Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-07-27

i was danglin' beside thm totterir
} wall
You can't tell about such things 4
quick as they are in happenin.
The belll" says somebody. bu
there wasn't a chance to say any more
for the boss sprang past US with lust
word or two. short and Quick as i,
pushed US right and left
Back, men, baclxl That is my
place. You have families
ain a minute he was leapin' down
over the piles of rubbish, and alinos,
before we was sure what he was amin,
Tor, he had reached tho place, and the
white hands, strong and sturdy had
hold OF the rope and was maxim the
old bell shout danger if ever a bell
did. 80
I'VE hardly stirred or breathed
while we watched him, till he started
toward us again. Then a long, SILVER.
ing breath ran round the crowd.
Il b'lieve he'd have made it to get
out then II it hadn't been for little
Jimmy Bryce. That youngster was
naturally scared nigh to death al the
uproar, and instead OF stayip' whore
she was safe, what does She do but
come creepin' out OF the store-room-it
was off to the right you understand
and considerable tore up, like ours-and
try to make her way over the ruins to
her father
"Ihe boss heard her cry, turned
back like flash. and catchin' her in
in his arms, began to climb over the
rubbish piles again.
Catch her!" he called the minute he |
was near enough, and tossed her over
into her fathers arms. But The move
mont made him lose his footin', and, /
though dozen of us had our hands
stretched out to catch him, he slipped
and rolled back down among the dirt
and stones.
Il s'pose it hadn't needed but the
east little jar-or may be it wasn't the
ar at all-but any way the next minute
here was a crash, and tho stoutest or
is shut our eyes to keep out the sight
The wall was down, and he was under
t. ~
"He was the only man about the min
hat was hurt--badly, that is; of course
few was struck with flying stones, and
urt in the crowd. But they'd got out
live, and the one that had saved 'ern (
'as buried under the ruins.
"That was queer night. 1 don't '
when or how the storm {
topped, but / shall always remember '
hat a clear, starry night it was, and I
ow the fires that were kindled to light |
le workers famed and danced, while I
re shadows lay black in the corners of I
le mill. !
chow we worked at the pile Of brick L
I'd mortar! one set takin the place of v
lother as soon as they was tired, and t.
many workin' at once as the space II
ould allow. k
"Once, goin' back into the mill to b
st bit l found Jim Bryce and Tom II
arkson a-carryin' that model that n
'ss had been workin' over back into Al
g Office where it would be safe, and is
ey was liftin' it as tender as If twas in
baby, and the tears runnin over Jim's st
own face all the while. ST.
I'D give any thing if could lest 10
back to this mornin againp saws ci
n, with a groah. TO think tn
But he couldn't finish sayin' Il, and Ms
vas best not. Most folks thought if ey
S the lightnin that had done all the
mage, and the rest of us didn't 5nog pc
the lightnin' might a done it all: an
that not bein' sure was the ONLY an
nfortin' thing about it. La
No, he wasn't killed after all, Oar wi
wasn't The piles of rubbish he sh
fallen between mostly saved him ca
m beiu' crushed. Every BODY sui
ught he was dead, and, even after sal
found him alive, it seemed for a lono full
Q as II he couldn't live. But he come Oh
md again at last and got back to keI
mill to finish up his invention. be
1t was u success, too. Yes sir dir
Us what built up these mills the way of
are now-the most flourlshin' ones orc
this part OF the country = and wis
ught better times to every one lar
kin in EN-. That was what he was dor
in for all the time, only we didn't MIA
W it and that was why he come per
!, hay
That's his house ever there, that aoy
one on the hillside He brought will
wife here when he married, and for
ed down among his mill folks. as his
alls EN-. l,no
should think he'd be considerable flow
up by such an accident Well, But
/ don't s'pose any body can 90 COR
ugh that sort of thing and come bod
Jest c1actly as they was when thew will
into it But if you happen 10 viii
Boss Darlin', and don't think hos To
i-lookin' now why, this valley ask
dn't be healthy place for YOU to NOR
Jon it in. Kate w. Hamilton. in Won
his Companion. MI
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