The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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When he tokl her lie was determined to rescue her. she exclaimed :
" Then, papa. ^;ft a ^harp knifi' and tut my k-i; off I can't stand it 1"
The h'ttle fellow cri-d to his father :
" You can t save me, papa Both m\ feot are cau^-ht fast and I can't hold out any longer.
I'leasc gci a pistol and shoot me, but don't let me drown !
Captain Ga'-;eb\. of tlie ariiA ,
some of the neic;hbors helped rescue
both children. Mamie displayed Spartan fortitude and pluck. .Ml ni^ht she
lay in a garret, without a mattress, coxering. medicine or attention, witliout a
niurimir or a whisper, the water reachino xo the Hoot below. In tlx' morning
she ^^ as carried down stairs, her leg daimhiii: under her. l>ut when she saw her
father at the foot of the steps she whispered to Captain Ciayeb_\':
" Poor papa :
is so sad
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Then turning to her father she threw a kiss witii her hand aiul laughingljsaid
:
" Gond mornine, papa, lam all right,"
The plucky littU- thing cot alony handsomely and the bo\- suttered no ill
conseiiuences from his immersion.
A poor woman ami her little girl, four years old., stood idh on Lincoln
street. Speaking to the cluld. she looked at me with staring e\es and saiil
nothing.
•• She was born where that sand pile is," said the mother, pointing
to a niound from which some bits of wootl protruded, "and her father and two
brothers are underneath it. " Blinding tears checked her utterance. Then
the dear child turned her face to the weeping parent and said :
" Don't ky, mamma
;
knows go's dot me to love oo !"
This was comfort, and the sorrowing woman smiled as she lifted her darling
in her arms and kissed her again and again. She was read\' to take up
the burden of life once more for the sake of the one tie which l