Paul the Courageous

n they were face to face with death, their hearts filled with agony at the sight of each

r Farm smoking, and the sunlight shining on the windows. Stella had fallen with her back to the house, and all she could see was the moor, and the hi

help!" and he waved his handkerchief excitedly. Stella bowed her head and prayed, she hardly

, while behind came another and larger group with their mother amongs

as Farmer Minards'; "'er's the awkwardest of the two to get 'old on, by a

but she was so exhausted that it fell forward

the aid of planks thrown across the margin, long, strong arms soon dragged him into safety, and he lay trembling, but safe, on solid ground, with his mother's arms around him

mp and senseless little form lying in Farmer Minards' arms. Her face was as white as the clouds above, her eyes were closed. Paul gave a great cry of fear. "Stella, Stella," he cal

of thankfulness in her own eyes. "Thank God, Paul. You cannot thank Him enough for having spared you both. She has fainted, tha

visibly as she laid them on Paul's hot brow, and her head swam so she feared she would have fa

own mud dripping off them, and her little white feet, for her shoes and stockings had come off in the mud, and her dead-white face

will allow me," he said, stooping over Stella. "I think they had better be got to bed as quickly as possible. And you, can you walk, do you think?" he added, kindly, to Mrs. Anketell. She nodded in reply; she was too much agitated to speak. "Take my a

d, obedient, and humble, he would take care of Stella, and his mother, and Mike. And that night when his mother came to see him the last thing before going to bed herself, he told her the whole story from beginning to end

ot always mean true courage. You must learn that it is often far more brave to stand by and not do a thing, knowing all the time you will be called a coward for it, than it is to be daring and defiant, as you w

rtainly suffered the keenest remorse when he saw how ill Stella was; it was Stella who suffered most from his wron