Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-04-12
A BROKEN ROMANCE
By EDGAR S. BRADLEY.
Observation-Disclosures
Copyright 1901, by Authors syndicateJ
but was married, and so was she.

but ! was married, and so was She,
And that was the end of the romance"
THE rollicking humnling of these
words attracted my attention
as | sat in the cushioned seat of
Pullman attached to the Overland
Flyer, west-bound for Denver. We
were passing through the "sandhill"
region and the time was dragging
heavily. Furthermore the singer, If
so he might be styled, was a pleasant
appearing man and then, anyway,
acquaintances are easily made on
train. So / leaned over towards him
and remarked:
That's a catchy sort of tune you
are singing. What is the rest of it?"
The laughing eyes whirled over me
and their jocoseness became more
humorous.
"Oh, the rest of it is story" he
said, and, led on by his infectious hui
NOR, begged him to while away the
time by relating it. The readiness
with which he complied showed the
amount of pleasure he obtained from
the recounting, which shall attempt
in his own words, so far as possible.
Remember we passed through n
village called Silver Creek hundred
miles back? Yes; well, that is the
scene Of the story, and every time /
pass through that place / cannot help
repeating that refrain, which | con-
iured as the finale of little incident
happening about seven years ago.
81 arrived at Silver Creek one after
noon late, intending to call on some
farmers on the south side of the
Platte. Getting up bright and early
the next morning, went to the livery
and engaged team, which was to be
hitched while ate my breakfast.
Never thought to tell the liveryman
where | was going until | got back to
the stable. Well, was pretty much
stumped when the liveryman told me
the bridge had been washed out by
the last spring food, as were all the
others between Columbus and Grand
Island A quick calculation told me it
was 90 miles around to get to the
farmers whose outbuildings doomed
up on a knoll not four miles away
but across that COMPOUNDED Platte.
While / was mumbling something |
would not care to have the ladies
hear, the liveryman asked why / did
not swim the team across.
"'Can it be done?' asks I. And he
answered yes, with team of bron-
chos he had in the stable, though it
had not been done since the seventies,
when bridges were not common in
these parts and fording was the fash
ion. So said: Let her rip
ARRIVING on the opposite side I
quickly drove to my destinations, and
then recollecting several other places
on that side of the river where l
wanted to call, / went on and made n
day Of it, 1t was about five o'clock
when / arrived again at the south
bank of the river, and it struck me
change had taken place, but was not
sufficiently impressed to make eau
tious survey.
"But soon found out that a change
had taken place, and decided one at
that 1t was June, and during the day
one of those sudden rises which come
down the river from the westward,
occasioned by the breaking through
the canyons of melted SHOWS from the
mountains, had reached this vicinity.
| started into the water at the exact
point where | had driven out up a
sloping sandy bank, quicksand, of
course, but affording footing for the
bronchos If they moved quickly.
When l started In, however, the rise