The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-04-25

bid her open the door or he would break
it down, adding many awful oaths anc
threats; to which her only answer wa:
that she put her trust in God--Heinrich
who from his window was witness of this
colIoquy, now called out to cut the child's
throat before her eyes if she still persisted
in her refusal. Poor Hanchen's heart
quailed at this horrible threat, hut..only for
moment. The death of the child would
be no gain to them, while her own death
was certain if she admitted the assailant,
and her master, too, would be robbed.
She had no reason either TO suppose that
her compliance would save the life of the
child. 1t was to risk all against nothing,
and she resolved to hold out to the last,
though the villain from without renewed
his threats, saying that if she would not
open the door to him he would kill the
child, and then set fire to the mill over her
head. 81 put my trust in God" was still
the poor girls answer.
In the meanwhile, the ruffian set down
the child for moment TO look about for
combustibles to carry out his threat. In
this search he discovered mode of enter
ing the mill unthought of by Hanchen.
1t was a large aperture in the wall COM
municating with the great wheel and the
other machinery of the mill and it was
a point entirely unprotected, for it had
never been contemplated that any one
would seek to enter by so dangerous an
inlet. Triumphant at this discovery, he
returned to tie the hands and feet of the
poor child to prevent its escape, and then
stole back to the aperture by which he in
tended to effect an entrance. The situa-
ton Of the building prevented Hanchen
seeing anything of this, but thought had
meanwhile struck her. Itwas Sunday,
when the mill was never at work; ifthei E.
fore, the sails were set in motion the whole
neighborhood would know that something
unusual was the matter. and her master
especially would hasten home to know the
meaning of anything so strange.
Being all her life accustomed to the
machinery of the mill, it was the work of
a moment to set it all in motion-a brisk
breeze, which sprang up at once, set the
sails flying. The arms of the huge en-
CINE whirled round with fearful rapidity !:
the great wheel slowly revolved ON its ak
is: the smaller gear turned, and creaked,
and groaned according as the machinery
came into action the mill was in full
operation. 1t was at this moment that
the ruffian intruder had succeeded in
squeezing himself through the aperture in
the wall and getting himself safely lodged
in the interior Of the great drum wheel.
His dismay, however, was indescribable
when he began to be whirled about with
its rotation and found that his efforts to
put stop to the powerful machinery
which set it in motion, or to extrlcate
himself from this perilous situation were
fruitless. In his terror he uttered shriekS,
and horrible imprecations. Astonished
at the noise, Hanchen went to the spot,
saw him caught like a rat in his own trap,
from which it was nc part of her plan to
liberate him. She knew he would be
more frightened than hurt if he kept with
in his rotary prison without any rash at
tempt at escape and that even if he be-
came insensible he could not fall out of it.
In the meantime the wheel went round
and round with its steady, unceasing mo-
ton; and round and round he went with
it, while sense remained, beseeching Han
chen with entreaties, promises, and wild
impotent threats, which were all equally
disregarded, till by degrees feeling and
perception failed him, and he saw and
heard no more. He fell senseless at the
bottom of the engine, but even then his
inanimate body continued TO be whirled
round as before for Hanchen did not
dare trust appearances in such villain,
working of the mill, or stop the mill gear
and tackle from running at their fullest
speed.
AT length she heard loud knocking at
the door, and flew to open it. 1t was her
master and his family, accompanied by
several of his neIghbors. all in the utmost
CONSERVATION and wonder at seeing the
mill-sail in full swing on Sunday, and still
more so when they had found the poor
child lying bound upon the grass, who,
however, was too terrified to give any ac-
count of what had happened. Hanchen,
in a few words, told all and then her
spirit. which had sustained her through
such scenes of terror, gave way under the
sense of safety and relief, and she fell faint,
ing in their arms, and was with much DIFF
ficulty recovered. The machinery of the
mill was at once stopped. and the inani-
mate rnffian dragged from his dreadful
prison. Heinrich. too, was brought forth
from the miller's chamber, ard both were
in a short time sent bound under a strong
escort TO Bonn, where they soon after met
the reward of their crimes.-LOndOn Pa
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