The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-06-04


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10 bafks
II The planks arouud and over the well sete
ii sone, snd the earth about 1t vas ploued
TO as I there bad been a strugelr. ] drop
is ped Georges hsni sod rushed dosu. 1t
u vas DARK, but | faucted sas something
De slile away down, Just then isiut
ar voiar from the depths Of lbe earth shout
el:
re Help Help
p In ChsrI Boyd Who's theref Shout
q sss:nl
II Bessie Lutte Ny horse ieI, he's dead.
u away down. I'm oinging TO plank 10
the side | cent hold ou mnch longer
,, My arms are breaking,
What could dor
d Bessie, shouted. hold on d little wbllr
?. I'm gong for helpl
: We been unconscious ! IN faint.
shall die Don't leave me. The dirt fall
8 ing brought me TO llie
e IN leave Gsorgie here. Here, George,
your dirl Is 10 that hole; sit here ana lalk
to her, Don't yon cry.
/ O. orge's lips trembled, but be minded
; brsvely. pleading the dog should stay but
| was afraid to trust him. GJbble tsy WI
, Doreie be said piteously; bnt that Saga
cious birl was already wingiog aud top |
ping bis way homewsrI left Bessie al
svering Georg,e's scared 'HaIlool'
1t she could keep conscious till got
back How thanked grandpa for bis
careful hsbi's knew ilst where the
new clothes liDe was the croWb,r aud the
hatcbet. We were eight milep from any
ranch, sud m1st act as il there Was no
Que 10 the world to teIp me.
How so. back never knew, saw
| Georele from the top Of the hill He had
crawled to the edge OF the well, and was
singing little baby song had ta1gbt
him. His cheeks were red and feverish,
and bis voice hotrse. {
siel | shouted. :
All night. Gtorpie kept me from faint {
ing made him sin8. I
Dit dlrl out dit dirl out Georgie scream =
ed cllngng to my skirts. | pushed him |
away; there was no time - pet or comfort
him. u
Ruu 10 the road, George, that way now a
hslloo for help. Y"s, take the dog Tell a
every boiy that your dirl Is iu Byels Al
well. n
knew his white, tear wet face would h
bring the most unbeIIeving stranger and b
wa cbed his chubby form, 10 the bright al
plaid dress, and the psDtIag dog disappear h.
over The hill. All the while was digging n
a deep hole with the hstchet and scoop n
ing the earth ont with with my ban ds, and
shouting every few moments to Bessie. | a.
buried the crosbar half way, then tried re
my weigh; it did not move. bad seen hl
heavy OBJ cts Of
Put this moose around your waistl il
shouted n,
dare not she answered. family. Yon hr
couldn't help me. Oh, go for helpl nc
You must. The end is fast to a crow bar
cant iod anybody. They're all hunt in
log for you. tn
can she cried piteously re
Then I'll leave you'll | shouted. It's
getting late; it, your last chsncel ,e
There wass gbsstly stiffness for few vl
moments | wound the line around the vi
1sr aud around my waist bo
Look out she screamed, | nesrd the 4e,
)esm 90 rsttling down. and fearful strain
ishtened the cord. | thought it would At
,ut me 10 two For moment | thought
was gol over Happily the ridge thl
If earth vss protection. The rope loos ate
med ser
Haul easy she cried ! can catch my or,
eet 10 the sides the earth is soft. cb
| wound the rope around the bar aud
myself. | was 10 a perfect snarl. ayl
Suddenly the rope grew loose; there was Wi,
10 weight, Was she Iost2 Everything sta
rev black, an1 knew nothing. III,
g.
,endiog over me, trying to force brandy
o my mouth y,
v here's BE sie2 q d be than cd she al sin
wersd me hersell She bad climbed up
be last I yards by the broken tim bers. vr
'he earth was torn mp around me, my ser
auds we're raw and bleeding, aud | bear NV
be marks OF The rope on my body 10 this inc
sy. vL
Just then we heard shouting, and Mr.. u Il
4ittle and Mr. Gray rode op. aud the lat snc
sr wasn't ssbsmed 10 kiss Bessie Iust ss tail
cr father did, aud before all Of the peo bal
lie. one
George was up 10 the lap OF Mr. Little,
nd Smsrly lay down al my feet, worn
ut. A party OF the sesrchers met the
oor baby and do ., and caught at the fear ten
nl meaning ia the bsby's inooher nt -,
,ords, dashed up to the we'll, aud .Cund ost
= both on the briok gor
They could not believe It was | who A
cd rescued her till they sss my hands eye
I'd the rope aud the oroWbsr still firm iD s
be earth, i
Grandpa was there. aud kissed IA and
,ied over me. So II too had been down ,
be we'll
Miss Bsssts bad lbs her way 10 TIE dark i u,
tier = long ride aero = the plsins, and
~ horse had .tnmhled over the plsnks, are
lien through aud bfoktn bis syln- Mlss siti
sssis's habit bad esu.ht % q pr c iDg isg
cam. sbd sbe bod CHING there fwp uights v