, 1840-11-21
BOWLING-GREEN, Mo. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1910.

'Ye haze nae cause now,' said the widow,
'to come-ye Gamma bring joy, an We ken
well enow, there is muckle dool already, in
hearts that ance were Joyful
Il Gomez said Lima, ito speak with Ellie
and she approached the melancholy girl, who
shlunk from her extended hand.
'Whatr cried Lima, you fear me nop' Is
thy courage so soon destroyed, Effie2--it
has fled with thy pride, | wot.'
'Iknow not what you mean,' said Etc
I'there iS mystery-aay-nay-no mystery
now!' she cried, sit vanishes in that horrid
smile-and with maniac strength she sprung
on the woman, crying, sMother! speed thee.
speed thee!-uis Rolands murderer! haste
for assistance, mothern.
sAyer cried the stranger, for it was indeed
he, 'thou hast spoken truly-it is the being
whom thou hast scorned-reyenge needs
further satisfaction He broke from the
maiden's grasp, and dragging her with vio-
lence to the earth, raised his poniard-the
action was perceived by the old woman
who was prevented by surprise and terror
from obeying Ellie, when she cried out to
her to hasten for assistance,-she shrieked
and caught his arm; but he threw her from
uiu, Us iC "Oulu oil iuiCtlit--tSdiIl "u liz
weapon raised, but ere he had time to strike,
the door was flung open, and a pistol fired
with effective aim. He fell liieless at the
feet of his intended victim.
That pistol was fired by Roland Allison!
Though the wound which the youth had re-
ceived was deep, it did not prove dangerous.
When he fell, the savage rushed from his
place of concealment, and Selling the sense
less girl, bore her, as we nave already said,
to his hut. Roland, on recovering from the
swoon which the anguish of the wound had
occasioned, succeeded in reaching a cottage
which was situated near the forest, where he
remained until sufficiently recovered to re-
iurn TO Inverhale, and ascertain the fate Of
Ellie.
On leaving the cottage, he provided him.
self with the pistol, by which he was ena-
bled to save the life of the fair girl. Joy and
surprise overcame Effie, while the old wO-
man, scarce knowing whether it was really
Roland, or q friendly boyle in his shape. Ut,
tered 4 thousand ordinations, but all so min
gled with JOY and terror, that understanding
them was impossible.
Roland, however, succeeded in convinc-
ing her it was his substantial SELF and hav-
my IeSlOltu Ellc, ic!dlcu tlt SlOEF vi Ills
recovery.
1t never was ascer,ained who the author
of their misery really was, but he was gen.
orally supposed to have been a rover, who,
having escaped justice, fixed his residence
in the forest-certain they were, he desery-
ed the fate he met with, and all rejoiced in
Roland's restoration.
Soon again did health bloom on the cheek
Of Ellie Graeme-once more she smiled rs
she had been wont to smile, before her young
heart felt the pangs of sorrow and disappoint-
ment. She was welded TO Roland Allison
with the blessings of her mother, and amid
the congratulations of the inhabitants of her
native valley.
Long did the widow live to witness the
felicity of her children, and nurse, as she
had lone their mother, the offspring Of her
child. The cottage Of Allison was the abode
of co%ntentment, and the only daughter Of
Fife had become as she in her youth had
been-THE PRIDE OF ~INvERHALE.
Z. Y.X.