Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-24

iSuA HO WIS StCdituy anu
aHd would attack You secretly"
"Ohl but there is no fear of him. saily
said the lover, believe me, shall be
back in less than two weeks, and them
He pressed the bushing girl TO his bosom
kissed her again and again, and then with
hurried embrace tore himself away
When he had crossed the road aud was
just entering the woods, he turned and wa
we'd his hat The girl was still standing
there on the watch. She kissed her hand
to him. aud the next instant he vanished
| from her sight
| But for many minutes she continued to
gaze Oh the spot where he had disappeared;
and SO intent was the revere in which she
fell, that she did not notice the approach Of
third party, in the person of young man
Of the neighborhood, whom popular opinion
declared TO be one of her snitors.
"Good evening, Ellen" he said, "you
are late out here to night"
"Ah! is it you, James? Good evening""
and she frankly extended her hand. VIII
you walk n?"
"No, thank you-I havn't bu, min
ute to stay" There was a short silence,
when he added, Have you seen Hogan
lately? He has come back, suppose you
know"
"No-I did not know it, said Helen,
her heart beating violently.
~ believe he and Briggs are no great
friends-Hogan swears he will have revenge
on him, though don't know for what Do
you %
| Ellop roal tho ,,at, ha,, i,,t ba,o Il,
He was rejected sutton, and suspecting
her love for Briggs. had visited her express
ly TO torture her by this intelligence.
How know you this o. she said, affecting
as much calmness as possible. {" Have you
seen Hogan lateIy?'
"He was about this morning, but has gone
down the river to his old place. They say
he has dozen men there, refugees maybe,
like himself. BY the bye, have you seen
Briggs today heard he sailed with the
morning tide"
Ellen turned pale at this intelligence,
for her woman's quick wit perceived at once
BY the meaning tone of her visitor, that,
Hogan had determined to waylay her lover,
aud that her informant, from a feeling of
base revenge, had come TO apprise her of it
after he thought il would be too late for any
notice of the attack TO be conveyed to
Briggs. She had the presence of mind not
to show her agitation, nor did she undeceve
the speaker as to the time when her lover
sailed. She adroiily turned the CONVERSE
| ton.
Won't you walk in? the nights are get
ting chilly. Father and mother are yet up,
| believe"
"No, thank you," said the young man,
moving off, 8 must be going. Good
bye ~
Ellen watched him with a futtering
heart until he had disappeared in the dark
ness, when she burst into tears. But sud
denly dashing them away with her hand,
she entered the house, and cautiously ap-
preached the door of her little room. The
family had all retired. Taking pen and
ink, she wrote, with some agitation, few
lines, and placed them where they would be
seen the first thing in the morning.
This will tell them where have gone"
she said, still weeping. sit would not do
to wake them, OF they would not let me GO.
But how can stay here when HE is in dan
ger a She paused and unused. "Yes! it
is too late TO overtake him at the wharf.
must 60 down to the river and intercept
him: God will be my protector"
With these words she fastened TO attire
herself in her bonnet and cloak, and then
kneeling down, she prayed for few min
utes silently, after which she rose, wi ped the
tears from her eyes, and set forth unattend-
ed on her long and perilous walk. More
than once she started, as she wound her
way through the solitary forest, at the cry
of night bird; and now and then some I'M
known noise. or distant shadow assuming
suddenly the appearance of a human being,
would cause her knees to totter, but, after
leaning for space against tree and sum-
moning aid from on high by hasty prayer,
she would recover confidence and 60 on.
At length she reached the shore of the
river, more than an hours travel. She re-
cognized the place at once, and following
the bank soon arrived at a solitary farm
house. A II was still around, and she did
not awake the inhabitants for they were
suspected of being unfriendly to the wings
SO she merely Embossed boat which she
found lying by the water-side and entering
it, waited breathlessly for the appearance OF
her lovers sloop.
"A quarter of an hour passed, which
eemed an age, and yet no signs of the yes
sci were visible.
g Surely, it cannot have, passed." she
said anxiously. "Yei the wind is fair, and
the tide strong"
Another interval elapsed which her alarm
magnifed into an hour; and at last she
burst into tears.
"He has passed, and shall never see
him again." she sobbed. "Oh! God of
mercy spare his life !" and clasping her
hands couvulsvely, she looked up to heay-
en-.
Suddenly sound met her ear which SIZE
mistook for the creaking of block. She
started up in the boat. every feature Of her
face radiant with hope. and looked eagerly
toward the bend Of the river above. But
she was doomed to disappointment. For
FIVE minutes she gazed in vain.
salt was only the signing Of the wind,'
she sobbed, again overcome by tears. ''Oh!
what shall do? what can doF' she said
piteously wringlug her hands.
All at once the apparent sounds of sheet