. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . oys around had raised a shout of terror, andseveral of them had gathered at a little dis-tance, and were soon either silent with dis-may, or raising idle screams for help. Amongthe number I noticed Bill Bury, and thoughI had been accustomed to speak lightly ofhim, I confess that at that fearful moment mychief hope rested in him. Looking at m€intensely for a moment, and then casting 3searching glance round, he sped away like anarrow. In the space of a minute, he return-ed, bringing a long stick or rail which hehad plucked from a neighb
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . oys around had raised a shout of terror, andseveral of them had gathered at a little dis-tance, and were soon either silent with dis-may, or raising idle screams for help. Amongthe number I noticed Bill Bury, and thoughI had been accustomed to speak lightly ofhim, I confess that at that fearful moment mychief hope rested in him. Looking at m€intensely for a moment, and then casting 3searching glance round, he sped away like anarrow. In the space of a minute, he return-ed, bringing a long stick or rail which hehad plucked from a neighboring fence. Call-ing aloud for all around to give place, helaid the rail down upon the ice, and dexter-ously slid it across the opening, pushing it sc WILL BURY. 83 close as to bring it within my reach. I was,however, so benumbed, that, in attemptingto take hold of it, I lost my hold of the ice,and sank senseless beneath 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 lift usout. In this way my life was saved : I owed itto the courage, skill, ami devotedness of Will 84 WIT BOUGHT. Bury—my rival, and, as 1 had esteemedhim, my enemy. I was not so tase as tooverlook his generous conduct, or to permitthe relation in which we stood to abate mypraises of his noble action. The school-master, ii deed, 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 were cj / / again in antagonist positions, and at last anopen breach took place between us. Inprocess
Size: 2047px × 1221px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidwitboughtorl, bookyear1844
