. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . boys around had raised a shout of terror,and several of them had gathered at a littledistance, and were soon either silent withdismay, or raising idle screams for the number I noticed Bill Bury, andthough I had been accustomed to speaklightly of him, I confess that at that fearfulmoment my chief hope rested in him. Look-ing at me intensely for a moment, and thencasting a searching glance round, he spedaway like an arrow. In the space of a mi-nute, he returned, bringing a long stick orrail which he had pl
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . boys around had raised a shout of terror,and several of them had gathered at a littledistance, and were soon either silent withdismay, or raising idle screams for the number I noticed Bill Bury, andthough I had been accustomed to speaklightly of him, I confess that at that fearfulmoment my chief hope rested in him. Look-ing at me intensely for a moment, and thencasting a searching glance round, he spedaway like an arrow. In the space of a mi-nute, he returned, bringing a long stick orrail which he had plucked from a neigh-bouring fence. Calling aloud for all aroundto give place, he laid the rail down upon theice, and dexterously slid it across the open- WILL BURY. 83 ing, pushing it so close as to bring it withinmy reach. I was, however, so benumbed.,that, in attempting to take hold of it, I lostmy hold of the ice, and sank senseless be-neath it. Will hesitated not an instant, but plungedinto the water, and, as I rose, he caught mein his arms. Grasping me tight by the right. arm, while he held on to the rail by the left,he supported himself and me; at the sametime he commanded the boys to get twomore rails. These were brought and laidacross the opening, and thus support wasfurnished for two of them to come and liftus out, In this way my life was saved: I owed itto the courage, skill, and devotedness of Will 84 WIT BOUGHT. Bury—my rival, an d,as I had esteemedhim, my enemy. I was not so base as tooverlook his generous conduct, or to permitthe relation in which we stood to abate mypraises of his noble action. The school-master, indeed, praised Will for an act thatno one could fail to admire; but he soughtevery occasion from that day to ruin him inmy estimation. At the same time he tried,in many cunning and sly ways, to poisonWills mind with jealousy of me. It was not long, therefore, before we wereagain in antagonist positions, and at last anopen breach took place between us.
Size: 2588px × 966px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidwitboughtorn, bookyear1887
