Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-25

dangling at the Hide of his head 6 ave
satisfactory explanation
| He had it all IBIS own way now; he
was fairly off with me; and all co uld
do was to bear bis head as well
could, to prevent him from sturhb.
ling. However, as it would h live
been bad policy 10 let him know / low
much he was magter, l gave him an
occasional touch With the spur, a$ il
wishing him toIaccelerate his PAIGE;
and wien he made an extra bound.
I patted him on The neck, as if PIE as
ed With his performance.
A watery cloud was passing over
the face of the moon, which render ed
everything dim and indistinct, as Ee
tore away down I grassy slope, dhc
view terminating in a grove.of t hll
trees, situated upon a rising-grouR d.
Beyond the dark outline Of the trets,
| saw nothing
As We neared the grove, Satin
Stacked his speed; this | thought no
did with view to crush me agail lst
tie Trunks OF the trees To prevd pit
him fipm having time to DO this |
struck him with t he spurs, and away
again he went like fury. AS he bun st
through the treek, | flung my he hd
forward upon his neck, to preyeh t
myself from being swept off by the
lower branches. In doing this, the
spurs accidentally came in conta Pt
with his sides. He gave one tt f.
mendous leap forward 1.-The grouII u
sank under his ffet--the horse W IS
thrown over his own head " q s
ierkedinto the all and, amidan aF-
blanche of earth and stones, we were
hurled down a perpendicular bank i b.
to the brown, swo waters OF the
Clyde.
Owing to a bend in the river l.
the force of the current was d.
Fected against this particular spot,
and had undermined it; and although
strong enough to bear man or h
horse, under ordinary circumstances,
,lot Jown of oncn II thtnderad unddr
the desperate leap Of Satan. IIowef-
Ell, it did not signify, as nothing coull
have prevented US from surging intP
the river at the nd xt| bound.
4 Urge qua nit " ofrain had falleh
id the upper part of the shire; and
id consequence, t he river was full
from bank to b ank. ] was nearly r.
stranger to the place; indeed, so much
%, that l had supposed we were rum
ming from the riyel. This, combined
with the suddennes 5 Of the shock, and
the appearance ola I'd rbiq, rapid rlyF
er sweeping down IF ees, brushvoodip
hay, corn, a nd straw before.
it, with resistless ,fnrce-was 50 fort
eign to my idea of|the calm, peaceful
Clyde, that, when | rose to the sur
face, was quite Hewildered, and had
worry serious doubts as to my own
Identity,
/ was reused from this state Of be-
Tilderment by the snorting an d
Of the hofse; hewas making
bold attempts to spale the perpenilic-
Jiihr bank. Had / been thrown into
the body of the stream, | should
have> been swept AWAY, and the AMI
NAL must hav We r erished; but il all
heavy runs Of water, salt CT fresh,
there is what Isl termed an e q d y.
ru ming close in-shore, IN a
direction to the min body
of the wat er. l h;|yet seen Highland
ers in their boats catching fish in the
eddy stream Of the Gull OF CorrieV-I
rekin, within d short distance Of the
main tide, which had it but got the
slightest hold on their boat, W uld
have swept them with fearful velocity
INTO the jaws of the roaring gulf +
vas caught By this eddy, which kept
ME stationary, and enabled me, BY 4
ew strokes, to reach the horse S size
To cross the river, OF to land here,
vas alike impossible; SO | took theH
,einfs in ny right band, wheeled the
horse from the bank, and dashed atH
,nce With him into the strength. oil
,he current. Away we went, Satan
md /, in capital spirits both; not a !
loubt of our effecting safe landing
,ver crossed my mind And the horse
svinced his certainty upon that sub
eet, by snatching a bite out of q heap
If hay that floated at his SIDE, and
latin g it as composedly as if he had
,een in the stable.
We soon swept round the bigh