Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-10-30

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Saang 'h- 's-,.on ~ ihs word. snJ tlls worI
'.o acaga,' .a. 1J her fai oorDoraiios, - mo-.
non, at the top ci Der speed, itr twenty vsr6s,
when she s'or rcd, painting and breafhless Iob
hEd stood bsu ID Y,i fur lev seconds. ehgg Tia
ruth flashed upon his mind,
"By grEo'" shouted he, dYopuins his coat snG
trousers, sfh iile rect Of his coihes. bIt holding
IN 70 Ihe blanket, be s7ruug lorb sher them.
The hsrses bad hy ihis time got Uonethipp of
snrt; the screams Of Mrs. Morgan aided byihs
.r.cs Of Sarah, kept them from tagging the road
was g)od-ihssi sieeds we're used 10 il--Job was fer
behind, and hey were proceeding AT a pace that
would soon have landed the ladies' OF the church.
or in the ditch. when a iall man, with bushv
whiskeTs thb' covered half his face, spranp over
the wall from an orchsrd adjoining. and, body
seized the rsins. lie found little difficulty in nr-
resting their prog ss, had il not been for the W.
rosr behind, The horses would have stopped o.
their own accord. Seeing them perfectly quiet.
me man approached The window Of the carriage,
and stood 10 receive their commands.
ais there any thing more can 90 FOR YOU, la
d,esi' saio he, fixing his eyes on Sarah, 50 ear
nssily that she drew 0ack 10 some confusion.
"Open the d,or-open the doorl" shrsked
Mrs. Morgan. The stranger obeyed her COM
mands, and 70 hii CONSERVATION, the bounteous
form Of the worthy lady was precipiiated full in.
to his arms. Staggered b. the shock, he stepped
backward, lost bis 5a'gnce, and fell on the verge
Of slight deciy;y, down which he rolled with
his porly burden, oil. stopped by a fence. thevay
!mbedaed 10 & comfortable mudouddlc. The hor.
ses, again left 70 their own discretion, moved off
on gentle rot, and poor Sarah, 100 much terri
he'd 70 scream, bid her eyes with her hands. and
sank or her kne:s on the bottom Of the carriage.
AT ia!3 moment. along came Job, the blanket
winch ne st!.. grl7pcd flying out behind him; he
looked neither 10 the right nor the left, but with
the spring Of O panther, bounded after the car
rage. Inc stranger had freed himself from III,
recuiabert weight of Mrs. Morgan, and had ius.
raised hime5.f as JOB dashed by; he supposed him
ma1.1c escaped from his keeper, and his heart
United win terror, as he saw him with long leaps
gaming rapidly on the carriage where sat the tim.
I'd Sarah. Leaving Mrs. Morgan to her own re.
sources, he scrambled up the bank. and in his
return pursued the horses. Job overlook the
seeds, caught the raas. and with one bound,
seated himself on the box, then gathering the
blanket about him, locked back into the carriage
Tor Instructions. Sarah raising her head, and
seeing MS well known face, exclaimed
IN JOB. save me, save nc; horrible man
mas Just dragged my aunt from the carriags to
rgO ana murder her save me, save mc!"
JOB looked back and saw the man coming
like q streak Of chalk Is he afterwards desert.
bed Il; his hair br.s,i-d with horror; instant
night was al that could save him; but ne was too
klAd.heartcd TO iorsak: poor Sarah: so shaking
the relns aud yelling ct the horses. he drove on,
determined 10 make an effort 10 get away from
the supposed higI-wayman. Shaking the reins.
and whooPing wildly at the horses he succeeded
IN urging them to a rapid trot. and would proba.
0Iy, have reached his fathers house, the haven
toNhchh ne was steering, hadnot aufng mistake
OF one rem Tor the other, been the means ofde.
posting the horses, Sarah and Job, in ditch On
one side otthe road. JOB was upon his feet in
moment, and seeing the stranger within few
yoru5, gave S gn to poor Sarah, and leaping the
fence, gained in safety his fathers cottage.
On Monday, when Mr.. Morgan sat in iudc.
ment,' Job, by Charles cxer,ious. was pronoun.
ced o.ane.ess the onI5 Of the disaster falling
upon Mrs. Morgan. She could not denv thai
she forbade him to stay minute longer. but to
came rs he vas; Betsy Acknowledged that "skea~.
ed At sIch an uudaacent sight. she run off into the
holao;' and Sarah owned that she thought ths
stranger was numbering her aunt; and believed
she had begged job to save her. The rest were
all natura. consequences.
The upshot Of it is" said Mr.. Morgan. "that
you wanted boy to 90 just what YOU told him,
and-you have got one"
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