The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-29

her with a kind OF pleasure.
Il don't know about that, " SAID
Benson; '.some one II have to go
down and see.-Here, Jack, he
added, turning 10 his eldest son,
''you're lighter than am;
George and | will let you down.
The rope was fastened securely
under Jacks arms, while Il IAN
tern was tied to long pole ana
lowered beside him down the we'll.
A few minutes of breathless sus-
pense followed, but at last shout
told him that he had found some
thing, and they began to pull, the
two women lending a hand tol
bring him to the surface. They
kwere not long in getting him up,
for he was short and slightly
made, and the burden in his arms
Ibid not seem to add much to his
weight.
"Why, it's Jo!" cried Mrs.
Flint, as little dripping form
and cold white face were exposed
to view; 'poor little fellow, he
looks just as if he was dead"
To carry him into the house, to
lay him in bed, and dispatch
George for the doctor, was the
work of few minutes only, but
to bring him back to conscious
ness was not so easy q matter
Hour after hour passed, and still
his eyes did not open, but at last
the lids lifted for moment, and
he looked quietly round on the
faces by his bed.
"He'll do now," said the doc
tor. "But you must not leave
8 him for q minute, Mrs. Flint.
- will look in the first thing in thu
morning, and see how he is goin!
on"
He turned everyone but Mrs
Flint out of the room as he spoke
even Nelly, who was sitting
crouched up in corner wit
wide-open, terrified eyes.
Il "You had better go to bed
u little one," lie. said kindly. 6
= suppose, by what they tell me,
IL =. would have been you and not J
is who had the trouble, if he had nc
~ pushed you back?'
e. eyes, SIR" said Nelly timidl1
q "He saw me going down the patti
"a and he ran to save me, sir"
TN He is a plucky little fellow,
H. said the doctor; and by the ne2
:" day the news was all over the vi
80 lage that 10 had saved the life {
ii0 Mrs. Flint's little girl by throy
~ ing himself between her and tt
'0 open we'll.
, BY the time 10 was allowed
'' see visitors again, he found hin
Z" self quite hero; books, flower
~ and toys were showered upon hir
'lo and the Vicar and Kate Hiltt
rs were unwearied in their attentio
'"' to him. But his illness hi
=, changed him greatly, they though
'''0 The notice and conversation TIL
Il" he had once delighted i'll seem
~" to have no charm for him no
' he lay quietly on the sofa restl
his strained back, with a visit
nov look on his face that his frier
" could not quite understand.
.I "Do you think he is going to
''i0 we'll after ALP" Kate asked
: " doctor one day.
II don't see any reason why
NV should not, but he certainly d
~, not make much progress. 1t see
-: to me that he is unhappy, bu
~ expect that you can find that
better than | can"
Kate soon made an opportun
NV of visiting the little invalid, {
3 ~ on her way met Mrs. Flint go
, ii down to the shop. This was
., ~ what she wanted, for she kl
=, that 10 would never speak FIRE
w., with u third person i'll the roc
~ she sat down by the couch
''iu looked at him quietly with
speaking.
SIS there anything troubl
" your" she asked at last. I'll
y, was a pause, and then 10 {
anxiously-
eff tell, you'll keep it gu
: ~ won't yer?"
YIN 81 will not tell anyone with
asking you first" said Kate,
80 felt afraid to promise unres
''i' edly; and 10 seemed salts
''i0 with the answer.
w "Well, I'll tell, then,' he S
" "But oh! they are all awful s
i'' pid-Mrs. Flint and ALL
- Vi added, with laugh that soul
So' like his old self come back.
i1A "Whatever do you mea
"io' asked Kate, who was consider
DIG astonished by this beginning.
oHio "Why, they never so niue