Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-07-09

through The woods frOm TIA rad anoae sAs
rocks OF The prreiPes.
10 lev momsnls eli doubs was n an end, md
tHo hoFssmea emerged from the woods and rode
over The lava, a. the top o. thei. horses sDeed.
10 an Instant Naran was elssped ia ths srrns Of
her lover, while Harry Heli. UnhaedinE the prss-
ence Of the said Quaker, was 50 very rude a. 10
lntlei s1ndry kisses upon the pouiins lips of The
blaek-eyed Qlakeress, and enfod her pruby 6R.
urs % succession Of loving embraces.
Marian. Marian, my gwa beautiful Marian"
exclaimed Hcfbsu, os be gaz.d upon the fair fac,
I ol hrs betruIhed, while her kindling blue eyrs
returned bis fond and arden, gaze. "Marian vs.
snail never part more. have returned again To
me scenes Of our earliest love, TO scenes hallow.
\ cd by memory, though darkened by many a BIZ.
ter sorrow; will gaze once more nnon The green
woods and quiet shade Of the Wissahikon and
then leave these hills and Wales forever. Marian
will you share the fals Of Wsnderrr and an ex.
IHePf 1"N az "a
Ii needed noi the whispered words tba, cors
from the maidens lips, TO tell Herber, ina, bo VS.
still beloyed.- The maiden's beaming eve ana
0IIshlhg cheek, spoke the thoughts that were Gut.
'enng around her heart.
Ne'ieHf hulSFIItu HelDcTts 'OuF love has
been nur5sd IN scenes Of Joy, it has grown and
hounshed amid scenes Of uIal and woe, and now.
alone as we are IN the wide and callous world.
we will be all in ell to each oIher-we will for
get 10 foreign lands that even our path was shsd.
owed by single cloud.
Why Marjorie, you MINK" interrupted Har-
ry He'll. "How pretty you've grownl How
your dark eyestwinkie-how your rosy lips open
with such handsome pout, as though you were
good looking and you knew il. No, 40, Mario
ne-lheres no use pUuling your lips and sha-
king your head. Wen be marred-that's Ger.
tain! See-how uncle is shaking his sides with
quiet joy there! Wen BE- married for all ainI
q Quaker, and I'll away to the wars, aud fight
many strong blow ior my country vet, though
The Rangers, and Dennis and al!-God heIp mel
are dead aud gone. Aud III come back a live
man, promise you, Marjorie. and we'll be mar
rIed righ! of for certain. We will By the Cont.
mental Congress-"
kwas the last time Herbert and Marian should
gaze upon the wilds Uf The Wissahikon. The
blue sky was above, the forest was around, The
old mansion with its closed doors and fastened
shutters, was sleeping in the sunlight.
+ The arms Of Herbert we're entwined around
/ Marian's waist; her face uplurned 10 his counte-
nance, scared by the lines Of premature sorrow,
giowed with the happiness Of the hour and her
bosom heaved and her eyes swan in tears of 10Y.
/ A liule apart stood the manly Henry Helt beside
the bIushlng Marjorie in the back ground was
The negro, dancing for gadness al the JOY Of 9TH
er5; aud in the centre Of the group STOOD the
Quaker, JOab Smiley, his honest yisage brighten
lug with unfeigned pleasure as he regarded tho
love and happiness bcomng from the faces Of all
around him. /; was scene Of Joy, and one that
dwelt in the remembrance Of those who shared
the felicity Of the moment through the long lapse
Of future years.
Herbert, entrusted with mission Of the utmost
importance 10 his country, departed with his
blooming bride, 10 the gay scenes Of The French
metropolis, where he remained until the American
war was terminated by The peace of Versailles.
Il Lieutenant Wildwood Tracy, promoted to a
cooneicy, left America for England, and then
sailed Tor India, where his love of pleasure and
F dissipation soon supplied him with that narrow
est and quetest Of all habitations-a grave.
Harry Heft and the black.eyed Quakeress ras.
sed the quiet and peaceful years of their rustic
felicity, amid the shades Of the Wissah kon, and
long aler the fresh-grown turf, extending green.
ly along The lawn Of Chews mansion, had con.
cea ed all marks Of blood and carnage, the b unt
soldier and his pretty wife still lived TO tell the
story Of The 4Ih of October, l777-Harry TO de-
scnbe the scenes Of the battle, the charge, The
havoc and the retreat and Marjorie to picture the
fear and CONSERVATION that sprea1 through thS
habtations Cf the village on that eventu dav.
Herbert Arnheim Tracy became known in for
eign lands, as an able counsellor in the cabinet OF
kings, and tradition relates that after the lapse of
years had borne his fair and beautiful wife from
earth and its sorrows, 4 warrior whose brow was
scared by the lines OF premature age, was known
among the braveSt of the brave men who drew
their swords under the banner of Napoleon, and
shared in the carnage Of Waterloo, by the title
of general Arnheim de Tracy. designated by
courtesy monsieur le Compe de la Wallingford,
, rather in respect for his ancient lineage, than
from any actual possession of the estates of Wal
lingtord, which finally, for want of claimant,
reverted TO the British crown! And the murder
ermajorof Tracy-was heever discovered The
hand that peaIed the shot from the graveyard
wall of Germantown, was never recognised with
all the accuracy and minute detail of clrcumslan-
a evidence. But tradition relates, that years al.
ter the battle, when the mansion of major Tracy
! had passed into other hands, and events of the
revolution had assumed the venerable appearance
Of antiquity, an aged man, whose frame was bro
ken down with disease. and whose brow was fur.
! rowed with the traces Of long INDUCED passions
appeared in the village OF Germantown, anC
sought the shelter Of the village poor-house. In
: his dying hour he muttered dark confession o
r life Of crime and inlamy. but the ears Of hi,
hearers were in especial attracted by tale o
r, horror, which he told Of the evening succeeding
: the battle morn.
: Returning from the plunder Of the dead bodies
n that strewed the battlefield, he sought the shell
e ter of the graveyard wall, 10 examine his i'll
l. gotten acquisitions. While thus employed. hi