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Show I AN ACrtOBATIC FAILURE. I na liltel lUekwarl la thew nit Itafire , IIU rrlleita, bel llnee aa a Hare. Ona nflenioon lm Prratou wat In Iho nil 1 llo of a ttory when wo reached llx taliuinliig liola. llo wat alwayt telling rl( rlea In llio tlow drawling ton" natural In lilm, an I ru tin. Uiyt llatenovl eagerly you may bo tun) they wrro In trmtKl lloyt aro 1111 Hull' rTln wonl w dea.1 an 1 If they y attantkiri ll U crrlAln that your etory It bkel What howae lellhig llwt day wat a I ttlo alwro m na t-iy, ami whib II a ol ler Imji ilelaynl lo iiear tha laat of It I got rally, wet my hea 1 Ortt to I rarent a null of blood," aecordlnj to tnullllnn, ami then Junie0 In. At I at iinnotlfail 1 look thaehnnca to learn tu dlro bock ward. I lilt 1 ill I lueccaifully teveral timet, anl when Iiirt ttory wat flnlilied I bail a Hew feat to eiecuto forniyown glory anl the delectation of my frknda. "Iik here boytl 1 cried lew licro Chtrllal VU Iwral Awl wait 11 mintile an J wateli lua " I got their at-tetilk at-tetilk 11 at latt, and biced myaelf f ir a trluiui bant eihiblllon of uiy great act 1 luiea deacrlbe.1 tha twlmmlngliile at n I laca at one ilia of tlie ilrvoin wi m deep by tho current Aboioanl llaw and at lha further Ma tha wa trrwaaahnllow Tlialicnr alio of thla III la wat rnillcular, an I llio liolo waa HiH lo lai twenty fit do p. Tint wat Ju.it llio I laco to diva. That day na tho ttrram wat blgli, lit rlpi ling turfaco mertlow! tho Iwnk, Hi top of which tomieil A Icilga k-t ernl Ineliet wldo under water Lefuro Ilia truo rtin nf tho lit lo wat roachod. In my ttieccMlnl atteiupla 10 Hire backward I bad eloul on thlt Icilgc wltli my fitt under water an I my licelt at tha rim of llio hole, an I turned a Inek Kimermult Hut now, linring ilrawn All if et to mo, In my liaaio In act boforu thalr nolloa wot dlilraclcd and In tho lluiry of n publu) (icrfonn anca I art my beclt at tho margin 1 f tho overflowing water, my feet being be-ing on dry tin 1, and forget tlio tinlgo 1 Id leu ty Iho water between 1110 and tha rim ol tha hole. Oier I went and down I cama head flrtt on tha ledge, I Irani my nrek lionet crunch under tho weight of my lxly, ami 1 flopta-i! brer lUualic, lmip ami for a luuiiieiit btlpleat, lntu tha ttrcam. At I niao ami Iba water glulieil nut of my earn, I heard from tha bank a tliout of wild laiiglitir from tho tNcta tort of my great Uiilug feat Tlia Uiyt told afterward tliat ba I they known my neck wat bnken Ibcy com 1 not liala lirlianl Ullglitng At they did not know It wnt not tin ken nn 1 lunl every roiiMin to think It waa, I licheieil thtnu 1 IiaiI cnoiigli aenao left to alrlko nut feebly for tho next thora. My neck wntbiiit otcrtu ma tkto anl 1 colli I not ttntlghliil It I iwiim III! my liau It touched Iba gmvrl bottom, and dragging drag-ging in) m If li to thrcolncliet of water lay like A (leco of driftwood on tba ItcaclL My ttrcngth liegau to rclum After a llttla, an I at tin other Imyt kept up their laughter my rvcotcry waa Iiaa-temal Iiaa-temal by In llgnatlon Aftirthat, when I dlred It waa In tho good, ul I fnahloucil nn1, fico folv Uloat bt McL ilaa. |