104 TRIALS OF THE EMIGRANT SCHOOL-BOY.

Some people have yet to learn that this is the true
method of quieting disturbed minds and diverting
sickly thoughts. |

But just then a more violent interruption took place.
A horse suddenly appeared, running away with a
carriage, in which two ladies were seated. The driver
had been thrown out; and the vehicle was rapidly
approaching a rude bridge, over which it seemed im-
possible that they should pass unharmed. Barry dis-
engaged himself instantly from Carl, and rushed towards
the frantic animal. What he apprehended really oc-
curred ; the passage was too narrow, the carriage was
overturned into the dry bed of a little summer-brook, and
the horse, entangled in the harness, lay struggling and
kicking in the most alarming manner, while the women,
really in the greatest peril, were shrieking, and unable
to extricate themselves. Barry threw himself on the
floundering horse, and holding his head close to the
ground, prevented his rising, while he rapidly separated
him from the vehicle; all the while shouting to Carl
to take care of the women. It seemed a most dangerous
position for a man no stronger than Barry ; but he
succeeded in separating the horse, which he took out
and made fast to a neighbouring post, and afterwards
repaired to the green bank where Carl had deposited
his charge. One of the women was unhurt, the other
was bruised and bleeding, and shortly the young farmer
who had been thrown from his Seat, came up, more