Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-11
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at n fall Of about three or four feet 10
the hundred yards ~ the current was
quite strong and nc one place " nowed
quite swiftly The river IL open. and
A. 70 was seen that everything was
clear Tor a long way down the river, no
danger was suspected. So down went
thu three Yankees nut an old Arab
boatman yelled 20 the top " his voice
not 10 go and succeeded In stopping the
two who cfawlcd out and began yelllnb
also. w. that time tho third was going
down The sWlftDrt place smiling at the
sport, saying In Turkish Never mind,
rs an right" all the time pushing
ahead. The old man by this time was
nearly Wild. lie ala not understand
that It was intentional lie believed
the rircam had carried our man of.
Now, however. q serious moment ar
rived. our man swan down all right,
but when the swift point was passed
and h. desired 90 land h. saw large
whlri pool IN TO the left lie missed
the point Of the landing and quickly
surveying the situation he determined
on n move for the other side. by this
time the calling was terrible and for u
moment our man became confused and
IN the turn lost confidence and felt ns
though he was sinking. Then he be-
ran 10 cry out to the ferry boat on the
opposite side. gel, gel. tcome. GOMEZ.
everybody. except the donkey IN the
ferrybont were excited. The donkey
was perfectly cool and got an extra
ride. All the time treating the matter
indinorontiy Tho ferfyboat came on
60 the rescue but fortunately II was not
needed. For at the most critical moo
mont our brother asked himself tho
question. "Hnvr I come tp drown IN
Jordan" To which the response was
no. Confidence ana strength returned
and he SWAN 60 n piuco Of safety In the
river. ThG-uld gent was by this time too
mad, that while our man stood ON the
bar waist deep In water. h. nung "a
great stone 10 him. not knowing Just
what h. did An Arab had By this
apeed and not knowing that Il was an
Intentional swim he Insisted ON drag
cling our swimmer on shore. iiut he
was not allowed a.. ua our hruther after
pause SWAN 20 another point up the
stream whcr" h. was met hy Brother
Lund and one Ut the boltmcn in our
own boat. and the excitement was
over u would have been unwlfo Ia
have attempted H. swim back under
the circumstances. our brother firmly
believes that had he not been com
fused by tho yelling ~ the old Athh
h. would not have been In any danger
whatever. na h. u o fairly good swim
tUNf INf NNhIN NlHNNN''s
The Incident Furnished q good deal
OF incftimpnt and also some serious re-
Election. For how easy n II not 60 lose
ones life NJ such a critical moment \
whifl pool ~ not thing 10 De- fooled
with. We saw In this parable u how
easy many people 10 down the stream
NJ Inc not hcrdlnF tho warning from
the shores ~ experience ana when they
see the whirlpools ~ lie they AZ" Will
tpH enough 10 turn hut II b. often too
late.
In the evening We arrived safely ~
Liberals During the day about ! 500
Russian pilgrims had arrived iu IT.
berinH These were taking In tho sights
when we left the next day. Many ~
these persons ar very OLD ana seem
imbuei with strong religious feeling
They walk an the way from jerusalem
10 Nazareth and Tibcrlsr rnl back "a
lama. d distance OF about go miles,
| Thoy look poor but honest one
bunch. while leaving Naanrcth prayed
and chantcd and foit that they now
made their calling and election SURF.
y. D. HtNTEE.