The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-07-03

In the last extremity of fear and hope,
| shouted in q voice that stirred my own heart
TOO:
Courage. brave girl; courage for ole mo
ment nore"
Judge then was within six feet of her, stand
ing on six inches wide Of deal plank that bent
like whaleboue, my only hold the loose cord
swinging from rock to rock, with dizzy whir
of roaring foam between them. Judge, then,
my dismay and sstouishment, when l saw thi.
girl as spoke, leave hold of the hand rope, and
| walk unassisted towards me along that Barrow,
shaking path hung out in air. could not credi,
my senses, it was unhsard of it was too daring
| il was impossible for any human being. Before
| could recover or decide how to act, she flung
herself upon me, her arms about my neck, and
her whole weight resting upon me like lead. l
scarcely retained nv balance, and l could no;
attempt to recover myself felt she was about
to faint; knew no human power could save Us
If she did. Moved, then, for my own life As well
as hers, l whispered in that stern, strange, in
ward tone which arises in the extreme of anxiety
or peril; -,
"It you faint give away We are both lost ~
The effect was wonderful BraveIy the poo
young, frail creature fought with her weakness.
beating back the faintness On that thin, quaking
plank, with the fierce edcies running tar below,
and their hosrse voices filing the air below US;
only one arm about her waist 10 stay her against
the swaying ropes beneath.
Snow, are you ready to try ="
81 am ready said the brave girl.
Gently, and gradually loosened her hold OF
my neck and arms; put the hand rope into her
grasp, with directions to let it slip through her
hand, merely resting or it as she walked, and
with her left hand clasped in my left, which was
stretched out behind for her to hold, inch BY
inch, aud foot by foot, without sigh or futter,
she reached the platform, where her friends
stood like statues, waiting Us in breathless awe
| had only time to life her from the bridge
when she gave way in earnest, and for long
time she lay pale and rigid a. drowned corpse,
on the blac. rocks.
When symptoms of recovery began to appear,
the friends were profuse in their ackowlege-
ments; one old genlleman-the pater tamiiias,
| sdpposed-eyeing my rough shooting coat and
worn leggins, began something about "any re
muneratiOn | could fairly ask" fumbling at the
the same time IN his pocket fear consigned
him rather abruptly to the tender care of q GER
tain unmeniiol.abe persOnage, aud in great dudg-
con with what conceived an insult, i called old
Tasso from admiring and nOsing about the young
girl had assisted, aud stumping up the ladder
with him in my arms, (he could never climb up
though he always got down handsomely, poor
fellow y reach ed the top. sweet. faint voice
followed me:
"Oh, sir, | wish to thank YOU"
This sounded sootingly and real but stay, my
hot, bashful young blood could not l remen.
ber taking off my hat and replying with many
bushes:
"Not at sll-don't mention il l beg" and
moved away.
suppose YOU think the above named young
lady is now Mrs -. 1t should have been
SO, perhaps, but it never was nor is likely to be,
unless she turns up and rewards me after this
long Delay. l never heard her name or anything
of her beyond this adventure on the swing
bridge and as | am out of the worlds notice. il
is improbable we will ever know more of each
other
But let no one disbeheve on this account the
simple truth of our strange meeting On Carrick-
a-Rede, to which have added nothing.