I think for a short space I must have lost both my sight and hearing, for I now distinctly remember to have heard, only for the first time, the piercing screams of his mother rising above the wild and alarming cries of the others--but not until he had gone down the stream, and disappeared round a sharp angle or bend, which it formed about eight or ten yards below where he fell.
"There grew a little to the left of the spot where this shocking disaster occurred, a small clump of whitethorn trees, so closely matted together, that it was impossible to see through them.

We all, therefore, ran round as if by instinct, to watch the tumbling body of poor Raymond, when what was our surprise to see a powerful young man, about eight or ten yards below us, dashing into the stream; where, although the current was narrower, it was less violent, and holding by a strong projecting branch of hazel that grew on the bank, stretch across the flood, and, as the body of Raymond passed him, seize it with a vigorous grasp, which brought it close to where he stood.

Feeling that both were now out of the force of the current, he caught it in his arms, and ere any of us had either time or presence of mind even to proffer assistance, he carried, or rather dragged it out of the water, and laid it on the dry bank.
"'Come,' said he, 'I am afraid there is little time to be lost--help me up with him to my father's, till we see what can be done to recover life, if life is left.' "The fact is, however, that Raymond was not altogether insensible; for, as young M'Loughlin--the same, by the way, who had sent the message to Phil--had concluded, he opened his eyes, breathed, and after gulping up some water, looked about him.
"'Ah!' said he, 'poor Mary--she's gone to them at last; but she'll be happier with them.

Take my hand,' said he to M'Loughlin, 'sure I thought I could do it.

Poor Mary!' "This instantly directed our attention to the unhappy woman, whom we had all overlooked and forgotten for the moment, and I need not say that our satisfaction was complete, on finding her sitting calmly on the rock where Raymond had placed her, at the risk of his life.