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what he was doing, he gave her a rude
push, and said, “There! you shall ZO,
whether you want to or not.”

Margaret lost her balance, and fell
where the water was deep. Her pres-
ence of mind was all gone. Else, per-
haps, she could have helped herself so
‘far as not to have sunk under the water.
But as it was, she went down, and it was
a great while before she rose again to
the surface. Of course Simeon seized
her as soon as she rose. He was SOITY
enough then, for what he had done.
But she immediately seized him, as
drowning persons frequently do, when.
they have lost the command of them-