Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-06-15

guided ptae. pioa the tree bad ialeni adsi ii,ou
ever thc solid rock. when ihe blast had sphnicr.
81 u-csth hiuily resisting the combination 81 oi
forts 30 destroy them ! IA their cfIiey with me,
Fsto has dome her wursi. know thee, Richard
MaNcfs, better ,laA tirou tnoWesi me
And whai IS d thou do.i Got ArJN :
More t.a3 tiiou Walt btA,te but u ~ this
hoo" Shat ,lc Same muihci who gave thee birth sor
towcl of Gle loss of DC even before thy existence
De 800 understand ne ?
There was melancholy tone in the ejaculation
Of tae Dwarf Wills be uttered tho above, which al
most melted the heart Of Richard aud family he az
tculated--
What are YOU. thenr
Thy brother, Richard--ihe lost one thou has,
spoken o. have known thee long I have known
all tie designs Of the Black Wolf, bot my efforts
could not rounieraci them my plans have been
occplS iaic have dawn him into my trail he IS
no" IN my power, and NOW only ask of thee 10 aid
ire IN rescUing the parents 10 whom we both owe
our existence Richard, again I ask, dare you
dare you attempt their freedom =
i date--I dare . was The ndespondng reply
While a world ul doub, had buried the hunter in
6ewildcrcd maze Of incerlude. and he felt all the
JOY which hope promises IN finding relative so
dear as O-i-chce had detained himself vet he was
fearful that the pretended claim of consanguinity
was not in reality true. There was no embrace
there was not even a smlle-and the brothers both
OF whom sprung from the same fountain Of nature,
stood each apart, like the cold statues that arise
from tie marble OF our common mother earth
How strangely that cold and perplcxing feeling,
which sometimes arises from doubt disrust rests
upon the heart, even when lis fountains seem, as II
were, boiling over with the coniending emotions of
love anxiety and disrus,fulness. Think what we
WIN OF affection, spiin2s not suddenly up, like the
morning flower, blushlng aud spreading It's beauties
10 The day, bot like the mountain oak and its aged
companions, that knit their limbs together the more
htmly as years grow over their duration vet like
the morning blossom, quick budding affections often
fade and wltfer away in the sunbeams which pro-
duced them; while the embracing oaks fall not a,
each others sides without marking with desolaon
The companions OF their growth. Affections long
tined iall not asunder without a paug but the unit
ing Ties OF consequently are never so immovably
KNIT as when they grow from the communion of
children.
There was star,lingly wild conviction Of this,
which wove itself like web. over the hearts of both
the hunter and the dwarf Neither wished TO ex-
hlon The hrst sign OF Joy but both felt that the
germs oil coming happiness were springinC up in !
ther bosoms. The thought is thrilling and deep
but there Is something we cannot define there is a
that winds itself about the heart, which
human reason cannot gather together as the reaper
MS sheaves; there IS something tchich epen lore
shudders al; and that something was before the In
llan and The white man, they, each with the feel
ing Of brothers, but without their Kindness sat them
se''es down to supply the place of hunger. But
lew words passed between them until thew had COM |
peted their repast
Now, Richard said O--chee now let US I'D and
ooh 10 nose we would lIberate and preserve What
,"fi ni plece have you there = and he essayed to
ft from his hands tue rifle of Richard The dis
rust before evinced was deep as ever in the
breast OF The hunter, and 1t was with reluctance he
permitted the dwarf TO look al his rife, taking at
he same time himself, the readiest weapon of de.
ence me indian had, for a like supervision. But
J-i-chee quaed not his feelings were true, and
simple la he cnuld nd ha Il, !
i's'rust his brother! though that brother had little
in him.
rs fair piece said The Indian returning it.
But nave you ammunition y
i have, think, sufficient was the reply
DE sure, be sure continued O-i-chee-'here is
IN abundance. How heavy does your rifle carryi
'Ninely 10 the pound replied the hunter.
Ninety, in truth rejoined O-i-chee. Should
your own laii, these are a hundred and twenty
Two balls TO the charge. Are you ready .
! am, sternly but quickly said Richard
WIN hrst ascend said the Indian, as he remov-
co, WIN great caution, the stone which had been
placed by himself over the mouth of the cave Il |
VIII iirst ascend bu, observe, when following, be
careful that you make not tie least sound, and our
moccasins must be firmly set and dashed before we
move
j he midnight hour was fast approaching the !
dull, red glare Of The Black VOLTS fire had died
away to the pickering tremuousness of decayinp
ana! lncihera,ed brand; the loud, fi,ful, or half
Dreaming sounds OF his snoring, startled or ouies-
cent sleepers had for some time fallen upon the
"akeius ears OF the brothers and bis solitary senti
mel, VINO was 10 have watched the coming events
oil danger had neared the fire behind the trunk and
oeheath the shadow OF perennial hemock shelter
eu himself from the whisng blasts and had lost all
OF danger; for the eye that could
nave overlooked everything of its nature tina, sur
rounded him, was dead in calm and peaceful slum-
Der but the danger lurked beneath him lie heed.
cd 1t not for he-knew il not.
ne prisoners were closely secured and The
'hgheSl motion might have whelmed them in mise
y But ras II strdnge' 1Hey TOO siept the ia
Her' Tue mother, and the sister OF those they knew
10, o. ont OF those who alike burned with ardor TO
ieHVer them from their csptUrs. Ia few moments
neS had both assembled, and looking eagerly around
Hey saw That the whole party slept, while their de-
dying nres cast liant gmmer Of lgh, on the re.
'um6eni groups.
Hastily the dwarf cut assunder the thrones which
'onneo'ed NE cspyes with the persons of tLeiI
ap'ots' and fearful lest by awaking them he should
oSe 'he advantages which then presented them.
elves, with caution Invested the sa7aees one by one
y sucn OF Their weapons could be obtained with.
'o' afousmg the sleeper>. The hunter this while
vas not inactive, for his well known voice soon
oohu means to awaken his relatives without having
s"tie' me sumberers who had guarded them and
WITHOUT noise or hustle they were removed Ia The
secure feeesses OF the cave. The dwarf in the
mean nne' was engaged IN arranging a slow match
WINCH should cause an explosion that would arouse
ans eFniy ths red skins almost as SOON az H. >.
fea' was achieved. Ills object was Accommodated
Without accident TO himself and friends. hu, 49,
lheh Toes were aroused by this s,raiapem ne,ceiv