The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-12

: shouted TO Daris, and Instantly, IN III,
ehorplne sea, my sister obeysd.
We veened upon the crcs, Of wave, weu
thrown up BY the wind and bour csd ovel
but somshow alIxh,ed bottom aide down.
was tumhied backward under the nll, 40
Eiith Was pitched into the bow, with he
lace and one arm outside the sunwsls. n
mar q .yer was successful and EdIih's fal
. lucky one. for |" scrambled forward.
heard her shouting for help, ard found be-
elinsirg to the stirt Of the drowned ol
drownitg woman.
iaamomeni, although shipping tubs Of
water We had hauled aboard the limp and
lifeless bsdy OF q girl Of fourteen or fif,eeu.
For the instant we could only lay the body
across "Ai, while took 4 pair Of oars
and Edith ba'led for dear lie. We managed
TO work The Msllard alongside the drifting
canoe, the birch-bark bottom OF which, a.
could plsii ly Tee, hsa been stove In at the
bow.
Little Hawt--!or II was be - aud his wo-
men saw that our scs were friendly, and
they used excellent caution in getting
aboard, although we were half swamped
when the last one, bis fat wife, rolled over
the gunwale. Taey were as much At home
- muskra.s 10 the water, and know the
young ghl must have gone down, as excel.
lent swimmers sometimes do. strapRled In
. backward and sudden plunge.
Little Hawk seiz I'd the baiing bucket and
quickly showed himself an expert with II.
managed to get into the stern aud ex-
change places with Doris, where, with half
sail out, let The MsllArd 20 before the
wind.
The drima inside our little boat was now
strange and exciting one. Doris ard
3 iith, upon the stern seat, held the BODY
u the girl across their laps and busied
hemielves,M well ~ they could, try Ing to
'riDg her to life. The Chippeway father
hrew out water In bucketfuls, while his
women, 10 the bow, sat bumped over, wall.
ng lugubriously, with faces buried In their
rms, for they believed that their young re.
Ative was d, ad.
The wind howled, the top, Of waves broke
yer US. We shipped water about as fast
Hawk could ball 1t, ard the d bod washed
'om stern to bow and back again as we a
counted wave or tumbled over It. IL
But we scudded before the gale like a
on, and within fifteen minuter from the a
me we hac picked up the girl we bum ped
to the sands Of the main shore opposite 9
ar house.
As vet the girl had shown 70 Sign Of life, Ii
ID helped Doris and Edith to carry her, Ii
ing at half'run, up the home path. The
dians followed more lelsurely the fquaws Il
III walling, Their cries came to our ears
weird cadences above the boom OF the l.
Re and the roar Of wind In the trees.
Ooce inside the house, we set to work en-
sstlcally, following the wel.known meth q
Of posing the body, working the arms
administering hsrtshorn at the nostrils. VI
hen the Indians came 10 the women ceas- to
their outcries, bu. stood looking upon 70
operations In gloomy dlsapproval. W
however, when Doris again
hsrtshorn and tIckled the m,
oat with cranes wing, the girls breast pl,
wed and she gave sudden gasp. Cries tol
wonder now came from all the Indians, sm
when, some time later, our patient, un
, much alive, was resting on bed they -,
Cd, with awed faces, gazing at my sis- ple
Doris as devout heathen nsy be sup.
ed to look upon their idols. yo
hey seemed to think that she alone had ]
formed the miracle Of bringing back to fac
, and that she had done 1t with the !
nes wing, which household article be-
'e marvellous fetish In their eyes. We 4
our Pillagers and kept them overnight, =
by their manners they certainly show /
appreciation Of our services. Nothing =
said about their trespsss. We had =
fellows and friends 10 distress, and /,
ink they felt as we did, that there +
aid be no question between US of q dis- :
ling nature. .
hat was five years ago, and no Pillagers \
We four footed onea-have since dis n
ed any property Of ours. We have now
nseng plantation which pays hand
and Increasing dividend upon our tn,
RS.