The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-04-17
NC WEDNESDAY APRIL II, Ds ss',

". please, !, bas ,ss fas''n's preach n ths
5.sk.s spoke ths wise.. With stern 50.
lemnt,y. !" have I been any wsrss since |
began g nave an lint interest il religious
No. Abby-.ysoaAl saAlsws We're ,.,Ixays good"
"fhen Why w,ill you nst iisyeh % me !
lf yoa will stay With me Hc&-sif you w'ii
wait satl, YOUR anger is cooled. and then So
and speak kindly to Solomon Gordon. !
give you my solemn pledge that you WI!
feel . thousand times better than you Viii
iilvou-."
But Jack would no, heat his Wife cut.
He had sworn thai ne ~bdId thrash Sol
o,non Gordon. and he would keep his word.
His temper was At the boiling point. and
he &as fairly Aching to get bis hands upon
the man who hal dared ID strike his boy
Tor Freddy was his pet. and every blow
that had been laid upon the child's body
had made a mark Of Ave spon his own
heart. So Ne put his ~ift away from him
aud hurried from the house. sianiins tue
door after him.
Away wen, tacA sprout. with rapid.
heavy strides; and had Solomon Gordon
fallen in his way just then he would have
mos, assateGly beeh severely beaten for
though Solomon was . very stnut, bold
nan. ye, Jack was very Hercules.
But Jack was di.,ihed 10 get pretty
iAoruu ghIy cooled ID brfofs he met the OBJ
ject Of his wrath. A ha approached the
bridge that spann'd the river just below
the Tails ne heard loud cries OF alarm. and
upon harrying forward he found that q boy
had iallen Ffom one af the projecting tim.
bers into the water. lie loaked over the
railing add saw the little fellow just CON-
ing 20 the surface OF the fcsming boiling
aood--a curly headed boy. just sUdit the
age Of his own darling freddy-strstchins
idrth his tIny hands in ssony OF despair.
Ii sas terrible place. that seethins. roar.
ing pool. Where the waters Of The great
river came pouring down from over the
high dam but Jack did not hesitate. He
fcrfot his enemy-lforgot everything but
the danger of the little dne-Aand only stop
ping 10 kick of his boots. and throw aside
his coat. he leaped down intc The angry
food. He caught the boy IN his arms. and
then struck for the shore. II was mighty
conflict, but the sttune man perseyered.
More than once thuse who had gathered
upon the bridge and upon the rocks had
reason Ia fear that neither the man nor the
boy would come forth alive ; but Jack held
his own against the mad torrent. and finally
reached The shore. where many hands we're
ready TO help him. AZ for himself. lev
inmates action assured him that he was
able 10 walk and that he had sustained no
injuries save few trlfling bruises. A, foe
tue boz. he aad come forth in safety Tor
Jack had held him high sbove the water
during eli the time Of his struggle.
And when Jack Sproat had regained his
breath. asd was able to speak. he looked
10 see The boy that he had saved. and he
saw that il was Andy Gordon, q bright.
eyed, curly. headed. faif.faeed boz, not a
rear elder than was his dwa son Freddy.
"where's papa :" asked the dripping
uhild.
"He Is coming" snsweted .dae one 10
the crowd.
Jack Looked up and saw solomon Cor
dun cnminy -l.sulurian. pale and terror
stricken--ind with all pussibIe haste he
.eized bis coat and bodt. add hurried away.
| lie could no, meet Solomon Gordon then.
| |" Mercy What Is IL, Jack !"
| Mrs. sprout was alarmed. Her husband
vas dripping wet. his step war icttering,
| his breath was labored aud there was .
Iivid mark upon his forehead - though no
had received heasy blus.
i .It 10 nothing. Abby."
il "Has Solomon --- 'n
Il ".Pshaai Dye thing Sol. Gordon could
have done this ! I have been in the river,
Aiitue boy had fallen from the bridge right
into the Hood beneatb the falls. jumped
Ia and hiesgh. HIN OUT = .'.'.