The ram's horn., 1847-11-05

ed in Somersworth and Durham: The party Of
whom we have spoken, were about to scour the
woods in search of them. That was dangerous
business, but they thought it better than to wait
for an attack. When they were out of sigft,
1 the women returned to the houses--tor twa
houses, the largest and most substantial IN tbe
! settlement, had been prepared for their recep-
tion Some went aloud with .rcontrolfed emo.
pressed their children to their bo-
SONS in silent despair An aged lady. who had
witnessed many Of those bloody Scenes of which
England was the theatre during the first half OF
the seventeenth century, was the first to speak.
Addressing a young woman who sat by her,
with babe in her arms, she said: -
"Dry up your tears, my daughter, it is not
we'll to weep thus, and to distrust tho good hand
of our God, who hath led us through 50 many
| dangers. He hath not forsaken US az six trou-
bles, and he will be with us in the seventh. If
| it be his will that we should did1at 10 PrePare
our hearts to say, thy will be done Now let
us kneel down and commit ourselves and those
who have gone from us to his care
And there they knelt down and offered up
their supplication to that God in whom was
Z their only hope for protection and safety
More eloquent prayers have gone up from cost
ly temples, but none more fervent and sncereI
titan that which arose from the hearts of those
helpless and unprotected women. They rose
up from their devotions with calm reliance onI
the arm of the Almighty, which enabled them
to look forward to the dark future with fearless
confidence in his mercy. l.: -:....
Something like cheerfulness began to pervadeI
the little company. The children forgetting
their fears and danger, commenced their usual
amqsen,ents. One, little fellow of five years
old, son Of the Scotchman of whom we spdhH
fha f1oIr a. %1,<
red the door, and showed his merry companiohsf
NV his father carried his gun Growing bolds
II rfa the door seeing bright rig ATT astT7fr sstcf
ssSS Ssss e He LAID aSD the he la"b I'dH
nm ssEs R!sSs sR him ars dou 1 Shrek rick
and sTRs& IS ~ ,saSNe dschargN.. 3 aoar oali
HHfss Hls slstasa ~ W - daaAz Sq' sed sed fUur from
the window asuIled him in and closed the door,
A cry Of teWor passed through the house.,
every one saw their danger. The Indians were
upon them, and they had not even the means OF
fastening the door for a moment.
"sMary, what shall we do ?" exclaimed pale
woman to the girl who was standing at the door
ely" she replied, fly every one Of you to
the other house, will hold the door till you are
all safe )" and she calmly placed herself against
the door, in such position that she saw she
could hold it,
There was no time for delay, and to reach the I
other house was their only hope.
Scarcely had they escaped at one door, be-
tore the savages arrived at the other. They
dashed eagerly against it, but the heroic girl
stood firm. Her cheek was deadly pale, and
her white lips were pressed firmly together.-
She knew she had doomed herselfto almost GER
tain destruction but the hope that her mother
and hler young brother and 8. ,ers might escape
gave her strength. She thought of her father, |,
and his parting words she thought of the home
OF her childhood, far away over the waters, and !
OF one who had been to her as brother, and Is
whom she had learned to regard with more than
sisters love. She breathed prayer to Hea-i
ven for him, and penitential sigh for her own
SINS
The Indians, exasperated by opposition. seiy !
eu .1e'l 0atcnels ana 4egakR 3sfSk plank but every
stroke made it tremble, and every clang of the
steel sent a shudder through her frame, and she $
felt as ifthe next blow would bury their wea- /
pons in her bosom. Still she stood unmoved, 5
till the door was cut from its hinges, and the G
savages with furious yell, burst in. She rel
ceived blow on the head, which laid her sense ,
less at their feet. and they rushed forward, ca d
ger for blood and booty. Finding that the house t
was deserted, they saw at once that their in,
tended victims had fled. The door was open n
through which they had escaped and with de- h
moniac shouts the savages followed them. But
they had improved the brief moments, while the a
Indians were cutting away the door, and were r
beyond their reach; all except two children,
xhs were IN, ,nabs .sa eyer fence which
and H., were supplied with 4, Jared forh
e~ts weye USED them with good effect ats. FMS n
& 'Iem be.ser ana sns lndaes probably
we "rned to the deser,a'.e tnan al
s;,Ne oqNS