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Show DUNKING IN BEAR RIVER We are indebted to William Rigby, son of Bishop W. F. Rigby of Newton, for the following particulars of an unpleasant accident that befell a young couple on a recent Sunday. We suppress names, as the tale will point an excellent moral without them. Two young men employed on a ranch near Bear River, feeling lonesome on the Sunday named, decided to kill time by going to see "the girls" on a neighboring ranch. They found the girls at home and a boat ride on Bear River was proposed. The boat was too small to hold more than two persons. One of the young men and one of the young ladies seated themselves in the boat and getting well out into the stream. The gallant youth, thought to scare his companion by tipping the boat. But she didn't scare worth a cent and began to tip too. As a result the boat was upset, with its occupants underneath. Several young people stood on the bank unable to render any assistance to them in the water. The young man could not swim, but the young lady could, and with the magnamanity of a heroine she helped him up onto the capsized boat, and then swam ashore. The young man made his way to the shore by using his hands for paddles. The young lady remarked to him, "You won't take me out boat riding again. Moral 1st, young men who go boating on Sunday should be good swimmer. 2d. Young men who go boating on Sunday should not rock the boat to scare their lady companion. 3d. young men should not go boating on Sunday. |