The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-02-17

j that oae notioes In suimals =, bay. 4
loas, glossy blsce snake wtiihed its svti
} Usy through the updefhtash, soross the
road sni was si 10 view 10 az instant
scarcely knes bow | msusgel 10 see oil
hese miror iesiates 10 the play which
atierwsrls came 90 near heing tragedy
bai every little tbias is lndeliblJ Impress
% upon my mind even to ttl' hour.
oar old hotss sss pow iully alive tc
The Danger Ne vere TO- He trembled aud
shook iu every limb aud dres the ricksty
old vehicle along at rate II bal never
gone before held the rcius aud spoke
encouraging words 10 him, aud tried 10
cen for, the b ave gitl ut my side. Tess
was trying TO keep the cinders oil ns with
little sllk psIssol $50 oue OF my gifts TO her
- but soon there were 80 many holes
I burned 10 that dainty relic OF civilization
! thst il btcAma veritable colander
through which poured red.ho. binding
/ food Of sparks aud smoke, A great hiss
ing. cracking clnder lighted Gu her Tam
| O'-Sh,nter and ths, soon was so near =
blaz, that ! pitched It ch and threw II
way. Tess looked like 81 angry goddess
Her long brown hair had escaped from lts
issteniugs and swept out behind 10 the
wind our passage created. As she held
the reins while ! wsrded of great blsz
log fit bouPh that came burllng down up
on us, with her eyes sparkling with eIcit
ment, her face pale Us ashes. and her lips
set sne looked like smother Qaeen Boadi
cea driving over the necks Of her proud
Rors an nsulters. Even 10 those moments
of agony wondered how she kept up so
msrvelously,
We we're now shout bsll way home and
almost in the belt OF fame. Ihings
might now Ct better, and VI we couIo
hold ou: for suother hall hour there was
chance of our getting Of with our lives.
tried to speak, but my throat was so
parched that could not utter sound,
The beat was frightiul. Clouds OF
dense white smoks settled about us 10
suflocating closentss, while the thunder
Of the falling gisnts OF the forest, together
with tn sharp fnsiIlade produced by |
their snsppirg branches and the tyer-in
crossing roar OF the himes, made up
grand and awful dispason, And the nre
came closer aud closer ami tinslly-it
reached us.
Tess | shouted NJ put my arm about
her waist and drew her down below the
sides OF the crtzy old hicle, Dear girl.
our time has comel Good-byel
Dear Ben, goodbye ] read. rather
lhan heard from her lpF. 1t was impo,
sible to hear her words,
Add after that. as the noyelists say. oil
was like dream had Q confused recol
lection OF heat so terrible as to almost
force my eyes from their sockets and shri
vel my skin up to psrch ment -oi the old
horse dropping to the ground OF stand
Ing over my brave TEES fighting of the
bl. zing bran ches of egonlzng turns on
my head face and hands And then
there came a terrible crash | seemed to
see ten thousand stars and all was dark
Dess
never knew Just how long / was IN
Conscious, but it must have been for
many hours, for when consciousness again
nouLted her throne in my soul it was
broad day. At first could not open my
syes at all. Then ! managed to just sepe
ate the lids. bnt it was the acntest torment
20 do so. | afterwards found that they
lsd been horribly burned.
Full sensibiIity came back very slowly,
For awhile | was d,2sd. could not
blink only gfza upward stupidity at the
,lear .ky aud wonder what bad happened !,
soon, however, 1t all came back ALI the
iorror aud pain and attempted to stsrt
ip,
Ny God Test. erosned as | reslz :
"a fully where | WAS aud what had trans
1ired But found was too wesk TO do b
nythiDe except barely move my head. a
When ! G uld see about me, what II
lesolste scene it was that met my blurred .
nd crippled vision. As for as my poor |
light could reach there was nothing but
,lsckness, except overhead landscape Y
D Jet siIhoutted sharply agsingt the soft y
z ire OF the clssr sky, A few feet from
ne lay the fure OF q human being Ny 0
iod 1t wss Tess Add was she deadf tt
iercful Heavetl Abou, hslf her clothes 81
gere gone and she lay mo loule's. az u
hough dead
How suii red a, that sight no one but
lyself can ever know 1t was worse tbsn
" own misery. But | could not move,
nd the bot tears OF which ! was not =,
shsmed, distilled from my eyes like drops =,
I liquid FIRE and ploughed red-btt far
ows down my scCrcbed cheeks. And ;,
hen | AGAIN lspsed INTO uncousciousness,
Whole sges nirht have passed before ! ;,
new anything more. Then suddenly ! .,
pened my eyes .snd saw | wss 10 bed at :,
ONE BY the bsdtids sat my small tis
er Jenrie. =,
You have been sick Iust three weeks, :.
,sn. said she, aud Tessie-tveyone call u
d htr Tessle and not Miss Mile is Iust :,
ble to walk srouud ;,
1t came out sfer4sids that Tees bad !,
sceived hpr vorst burn while trying TO >,
.rd Of great BIZ ng br.ueh from ny -
cad, after ! bad become nuconscious,
i course, she vac liouizsd for Der bravery 4.
sheu dldnt do ,bytbius brave stall,