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Tho June Rise
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By FREDERICK HART.
(y, 1921, by McClure Newipaini naica.l*;
The little river that divided the
Montgomery property from the Tren-
Jiolrn estate was a peaceful enough
stream to all appearances; it wound
lazily through the flat land of Ihe val
ley, apparently taking always the
longest, laziest course to get where it
was going and not very particular as
to when It got there. But the stream,
innocent enough to all appearances,
could make trouble when it chose.
Once It did choose, during a late
spring following a hard winter. On
this occasion, swollen by the melted
snows from the surrounding hills, It
rose In Its might, and carved out a
new channel for Itself, making a
straight cut where formerly it hud
made a wide bend.
There was no loss of life entailed
In this whim of Lite river’s; hut it
caused much trouble for the two fam
ilies who lived on opposite sides of it.
The title deeds to the land gave the
boundaries as the river— uo more, no
less; and the new channel added 20
acres of laud to the Montgomery es
tute and subtracted an equal number
from the Trenbolm holding—good
fanning land, too, enriched by the de
posit from the stream.
The Trenholms went to law about
it; tiie Montgomerys defended their
newly acquired estate with vigor; and,
as is the way of lawsuits, the case
dragged on and on, arriving at no par
ticular conclusion except to cause
much bad blood where there was but
little before and to make enemies out
of former friends.
Murguret Trenbolm, blonde, pretty
and Just turned twenty, came in for
her share of the family feud. Her
falher, hard and stern ever, instilled
or tried to instill Into her mind bis
animosity for bis neighbors; and it is
likely that he would have succeeded
The Struggle Was Brief but Violent.
had not fate taken a hand and de
creed that one day when Margaret
was riding her favorite horse near the
boundaries of her estate she should
meet young Paris Montgomery, Just
home from the college where lie was
studying law. The two strangers
greeted each other as strangers do
who are obviously bound by the fra
ternity of horsemen and passed on
tlieir ways; but fate was indefatiga
ble.
Three more meetings cemented
their friendship before either found
out who the other wits. When the
names were disclosed It was too late.
Those two young people had pro
gressed past the point where Inherited
differences of opinion have any
weight. If they had not fallen in love
at first sight they had at least accom
plished that desirable thing at third
or fourth sight, and that amounts to
much the same thing. They did not
dare to broach the matter to tlieir
respective families, but they met oc
casionally, and each meeting cement
ed the bond of affection more firmly.
Thus It came about that one show
ery day in early June Davis Mont
gomery received a note with his morn
ing mail which he read in private and
which gave him apparently a great
deal of satisfaction. After breakfast
lie announced to his fattier that he
was going to take a turn down by
the river to look at the banks. The
Hoods of spring were still on, there
was a report of high water from up
the valley and he wanted to assure
himself that all was well In the lower
fields. His father seemed a bit sur
prised at Ids son's determination to
get a wetting, but made no objection.
Down to the river hank rode young
Davis Montgomery, and in a moment
there came to the opposite bank a
vision in a riding habit—a vision not
less lovely to bis eyes because* she
was soaked with the rain. Neither
of the young people, bred as they
were to the outdoors, minded a wet
tiug when it was a question of see
ing each other. Margaret waved gai
ly to him and he returned the signal.
Then lie glanced at the river.
It *r*s very dulcrcut from the usual
placid stream. Bank high it rolled,
a sullen brown flood, with here and
there a piece of driftwood. The June
rise was on indeed, and the river had
risen In its might.
“Davis!” Margaret called to him.
“Good morning, dear!”
Davis Montgomery forgot about the
June rise and concentrated hia
thoughts on the fact that across that
river was waiting the girl he loved.
“Good 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.
"The bank's 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 inslant Margaret was
struggling in tiie swift stream, cling
ing to the bridle 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 magnificently. After
What seemed ages of battle, but which
reully took only a few moments, Da
vis and Dandy succeeded in dragging
tiie almost unconscious girl up a for
tunately shelving bank, safe on dry
land. Fifty yards further downstream
they could see Margaret’s horse,
Which she had abandoned in the ef
fort to save her own life, struggling
ashore, frightened but safe.
“Oil! I’m so glad!" were Margaret’s
first words. “Boor Black Beauty! If
lie had drowned I couldn’t ever have
forgiven myself.”
“Thank goodness he’s safe!”
breathed Davis. “And thank tiie I.ord
thut you’re all right,” lie added in an
unguarded tone.
Margaret heard his voice, tense with
anxiety, and saw the look in his eyes;
and In another moment she was In ids
arms, laughing and crying at once,
glad after the tension of her escape to
be able to leun 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? If only that
stupid lawsuit could be settled we—
we could get married and everything
would he ail right; but my daddy
won’t give in, and yours won't either,
so—so —" Tears choked her.
But Davis seemed unconscious of
her grief. “Look i Look! The river!”
he shouted.
Margaret looked as directed. Be
fore her eyes she saw the water gnaw
ing at the thin bank thut divided it
from the old channel. The June risa
had done Its work. Even us the two
watched the earth gave way, there
was a great roar and a tumbling of
foamy brown water, and the river, so
long diverted, hud found Its original
course again. The new channel lay
muddy but empty before them, and
the lawsuit that had so long divided
the houses of Montgomery slid Treu
holm was settled out of court.
It was two very happy young peo
ple who went up to the Trenliolm
house an hour later.
"You see," said Margnret to Davis,
“we have to tell them that the river
lilts brought the families together
again—and that we are going to tie
the knot so tight thut It can't ever
come milled !’•
GIGANTIC YEWS IN ENGLAND
That Sort* Trees in That Country
Attain a Record Growth, Is Fact
Not Generally Known.
England's proud old parks and for
ests hold many a storied tree, but
most people would not suppose that
certain trees, for height, attain tlieir
maximum growth in the island coun
try. Our redwood skyscrapers stand
alone, but could our ashes compete
with England?
Prof. Augustine Henry, in an article
in London Country Life, says that on
the continent of Europe, at least, there
do not appear to he any ash trees as
tall as those in tiie old heronry at
Cobhum hall, Kent, some of which are
130 feet high. The tallest hornbeam
on record anywhere grew near \Ye-t
Wycombe, and measured 100 fo“t,
while the field maple, usually small,
attains in Kent and Sussex a height of
75 feet. In England and Scotland the
wild cherry grows to ati enormous size,
and no measurement of this species,
in England or abroad, surpasses for
height that of the 00-foot wild ctji vrj
at Beticonsfield.
Heredity’s Deadly Work.
“Strange case of heredity in that
family!”
“How come?”
“One of the boys has a golden tenor
voice, one is in the prize ring and has
a tin ear, one is a press agent with all
the brass in the w orld, one is a silver
tongued orator, one an aluminum ware
canvasser, one a steel puddler, one s
copper—”
“Well, where does the heredity come
In?”
“Why. the!r father was one of those
mercurial men who ruled their sons
with an Iron hand.”—Retail Ledger,
Philadelphia.
Professional Decision.
“Tou don’t take any Interest in the
Bacon-Shakes;’Osre controversy ?"
“No.” replied Mr. Stormington
Barnes. “Whoever wrote the plays,
Shakespeare's got the reputation, snd
you couldn’t interest the people by
putting another man's natte on the
billboards.’
PE Alt HON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 6. 1921
My Treasure Chest.
Will S. Denham. In Macon Telegraph.
I’ve gathered up those dearer
things
With much I would not part,
And laid them carefully away—
Yet close beside.my heart;
Those things on Time time has no
lien.
The things I love the best,
The priceless things more dear
than life —
These are my treasure chest.
My confidence in fellow man
And my belief in God;
The heritage of my old home
Deep rooted in the sod;
My rosary of sorrow,
My beatitude of tears;
The,glory of my mother's love
Still shining through the years.
The fullness of the summer noon,
The o’erflowing harvest born,
The whiteness of a winter night,
The flowers of April’s morn;
The soul that lurks with a song.
The faith within a child,
The beauty that all nature holds
For one who loves the wild.
Mere wisdom never can replace
illusions fair of youth,
And yet these things I’ve hoarded
up
And wrapped about with Truth
Are recompense for all the days;
They'll stand Ihe final test
< >f t he fit and the etejnal,
Deep within my treasure chest.
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ll 05 p in Lv Valdosta Ar 8 SO a m
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