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An Accident

           "Isupposethereisnootherwayoffordingtheriver?"saidGlenarvantothequartermaster.

           "No,myLord;butthepassagedoesnotseemdangerous.Weshallmanageit."

           "ShallLadyGlenarvanandMissGrantgetoutofthewagon?"

           "Notatall.Mybullocksaresurefooted,andyoumayrelyonmeforkeepingthemstraight."

           "Verywell,Ayrton;Icantrustyou."

           Thehorsemensurroundedtheponderousvehicle,andallsteppedboldlyintothecurrent.Generally,whenwagonshavetofordrivers,theyhaveemptycasksslungallroundthem,tokeepthemfloatingonthewater;buttheyhadnosuchswimmingbeltwiththemonthisoccasion,andtheycouldonlydependonthesagacityoftheanimalsandtheprudenceofAyrton,whodirectedtheteam.TheMajorandthetwosailorsweresomefeetinadvance.GlenarvanandJohnMangleswentatthesidesofthewagon,readytolendanyassistancethefairtravelersmightrequire,andPaganelandRobertbroughtuptherear.

           AllwentwelltilltheyreachedthemiddleoftheWimerra,butthenthehollowdeepened,andthewaterrosetothemiddleofthewheels.Thebullockswereindangeroflosingtheirfooting,anddraggingwiththemtheoscillatingvehicle.Ayrtondevotedhimselftohistaskcourageously.Hejumpedintothewater,andhangingonbythebullocks’horns,draggedthembackintotherightcourse.

           Suddenlythewagonmadeajoltthatitwasimpossibletoprevent;acrackwasheard,andthevehiclebegantoleanoverinamostprecariousmanner

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