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THE STORY OF JOHXSTOUW.
for the \',-eclding. The water rose so that he coiilil not leave aiul the house was
moved away. The bride's wardrobe' was badl\- dainaL;td ami tlie -room's was
destroyed by the wreek-in-- of liis father's house. \Mien Wednesday, the wedding-day.
arrived, they went to Somerset, were married, and returned in the
afternoon. 'I'he tov, n still had heart enou^li in it to eoni;ratulate Mi>s .Vn^ie
Fockler and |ohn ] lenry Le\\' on tlieir marriaue. Lon^' before the tlood Miss
Fockler and Mr. Levy were friends, if not lo\ers. SomethinL;' separated them.
After knockiu',: about for a time Mr. Lev\- si-ttled in tlie West, while Mi.--s
Fockler li\ed on alone. Then came the flood. Mr. Lev\- was in tlie East at
the time. What meire natural than that, under such conditions, he should
offer his protectin;; care To be sure \ \vhat did he do but just tuck her
under his arm. march her olf to the Cit\' of Br(.nherly and Sisterh' Lo\-e. and
marry her almost before she knew it \ The marria^je of Edward C. Creamer,
of Hancock, to Miss Adele Webster. iSf l^hiladelpliia. toi.'k place in that city
on l)ec. 15th. There was a little romance connected with this happv union.
Mr. Creamer met his briile feir the first time when he rescued her trtuii drowning
in the mad waters on tlie ill-fated 31st of Ma\'.
••Whistle for land! Wliistle for land !" was the half-nes.
Scott Diberts horse was found two da\-s after the flood up to his neck in
mud behind Lambert A: Kress' ale brewery. The animal was dui; out. cleaned
up. and returneiJ to his owner unharmed.
In nian_\' parts of the fl(jo(.'ed districts where the water scattered oats
there appeared Ljlacies measuring four to fi\'e inches in leni;tli. In the
Sundav-school room of the English Lutheran Church so much earth and seed