"She is dead, father," cried William.
"Help me to carry her out of the house, Mr. Seagrave," said Ready, who
had lifted up the poor girl; "she may be only stunned."
They carried Juno out of the house, and laid her on the ground; the
rain poured down in torrents.
Ready left them for a minute, to ascertain if the house was on fire; he
found that it had been in flames at the further corner, but the rain
had extinguished it. He then went back to Mr. Seagrave and William, who
were with Juno.
"I will attend to the girl, sir," said Ready; "go you and Master
William into the house; Mrs. Seagrave will be too much frightened if
she is left alone at such an awful time. See, sir! Juno is not dead -
her chest heaves - she will come to very soon; thank God for it!"
William and Mr. Seagrave returned to the house; they found Mrs.
Seagrave fainting with anxiety and fear. The information they brought,
that Juno was not killed by the lightning, did much to restore her.
William soothed little Albert, and Tommy in a few minutes was fast
asleep again in his father's arms. The storm now abated, and as the day
began to break, Ready appeared with Juno, who was sufficiently
recovered to he able to walk in with his support; she was put into her
bed, and then Ready and Mr.
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