-LSB- Illustration -RSB- ` Here , take him into this room , ' said the woman , opening the door into a small bed-room . Eliza laid her tired little boy upon the bed , and he soon fell fast asleep . But for her there was no rest . She stood at the window , watching the river with its great floating blocks of ice , wondering how she could cross it . As she stood there she heard a shout . Looking up she saw Sam . She drew back just in time , for Haley and Andy were riding only a yard or two behind him . It was a dreadful moment for Eliza . Her room opened by a side door to the river . She seized her child and sprang down the steps towards it . Haley caught sight of her as she disappeared down the bank . Throwing himself from his horse , and calling loudly to Sam and Andy , he was after her in a moment . In that terrible moment her feet scarcely seemed to touch the ground . The next , she was at the water 's edge . On they came behind her . With one wild cry and flying leap , she jumped right over the water by the shore , on to the raft of ice beyond . It was a desperate leap . Haley , Sam , and Andy cried out , and lifted up their hands in astonishment . The great piece of ice pitched and creaked as her weight came upon it . But she stayed there not a moment .
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