American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-06-04

she early left him, not without fearful fore
bodngs. In the morning the house was ran
sacked and stripped of every valuable. But
the howell, from its mean appearance, was not
visited and in the ensuing night, having dur
ing the day wandered twenty miles for food
and medicine, as she dared not inquire for it
nearer, she returned to her father, who, al
though dangerously i'll, appeared to be sleeping
quietly
Fo. more than week the devoted maiden
thus watched, by night, the sick bed of her ia
Their, and she had already began to look for
ward to the time when he should rise from 1t,
and seek with her, and one other, whose name
she was too modest to breathe, a lar-of spot
in the wilderness where they might dwell i'll
peace, when one dark night, as she was hasten
ing along the road to the Quaker's bedside, she
felt herself clasped around the waist by no We
ry gentle hands, and at the same time a voice,
not altogether unknown to her ears, cried out,
"Hillo, my darling sparrow, what now !
thought as much from seeing the track OF
pretty foot round the old place, this morning.
Going to get what we've left, eth! You slight
ed me, the other day, continued he, IN loud
err tone, as she commenced faint struggle,
"and by the bones Of my mother, you shall
smart for it now"
Completely exhausted 18th fatigue and dam
ger, the little Quakeress was dragged along by
the men until she was brought to the prison,
into which, after some short delay in examin-
ing the prisoner, she was thrast, receiving as
she went, the gratuitous intelligence that eve
ry thing was prepared for giving her public
whipping in the morning.
1t was not until the key was turned upon
the poor girl in the lonely cell, that the full
& -. ,.nl- Hon,
and disgrace, she felt she could bear when i'll
the way of her duty, but to be publicly whip
ped--it was too much. Her sensitive nature
shrank from tho pain and the exposure The
old Quaker too: what would become of him?
The torsaken girl fell on her knees, and long
and earnestly did she pray for deliverance for
herself and health for her father
And delyerance was not far off. AS she
rose from her knees light tap at the window
arrested her attention. A voice that she we'll
knew, pronounced her name. She flew to the
spot, and Joyous kiss through the iron bars,
showed that she we'll knew who was there.
But her happiness vanished when she thought
of their mutual danger. She gently reproach
ed her lover for exposing himself to so great
risk and earnestly entreated him to leave her
to her fate and save himself But William
Horsely would listen to no such counsel. Hav-
ing heard ofthcir situation, he had fastened to
their assistance, and arriving near the house
was witness TO the capture of his betrothed.-
He delayed only long enough to provide him
self with some necessary implements, and APP
peared, as we have seen, at the window of the
prison, determined to rescue his beloved or
perish in the attempt.
Animated by love, he worked with a zeal to
which the presence of the lovely Quakeress
added not little Her aid also, within, was
very valuable and in two hours their united
efforts had removed enough of the bars to ena-
BILE William to draw her through the opening.
1t is needless to say that the hopes Of the blood
thirsty were disappointed; and that the lovers
escaped free.
They found the cid Quaker so far recovered
that with great eyertions, they were enabled to
remove him to place of comparative safety,
about three miles distant, whence, a short time
after they removed to one of the extreme from
tier towns in N H., where the usual consum
nation to such romances took place; and one
of their descendants, from whom last Summer
| obtained the heads of this true story, is now
living on the banks of the Winnepsseogee.