The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-10-25


.ei the consequences bc ever so had
aCu tcrdir me. viii ysu take that
Won imp8dcui puppy " AND with the
words there fce across the haru ans
other bride which Mr Granger was
holding a his hand What the man
really meat t. da can not Be said but
his aIm was sure. and the heavy iron hit
laid poor Willie senseless on the floor
Without waiting 70 see the extent Of
the injury done, the passionate man
left thr barn and went 60 work AZ some
tAii else than be bad intended
How long be lay ia this haltliielcss
condition. Willie never knew for light
and darkness seemed all the same to
him SIS he rose and staggered out Of
ibe barn and down the lane Where
hewas going he did not know did ct
care so long as hc never again saw
the face Of bis cruel task-master
On, On, on, al day, and all night per
hapss Willie did not know aud then
there came a time when he was uucon-
soi6us again the streng Oh which his
fever aud pain bad given him was eK-
hausted, and he laid in the road, TO all
appearances a Hielcss body. When CON
seriousness returned. he was ia little
cottage, where kind attendance aud
skill soon worked their good effects,
aud then. in spite of all the good cot
/ tagcr could DO, he continued bis flight
. But his footsteps were closely follow
led. Samuel Granger, not conteht with
the injury alreadydone, had set the Of.
. iicers of the law upon the tracks Of the
poor boy and he himself had followed,
to in1ict summary punishment on the
runaway.
/ Weary and foot sore, vet urged on
I by fet ling Of dread that he could not
explain, Willie kept huuying along the
road, ticking only that direction which
seemed 10 him would lead him more di,
rcctly away from his hard master and
All the while praying that be might find
some place where he could live happy,
and be like the other boys he had seen
going to and coming from the school
house. 1t must be several days since
! he left the farm and there were very
hard thoughts within his breast, against
/ the man who had driven him from such
a miserable home as it had been OHM
And now, for the first time, he began
TO feel tie pangs Of hunger; what
would he do for something to eat Z Go
| ackg No he would starve first
Gladly would he have taken the dry
crusts that were once his scanty share I;
but lie could not even get them now,
and he had not asked for anything since
/ he left the cottage. ] o be sure, there
were orchards along the road. but, he
never had stolen anything, and he new
er would so he ran past them as fast
as he could, lest he should be tempted
too strongly.
Every time that & carriage came
along, he would hide behind the fence,
or crouch down in the grass Sc as not
to be seen and when il was once out
Of sight, he would start on again He
did OF dare TO ask for ride, lest some
one should know him and take him back
to the place he SO much dreaded
If was nearly sundown, and Willie
was making all haste to get TO a hous e
lust ahead where he might ask for
something to eat, and perhaps be per-
mitted to rest his weary limbs till the
morning. sudden y he heard the clat-
ter Of hoofs behind him, and looking
back. saw a horse dashing towards him
at fearful rate, and dragging some
thing along with it, There was a cIump
of bushes standing near the road, and
behind these he crouched low down. -
Then he pceped ont from among the
leaves TO see what had happened. How
| bis heart leaped up into his throat =
The horse was covered with foam and
| dust but still it looked like Old Bay,
the very one whose bride had been
missing. "Ile's broke loose from the
wacgcn," thought he, "and maybe it's
Mr. Granger he's dragging along How
he trembed as the truth dashed upon
his mind.
/ Willie did not know what to do II
he stopped TIE horse aud saved Mr..
IGranger. who could tell how much be
would suffer afterwards; if not -he did
mot dare 10 think Of the consequences.
/ 1t was no time to argue the matter, and
! the mauy, noble impulse Of the boy
carried the day.
/ on came his little worn-out jacket
and in a moment more be WAS IN the
middle of the road BY this tine. the
horse was nearly upon him and seemed
to despse sueh a small obstacle; bnt, al
Of = snddeD, up went bis arms with his
bat in one hand and the coat in the
other, and round and round they went
as fast as be could make them 20. In
an instant, the horse, frightened at the
/ unusual sight stopped. Whoa there y
and before another plunge could be
made. The little fellow had a Grm bold
/ Of tie bride.
Either the horse knew him, or else
I he was tired out from running so fast,
Tor he wgs soon qpleted; aud Willie
lastencd to uuloose the poor man who
vas fastened behind him, sure enough
il was Mr. Granger; but Willie did not
think OF anything now, bat how be
could help him Untnis,lng the lines
which we're tightly wound around his
body, and laying him on green plot Of
grass by the roadside, he ran for help.
This was readily granted and Mr
Granger was carried To the nearest
house aud wel cared foY It turned
ont that bis injuries we're not 70 great
a. might have been expected aud ia a
few days be was quite well.
Bat. although there were no bones
broken, there was something else brok-
en. never 10 be mended il uas bis sci
s.h nr.,..t.nrt.un arirlt and Mhnn LIE