Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-11-21

The selllers caed il. Fer 'wu.ihirds OF the
way up the side the accli,i,y was steep,
covered with dark frs and pines, which
locked as il they were elhowing one
another lu order 10 keep their precarous
fuo'iug. Above them there iowereda lofty
leak OF ragged rocks, y hich II nude sou
dizzy TO look at. TIE lnp was smooth and
fiat. though Oh looking second time you
could perceive something Ike tris''es there
-slsnder. fine. almost invisible IN the dis
lance. They were the bare and blracted
stems O! few tall pines. which the FIRE
had killed, tui " hch the wind lad left still
standing here AID there on ibr s.mn.i'
Eow iuresi fire could reach such an e'e
walton nigh, surprise one, at FIRST, but the
mountain slcred graduo'ly away on the
side opposite the pond, al'Hg 'he ridge of a
mountain CHAIN, which extended far back
into The Interior. until ii v1s los, among
the other elevations which flied the whole
country.
Old Eloar, head dnr.ei no rrre;B5's
name from the unchaugeable hue q! the
vast masses of gray araue, which formed
his brow. Whatever nla!;i lie Iae hue c!
she lundscaje @ below, whether tie lHNurIani
,reen of summer, The bright browns of
autumn, nr white with the vast sccu'pU!a-
ton OF w!ntry SHOWS. old i!osryfead was
aIwavs gray The lew plants which hung
n bright iesiocns from lis crericcs n sum
mer, were invisible below. ard IN min:er
the snow could 10, eject q Judgment.
Viewed from the valley, il scented 10 be
hacking on, bove The region Of commolion
and s.orrns; and caluness and peace almost
cireclIy visible, appeared to be rsPosIng on
lis summit. Blu, tits WIS tn illu.iln. There
is always an illusion in looking al what Is
above US. Cd I,oary heads rocky de-
e,iy,lies we're sxept ali winter With almost
rerpe,ual gales. Storms and hurricanes
concentrated all their fury upon him. lhey
poured upon his brow their stores OF r''n
and hail. and snow, bu, he shook all of,
and scattered them far down into The va
,eys:snd then " hen the winiry storm was
over, and The cloads broke away, and The
whole country was co<red with its mantle
Of wki;e-old Hoady head cane ou, oi The
conflict uachanged-ths same slender bris'
ties relieved agains, shs SIX, ,lhe same gray
rock. E, and The same placid expression of
u~ful desolaton and solitude.
I,u Fergus is our hero. not Old iloary-
bend, n,d We must 90 back I" him. The
--------- -:Laa,il..- i, u as SO, 10 Gsr hisn To
nt,empl TO cross the pend for physician.
they looked Gu: Of The window and obser.
we'd that The Storm. though>no: yet very vi
olen,, was fasl increasing, and bUI an hour
or two Of dayli.h, remained.
"1ow deep is the snow 2" said George
.Oh it is sncIe deep and more. ALREADY" ."
"And suppose it is blown away from
the yard 1t must be deeper sl;.l on the
pond -
The image OF her son struggling through
the snowton the pend at dark. here 'ose to
the mo.hef's i,nsgina''cn, suc sne al once
drcia;ed thai Fergu. mus, noi.go. GeoTgr
was balancing III his mind the alternative.
We have got TO choose between two
DANGERS, said he. Benny, in the era
die, sick w;rhoa, doctor, and Fsr2"s.'- on
,hc oonj IN he SNOW. Il is hard 20 choo=-.
L., Us 90 and took al Benny"
George here let himself dcwn rom BIS
seat, walked across the shop, and followed
his v ile out into the ya,d. F.e kreed his
way through the deepest paris OF he SHOW
and looked at The clouds or raihrr towaids
The clouds, for the atmosphere was SO lu'l
Of failing snow rha. the cloods cou!o n"i
hr seen. The little blse vBue which hs had
mad put up on his corn-baru, Folo'e'i to The
nor,h-eas', and indicated he quarter. "blch,
~. hat season aud climate, seems 70 be I'd
with VAS, naeaz'res Of wind ana snow.
George observed Iii ihs-e ,h'Ess AZ he
passed, ard hen followed Mary iu.o the
hlu.e.
The house was DO; The rude log hui
u ubich We m,ulioIed as their first habiia-
rp.n. Tia was still s'aDdiDg, but II was
converted in,o sn out house, aud iorr ed
or side 4 he sheltered area o. the yard.
The ro;s,n' - w -as n comfortable
house with lwo ruons.lhe donr opened nm
ned,altly into the principal one. l was q
farmer. ki,rhcr, spacious ond exhibiting
in al lis in'erior th- aspect Of rl>.ic cenl-
fort and pi-ny-
o., s7r side ofihe erea, FIRE place WAS |
Halle d.e,uih Fergus by is side rocking |
il. lie had been stationed here by his mo
fher while she wen, across 10 the ,hor. Oa |
rh. o,ker >iie of the hIe wes little heap