Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-10

rough, uDcouih looking indv,doai with
flushed face, md sunke eye. who bad been /
Impa,enlly ~aging lof The d.. lding Of the /
ptixe The request was room repeated by |
every one pfo,,n,, bot The Captain was
deeply Illuminating upon some object appO
rendy Irrelevant to that which occupied
the minds OF a majority Of the gang, aud /
he did not seem to heed their appeal
say Captain, cried second speaker
who was covered with hair from head to /
foot, which had been permntcd to grow for 1
weeks undIstuibed, giving han a ~,Id and |
ieToeious appearance, lets have a look ri
our prize 7
We will attend to that presently said /
the Captain, rnlsing his eyes to the speaker /.
and then sank again into bis con,emplativo /
mood
bot how are we TO dispose Of the lule !
mnS That was captured with it, said a
third voice, five Ie, her TO, she will be.
Tray Us, and We must either keep her here,
where some one will be obliged to watch
her constantly, or despatch her al once
This sentence was intermlnglcd with
horriI oaths aud imprecntons, al intervals
Of every few word, plainly evioclng the
value they SCI upon the life Of a fellow be-
ing.
We'll Pm ofopinon' chmcd in fourth
voice, which has been introduced In the
foregoing chapters in the character of Mr..
Rugges servant, Obadiah, who had not
enrrely forgotten the yankee dialect which
he had prnclccd during his term Of service
with Mr. Rugglcs that we may as well
tend 10 tha, chest first, and settle the other
matter afterwards.
Aye,ny sounded every voice in per.
feet unison, through the assembly with the
exception ofihe Captain, the ches, first
the chest first
The Captain seeing they wcrc all a
gainst him, proceeded at once to open the
chest All eyes were turned eagerly tow
ards it, as the lid was slowly removed, with
the exception Of Obadiah, who stood a
careless spectator, knowing the exact n.
mount which i, contained.
"A paper tho first thing, uttered the
: Captain with horrible oath, as The chest
was fairly opened
That's his will, that's his will, hurriedly
exclaimed Obadiah. The Captain was n
bout to open it, bu, he was soon checked BY
the clamor for the chest first llo was,
therefore, much ugninst his own inclination
10 have the paper for the present, 'Iaid upon
the table. The counting md dividing Of
the money occupied some time during
, which each one watched his own share US il
, was piedup before him with demoniac grin
Of pleasure on his countenance. This done,
and their respective shares slowed away,
: they oil gathered round the table, and after
making hee with tho eon,ooto Of tho bot.
: ties, sat down TO examine the will.
E AS live exclaimed the Captain, after
' hurridly slanclng his eyes over the docu
= ment, before him, The old devils land il
. all probably wiiled to-to--to my God can
2 ii be possible and raising his voice to Il
' higher key, he inquired the name OF the
, girl IN the other apartment No one
r cosld answer, for no one knew except Ola
Il dab, who was then busy slowing away his
treasure in another part Of the have. He
then turned TO the surprised audience and
+ Informed them that nothing farther would be
c done that night in regard 10 the will, and
o minated to them tha, 1t was time TO retire
d This notice was received with evden, dis.
s satisfaction by the gang, bu, as they were
l. all sworn TO obey the injunc,ions Of the il
d leader, they soon with some lrtle grumb.
l. ling retired, leaving Captain Arson sitting
alone BY the table deeply lost IN thought, &
evidently rohecline upon some painful sub
ject, for the color frequently rose in his
. face and caused his features now and then
:, to relax their hard and frowning cast, CIV
ing place to more mild md gentle ex.
>, pression OF counlenance than he had worn
:. for some time.
i. is not impossible mu,lercd he ,c
himself but that this Ilellen Arson &c
whom the old man was willing his proper.
;, " may be ms daughter, and the girl whom
we have captured and who she is now in lh'
- cave may be none other than her
y IIe had no, seen their captive himself
a and he dared not see her, fearing If sh,
y should prove TO be his daughter, III, q
y sight Of her, would only serve TO revive
n the bitter feelings OF his heart feeling
N that had long laid dormant, but which
were not entirely oblcrHled from his breas
n md recall scenes Of former happiness anC
e pleasure. which could not be otherwise thar
q painful to him a, present HIS curiosity
g. however. got the better ofhis fears and b.
It. took a light and proceeded noIselessIy Il
8, the anarment where HELEN was sleeping
Of He was soon in the centre OF the apartment
a. and raising bIhnke, which snrved the pu
nc pose Of door he stepped lightly in, hol
4. ding his breaih,as il IN fear OF brcakng lh'
nd silence that relpned within the gloom
of cave, and disturbing lis almost broken
a hearted inmates As he turned sharp cor
a. ner ofrocks that protruded nearly TO N
ne middle OF the apartment, he saw jus' be
ia. fore him, IN such position as to give hir