The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-03-09

ipg Only TO keep bis heat shove water,
lie had glvea up hope when, On a sudds
bis outstre'ehed hand touched rock, ID
top Of which rose fe~ lpehss above "a
@- A. he vas swept sgianst u, he instlns
tiy'ls aans out bis srms aud clu,ched II, Z
the same time gripping with his knees th
submerged end.
There be elung 10 momeniary dread les
the sriilipg Il ,od should wrerch him fros
hs hold and hurl him ever the ,eethln
preciplee cloie below. Then, vi b anIiou
care, be dragged himself out upon the TOT
most part Of the rock
The voysgeur knew that II must be th
great stoso teAur on which he had fouu,
r.'ua' The bank, al that point were ver
tical walls Of rock, with TO proirudid
tpurs or bou,des.
The din Of the falls WAS terfli, lag, Al,
the huge rock seemed to trtmble with thel
thunder.
Presently, satheriue courage, he ventur
cd to wrlog tome OF the water from bi
dripping gsrmen,s. Ci illed and crampe,
though he WAS, fear Of mlsstep pi ohibi,e,
an upright position. So, knteiinR an,
crouchIrg alternately, with an occasions
vigorous nipplng Of his srms, he awsites
the break Of day.
Al that latitude aud season the Light II
short, tut to Pierre !. seemed intermlnable
Ga m1re thru ole previous occasion he hsc
been ptrturbed by au idea iha, hi' eye,
might eventually remain sIghtless ty day
He had almost o)nvinced himself that thi,
crov ming misfortune had at last occurred
when 'he tsrdy .un sppeared and dlspelled
the b sck shadow from before them.
III, Il a. glstce showed him tla unles,
help came efc,pe was lmpossible. cry
Of disps!r issued from biz lips. but l. was
idaudble above the ciamor.
From the tiny island Of rock the foot Of
the falls could not be seen, but the short
canon below, a deep cash In the rolling
pond dotted bsrrens, was In plain view.
FscIrg about, Pierre g,zd wistfully up.
stream. There lay his canoe; food ana
warmth we're there, close al hand, yet Ia
ccessible.
The awful vigil OF the past night bad
subtracted much from the SUN OF his en-
durance, and Pierre felt that his hours were
numbered. His respite from quick death
by drowning had left him face to face with
the lingering misery of starvation.
The day wore 90. NJ one found Pierre
outstretched on the rock, listlcssIy baking
In the iun, his head aching.
He had turned his back on the declining
sun and was staring simlessly toward the
rapids above, when long Montsgnsis canoe
sp' into sight. Two others followed at
short intervals.
As the third glded into smooth water and
sweived gracefully to the landing place,
Pierre kruekltd his eyes, BELIEVING them
once more at fault. Surely The figure In
the bow, fiourishing paud c like one de-
mented, could not be that Of bis lost COM
rade, Camille
Stepping from the canoe, the white man
scrambled up the steep bank to- spot from
Y hich ht could look down upon the falls
md the di gding rotk. Then Pierre saw
bat 1t was Indeed Camille, who, after wsv-
pg his hand encouragingly to his astonith-
aVria,d 90. ,innd ,La ,a,l.,.
A plan OF deliverance was promptly de-
Vl,ed ard ,xecuted. Ole Of the canoes,
manned by s,slwsrt volunteers, put out In
70 midstream directly above and in line
With the rcck on which Pierre stood. To
guard against accident, a strong rAwhide
ine one end OF which was retained by
hose on shore, was attached to the stern
II the canoe.
A line from the bow, cast By a dc ferrous
land, was soon In Pierres gta.p. Making
fast about his body, under the arms, he |
,lunged into the river, ard was drawn up
tream to the canoe, which bore him safely |
o shore.
A few words explained the my stery Of
Iamille's disappearance and his arrival with
he Iodians, He had gone astray In the
lizard, ard bad been al deaths threshold
when discovered by natives, who carried
lin to their camp There he had been ser
ously III.
He had but jist recovered sufficient
trepgth to travel and was about to return
0 the cabin, when au Itdisn boy had OBJ.
erved Pierre descendlng the river. Camille
sd induced the natives, who were intend
lg TO Wilt The trading post, to hasten their
repsratiors, and they had fet out 10 the
ope Of oy r'akiug Pierre.
AccompsDied by their MontsgnaI. friends
be r. joicluk pair arrived at the fort with
ut further mlshsp. There rest, change Of
let snd free dom from anxiety, with the
IA Iiuht ~ midsupnor raliavod