The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-06-20

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VI her back home. aud began to cad he
'e do~a tho steep path that led 10 the villse,
lit had grown 10 be a village nov. Bu
IN Just as We camv 10 sight Of the frs, houses
'e she broke away from my band. and ran
le away laughing down the hill. watched
Q her 60 With strange thrill of sadness
and then l went back into the wood. and
d sat down to smoke pips. aud lhe,e fell
g asleep ] suppose, for il was well o. TO-.
IS wards afternoon when ! started mp,
d l mast 60 down inio the valley, II |
. meant 10 do IL 81 oil. SO down went;
and then stood rubbing my eye and won.
i dering II / wfsa eep ST u; for there stood
o big villsge--eh1rch, schoolhonse and all
I below ia the "a ey where the camp used
( TO be; even the tine new sill,s had crept
!. TO the top OF the rsrine, near where /
] stood. | was looking hard at one OF them
In the low mesdows just this side OF the
river. wh~a heard distant faint roar
which filled the air behind me like far
, Of peal OF thunder
knew very well what that roar was
! bad heard ID when the great Good came
and half the camp was swept away in the
raging torrent the lake up in the noun |
tain had broken loose again. and the wa
sers were coming down. l cfr. . quick
glance down the valley. Ahl people had
grown wiser since those days. most OF the
village lay too high TO be hurt. only the
big new villa close to my feet was 10 peril
1t stood quite close = the waters edge.
As looked. and wondered il the peo
pie inside knew Of the danger, q womsn
ran out OF cottage close by and seized
me by the arm, her face white with terror.
For PHYS sake. she cried get the boat |
that's moored just above there run {
Don't You hear the waters coming dow, . Q
My mans rway y-there's no one home bi Q
me--and I'm no use. That house'll 20,
sure as iatel Everybody told Bill Macy 8
he W mad when he built il there.
My arms fell to my side like lead.
Bill Macy! / repeated. Bill Macy Is u
that house his there?
Yes. to be sure. Whose else would il b
be? Make haste hurry up-don't lose q u
minute! Mrs. Macy amt there. reckon; m
but all the rest is. and they'll be drowned
like rats il you don't run. ca
But stood still ss il turned to stone. T.
At that moment l was tev''. I nv
I'D wrongs rose up before me like al my th
II urging hends. saw myself robbed OF TO
westbeart my fortune my life. be
saw my trust betrayed, and my last call to
or human help turned to mockery. saw ag
Sill Macy's face as be peered AZ me over
be cliffs edge; and set nv teeth. th
It's my turn now, l eaid, half 20 my
elf. bali aloud. Let his all so mine an
tent. III not raise foger to lp it. bel
erhaps he's there b ut lf-so n ch the
etter. sat
But even as the words were on .ny lips, car
saw baby face suddenly appear ct On
pen upper window. and a baby's laugh
g voice shout out with delight at the {
reat cloud of spray that rose high above 10.
le rocks. That baby face had pressed it's soh
ps to mine only that morning; that baby ~.,,
'ice had called me Daddy" 1t was the .,o
tile girl OF the woods. A..
Like one awakened from bad dream, ~,
started violently aud caught my breath, 49,
,en set out on . run il for my own a..
ar life. The waters we're ready at the az 1
lley's mouth. coming 10, in :, eat rus ~,
a' Doa' 'ne,e was Hsy
''0 'o' ~ neo oo~n she
70 madman int the meadow.
Up the broad steps OF the piazza, and 80,
rough the open doo-. shouting as wen. snd
It soul seemed in the lower rooms ~.
took the stairs, with THAR velvet car 81,
10 two flying leaps, and made for th ,ha
I'm where ! had seen the face. Thera %.
, was, bless her! standing on high ~
Air by the window, and wsving her little ,ho,
nds at the water, and there beside her, n u
Q downwsrds on the floor. in . dead . !,
nt, lay my old sweet heart-her mother
ny May. l..
Joe on my shoulder, the o.. in my
=, 80 no' "inu'e 100 soon' Inc dol
hing water met me az ran from tie w
10 doorway, and almost swept me from no !,
feet II swirled up, breast high, sLd ~
1t as the stuggle l had hard work ,ho |,
each the upper ground and land them W.
b. was painting with the effort, but !, !.
rust my burden into the arms OF the w,
'''o. '"''0' "uu 'uineo 70 ime
ke ont into the raging torrent again, mo
heard the foundations OF the house Ia,
X, and knew IL was doomed. Som ri. n,
= ~ .a "o no' IL wit
~. 1"1 - ny D'e.S thoue
saw ''"a WV her .
lie my own life. a..
be woman seized my arm as / turned -
be lands sake! said she. Are you era. od =
- ,Oa 80 -, 'no noase = eo,osf the ey
'.' "oAe" 'o'A on.
just come running back from the vii. ~, =,
tsugh
"'"s D' macy far ah
il die for i'll M.
- 'o'n W .ne craze /,
eysrd TO do It. she said ross silly. i, ,be
s's beon there for the ! i three iarsl na,,o
ID with another crack. shudder, aaa ,i.,
wsrd plunge. the framework hou,e ,.
and vanished beneath the foam log a.', ,
: - standi
o' '''D@ "'0 ~ s''i no'a : mocn a lady
, y ~ ~ "e' : Pa' rodlc
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