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? 156 FRANK.
inquire what is the matter? Perhaps,
some house is on fire. " ; -. ,
" No," said his father, " I think it
is only a fire made by gypsies; -I see
some brown rags fluttering by the side
of the bank, which looks like the hut
of gypsies. "
" But look, look! how high the
flames rise I" said Frank. . . ^TQ$f||
are throwing something out of the^Jiu^:
upon the fire. " . i,r -<<i. ^. ^' ^
"Straw, probably," said his fa^he^,
"they are burning their straw bed-
ding. It is very dangerous to. make
such a fire in the middle of the roadJ^
. " And such a narrow road,? . it<po,"
said Frank, " there is no room jtoj ggssj
papa. i The wind is blowing the flames
all on my side, and the whole passage,
on your side, between the fire and the
hut, is filled with kettles and stools.
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ft is impossible to pass, and holies
do not like fire; Felix does not, Ilani
sure : look at his ears ! "
" Stop, Frank," said his father; "this
fire is enough to frighten any horse;
stop! "
Frank would willingly have obeyed;
but just then, a man drove a cart
through the gate from a field behind
them, and came down the hill, making
a jingling noise, which alarmed Felix.
A fresh blaze rose up. Felix reared.
" Frank ! keep your seat! that's well!
Now to the right, turn him! follow ntfe!
leap! " '' ' " il' Ut- *
Frank followed his father, and'feaped
over a low wall, which divided the lane
from a field; and found himself safe
ovliis Horse's back, iirthe^fieldnT out 1iff
sightrtf Hfle fire,i andtfofr^of' hearing of
thecal*' Fefi^ Hstoc*i to '-qutet ^
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a*! aM>, toembling a littfe1. 'i' Ffea^ did
not tremble, and enjoyed hls's^e'ssful
leWpi. Vi'"! i "' '- *' aB0 9W
1 . '*How lucky it was, father, Ant* y$i
saw that wall, and thought ftf' l'ekpihg'
over it. I never thought 6fn^? never
saw it! ' I saw nothing but 'die fire,
and heard nothing but the cartV om
I hope, papa, I behaved tolerably well,
and sat Felix when he reared! '^anet
when he leaped. Is not tt^a prwty
good leap for me, papa? "
Frank was so well pleased with him-
self, that he required not even his' f>>i
theft's answers; he exercised himself
in leaping over every little mound' in
his way; and even went out of his way
W practise leaping over any, which he
cicHild see on the common; till, at lai?
KT1ftte reminded him, that' My
must make the best of their way h6oi&
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? bib ft
tfflgm himSelf beside ty^athflk " now.
we can talk a little. Papa, there a
great. dtea^ure in conquering difficul-
. 37"X#* 1papa,. . just the. word, only I
ft^M^tP sa* . . . i
. /i*"? jrth. &f. . iyp>>. think' p^Pai *N
ffrown^up . men, and really brave men,
began by being afraid when they wer?
Kttleboys? " . . J' q . . , 'oo. ,
. in/riY$iv^M! w must ^
& Mr: ^ars^yvhen theft w^e.
tefufrbA^^^^3l<<tv^%SB
^f$e*Mr'uo ti. if<< ilT/y bn<< ;v<<v Bill
p>> . 4? . M. im,^}
^BS8tai rffii1*
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? J60 THANK.
. . . "Yes, ouei friend Colonel Birch
tejl you, that the first time he! w<<iit
into battle he felt very differently
from what he did after he^ihadjrbeejp
in. two. or three battles : all who^ai^e
sufficient courage to speak the truth},
would say the same. One . ((C)f. iijtfee
bravest of our English generaW whflse
history . you will some time or. ' ftfbftr
read, said, that every man would >>1b*
aiiCpwa^d, if he dared. Buf^ aJinjf? fif
hionftur. feels iwhat you expressed. aa
little while ago, that the greater feaj
conquers the lesser; that'&fy$&r\iM
danger or of death is les. 8 than the. ifear
Pf disgrace*" jlilC. A h i. ! ods Tivansdw
^JfiJDisgracti! " repeated Frank, " Papa,
I remember the first terrible id$a,? |
efjffifeid^fbffegrace w. as ftpm hearing
W^fflt&i PSWebgeneral, who had run
mW*dW^k&W&. )8fr ^. cajprdTrrr
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? iFi<<nk? d>> ittfka&ife ^Vriyfbrtfve^mati,
yfam&gtoWVp: ifcti afiji nftty ^{tajM}"!
ifecb^ifliiiei * shaftl^be^cowayd^^'k
leaseback ; because, before that time,
r sfealp'tfe 'Well used to riding. But,
papa, 1>y the bye, one day last summer,
wGi'wfere out in the boat, I was
Iftttyris'ted 3 se6 that Mr. --v ' yoi
%ic? who,. was frightened when hefwas
i& ffiie boat, and yet he is never fright*
^ne^feSt'hofseback. And when we cante
f&laridi that captain of the ship, wlHo
|fftd1%een. witl*us, and who had laughed
W^iHitf'Jp&dii man for looking alarmed
whenever the boat moved, was himself
frightened when he was on horse-
tadkpi afdhvit 1. i i,. (. ? wlinHi'n. ii J
Sii*l3V^ly. itrue, 'Frank," said his father.
<<5i ^msj 'that bei^naet\lstdWBd'it<<
on^HSHd of danger does not prevtftiTt
p3
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? 102 KRA-NK.
$ter8(C)*i ft(C)m being afraid in any danger
fe^Y/neW/skud bitre$<<oti&lwkys/e>>ef*
^i^n%<<fei^lro! Wrfaiajjjingnithafc iherp
$s^d! a1%&,T^Hwe^eTe is- nebe. ^ diiw
Jl? "<<Thtti'is iWhat iI>>obsterved<. whe^I
was a very little boy, papa>i khofcgih
fiileduld not then express it rigMly in
wdrdsl'I It was the same thing; Mkafc A
observed the evening when "Jmras
ftftgid'otf goingi over the narrowbridgd,
fctebnsir'i'I toad never done 'it -beftwrf;
though not afraid of going taprnth*
ftfflfrerfu afldnawheniol was surprised
to see the poor woman, who had-1 beet
Mgnffcff&i &m&*he jWda^gtfibHavely
Gvahi&V te&jfcge. '^athe^riol? tMnfedl
ought to be accustomed to ail sorts/:of
dangers before I grow upi to bor^
tearf. *guBb oi BamotermB ^ni99"
All sorts ! That would be difficult,
if notrmpossible, Frank. Consider aM
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? the varieties of dangers there are in
iaimworHj by sea and by land. . j Would
you? tare" 'me ride, run, and sail about
with you ;. be' shipwrecked, and go into
battid^ &Ci/i to accustom you to all
dortS'fcf dangers. ! ". ~: . w . w p
li' WNby" said Frank, laughing, "that
would be impossible; and foolish, if it
were ^possible. But, papa, I ought to
. bebiaccnstomed to all the <<pn^)p
dwn%eirs/ that boys or men are likjd^f
id'meet witL" "\o bicn'te ion rTguorft
bsiJMfhare kiia tome.
l *en&efi w otb&ti
frankb'ferf orfw ,npirtovr iooq sdt 998 ot
yf^iBut, afterfuHj Ji should never even
then be stfcure of not being afraid, in
anynneommon danger, o* in anylthat
wa>> inew to mot" in J ^otad eiflfneb
" Being accustomed to dangeflig/rf
different kinds, though a great advan-
WagejbiwtoirJot absoDutelyHinece^aary tp
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? ? 64 F*AN)t.
mike human creatures brave. Fear
may be conquered, not only by beibig^
aocostomed to danger] Jbufctf bjp&i^iy
affection, . 0* na6taiv,eii idaichoisirtroitgw
than 'thiar^fearl nOn sonaia occastohs,
the most timid women become braver
for instance, mothers,. "when thewii&iio
dren are in dange*/fi''i*>b s in ,td$uBD
le "iAnd; papa-- I think, , ipapTawKl
b<jpe>i papa,' that thonghi tgttm'fawqi
little boy, if I saw my mother in aay
diirogdiyi Awwld. quite ft%&i myself. ^
9li^^mkdyo>>ii4w)uW^ri<<k. ; i*F&*f
you feel already, that strong affection
can conquer fear, even in a boy as <<
ybufkglfgt. 3^tart^e4uo 9? b oldioeiOB
,feidT . }immu8 aJi no bnisfg of bos
\ofo iVvnniih hiiR Ytfi^iihfi rlo''m diiW
-ab bns muiai liddT . b9dadqmo33B
Wapiti zifikW^ f&&& H*Wa>>i%HIf njH8
teWirptfn' t^cofctei&tiel^e'fc'KitiJ
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? FRANC
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with his father about courage, rAhm
listened r to1 i every . anecdote uponl this
subjectyf which he heard related in con-
versation f on read from books. ; . . . -> fi *
. %'Oiae: evening, when his father was
reading to his mother some new book
ofidferaiyete in. Italy, his attention was
caught, in a description of St. Peter's
fhureh. in Rome, by an account of
jpmeiyoitWBg' Englishmen of the party,
who wen&tQ see iti who determined to
see. lfeorej oi^,! thiWi any one had seen
bc&fte; . #ndi'2whoii'. whein . *hi|ir,. ifetnale
eo|? p^yoBi|. 8tpppedi after having reach?
ed the ! top of the cupola, determined. to
scramble up the outside of the gilt bally
and to stand on its summit. This,
with much difficulty and danger, they
accomplished. Their return and de-
Sfi? n^were> still fnc,r$ haw#Hs 5a fob *f
^un^^^a. ffei^. ^. bafe tbe^. wiefe.
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? feet, with thpir. ^e^upw^fldi^
in. r#e. i manner A. #JMlHUW,B
the ceiling. Frankand Marjdis? ne,{yp
this description with breathle? ^a? ixj^$
They are dowpif a^. i^^ g^Vi
Frank; "I am glad qf. %fc}lSIFiSff&t
br^yjeKthey^re. ". . i. . ? . . ^ tni1i
4 "ft very glad they. , ape.
down," said Mary; " but I think Jjb^j!
were very foolish to go up. " . . it
'f Not at all foolishv n? y dear; pq^v?
sider they were men," s^aMFrank^i
is the busines of men; to be couiao-enius
8BT?
"" Yes,C'to te courageous, but^ngt $
be rash," said his father ; or. |b haaprd
useful objecU n. . Jrjd
^That'is. . exactly what I thjn^
-380 $0102 JtOi-RWOASr f r=AS i. JiW i910
papa, said Mary;" and if t1
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? mm. ft*
tere^iffi^iaViPbeM iio ttr&P&&
1 'Frank' said "he should certalhlfHave
Hkbaa'*u g^ 'up;. i iflAW- tlie stibtfia3 |A
HSvFlrkeff' # have beett left biehM;
ev? & if ttiere had been nothing- much
wbtth 'seeing ; he should have been
afraid that the other people would have'
rhotigtftf' hftn' cowardly, if he had re-
KftetiWgo. Besides, he should like
to have it to say, that he had been as
high as'they had been, and higher than
any body else had been before. $na
tfta^ Rafter all, whether the thing was
foolish or not, it was certainly a proof
of courage.
k1fnTs his father allowed, an4 saiil,
feat "all Frank's feelings were very
that he admirecli' courage
own . for some use-
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? the book he was reading, and takiag*
up the newspaper, ? 'V in this d*y'a:
paper here is an account of ift . fire,.
and of a man, who saved the. Hfo ^
two children, by putting himself inclfe
most perilous situation. The children'
had been left in an upper room, thft
staircase had been burnt down, thfre
was no passage to the room but by ni
single rafter; across which, through}
flames and smoke, this brave man ven*;
tared---snatched up the screaming chil^
dren, and, carrying one under each.
arm, crossed again the narrow path;;
and brought them down in safety foi
their mother*" > ; oH-m 1ft
ci Frank v exclaimed, th&t he would
much rather have been this man, 'than
lrapetbflti wiantiiito. thfe top iof the gilt
Mil. BioA. wiii b<<! r usiSiK'ji 4&
ii .
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? FRANK.
2&@h, yes/' said Mary, " and though
it-Was so very dangerous, I should be
glad you had done this, Frank. I hope
you will do some such thing when you
grow up, if ever you are at a fire, t
should not like to be by to see; but
I should like very much to hear of
fc? . . . . i
t. The next day Frank amused himself
by practising walking on the narrowest
planks he could find, which he sup-
ported by a stool at each end? and
when he could walk steadily on this
narrow path, he exchanged the stools
for high trestles, which had been used
by a man, who had been papering one
of the rooms; and, after fastening
Ate ends of his plank down firm'to
the^'trestlesi Mary spread cloaks and
sofa cushions' underneath, to. represent
the feather beds and blankets Itfe*
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? Itfr FRANK.
pfedjyfe' dragged tinder'
fb 's*te the man; ft ptiABtt*' '? ^
Should fall. And Frank then actetf
tife' man saving the life of 4hie Vwrj
Children, which he perform^? ,* wrtn
two of Mary's dolls, wlth'^e&Pap1-
plausef"1 ' 1 l'f : mS *?
Some days afterwards, FrarS^heaM
&ftfcw and true anecdote of the c6urfcg%
*f a boy. It was told W'hrmHy'HKe
ltotfrW of the boy, and it hatd UMf
"happened, so that every' parti^IaiK was
fresh ih her recollection. ttis father was
one day walking in a field, where a'bWll
was grazing; the bull, he thought, was
tfttfte tame, and he had ofteto been
fcecustbtried to carets him. This day,
gentleman saw the bull following
ttW/W^ thought in play r Bttt^lfe
? 4& &^a*? ? %>me^ne took tfp^&ift
"flFgfetatf' an* thr^w iHt the buff to
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? FRANK. 4f|
^peJtep ; *#i tbeb^fpiii^dq
il^s genflpraaij threw anol^r ^fu^d
}afger soc}, but still the bull foljbwffid,
gn/J came. . . <juffe cjose behind hifflj
T^e, genfj^nan. took hold of his horn
to turn. him ^side ; but the bqll, instead
of giving way, tried to toss him up in
t&g^ajjr. ,. , The gentleman, however,
^19. was a very strong, large man, kept
$rm hold of the horn, and walked on
f? Mi MPX^ manner, ithpv^uj^
bMhd>>Am4 keeping dowjii^
mm^li^. ^1^ tort nstft^r i/te^s
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? ther stir nor speak: at this instant,
bjs son, iwbo was about nine years
old, playing before the door; looked
up and saw his father struggling
with the bull. Never thinking ofnth*
danger for himself, he ran . to hire. :
mean time, his father's strength being
exhausted, he gave up his hold o?