the
ola knocker, and then young mnn
entered mo man
on GEORGE she exclaimed. put-
ing her books on the stairs .sisn't il
awful" '' IL
lie took her i'll his arms and kissed
ier troubled face before he replied.
But we shall be married inst t,o
same, my darling. We still hive oanb
o'her' Now, what can do to help
your We cannot spare minute until
!''ih ~ SAFE.
think we need wood for the frce
ana the cook stove upstairs the most
Oh anything now" she said, CATHERINE
up her books. -
Inc young man started back through
'he house, but before his footstops
ceased To sound on the bare floors
s'''' Stream OF water crept under the
iIont door and flowed down the hall
pe'ore Mary had reached the ton stoir
thefe was II sound us of wnves Ian,in,,
on the door, and ten minutes Iater -
soft swish upon the low window nono.
Sn"We" the lnsidious flood rapping for
I"',"'ce. In few minutes the family
,,"" 10 retire 10 an upper room to escnpe
.he water on the lower floors. and there
they sat In grave council over the sud-
den change of affairs.
There is only one thing certain j.,
inns state of things" said GEORGE
Campbell, and that is, that there must
be wedding here tonight 1t is bod
luck to put off weddings, and we don't
want To begin life that way"
ana VIII you send for the minis
ter?" asked Mrs. Calf.
Where are your boats?"
on, we forgot them Tbov oro
tied Mt the boat-house tbov o|o "at
washed away. Why didn't we think
house," '"c
But who thought it was going TO
rise so fast?" groancd the mistress
mere was still great deal TO do
ana the water, after breaking the ON,
bankment, which was low ono
seemed to stand at depth of two feet
III the house. The men could oat
ABOUT III 1t with rubber boots aud
were hnrd Mt work preparing for the
worse. The farming IMPLEMENTS ,rrst
be holsted above danger. and food for
tne cattle must be secured 4 br;do,o
Oh Piahks was made downstairs fo, tbo
women and they were soon busy
carrying their household goods To tho
upper floor. There was an old din,
Ilne on the outside of the bouso
almost coincident with the coil
ing that marked the line of tbo
greatest flood on record lint ,bot
was forty years before. The occnsionoI
ireshet had never since gone biobn,.
than the hall wainscot -obout tIroo
Ieet Inc afternoon wore slowly ovov
ana toward evening Mary saw n mum
ber OF buggles laden with guests for
hcr wedding come down the hillside
ROAD, stop ~ the sight of the veIlov.
moo" mat rushed with swift current
over the riverroad, then turn and re-
.iAce their way 10 the safe HIGHLANDS
from which they came. George had
gone Tor the minister. and an uppor
'front.' chamber hal been made as nj.
Iractlve ~ its superabundnuce of fur-
hiturc would allow. Tor the wedding
put no guest came, and when siv
o'clock struck, Georg, had not re-
turned. The three women sat down
iorlornly 10 the hot supper that Mexico
spread ON the top AN ancestral chest in
the bnrk hall, but Mary was SO anxioua
about her lover that she could not cot
hI'eI supper they sat ut the front win.
vows and watched the signs Of destruc-
'lon that began TO float down the river
AZ nine o'clock they lay down with
dread misPivinRs, but until uearlv
midnight there was no sound but the
washing Of the water agniuet the waIls
aud the humping Of loose planka from
tine bridge in the hall against the
wninscOt
AZ midnight somo one shouted for
MRS. Gait, nud she answered. from tho
window To her surprise he seemed
to be very little below her own level
Hello. ~ said the visitor, and it was
'teorges voice. ~ have been helping
mp Mt the landing. Everything is I'M.
der water there, and tho folks oro
moving up to the hill They will have
to camp out. We took the sick folks
mp TO the stone school-house and fixed
them as well as we could. Don't Won
think you had better go mp to your
sister on the ridge2 L have n boat