Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-09-11

IN soft accents to her ear. my dear la
10y, you are safe. You have nothing now
to fear. Your enemies are gone. Miss
Hunter, will you not speak TO me? Do
speak to me, Miss Hunter. | am your
friend
HIS soothing endeavors were at length
successful; for, while thus speaking and
lana caillnghername, she opened her large
oiue eyes, and fixing them steadily on his
face, calmly asked, where am /? Who
are you? think | have seen you before.
Oh! ,yes, now recollect all. Good God.
] noh do you escape that death I saw so
"'e' ''>' -;table7 n
Ineut saw you stagger, loss all setisa-
ton. Where are the villains?
'They are gone, my dear Miss, and you
are now completely out of their power,
and perfectly SAFE
you do well to call me DEAR she re-
sumed, with a faint smile, 'for | had III
deed well nigh cost you dearly. Oh!
what do not owe to your valor? My life,
my honor--every thing owe to your dis
interested bravery. Oh! how can ever
requte you for the terrific dangers you
have encountered
4 am already overpaid,' replied he, sby
your unexampled in.repdity in averting
my threatened fate, and shall ever feel
pleasure in holding at your disposal that
life, for the possession of which, under
heaven, ! am solely indebted to you
\ but, said she, starting, 'where is my
father; have you not seen him? Ahn she
! q r hor h,, H.
ing into tears, Il fear he is murdered.
saw him fall. No doubt he is dead, or he
had been here ere this
I Il hope not, my dear Miss. Be calm
one minute and we shall see. Look me-
thinks see man coming slowly towards
US. List! he calls-bis Clara-hs dear
child. Ii must be he.'
'Ohl it Is indeed my dear father
! Thank heaven, he is not dead! Do, my
kind deliverer, help me to him, that /
Imay tell him how much he is indebted to
you
They moved forward short distance,
when the doctor seeing then, preri pit,t1--
! lly approached, vociferating in a voice Of
desperation, Infamous wretch! dare you
thus appear in my presence, after having
kidnapped my child, and almost deprived
me OF HE? 1t is now your time to pay
; Just debt, and my arm is yet powerful E.
nough to exact it"-drawing, as he spoke,
"A pistol; but ere he could raise it, the lady
with the most undaunted resolution, step
ping between them, cried, 'hold, father!
you must shoot me first. He is my friend
'l-my Protectorn
what! is he not your betraycr? Is he
not one of the two vllainsp
> NO. she replied, those miscreants are
gone, and you now see before you the
brave-the generous man, who rescued
; me from their vile hands, and preserved
, my honorat nearly the loss of his own
life. Cherish him as your most worthy
benefactor. He is but too we'll entitled
toyour utmost gratitude
q Heaven be praisedr resumed the old
man, in tremulous voice, as he tottered
forth to clasp her to his bosom, shat you
are safe & uninjured. Young man, he con-
), tinued, turning to Croghan, and warmly
;. pressing his hand, lit is we'll was not in
deed the assassin. But forgive my wound.
ed, distracted feelings, and accept my
most grateful Acknowledgements for your
: heroic preservation of my daughter and
the honor of the family
A ooh! father you must be badly wound
i. ed; your clothes are all bloody. See!
a he'll fall, support him kind sir.
D mo danger, my child said he, feebly,
r sit is true am wounded, both in my right
arm and the back part of my head, yet
+ neither is dangerous to life; but the loss
o Of blood has, | find weakened me. The
r villains seeing me put my hand to my side
Y pocket, but too well suspected my design,
and therefore allowed me no time.'
y Having bound his wounds according to
G his direction, they proceeded homewards,
" the lady resting on Croghan's right arm,
q while he supported her father on the left.
u Have you, Clara asked the doctor,
4. amy knowledge Of those ruffians?'
r 'Only of one of them, whom ] lately
II saw at the wedding party of Cousin
V Weatherby. How he got there could not
!. learn; but it is certain no one invited him,
a nor was it known who he was, till the
suspicion was entertained after his depar-
o ture, of his being British officer in dis
, suise.'
/ 'And my young friend,' said he to Gro.
e CHAN, by what chance were Won directed