The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17
NUMBER 5.

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u s'a7 = y l,ioyu look
- puzztea, Wnile Bellies large eyes
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"'iu 100 muCn chlcken-the
Whole thIng was bore and an early
return advisable. Our wagon ebopooC,
to be brouoht nm f,ot VoIa-;o
7 fool, noaa.:- ~ anu
Mss Wooo perched herself where
9he was oeIore, Belle was already in
IooklHg cross and Jaded, and Arthur
Was coming doWn the steps with
beIisshawl, which she had forgotten,
Wheh an accidental movement on the
Part oI some OF the others started the
nlgh-Spirlted horses, already restive
from the delay. and with one power
iul spring that jerked the reins from
the choachman they were tearing
wildly down the road, making
straight for the beach. A moments
work, and yet how it had changed
for us all things. Already the petty
strifes and ambitions of this life were
as things past, fading and .paling in
the light of the eternity to which we
are rushing so wildly. There had
been a groan, and we knew there
were white faces and wringing hands
behind us, but we knew there ronId
be no pursuit-that could only has
ten our destruction. We were quite
helpness. Valerie had tainted-Belle
was filling the air with shrieks and
cries for help. | sat frozen and ana.
thetic from the extremity of nv ter
ror. Only few moments more. and
the wagon was swayinp terribIv-the
horses were growing wilder and still
more unmanageable. A stone. a tree
by the road, the possibility ofa break
ing axle, were all that now divided
us from death. The white lines of
the waves came in sight.
1.-The water-the water J" shrieked
Belle.
"Help oh, help! quick mercy
mercy !"
"Be STILL" said Miss Wood, for the
first time moving since the horses
started. "You frighten them still
more with your senseless clamor."
Belle answered by another shrek.
Miss Wood looked at her with a
mixture of pity and contempt, and
holding with one hand on the wagon,
began with the other to unloOSe her
shawl, and draw 1t down around her
waist"
"Hold on, as DO, by one hand"
she SAID turning again to Belle, land
take the ends with the other"
Belle stared vacantly at her, but
made no effort to obey her.
The gOYerness made passionate
gesture with the hand that held the
shawl.
mad woman. don't you un err
, stand? Il is for life-I must get those
reins and | want both hands. Can
you reach them?' and she turned as
well as she could toward me.
The moment beoref l had been stu
pidly helpless, but some inkling of
her brave design was beginning to
penetrate my benumbed brain, and
with hope came strength. With no
small difficulty, tossed and thrown as
we were by the swaying of the wag-
on, seized and held firmly the ends
of the shawl, wedging myself on the
floor between the seats. Then Miss
Wood, cautiously at first, more bold
ly afterward, when she found how
firm was my grasp, kneeled before
, the dashboard and, leaning over.
grasped for the reins, trailing under
the feet of the flying horses. AS we
flew past a lane branching down to
the beach. we caught GLIMPSE of
Arthur riding wildly toward us. his
horse painting and staggering. evil
IDENTIFY hoping to head us off-only A
GLIMPSE. and the water splasbed up
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