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Show Neab Leominster, in England, a few days since, a servant girl, while sitting before her mistress' fire at uight, aaid to a fellow tprvtnl: "If you won't have me, I'll drown my-self," my-self," and at once rau out and jumped into an adjacent Btream of water. She then got out and ran to Stockton, at whicn place abe ag kin jumped into the river, but two women rescued her. She jumped in a third time, but waa got out just ns Uo men appeared , upon the scene. Oue ol them hearing hear-ing what waa ami-, said to the woman: "II you wantB to drown yourself, miss, co:iie this way, and I'll see you does it " He then took her lo another part of the brook, and dipped her two or three times over head until Bhe wan nearly exhausted, and, crying hard lor mercy, promised not to repeat hr foolish conduct. Sue waa brought from the brook thoroughly drenched, but evidently cured. 1 |