Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-31
EVERY Pa UMElR GOODRICH

iC lINlA iA'h ~ NSiCiNiil uSIicu dNh} lut
| tormenting flies, and why he did not again re-
lapse into that dependency which had been
caused by his complete isolation, are queries for
children-haters to muse upon
The huge red moon, rising slowly from the
| horizon, dashed swiftly along with the cars,
now beanling through the tree-tops now hid
| behind some barn or natural eminence, and OF
length soaring smaller and brighter than be-
fore, into the evening sky And the little stars
came out, one by one, i'll their marshalled order,
until the whole sky was broken out into con
stellatTons. Ia Ta /"
Still the child slept on. A tall gentlemanly
looking parsonage, with huge whiskerS and a
good-natured expression, now approached and
accoating Hans, was about to take away Linic,
when he perceived she was asleep
Well this is uruoky, certainly" said the
gentleman, sitting down on the vacant seat
next Hans. i am afraid she has troubled YOU,
my friend"
"Oh no. Interrupted Hans eagerly q She
ish a very quiet child assure youn
You ought to see her when she is provok-
ed, said the gentleman, laughing, and you
would probably alter your opinion However,
if she is the least trouble to you--"
Not in der least" cried Hans, will hold
her safe, very safe"
As l was about to say" continued the gen.
teman, smiling, perhaps the remnant Of his
laugh, at the Germans anxious expression, Z" il
such is not the case, | shall have to trouble you
to keep the child until she wakes for the Doc
tor recommends that she should not be abrupt
ly aroused from sleep" ~
Oh yes | will hold her very safe" repeat.
ed Hans.
am much obliged to you to be sure, >
replied the gentleman, sauutering carelessy
away.
Hans regarded him with jealous look, as
one who was about TO deprive him of the only
friend he possessed i'll all America For it was
as if Hans-aloue on vast cold and dreary
sea-had suddenly found buoy which every
succeeding wave threatened to sweep from his
grasp, and leave him again weltering III the
ungcnial element
Very sweet looked LIME, as she slept on,
dreaming Of aught but the dark fate that was
dragging them on to such terrible destination.
But although he knew not why, yet a gloomy
presentiment, that something which betokens to
the soul of man a coming disaster, as cloud in
the sky tells Of a storm, that peculiar feeling
now cast shadow over the face of poor Hans
a vehement shrek from the locomotive aroused
him from his dreamy lethargy
My God - exclaimed voice near him, q
collision ~
1t was but the echo of his inmost heart. 1t
was the bursting Of the storm upon them. An
electric shock of wild fear ran like lightning
through the car, and the palcnesS of death was
Swallowed on the horr0r-frozen countenance OF
the passengers A heavy shock, followed by
a desperate yell of frantic terror, awoke the
child. Hans clasped her. and clune convul-
svely to his seat. 4 moment they were hurl-
ing and humping along the road, and then, top
ping for an instant, with an awful shrek of
women, they all went crashing and rolling
downtown into the deep ravinc Still, in
deadly fear, Hans heroically clings to the child
and to his seat. A huge tree comes banging
and splintcring through the shattered car, right
upon the German and his charge 4 moment
more, and their fate is nevtable-when quick
quick as thought the noble fellow shields heI
with his body, and the hard, inexorable death
does not touch her Hans is struck-but the
child is saved y ...
The moon hung clear and vivid in the centre
/ Of the blue vault and the gay landscape lay
cold and faded beneath, as lay the mangled bo-
dy of poor Hans. A silent group stood around
| and, while gazing upon him, inwardly thanked
| God that their lives and the lives of theil
friends were not the sacrifice required For the
bulk Of the car hung arrested by the opposing
tree, and all save one were thus proyidcntialIy
rescued from the fate of that poor cnligrant-
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