The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-31

'Ne I. water rose four feet. He clung
stori post until he recovered breath, then
s'o'uck OUT toward the window, swim
aho Ing with one arm and holding the
u IN with the other. lie found 1t i'm
,ssible 10 get back to the wind, on
y ne south. 90. with almost superb imam
tort. he swan TO the west side aud
hOaught bold OF swinging blind. They
h9ere now somewhat sheltered from the
''Stvind and entirely from the current. lie
ra,ressed hts body against the wall and
'aised The nun In his arms and placed
'ner On the window sill He felt for his
hammer; but. oh, despair, 1t had slipped
from htn pocket In the awful struggle
'efor life IN the verandal
~ The Window must be broken In. he
must Fsf up stairs With his double bur.
u den. Ik took only time enough for the
brnin ~ telegraph the message to the
hard ,hefore Jim raised his huge fs,
| and skruck the glass a mighty blow.
1 then ailotber and another. until he
could ret through the opening. The
blood was flowing from many cut.
| hut Xhaf was that TO a man like jim
Maftmf He got inside and found the
wMt4EsW was now -four feet deep. He held
| the I'M so as 10 keep her head above
sWGt0E while In her turn she held the
| chflNfn like manner. Then they press
| "a inward ascending till they reach
1 I'd m second story. MoIlle gave cry
or III and clung to her husband. You
4 ~ IrlU hnp E. ~
| thG7little woman and child. They are
l AHMbut dead ! must go down stairs
i au1try to fix up the windows broke
81 was dark, but he could see the
/ f0H4 OF houses just above the water.
1 A[}ne gazed out Of the window terri.
Nh Thought struck him. "Will my
| hGne stand. or will it. like all the rest,
1 hMwept away
~1denly the wind vecred round to
| kIaouth and. strange as 1t may seem,
I'M IA sed In violence The water rose
ol feet at a Jump, Jim was hurled
| aWnst the side wall and then back.
/ H4kept himself afioat while be tried to
nexbis bearings lie then struck out
for 4be stairs. Three or four strokes,
andhe reached the top one, for the wa
TER vas now Within one foot OF the
eeeu1d floor. lie was obliged 10 sit
down for a moment lu order to regain
his Breath. The cries OF the children
and the sohs of the women mingled,
1 while outside The sounds were like the
i dcnioDiacal cries OF triumphant tiends
Il and the wailinc OF lost souls. All real
ixed now that the end was near. Moth
Il Ing that man was able to construct
could stand the fearful wind and wa.
u ter. Jim worked Ike a hero. tore of
Il the doors and ashed one after another
Il 10 them. MollIc. with many others.
Hnpnk down IN mute despair. The white
faced nun worked. too, at binding fast
Il 10 doors an" 'AInhs the tciVfed people.
s34At last she fr"
n Her eyes " G,tor...
III and her m 'u AZ au. - a..
iscd her IN e i.s, ii ..rs tH ~
life. and a-t g..
Il The wine. t.s.~ "-
a 100 mi 3 81 iu' ttf
"a rife blast. the p".,se shuddered. creah-
III ed. rose from Is founnatton like a 81
q Agantil bird Trump thump. against
4the lVcat CHI nhey In the center. then
1,he fsn,hers eided, and Jim Martins
II hol ae rushaS away bearing with II IT.
hun.ap freL L linn found himself
II struggtlng "a the water "Mollie. Moi
IfBe. 4, cnicd hut no reply reached his
Il car She. oi,h many others. had gone
a bevead TIE reach Of human voice.
III ifr thrs out his hand and caught al
II the fvine debris and succeeded In lay
4 Ing hold # small log.
III l-nIs.,L ana cut almost beyond recog
81 nltlon. ~gtth the wind beating the rail-
4 against him until he was almost fro
III zen p, ~truggled for his life. He was
II ru. "A GA like fast flying train, bloch
i afl block.
Il. ft AZ he felt be must soon land OF
! lrop INTO the water something struck
III tie I'D Of his log and hurled II from
bis sp. with the instinct Of drown
Ing an. he caught at the object. i
. coy d TO be the roof OF small build
. ltg. and clipGing 10 1t was woman
. b>jding a child. The black veil wal
gone the small arms bare, and only thu
wafte band over the forehead left Il
tell Jim that II was the little uuT
0 whose life he had once saved.
n With her fast failing strength she
q lifted up the little girl to him, lie
, stretched bis hand toward her, but she
4 waved him back. AS he caught the
O child I'm his arms the nun saw 1t was
A safe, smile broke over her face. heS
;. fingers slipped from the roof. and she
4 was swept away on the rushing tide,
- The next day. when the searching
o nartts found the body Of nun. they
@ wopddred why her face. even In death
n wore NJ sweet smile. But how could
n they Anow she had kept her promise
4 and offended the child with her ltfef
o Jim was an unusually strong, muscu
d lar nnn Alone he might nave saved
r. himsdf, even after the hours OF des
;. perate struggle. but with the child he
% had very little chance.
- Now as the wind ragged and howleh
he ttpught he heard borne on it'
I breath Drop the baby" lie was 81
2 terrified by the unholy thought that h'
S presscdit closer to his side. NO. NO