Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-05-15

perate ride. He sprang from bis fosming
horse at the top Of the bank, and the poor
animal tell Iileless from exhaustion, as
his feet touched the ground. He did not
pause for single glance Of pity at the no.
bic and faithful bruit which had borne
him so far ard so CALAMITY but glanciDg
his eye around with fur,Ive expression
of thief in fear Of pursuit, he descended
the slopiog bank TO the waters edge and
threw himself upon the grass to walt the
coming Of boat. In about two hours
hoarse belcbing sound grew upon his ear,
through the heavy stiffness. He sprang
to his feet with dla.e6 nostrils and new
ERE in his eye. 10 a short time the white
eddies of the smoke rose above the trees.
OH what sight was ,his-what ia
mul. of joyful relief. Now another life
careered through his veins, and rushed
up to bis clammy brow. Every thing OF
hope-ysars Of now excuses or Of calm
repentance, crowded in one moment of
time upon his heart. The boat rounded
the bend, cleaving up the bead-sirong
current with her victorious prov. lie
signaIed her. She rounds to in the mid
die Of the stream. Her yawl is lowered.
With what uncomfortable esgcrness does
the wretch, who so long had felt himself
doomed, watch, the sweeping strokes Of
the long oars, which are so soon to place
an impossible gulph between him and
that pursuing fate. They bad nearly
reached the land, when sudden click,
click, behind him made his heart jump
Hinch turned his head with the cold sweat
bursting from bis face. His presentiment
was right. Standing out from the shad-
ow Of the dark folisge-distincily before
him--wss the uncouth figure of Jack
Long. The countenance was very much
changed. The coarse careless features
had given way TO an expression urnatur-
ally calm, but dark and s,ony-where not
a line, or ray of light in the eye, ever
varied-the face Of ons who had dweit
for years on a single bitter recollection in
the past, but by whom Whatever could
uo" oICuf bou ocrb 'VbS ntu Soulucutiy
expected. There was a change but
Hinch remembered the man and he knew
how much cuuss the man had to remem.
Der him. For moment-w,th the up.
right gun pressed in one hand to the
ground-,he hunter stood confronting the
appalled, miscreant. For a moment he
turned his slow gaze to the sublime min
Cling of sky and forest around, and the
wide rushing Of the strong river before
him, as if II were too hard for such a
wretch to be cut Off so suddenly from the
light Of life and the glorious face of ma
ture. But he heard the sound of the
oars grow louder, he saw the boat was to
bear off his victim rapidly drawing near,
and the Regulator, recovering from the
siupor of an instant, was steathily raising
his hand to pistol concealed in his bo-
som. The long rifle of the hunter rose
to the level, the cold eye shone along the
barrel, and before Hinch could utter "God
help me 7" the crash came and ell was
darkness with the Captain of the Regula.
tors. The boalmen landed and found
their expected passenger PROSTATE by the
river side. pierced through the eye and
brain with rlae-ball of an unusual size !;
and climbing hastily to the top of the
bank, saw a Wild looking, ungainly horse.
man galloping swiftly away over the
plain.
The strong-hearted hunter had been
iearfully revenged-wiping out with much
blood the stripes that had DISTINGUISHED
him of manhood and sef-respect. 1t is
dangerous to irhe with the powerful ell
ements that slumber in mems bosoms.
The easiest nature is not proof sgainst
the effects OF lnhuman violence and
there is 10 an uncultured breast wild sense
vfjustice, which iii, often carry retribulion
10 the EXTREMIST limits of vengeance, is
none the less implanted by HIM who gave
passions to repose within US,
Like wars swsrt powder in castles vault
Until the linstock of occasion light it."