The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-28

and the water over his head The dea- con pulled hisself along the railing until he got to the root of the sunken tree and there he perched and engaged in deep thought.
 His posishion was now a miraculous one. He was most froze to death. He was exosted and outen breath and wet tern a drowned rat. He begin to grow numb and he calkilated that he couldn't hold on much longer. He fingered that in a little while he would haft to let go and then the waiter would swaller him up and perhaps the next day somebody would find his poor cold body where it had warshed ashore perhaps a mile or so below, and they would break the news to his wife and have quiet, solemn and orderly funeral over his remains. The deacon believed he was staring death in the face so he lifted his voice in prayer. His teeth was chattering and his voice was weak and languid, but he calkilated 1t would be heard on high. He asked forgiveness for all his sins espeshially for skinning Cy Hoskins in a hoss dicker the week before being as he worked off a old spavined beast on Cy telling Cy she was as gentle as a lamb and the first time Cy went in the stall to feed her she come within two inches of kickin' his head clean offen his shoul- ders.
 The Deacon was just starting in on another petition when he heard a voice from the darkness up the crick say: Who Is that?" Its mer' hollers the Deacon with new hope in his heart. Who's me?" come back the questshion. Deacon Andrewsn come the answer; "- I fell offen that tormented old foot bridge and here I be out in the middle of the crick roostin on a stump, and if you will kindly save my life for me, whoever you are and no questhions asked, I will thank you kindly"
 Presently who should come running down the crick but Lem Brown who also lived acrost the bridge from town and in going home had heard the Deacon praying. Soon as the Deacon found out 1t was Lem he blessed his name. Sud denly Lem happened to recollect that the Deacon had once sold him dozen eggs for fresh eggs which he took from under a setting hen and Lem said he guessed he would mozey on home and go to bed being as it was late, but the Dea- con plead so hard that Lem hadn't the heart to leave him there so he hunted around in the dark and found a long sapling and threw 1t out to the tree top and the Deacon grabbed it and chung to 1t and worked his way along it until Lem could get holt of him and pull him out on the bank. The Deacon was so thankful that Lem thought being as he had saved his worthless life for him he would now perceed to rub In coals of fire on his head as the saying Is, so he took the Deacon to his home and brought out a pint flask of flicker which he had in the house for medicinal pur- poses only and told the Deacon to take a swig of 1t as it would keep him from contracting pneumonya and the Deacon removed the cork and drunk down the whole entire pint without stopping be- fore Lem could get the bottle away from him.
 After few minutes the Deacon was in such a condishion that Lem had to as- sist him home being as he couldn't walk straight and insisted on singing "Old Hundred" The Deacon's wife was set ting up for him and when Lem persented the Deacon at the front door and Mrs. Andrews saw the intoxicated condishion he was in she lit into Lem for getting her husband drunk and give him such a tongue-lashing a fly would be ashamed to light on him. Lem says that's the thanks he gets for saving the Deacon's life and he wishes to grachious he had left him in the crick where he found him The Deacon is up and around again and as well ever. When Rev Moore our beloved pastor of the church took inc Deacon to task for being intoxicated the Deacon blamed the whole thing on Lem saying that Lem led him astray and got him drunk.