Sturm und Drang. 179 



strong gusts, at length there came a violent ringing 

 at the bell. 



Mrs. Robertson, whose alarm had long been aroused, 

 rushed to the door, and a maid with her, but it was 

 only to knock their shins against a bucket which 

 some unknown hand had placed in the porch. 



Presently there came a second loud ringing, and, 

 the door being opened, this time Norman appeared, 

 unaccompanied, but with another bucket in his hand. 

 He had scarcely said, " Please take this in," when he 

 was forced to add, " There goes my umbrella," the 

 handle of that friendly protector having been at the 

 very moment suddenly snapped by the wind. He 

 then returned to help Mr. Robertson, who was still 

 struggling on the road with the remainder of the 

 apparatus, and at length they were all safely housed, 

 and all apprehensions about them allayed. 



