The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1914-11-13

But there was now no esca ping that
ordeal. The canoe was already amin
ming between walls where the water
ran deep and fas; with a CLASSY sur
face.
The next instant It was In the Jaws:
and the man settled down to WORT
with grim determination, pitting cour
age and strength and experiences
against the ravening waters that tore
at the canoe on every hand. whose
mad clamor beat back and forth be-
tween the walls OF the gorge like vest
bellowtngs Of internal mirth.
He fought like one possessed.
There was never an instant's grace
for judgment or execution; the one
must be synchronous with the other.
both instantaneous, or elso-destruc-
ton.
The canoe wove this way and that
like an insane shuttle threading some
satanic loom. Now 1t hesitated, nus
zling gigantic boulder over which
the water wove pale green and
glstening hood, now in the space OF
heartbeat 1t shot forward twice tn
length through = sea of creAminG
waves, now plunged wildly toward
what promised instant humiliation
and cheated that only by the timely
plunge Of paddle, guided hy lack or
instinct or both.
The one ray Of hope In Alan's mind,
when he surveyed before committing
! himself and the woman he loved TO
that hideous gauntlet, sprang from
the fact that. however rough. the
rapids we're short. Now, when ne had
been in their grasp a minute. he
seemed to have been there hours.
His laborings were tremendous, un-
believable. inspired. In the end they
we're all but successful. The goal of
safety was within thirty seconds
more of quick. hard work, when Alans
paddle broke and the canoe swung
broadside TO boulder, turned turtle
and precipitated both headlong into
that savage weller.
As the next few minutes passed he
was fighting like mad thing against
overwhelming odds. Then, of q sud
den. he found himself rejected, spewed
forth from the cataract and swimming
mechanically In the smooth water of
wide pool beyond the lowermost
eddy, the canoe floating bottom up
near by, and Rose supporting herself
with one hand on It,
Her eyes met his, clear with the
sanity of her adorable courage.
III l.
structions to transfer her hand to his
shoulder, and struck out for the
nearer shore.
Both found footing It the same
time and waded out, to collapse, ex-
hausted, against the bank
Then, with sickening qualm, Alan
remembered the pursuit. He rose and
looked up the rapid Just in time to
view the last swift quarter OF the
canoes descent: Judith In the bow.
motionless, rife across her knees, In
the stern an Indian guide kneelinn
and fighting the waters with SCARCELY
percepible effort in contrast with
Alan's supreme struggles.
Like q living thing the canoe
seemed to gather itself together, to
poise. to leap with all its strength;
1t hurdled the eddy In . bound. took
the still water with q mighty splash.
and shot downstream at diminished
speed. the Indian furiously backing
watar.
A. though that had been the one
moment she had lived for. Judith
lifted her rifie and brought It to bear
upon her sister.
With = cry OF horror. Alan nunx
himself before Rose. = living shield.
anticipating nothing but immediate
death. This was not accorded him.
For breathless instant the woman In