Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-04-06


'How's the fish by your"
IL Hennerys ketehing purity fair.
amt hshin' this season. Too early"
: There was silence while Walker
lifted himself up by his hands to a
=" place on stowler's back yard. Then
d the rancher opened FIRE Il amt hint
In at trouble, stowler, but / reckon
you know your girl amt got enough
comm to her 10 make it worth my
: boys while to marry her"
Stowler reached for his boots.
paused with one in each hand as If
! trying to decide which one to throw
nrst, and then weakly subsided. Col
dern it, be muttered. 4 aint bin
a-teasin' your sen TO marry Liza
You dasn't," returned Walker. loft !
lily. But | jest thought as how I'd |
drift up and let We know that / amt |
stuck on his marryin' the daughter Of
man that lives in an ornery old /
scow like this. Hennery 'ull hey a
ranch and he's place to raise truck,
and he Amt no call to be sparlxln'
Eliza. nohow you put H."
Il guess your Hennerys dom all 1
the teasin that's bin done. Walker"
said Stowler, holly, and it's up to you
TO clear out Sabe?"
Within five minutes Mr.. Walker was '
rowing down stream and Stowler was
returning his rife 70 the rack lust !
above the rear door. He was INSTEAD I
lily cursing everybody tibet sot them {
sells up to be somebody" His daugh-
ter was crying vociferously and look
ing down the river.
This ended all open communication {
between the lovers for several weeks. n
During this time the spring rains de- a
scended vigorously and the river rose v
almost by jumps. When the rain Of
stopped and the sun was out once more Ice
Stowler looked across the Columbia W
and counted the trees whirling down X
In the grasp of the current. After
scratching his head he spent the after W
noon in tying ropes of various stages In
Of decay to the scow and stakes driven ch
In the muddy bank. He explained to tle
Eliza that il looked as If there might sa
be water 50 high that the scow would III
float m,
Two days later the skids washed on
lway from under the house of Stowler
md his six years residence was Ell
Eliza and he ate their bacon we
and went to bed, to
wake up with the sound of running Wh
water in their ears. After a few mo- the
nents of inspection stowler summed by
p the situation in one remark: "The hos
ddys gone; places gone; we're wa
DIN"
"Where?" cried Eliza. hur
Dunno" was the response. I
All through the night they sat on Eli
he careening deck of their house and and
ordered when things would end. At We
aylight Stowler's eyes told him that ter
ley were 20 miles below their old thai
ome and still going. Lucky | corked Fra
er seams last winter" he said TO his
lughter. she sails along in good
yle. Wonder where Wen fetch up" t
Il hope We won't go out TO sea-" oil I
i'd Eliza. fearfulIy. love
Gosh" cried her father. Il amt VIM
ought O. that" So he devoted his ami
ergies TO rigging up a sweep and asld
tn this he tried to steer the scow repl
to shore eddy. But the Columbia stor
ok things into its own hands and al 'wh
dnight StowIer's house was landed wa
IN a jar on an unknown point of Germ
Id After an hours scraping about his
settled firmly on the new FONDA hors
n and father and daughter waited had
the morning TO take possession of HAY
1ir newly-acquired property. the
Daylight showed that the scow had prep
IN cast up on a tongue Of land that Not
ped up into virgin forest There dole
5 no house in sight and Stowler HOY
aggered proudly out 10 skid mn the man
It. This was a toilsome operation eat
in the afternoon the river hogan is ne
rise again and as fast as he got was
.rything solid the rising water I'M in
his work. But finally by a crude
angement Of ropes and anchors he
ored the house boat between some tn
tecting trees out of the current and of HI
ted from his labors to eat a supper her 7
ked by Eliza. who wept secretly. and
'wo days later Stowler had beach peatt
lbed' sufficient lumber to make van
rything secure, and in fit of pride Mags
went SO far as to build a fence Petra
ting the point of from the tree them
wn mainland He S
here was one trouble with the were
&c. II couldn't be painted. Il was as Il
de of small branches and sapplings wish,
I hasketwise. But the general ef- poets
was pretty good, and Eliza and be; a
father Tejoiced exceedingly Her tive
Ter because he was now a house word
der; Eliza because she was equal morti
station to her Hennery. ly the
he day after the fence was com, keyn,
e the clouds that had been lying in all II
oWy masses over the hills spread meml
and covered the sky Tho, a. Petra
led, and the water that fell was so
lteous that none could see a rods
9Th in any direction Within three
s the Columbia river was a - Ness
fnrrpuf | On r.