The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-05-20

"lf YOU can you may" was all the no
BILE girl replied. "God is greater than
you, and in him put my trust"
"Cut the brat's throat - roared the i'm.
prisoned ruflian above ",hat will bring
TO reason"
Stou,-hearted as poor Hannchen was,
she quailed atthis cruel suggestion. Fol
a moment her resolution wavered; but il
was only for moment. She saw that her
own death was certain if she Admitted the
assaiant, and she knew that her master
would be robbed. She had no reason 10
hope that even the life of the infant would
be spared by the compliance. |! was to
risk all against nothing. Like discreet
girl, she consequently held fast in her re-
solve to abide as she was while life remain
ed, or until assistance should reach her.
San ye open not the door, shouted the
villain from without, accompanying his
words with the vilcst abuse and fercest
imprecations, I'lI hack this whelp's limbs
TO pieces with my knife, and then burn the
mill over your mead. Twill be merry
blaze, trow.'
Iput mp trust in Cod replied the
daunless girl "never shall We Sc! your
foot within these walls while have life to
prevent We"
The rullian laid the infant for moment
on the sward as he sought for combusii-
bles whercwith to execute his latter threat.
In this search he espied, perhaps, the on
! " clandestine entrance to the building.
1t was large aperture IN the wall, COM
Inuuicating with the great wheel and the
other machinery Of the mill, and was Il
point entirely unprotected, for the reason
that the simple occupants had never sup
posed it feasible for any other to seek adj
mission through such a dangerous inlet.
Elated with this discovery, the ruiiim re-
turned to the infant, and, tying the hands
and feet of the child, threw it on the
ground, even as a butcher will fling a
lamb destined for slaughter, TO await his
time for shaving. He then stole back to
the aperture by which he hoped to eilec,
an entrance. All this was unseen by the
daunlless girl within.
In the meantime, her mind was busted
with thousand cogitauons. She clearly
perceived that no means would be left I'M
tried to effect an entrance, and she knew
that on the exclusion of her foe depended
her own existence. A thought struck
her. w.
at is Sunday" said she TO herself
",hc mill never works on the Sabbath
suppose set the mill going nov ss'll
can be seen afal off and haply my'ifias
ter, or some Of his ncighbors, wondering
may haste hither to know the cause. ~
lucky thought" she exclaimed, "'tis Goo
+ that sent it TO me-
No sooner said than done. Beng al
her life accustomed to mill gear, it was bu
the work Of moment lor'ier to set the
machinery in notion. brisk breeze
which sprung up as It were by the spe
cal intcrposilon of Providence, at once sc
the sails flying. The arms Of the huge
engine whirled round with fearful rapid
ty; the great wheel slowly revolved on it.
axle-the smaller gear turned, and creak
ed, and eroaned accordingly as they cam
INTO action the mill was in full operation
/ II was in that very instant that the ruilial
Dlelher had succeeded in squeezing him
| self through the aperture in the wall ; AM
/ getting safely lodged in the interior Of III
great drum wheel. His dismay, howevc'
, was indlscribablc when he began to b
a whirled about with its rotation, and foam
| that all his efforts to put stop to III
-, powerful machinery which was set in me
2 ton, or to cxrcatc himself from his peril
, Gus situation, were fmilcss. His erie
e were most appalling; his sluieks wer
# truly fearful his curses and imprccation
l., were horrible to hear. IIannchen hasier
h ed to the spot and saw him caught like
= reptile as lie was, in his own trap.
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