Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-12-21
WOMANS WIT.


| The following dramatic passage Is ,ouccruHs
G0s'avuS Nasa, when that distinguished monaUh
/ took refuge from the DANISH usurPer To Deacar.m Co
mature his noble plan for the dryertuce oths couu-
| uy--
"On The little h.II jus, mentioned, stood YeH
ancient h1bialon, of 50 simple an architecture ta3i
I YOU would have taken o. for q Unj's cottage instead
] OF place IlJan 10 times of ODD has been the abode
/ oil nobility. u consisted nt long farm Ike s,ruc-
ture formed al hr coverrd lu siangc td>hun Will
scales, aud odd ornamental. twisllnss 40 tae curved
wood But the spot was h1.owel by tht Nr-
tues Of lts heroic mistress. who saved by bcr nge.
sencc Of mind the III. et the future deliver 81 her
country.
Gusiayus having been hy au evil aceiIcn.
discovered IN the mines bent bis course towards tbs
house, then Inhabited hy gentleman Of the name 81
! Pearson whom he had known in the armies of the
! late administrator. Here he hopes from thc obagl
lion he had formerly h1 on The Officer, ihai ne
should al least find safe retreat Pearson rectlFc0
him with every mark Of friendship nay treated nun
with that respect and suhms ion which noble mod'
are proud 10 pay 10 the Truly great when robbed gu
their external hnnors Tie exclaimed with such
ychemence against the Danes that instead 81 await
mo proposal 10 take up arms offered unSaked TO
try the spirit Of the mountainccrs and declared nat
himself and his vassas would b. the first 20 stt an
cyamne and turn ont under the command Of his
beloved gcucral--GuStaeuS relied on hIs word "hl
promising not 10 name himself to any, white he was
absent some days afterwards saw Pearson leave lhe
house 10 puI hs design M execution.
1t was indeed design and back one. lnder
the speciouS cloak Of a jealous affection for Gusid-
yus the traitor was contrjysng his ruin. The hope
Of making his court 10 the DANISH tyrsnt, ard The
expectation Of large reward, induced INN to 81
crfre his hnnor 10 bis ambition, and for The sakr Of
Z tba hnSplfH'-
ity, hy bctravjnr his guest In pursuance oi lint
base resolution hr proceeded to one Of Chrsllerns
officers commanding 10 The province, aud nnfmad !
him that Gusiavls was ms prisoner Having com /
mifted this trcachtry he lad not the courage TO lace
his victim but telling the Dane how 70 surprise ne
Prince who he said believed himself under the
protection Of friend, he proposed taking wider
circuit home, while they, apparently unknpwn 70
him, r1cd il Of its treasure. III Wi he an easy
matter, said he, for not my wife knows That
il il GuStavus.
The officer, NJ the head or party Of welI-amrd
soldiers, marched directly 10 the lake. The mcn IN
vested the house, while The leader ohrHptiy enter
NJ, found Pearnns wife. according 10 the fashion
If those days employed in culinary prcplrniinn,
Al some distance from her, sal a Young man ~ a
-Aslic garh, hopping OF the knots from broken
branch Of tree. The officer told her he come n
King ChrSiirrnS name 20 demand the rebel Gu>h-
'nS, VINO nc knew was concealed under hef FNNI'
The dauntess woman never changed color, she m
ncdateIy guessed The man whom her husband had
introduced as miners son to be the Swedish hero.
The door was booked up hy soldiers IN an instant
She replied. without once cancnc at Gusavns !
who sal motionleSS with Surprise n Won mean the
gentleman my husband has had here
hose two DAYS he has inst walled ont into the
woods, on the other side of the liI SEINE of these
olders may readily seize him, as be has No arms
With him
lhn officer, nni s'eNcc'inr The easy simplicity Of
er manner, ordered part Of his men 70 60 in quest
u hlm. At that moment suddenly inrgnr her evc7
" Gusiavvn3. She up tn him ana ca ichur the
tick out Of h'hand exclaimed in an angry tone,
uomnnnerly wretch What SIT before Your bet
ers; Get0ni of my sirht or some of them shall :
I'VE you dnlbbing As she spoke, she struck him
blow on his back with all her strength and open-
lg SIDE door there get lH'o the scnEery' cried
he, II is the fsst place for sunh company and
wing him ahothcr knock She nnnr thc stick after
I'M and shut the door. sure added SHE in great
eat never woman was plagued with such lout
/ a slaver
The officer begged she would not disturb herself .
his account, bit she, affecting great reverence for
ne king and respect i1r his representative 9rayed y
I'M to enter her parlor while she brought some re-
eshmeni7. The Dane clyly compiled perhapq i
lad enough TO get from the side Of shrcw, and I
1ep liew TO busayns whom she bad boIied in. and I
y means oi back passage. conducted him in &
loment TO The bank OF a lake. where the fishers d
oats lay ann giving HIM direction to IN honest =
afale across the lake, committed him TO Providence.