The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-04-25

Dalziel, you know, according to the laws of your
country, forfeits your life; and you might be led,
without further delay, to execution But we have no
desire to proceed to such an extremity with you-
Your appearance has gained you our respect; and we
have strong wish to mitigate the rigor of the law in
your case. But this not authorised to do,
without some little submission on your part We
shall not require of you however, to take the test since
it seems to be unacceptable TO you. If you will
only tell us how we may find your father, you may
have your liberty, and you need not be afraid of your
fathers life. He has, indeed, rendered himself OBJ
noxious to government but promise that his life
shall be safe We shall be careful that nothing
happen him than short imprisonment.
TO these arguments he added, that if the young
man could find it agreeable to make the necessary
completeness and if he liked tie military life he would
endeavor to procure him some honorable post. Or,
if he rather wished to prepare himself for the church,
he would recommend him to those from whom he
might expect prefermcnt.
Andrew, distristing the promises Dazie had made
concerning his father as much as he despised the Of
fers proposed to himself, looking firmly in the SOL
diers face, absolutely refused to make any discovery
of his father.
"Torture,' exclaimed EIacduf, who stood by, " will
make you reveal what our mercy has failed to do.''
Yes" said Daziel :" we still promise that your
fathers life shall not be touched But if you will not
make the discovery want we have torture prepar-
ed that shall make you speak out. And if you still
persist in your REFUSAL your own life shall pay for
your obsnacy. We leave you till tomorrow morn
ing to consider, whether you will accept of your
liberty, with serious danger to your father,
pose yourself to torture and death, which may, per-
haps, not preserve him long from hands, So
saying the n1uisors withdrew, to spend the night in
mrth and reyelry.
/ Andrew who had no doubt that the promises made
concerning his father would be broken the moment
his prosecutors had it in their power, determined
without hesitation, 10 say single word that might
lead to his apprehension Aware also that what had
been threatened against himself, would be most cer-
tanly executed, he prepared for meeting it like
and christian.
As it CHANGED that night, there prisoner in
the church except Andrew In and around the church,
as il stood at little distance from the village, all
stiffness, save when broken by the guard chant
ing verse of a song, clTsng the times, which
kept them on foot at midnight. The interior of the
building was family lighted by the moon-beams that
elimmered through the old gothic windows. From
the windows Andrew could the manse, half con-
cealed amidst the aged trees. He saw, too, the pull
pit, where from his fathers lips had often dropt the
word Of life lie looked at the seat where he used
to sit with Mary and his mother he cast his eye
The manse, where they had lived so happily But his
mind soon hurried him from these objects to what the
family had suffered since persecution had driven them
from their home They had wandered on the noun
tains they had endured cold, fatigue, and fasting
Eat midnight in the depth of winter, they had been of
ten unsheltered from the severity Of the weather.
His mother so tender, aectonate, had already fall
Ian NV, hands of theiT