Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-10-12
From Holden'S Dollar Magazine.
Lawyer vs.. Hunter
Or, the Twice Won.
CHAP PT,R J.

CHAPTER j.
Oh, for the young heart like a fountain PLAYING
Flinging its bright, irC 81 feelings up the skies
! Ii loves and strives 10 reach--slrives, love in
! vain:
\ II is with earth.- Fcstas
/ Max Kermon, the old hunter, at last
settled down within the reach of civiliza-
tion. In youth voyager among Canad
ians. in after life trapper without society
except the occasional companionship of
few chance comrades, he was wholly
welded to wild life, and inly pined when
the iniirmities of age compelled him to
return TO his kind, and wear social letters.
There was another motive, as it seemed
to others, which, however had little weight
with him. His wanderings were not
entre y solitary. For many years he had
been accompanied by beautiful, wild
hearted girl, the sole offspring ofthe only
marriage that the free trapper had ever
contracted. People thought that as his
daughter approached womsnhood Max
would naturally wish TO give her the
advantages of education and society. But
he had no such thought. These things
were OF ltttle importance in his own views,
or indeed in those Of his daughter, as he
very well knew but Max was too sensi-
ble not to feel that his natural life must
soon terminate, and that the desert was
not the most fitting home for an unpro-
tected, friendlcss girl So he settled
.himselfquietly as near the wilderness as
possible, and become the oracle to all
levers Of forest-craft His nature was
better pleased with this amphibious life
than if he had existed i'll wholly uncon-
genial element.
Diane kermon inherited from her
mother, the daughter of a Canadian
voyager, both a name and the roaming
spirit of that race From the days OF
earliest recollection, she had been at her
fathers side on the wild prairie, or rang
ing over desert mountains, and some
times, too, her courage was tried in hours
of danger The bold hunter delighted
in nothing more than predatory skirmish-
ing with the Indians, who, on their part,
were wont to acknowledge the debt with
interest. Once, with but two comrades
at his back, he was surrounded in his
trapping lodge, and forced to stand a
weeks siege. Then the fearless conduct
ofhis daughter, child as she was, won
from him hunters praise and fatherly
pride. Yet, though without fear at the
: sight OF blood, she shuddered at its eiius-
ION. The brave girl, who so courageous
ly garrisoned one side of their little, hut,
was true woman, after ALL That was
a singular training which sae received -
wandering over an unlnhabited country
with rude trapper shut out from educa-
ton. and only taught to read and write
by ap accidental residence for few
weeks at Jesuit mission without means
ofroiinement, and having for the language
Of her mind only what could be learned
from the voice of Nature in her deepest
seclusious. This she could understand
vaguely.
-" and the heart of the maiden
Svelled and obeyed lis power like the tremu-
louS tideS OF the ocean,
She loved the green woods and mighty
forests, for there her soul could live be-
yond the rough in nuences ofthe only life
she had ever known. Hours passed away
and she would llnger. as much rapt i'll her
woodland teachings as when she first ell
tered the pleasing solitude, leaving the
rude camp and it> life far behind. Per-
haps she was better educated thus, than
If she had been taught to cultivate her
mind by harsh mathematics, her religion
from a prosy pulpit in some sleepy church,
or her affections from fashionable novels.
Yet there certainly were defects in this
primitive system. Though the faith which
nature taught her was child like and pure,
the trainings of her soul lofty and wide
ss the forests themselves, this was not all
of her life. Days and nights by camp
fires, the little intercourse ever enjoy ed,
and that solely with half civilized beings,
the constant sight Of weapons and death.
had all given an unnatural turn to a spirlt
originally bold, aud taught her ignorance
to believe that manliness lay only in skill
with the rife, or strength for athletic
fcats--An unnatural character, perhaps
But place her own lovely namesakes in
the same sliuatlon-bold Dime Of Pot-
lers, and that better creation of fancy,
dashing Die Nernon-and, my life for il,
the insignificant dauphte OF a trappcr
would well compare with either.
Such was her character when old Max
Kcrmon, exchanging his seml-barbarlsm
for the half civilization ola Western FROM
tier, found as little difference between his
old aud new situations as might have been
expected. In fine days he hunted, in un-
pleasant weather he perched on settle
with his pipe, and told huge stories ofoId
adventures. Ofcourse. books and book
men were contemplate in his eyes, aud
equally, of course, they were worthless
in her sight, for she had never known
them. She mingled but little with those
about her, aud spent most Of the leisure
time alone with her musings IN some Ia
vorlte retreat.
She was very beautiful. Lorg expo
sure to the sun had yelled, but not hidtcn,
her fair complexion with rich olive,
and. indeed, as with more fashionable
ladies, the veil added to her charms.
Constant exercise had gwen lirmness aud
elasticity TO her limbs. No wonder then,
tbst abe was the belle Of the village, even \