A BURNING BRAND.

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tryed it i got stuck on the start, & all i could £et off woe, Lord give a poor
fellow a chance to square it for 3 months for Christ's sake, amen; & i kept
a thinking of it over and over as i went along—about an hour after that i
was in 4th St. & this is what happened & is the cause of my heing where i
am now & about which i will tell you before i get done writing. As i was
walking along i herd a big noise & saw a horse running away with a carriage

with 2 children in it, & I
grabed up a peace of box
cover from the side walk &
nm in the middle of the
street, & when the horse
came up i smashed him

TEGE GBISIS.
over the head as hard as i could drive—the bard split to peces & t&e tocse
checked up a little & I grabbed the reigns £ pulled Ms head down tmtS be
stopped—the gentleman what owned fri™ came running up & soon as be SKW
the children were all rite, he shook hands with me and gave me a £50 green
back, & my asking the Lord to help me come into my heed, & i wis so
thunderstruck i couldn't drop the reigns nor say nothing—he saw something
was up, & coming back to me said, my boy are you hurt ? & the thought