The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-05

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with my assistance pull yourself up
Everything depends upon your coolnes,
and bravery But, for your life, d,
not look downward
| With closed lips and set teeth, Fanni
! did ms she was bidden, aud PRESENT.
stood in position where she could fin,
support, and waited with closed lids anC
misty eyes till the gentleman had place,
himself by her side.
Again his strong arm held her unit
they had rested, aud then he said
| "That was bravely done, but III order
| to gain safety we must pass through this
sliding sheet of water You must lock
your arms about my neck and trust
yourself entirely to me. | think We
shall be successful hut in any event you
must resign your fate in my hands and
keep yourself cool and calm
II will try. But ii is terrible.
mean the thought that | am impcriling
another human life by my insane rash.
ness. " returned Fannie, with tears flood
ing her blue eyes.
"You must not think at all now.
nerve yo"r"cL'' 'or u Is 6roNlnR l"tc,
ana NE anu az /, n'e"''S ID """'''iS US
on yonder summit.
'GS p"' "''V " "c"'" no" Sho
gaspeu,
but / Si'a'i make desperate S,rnB-
ole for thc former. Are yOu ready ?'
about her slender waist, and instantly
Fannie twiucd hers about his neck as If
he were brother, and moment later
she felt the dash OF water III her tnce and
over her form. Fighting inch by inch,
in the water, out OF 1t, cllnBing to the
swayiDg loops of vines, they suddenly
passed into n broad belt OF sunlight
IHsn Tcio "'''i','' q" ~ "o''' '>''''''o '''''
'''''
When Fannle recovered from the W.
most dcathly swooh INTO WlIich Sho lad
fallen the lnstnnt she comprehended
safety was found, she was lying above
the waterfall upon a dry mound, ana
her dellycrcr attempting to restore her
:" I"',S'io''''SS , i,a" ~ 3 m sohhaJ ,b % hor
- '''' wy
thanks, and when thev had talked over
how She bcrome suspcndel over the
"Dcyils Churn." and how he. coming
from n uciohboring field to n fomus
spripy of ice.cold water inst ot fine head
Of tine falls. heard her singing. and Mt
first WAS tempted to believe it spirit
hlusl'' p'' a't'"1'eo % ~ , 'io 'M'o''i'SH n "'
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anu "''o''''
Io,rno1 ,,nrn nf tho hist,ry nf hor rns-
,,,nr thn4 i,o inrn tl,a ,,,,,,inol mon,o ~,
Cior.,co % Cnmornn tLot ho woa hnme
frnn rnlIogn unnn q snmmcr vocntinn
and tLnt . lorgn whitn mansion to ho
soon from whorr thry wrro conycrsino,
WAS bis ros;Jonro and which shortly
,-,
"I'er tt'S e"''lcu, eNcli III "oi "io''''''
condition. e.,
l'l'' hiSnt' "i'cf ih"',I'S"' I,'
win her resrler' Shc l"'ha ,ne i'o'pS
farmhouse IN great commotioi'' ana
Wllch all oi hef adventures ana lc'!'S
nad oecn Icrouh'ed again ana "S"!.'
nc''n 'ii'' i"i'iI" 'oIi''o.,pu i'.' I I'r'
rlucS''o,'' "'',''' ,''c H''"u'' N'i'Si'' "''''''
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"Such elegant people" " concluded
Fannie, "such lovely house, such cX-
quisitc grounds, such Il flower garden,
and Just think Of it, n genuine landsccr
over the mantcl, and Rosa Bouhcur ON
the walls of the parlor, and n grand
piano and such supper us they gnyc
me such splendid strawberries and real
croom' And think NJ my eating them in
ono nf Mrs Cnmcsnn's best dresses n
milo t,n loron for mo wh;lcmy own was
urlor . lry;no and rcnoiriro ,,roccss
:" Wos tinrn evor e,irb maIro ." OK
Rc,Ia
"It is shoci,inor nm certain | shalI
NOT steep Nlllh hil HlSHt, Pi''hN'
"And, of course. notwithstanding the
politencss you received, the young gen
tieman must think you downright
fool. Fan" iuterlarlcd Marcha
Poor little Fannie went to bed very
thankful, but humble. aud cried herself
tn slccp while thinking how very silly
Clarence Cameron must have deemed
her.
On the contrary. that Young gentle
man could not sleep Tor thinking OF the
little maid he had hshed ont oil the
" Devils Churn. Over and over again
he declared to himself that she was the
lovllcst, most heroic little thing he had
ever met tn short, had fallen madly III
love with the gIrl, and when, at last,
nature asserted itself and he slept in the
woe small hours he dreamed of the ten
dor white arms that twined themselves
co closely ornund his neck Of the soft