Lucy at Play

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...as the horse felt no pressure of restraint upon the bit, he paid no attention to the order, but moved on out into the street. The weather being cold, all the doors were shut in the mill and in the house, and nobody heard the sound of the bells, nor Jenny's calls to the horse; and, in a word, before Jenny had time to consider her situation, the horse was out in the street trotting off at a good round pace down towards a bridge which passed over a small stream just below the mill, and which was on the way towards home. In the mean time, Jenny's father, after helping the miller about getting the grain into the mill, and pouring it into the hopper, came back for Jenny. When he saw that the sleigh was gone, he said, --"Ah, John has taken her into the house, I see. Well, he was pretty quick about it." So he went back into the mill. In the same way, John, when he had carried in his pail of water, came back to look for Jenny and the sleigh. When he saw that they were gone, he said, --"Ah, they have taken her into the mill, I see. Well, they were pretty quick about it." So he went back into the house. In the mean time, the horse trotted on. Jenny's first thought was to jump out at once. But the horse was coming fast down the hill to the bridge, and that made her afraid to jump out there; for she thought that, if she should fall down upon the hard planks, it would hurt her more than to fall upon the snow. So she concluded to wait until she should have got over the bridge. But now, as she was passing the bridge, she recollected what her father had told her about always stopping to consider what it was best to do, when she was placed in any dangerous situation; and so she concluded not to jump out at once, but to reflect a little whether it would be...