. St. Nicholas [serial] . that thus suddenly yawned beforehim, Phaeton and his chariot plunged. After him went Patsy Rafferty, who, on seeingthe danger, had laid hold of the car and tried tostop it, but failed. Whether he jumped through,or let himself down more cautiously by hangingfrom the floor of the bridge and dropping, I didnot see; but at all events, when the rest of usreached the tow-path by running down the em-bankment, the waters had closed over both boysand the car. At this moment another accident complicated the jerked the horses over the parapet into the water,where they floundered
. St. Nicholas [serial] . that thus suddenly yawned beforehim, Phaeton and his chariot plunged. After him went Patsy Rafferty, who, on seeingthe danger, had laid hold of the car and tried tostop it, but failed. Whether he jumped through,or let himself down more cautiously by hangingfrom the floor of the bridge and dropping, I didnot see; but at all events, when the rest of usreached the tow-path by running down the em-bankment, the waters had closed over both boysand the car. At this moment another accident complicated the jerked the horses over the parapet into the water,where they floundered within a yard of the wreckedmachine. The Dublin women gathered on the tow-path,and immediately set up an unearthly wail, such asI have never heard before nor since. I think someof them must have cried the keen, as it is calledin Ireland. Patsy soon emerged from beneath the wreck,hauling Phaeton out by the hair, and as half adozen of the boys, from both parties, were now inthe water, they had plenty of help. The bow-hand. 1 THE CLOWN COUNTED THE MONEY. trouble and increased the excitement. This wasa tow-path bridge—one which the boat-horseshave to pass over, because at that point the tow-path changes from one side of the canal to theother. The Red Bird packet horses, comingup at a round trot, when they reached the crownof the bridge and saw the rushing, roaring caravancoming at them, and heard Phaetons yell, stopped,and stood shivering with fear. But the packet wasall the while going ahead by its own momentum,and when it had gone the length of the tow-line, it of the Red Bird cut the tow-line with a hatchet,—if he had been attending to his business, hewould have done it soon enough to prevent theaccident,—and the horses then swam ashore. Meantime, the circus had stopped, and many ofthe men came to the scene of the disaster, whilemost of the packet passengers stepped ashore andalso joined the crowd. The steersman brought a pike-pole, with whichthey fished out Phaetons car.
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