Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-05-02


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~h,,r eide. s,rHh'. hosss sioyd. tic dss before
.gs.sii I 60 ss,5 he. and sees The s"sSs ~ ny
Io.,i, tsps ~ tko.s ssh@s 7 IA unscen monitor
..A so Les a~ rsersenis he s,o"d on the
.,,nt ~ ths cellar bat sh say doc. he plunge
,,,s ,h. ssIl.ff Gao he expect To find any u the
rwssn, q be iaispded partner lie s'srobed
.,.,, mar, II tho oeiist. bot 10 uaee OF sns ihrr
h.,,s. ~s, 10 be fssnd. lie essmieed ever, bald
,.r sresss. bot HOh,ag fcms ned 10 tell tho Fate ~
,ss sssrSsfcd family. Well. though, he, J ns,l
,sssfn homo and f'se uP ~ despsif. al Ed~ip'
erssl EA~m. sad he. how could you ihos dee
,,ey On innocent lamb =
lie sooa arrived ct bis house, bot al vas desc
late. lie walked through the halls. bot no person
~, TO be found. lie ~esi 20 HE own room aud
threw himself on hs bed IN sgony. Bot hsfk F"
ss,d be-. come one spprosebes-hOw softly they
.,sp--esu Il be the wreiebed outlaws, come TO
.,np the Of my money = The doos opened. and
Jane threw herself into h's sfnis
am no novelist but gentle reader. " you ever
experienced the happiness which attends The mec-
iss 81 lovers. You cen guess Their feelings better
thsn can express them with my pencil. Amer
.p,, time spsni la sobs Sad ss'.iss, J."s 'e'atrd
the following -
Last evening sc set by my window. man
drcs,ed IN black addressed me thus-Lady Jane.
,our beauty and inno-ence exposes you to insults
end dangers. This nigh. is thy house to be born.
ed together With all it's inmates. Fly then, II
Won would save your life Whittier shall fly ,
,.,dt I. lie replied i would advise you TO remain
IN the room until return. Trus, TO me and live.
Close the blinds and fss,en them aud when you
hear the word Felix under your window. open for
!, /, mc-,hs, is my nsme. Bot, until then, stir
not from thy room--aud, until then, farewell, for
my business is urgent So saying. be flew across
the lots, and was soon los, in the wood.
4 hardly knew shst opinion to form Of such a
person; but, thought will follow his directions
until am convinced it 10 wrong. then closed
the bliads and set down -anxiously waiting for
YOU to arrive. Most OF the guests had already
appeared, and you was the only person wanting.
To kill time, I went to readings novel. ] had
read about an hour, when heard some one walk
ing around the house. then supposed 1t to be
Felix, bu, heard not the name. Presently.
heard the report Of two pistols This fright
eued me, for ! was certain you was waylaid. In a
few moments, ] heard the cracking Of fire, when
suddenly the door of my room was burs, open b,
my mother, and the guests: all were crying Fire !.
.Yuer the house is OH FIRE = We then tried IL
escspe but every door aud window were fastened or
the outside. Despair sat on the counienancc Of
every onc-some were praying some groanIng
end snme we're uttering the mos, dcafnsg yclls
All were lost, TO human appearances, when heard
the voice Of my monitor, saying-'Felix. Felix
open Immediately. madam" hcw TO tie window
but before could rsisc it, he had torn the shutter
sssunder--'Flse for the life Of yc" ssid Felix -
Flee every mothers soul Of ye, for the house il
half burned Up and think ye the FIRE will larry
I tell thee, my Here maCam,' said he address
Tag my mother lie, the old sailor help yc from III,
wreck afore shc sinks. Hurry hurry con,inu
ed he, ii will soon be warm work for ye in there
II We don't move faster
In a short time we had all Of US escaped, All
we're fastening to your house, according T.
Felix's orders. Some Of the young men wen
round tie road. while most Of went across III
zelda We arrived in about half hour, but 20
had left about two hours before. ] trembled o
you, account. for I knew all not right.
.By the time wc had recovered from our fright
the yossg men entered bearing the body of YOU
eoachusn bot from you. they could hear nothing
Tie body Of the postillion was examined. when
was found that two bullets had entered his bod,
either of which would have been sufficient to de,
troy life. We gave you up for lost, when Fell
said the, lie might possibly be Of some service t
ne, il We would hear him. We told him TO tell a
he knew; be accordingly began thus -
In yonder mountain are q gang Of SEQ pirates
Cosmo, the leader, (ths, being his piratcsl nam
hs real name never knew was once a native
this country. lie went on board the cutwaier RI
dolpho. bound for Rio Janero, ss midshlpmsi
Before they had 60, as far az St. Salvador, Cosm
Gamer, and four others agreed to murder the ship
crow, run the ship seme of the islands, scuit
her. and then seize the money and escape in ii
long boat. This they did. When they arrived
Cuba, they circulated report tina, the ship w
-.~~<ss -.-l III L--]- psrish~A In fs~ mont
,hsy had collected hands aud funds enough TO
DOT . FRS, rate cutter; and with twenty hands, Co
mo set sail - q tracer. ] was one Of the numbo
When we were about twenty leagues at sea Co
mo called all hands on deck, and proposed that v
shosIl turn pirates and make q common stock Of
crixss. Pifeeu OF the sailors declared their sequ
ssesnce in the psn the rest Of ne offered to ser
o. sailors Dot not ss pirates. To this they rel0
tsnsiy agreed, with ia oath that f we not n
TO the company, our bodies should be food for fs
We soatinued on in thls manner sboui eighte,
uosshs; sOEnslimes capturing ships, and oflen &c
lag from before their guns.
IA length. Cosmo became tired OF tie sea, q
wished to try HE luck land. lie proposed TO 1
company TO come 10 this country, saying that
Knew Of q cave IN the - mountain, eniire,y su
q taa -.