ade a grab, and caught hold of the stanchion, when the canoe capsized,
leaving Seamon clinging to the old timber and throwing Carman into the
stream. It carried him down with the speed of a mill-race. Lincoln
raised his voice above the roar of the flood, and yelled to Carman to
swim for an elm tree which stood almost in the channel, which the action
of the water had changed.

"Carman, being a good swimmer, succeeded in catching a branch, and
pulled himself up out of the water, which was very cold, and had almost
chilled him to death; and there he sat, shivering and chattering in the
tree.

"Lincoln, seeing Carman safe, called out to Seamon to let go the
stanchion and swim for the tree. With some hesitation he obeyed, and
struck out, while Lincoln cheered and directed him from the bank. As
Seamon neared the tree he made one grab for a branch, and, missing it,
went under the water. Another desperate lunge was successful, and he
climbed up beside Carman.

"Things were pretty exciting now, for there were two men in the tree,
and the boat gone. It was a cold, raw April day, and there was great
danger of the men becoming benumbed and falling back into the water.
Lincoln called out to them to keep their spirits up and he would save
them.

"The village had been alarmed by this time, and many people had come
down to the bank. Lincoln procured a rope and tied it to a log. He
called all hands to come and help roll the log into the water, and,
after this had been done, he, with the assistance of several others,
towed it some distance up the stream. A daring young fellow by the name
of 'Jim' Dorell then took his seat on the end of the log, and it was
pushed out into the current, with the expectation that it would be
carried down stream against the tree where Seamon and Carman were.

"The log was well directed, and went straight to the tree; but Jim, in
his impatience to help his friends, fell a victim to his good
intentions. Making a frantic grab at a branch, he raised himself off the
log, which was swept from under him by the raging waters and he soon
joined the other victims upon their forlorn perch.

"The excitement on the shore increased, and almost the whole population
of the village gathered on the river bank. Lincoln had the log pulled up
the stream, and, securing another piece of rope, called to the men in
the tree to catch it if they could when he should reach the tree. He
then straddled the log himself, and gave the