The Story of an Earnest Life; A Woman's Adventures in Australia, and in Two Voyages Around the World (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...if I could turn his face toward it I might be saved; but if he dashed straight on he must jump or tumble over a precipice, and both be dashed to pieces. He made the plunge, and was at the other side of the creek in a twinkling. I know not how I kept my seat. A carriage was passing close to a tree and he could not pass between, but he cleared the wheels at a bound and recrossed the creek. I finally managed to get his head in a fence-corner just as he was preparing himself for a leap over the high fence, which would no doubt have been his last. My escort came up, with other gentlemen, and laid hold of him and quieted him. I could not have held on much longer. I could not cut my food or raise my hands to my head for several days after my adventure. I was lifted into a carriage and driven the remainder of the distance. I thanked God in my heart for my preservation. On another occasion, Mr. McGarvey was my escort to Pleasant Hill. We were returning to Bethany in the afternoon. Before we had gone far, it became suddenly dark, and a boding silence reigned; the darkening clouds met over head, and I felt that a storm was at hand. We were anx_ ious to get home, and it was rather too far to turn back, so we pushed on. The growling winds sent forth an ominous sound. All at once a sheet of fire lit up our pathway, that had been obscured by the thickening darkness, and a clap of thunder burst over our heads, and reverberated from hillside to hillside all along the creek. The sound was prolonged in one incessant roar. The blaze of the blue, forked lightning was appalling. The rain fell in torrents. I had an umbrella, which I held over our heads, but it was of little use. Every flash of lightning that came, and they came fierce and fast, lit up the surrounding gloom with a...