The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-12-29

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placid stream. Bank high 1t rolled.
q sMlen brown food. with here and
there piece of driftwood. The June
rise was on indeed. and the river had
risen In Its might.
"Davisw Margaret called to him.
"Good morning, dearl"
Davis Montgomery forgot about the
June rise and concentrated his
thoughts on the fact that across that
river was waiting the girl he loved.
rGood morning, darling |" he called in
return. Margaret, the better to speak
to him, urged her horse to the edge
Of the bank where It overhung the
stream. BE careful!" shouted Davis.
1.-THE banks undercut there"
But his warning came too late. The
bank, dug under by the ceaseless wor.
rying Of the river crumbled and gave
way under the weight of the girl and
horse. In an instant Margaret was
struggling in the swift stream, cling
ing to the bride Of her frightened
mount; but in another instant Davis
had leaped his horse into the stream
and the two Of them were making the
best time possible out to where the
brown head Of Margaret could be
seen beside the black head Of her
horse.
The struggle was brief but violent.
Davis Dandy was used to the water
and kept his head magniflcently. After
what seemed ages Of battle, but which
really took only few moments, Da-
Wis and Dandy succeeded in dragging
the almost unconscious girl up for
tunately shelving bank, safe on dry
land. Fifty yards further downstream :
they could see Margaret's horse,
which she had abandoned in the eff
fort to save her own life, struggling
ashore, frightened but safe.
"Oh! I'm so glad!' were Margarets
first words. "Poor Black Beauty! If
he had drowned l couldn't ever have
forgiven myself"
'Thank goodness he's safel"
breathed Davis. "And thank the Lord
that you're all right" he added In an
unguarded tone. "a
Margaret heard his voice, tense witt
anxiety, and saw the look in his eye,
and In another moment she was in h.
arms, laughing and crying at ONCE,
glad after the tension Of her escape 10
be able to lean on some one whom she
loved.
Then suddenly the thought of her
stern father and Davis equally stern :,
parent obtruded.
"Oh, Davis, dearest, why can't our
families be friends? II only that
stupid lawsuit could be settled we
we could get married and everything
would be all right; but my daddy
won't give in, and yours won't either,
1880" Tears choked her.
But Davis seemed unconscious of
per grief. Look! Look! The river"
de shouted.
Margaret looked as directed. Be-
!ore her eyes she saw the water gnaw-
ng at the thin bank that divided It
rom the old channel. The June rise
had done its work. Even as the two
watched the earth gave way, there
vas great roar and a tumbling Of
loamy brown water, and the river, SO
ong diverted, had found its originsiSss
course again. The new channel lay
muddy but empty before them, and
The lawsuit that had so long divided
The houses of Montgomery and Tren.
aolm was settled out Of court.
1t was two very happy young peo-
pie who went up to the Trenholm
louise an hour later. s.
you see," said Margaret to Davis, ,
we have to tell them that the river
las brought the families together
.gain-and that we are going to tie
ihe knot SO tight that 1t can't ever
.Ome untfedi"