The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-07-17

/ would go there, Iusl % atr th1t jf1a' l.aul
come 10 any harm"
oYou mufn't disohey your falheri IL Will
make him very angry" spid Mrs Lloyd,
Maybe" suggested he hoy, "if sere to
go 60 thc top Of the hlll just above the dam.
and sit and watch laeob, be wouldn't mind.
Hlblt wouldn't bee going 10 the mill-dam, you
tnuw. Aud n you told him just hpv Il eas,
and sld that you hnd thought Il better Ton
mo 90 po There on Jacobs account am sure
he would say that had done Just right iu-
stead of wrong"
Mrs Lloyd thought for q iiltle while, and
then rspliet
"Jacob 10 small boy, and there are dan
porou, places about The milI-dau. ! wonder
how bis mother can let him go there alone ?
O, q hc should fll 10, 20 be- swept down un-
der the gate, or over the dan, nothing could
save him | think you bad belIergo, Frank,
and rll make It al right with your father
Only be sure and not 20 down 10 the water
unless something happers 10 Jacob"
Thus permitted and eniulucd, Frank start
cd on 10 'hc mill damNhioh was about quar-
gcr of mile distant in lonely valley SUR
rounded by woods md hills lie walked
along rapidly for the iiru that jacob Green
might lnil into the water at any moment hay-
/ ing taken possession Of bis mind, be- tolt
anxious % reach the ncIghborhood of the
dam us quickly os possible On gaining the
wooded h,ll that rose stomly above lhc point
where the water, swollen by late rains leapcd
roaring, over the dam, Frank searched with
| his eyes, hurricdly, along the shore, up aud
[ down, for Jacob Green. Bot the lad was no
where in sight lie would have shouted hia
name, but secret sense Of disobcdirnce, and
. fear oidrco,cry by his hlsty tempered father
WHO might hear his voice. kept him silent.
Descending as near TO tie edge Of the dam "a
ac deemed II prudent, under the circumsian.
ccs, To 60, hc examined every point in the
! rErEU-Ut yiruu with ttr most careful scrutiny,
.l ~ r Erizcl upon rho huylz
heart Jucnb must have fallen into the water
and been swept over the dam His heart
beat Ike q hammer in his breast respiration
became difficult he felt a choking sensation
,n hi, throat. For some moments he stood
. lcw,idc But anNicty for the little boyt
safety -trramC superior 20 aYo,hrr emotions.
lie may have fallen ia near tho head.
gate" Doe nov said to himself And then as
the image Of Jacob, cljnging to some frail
support, amid the Vhi,ling, sucking cddies
q presented itself TO his mind, Frank sprung to
.'he spot whore the water from the dam flowed
into tar min race. Holding on TO a piece of
--4-.4--- H.! !l-l.-4-ase4- -Lsi.---ef.-A,
stone wall, or pier and, as he looked down
into the water that srcthci aul struggled
above the halfopcncd gate be- held bis breath
in momcuury suspense. Bot 40 sign of III,
'hl was visible. Frank drew himself up
taking a deep inspiration and stood for som,
momcu,, hcWidcrod aud at fault Then h,
ts;-ifs; sg.rsr=F Tst7fik F'iFt hId
' been thrown across the sluiep into which III,
heal-gotr opened, and standing on one ofIh,
uhutmcu,s Of the dam, leaned bis body over
and looked down, a distance Of twcuty feet
into the inIl whirlpool Of waters that liy be-.
meath, lis mead swans aud ho lifted him
self up and moved back with q feeling Of ter
ror in hi, heart. If hc were TO fall Lcadlong
there no power on earth could save him.
\ liulc while Frank stood ON the abu,mcnt
that Jared 10 the heavy fll OF water. Then
he stepped carefully across the narrow bridg,
that separated him from. the land. aud took O.
long breath as he felt himself iu position of
safety Slowly and anNiou,y were .his eve,
now thrown around him. and every point
within their range searched with the most
careful scrutiny. hut the search was entirely
ruitless. Ascending the hill that rose above
= the dam, Frank now ran along its brow, fol
some distance, up the stream Mtting his gNz,
fall upon every purt Of the shore. Suddenly
he stopped, with a exclamation of relief foi
Jseeb hat cotne into fail view, sitting upon
rock that projected far into the water
and watching the scarct-,oppad cork
that lay motionlcss in quiet eddy.
Frank did not call to the boy, nor, by any
> sign, make known his proximity. lie haC
!, come, in disobediencc to his father, 10 wotcl
over and protect him from harms aud tn,
fear Of hasty misudgmcnt on the part of hi,
father, when the fact of his disobedicucc bc
came known, sobered his feelings and mad,
him prefer solitude to companionShip. Sc
he sat down, concealing himself among the
trunks of three or four large trees yet keep
: his head in a position TO see Jacob through
small opening between them. Nearly half
an hour passed when Jacob, tired of watch
his immovabIe cork drew up his line, ant
moved down the bank to a position nearer
the point where the swollen water went rush
ing over the dam, AS he threw his lin,
ugTiu, ttrariy urUyr ur1d wuikrd utoug the hit
' above him, until he came nearly opposite tn,
laundering waterfall, and then sat down agair
to watch the lonely boy---hmself NOR,
lonely.
The clearing at which Mr. Lloyd was a
work with his mon Inv nhnni n nnnricr Of