The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-06-30

s She threshed the water ss' ), snts|
s s s swayed her bod v' N, ~ ~
Aer TANKS until she nes as' and ss
END IN her frantic endsayo s'oa
herself OF her rider. 70 \
Even her calf was fo
struggle. Polly saw thu s', ,is', IL y
lure Slip to the rear, but W. nas o.
maintaining her seat to Da aSS ). to- ba,
ave aT, nahS' However, both II 'afaas
c.lnched in the long mana ' ~ ha5
, Aftar snficed to maintain he 1s. "'
After a time the moose ~ a. ae'sas
forgetting her calf. began s'pa'eaa
AVA. .h race for the neares, NJ sSals;st
tie mainland. POINT +. |
pd HAD not the water bee, :,
ROXY would now have l lo0. %eas
ward confidently to rescr .'Ohed d.
ooat, or to being towed safa, MN To-
by the moose. e'g ashss
But the lake had still tho H.,
Nln'er IN Its depths, and po vaa Q
ner fingers stitfening in the f oil! I'll
Wlnd struck her body now s s5,s' II tn
siderable force; she sbjve wa co.
'e't that she could not keen ~. I'd
many minutes. uef aA..
Yet she thought OF III,
looked back to see what b., ,aA III
OF it. The little thing ~1 - 's'ocs
swimming strongly in the W, ~s' STU
the COW. Polly envied tbess s's q
creatures their strength ANA Nd
ance and their lack Of encuns ssa.,
dress. uerls
Minute after minute psssas =,
lys teeth chartered. and sbs ~ ~
the deadly grip Of cold ~, a,.. 's
through her body. Slowly thu , saa.l
line drew nearer. Polly mads d. '. S
tai calculation-the moose Va, s W.
ming perhaps at the rate ., n.s
miles an hour. and she kns, ~ ~
lake and its distances. She racso,..
that she had yet twenty-five q. .si.s
minutes to endure. And sbs =,
she co1ld not do it-that her b, :.
must SOON lose their hold
She looked back, to see the s,n,.
just pulling out from the island o.
saw the wind catch its sip,s w.
and then the boat disappeared ~
ming swiftly behind the timber.l,s
Now Polly shut her eyes and cm,
exerting all her will-power 10 on,
come the cold. For minute M,
minute she clung with closed erx
feeling the numbing cold Green IL n,
very heart.
She was indeed beginning 10 IN,
lethargic, and must very sAoa Ia,
lost her hold, when she was bropss
to open her eyes upon life by N,s.
den lifting of the moses BODY Ont
OF the water.
Then she was shaken from No.
perch, as hen shakes dust from in
feathers, and snOrting defiance n.
old moose. with the calf at her heels
dashed away, taking the line Of
sunken reef, Of which Polly had ote,
heard, but had never located in hs
boating excursions.
Shaking like a leaf and chilled |,
the bone, Polly found herself stand
ing knee-deep upon a gravel bar an.
with the light waves rolling waist
high about her. She had just enough
and presence Of mind aa
to know that she must exert heren
to the utmost to keep off the cold
So she stood threshing her arms
about her waist, with eyes and mo1.a
tightly closed, for many minuta
longer.
Then she was awakened by ioyos
shout, and again looked upon The
world, this time to see the saiboa
down toward her.
Five minutes later Polly was hault.
aboard the dory, and bundled into al
he wraps which the girls had tais'
he precaution to fetch along u
ng on the bottom of the boat, ID
he warm sunshine, life came oaG
o her, and when at last the do7
,ast anchor at Morrells landing, 500
vas quite herself again.
1t is needless to add that. duflas
he exercises of that afternoon 'as
rees which the school board nad pV
.ided were impressively planted "
he first graduating class OF CheOaas
Companion.