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There was no use to scream, no one could have heard her The

storhtning trying to see the daone She was not much concerned about herself She knew the

tree would hold Eagerly she strained her eyes toward the da lohile the roar subsided

to a wild rush, and with flashes of lightning she could see what

she thought was at least half of the da firm By that

tian to chill She wrapped her arh bark, she cried as hard

as she could and did not care God would not hear; the neighbours

could not She shook and cried until she orn out By that

time the water was only a ht she could wade back to the bridge and reach hoe and went into the ravine, the current would

be too strong for her She held with one arm and tried to wipe

her face with the other hand "What a fool to cry!" she said

"As if there were any ht in the house, and the figures of the

children, carrying it from room to room, so she knew that one of

them had awakened for a drink, or with the storm, and they had

missed her Then she could see them at the front door, Ada him, as he held up the