The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-05-09
WASHINGTON THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1850.

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cob! Wis Mister Deputy Sheriff and hi,
myrmidons come to take Zoe Ii takes seven n
them to do it, you see and they have not sue
ceeded ~
Where is Zoe7o exclaimed the giant. trem.
bling in his Hessian boots.
''Ah that's what Mister Deputy Sheriff
would be glad to find outp
"Then they have not arrested her!1
/" Arrested her Pooh am l not her keeper
Had Susan Somerville been NE, Mister Deputv
Sheriff would not have marched of with A,ipg
colors fsbm the Crags!7
Then Zoe is safe, Gertruder
"Yes! Zoe is safev'
Thank God ~
Now, Brutus, don't turn a Miss Molly on my
hands! Spose she hadn't been SAFE Spose she, Il
been In danger. Could not you have rescued
her2n
Gertrude, my dear sister, said Brutus with
out noticing her speech, but taking packet from
his pocket, here, take this letter up 10 your pa
tient-it is from some of his friends in England
and tell him will wait on N IN the course Of
the evening"
Gertrude took thajetter and ramp stairs.
Now, MIR. PowS7s will spvak b you alone,
you Pleasep said Brstps bsskonl the deputy
sheriff into another - ~ whose suit have
you attached this giffyF1w
"At the suit Of Cassinoe & Co., clothiers,
| Peakvillen
SHOW much is the debt %
"One hundred and seventy-ive dollars
Il assume it! Come with me to Peakville,
where the business can be legally arranged - and,
without another word, Brutus Lion RENOVATED
his horse and rode rapidly to Peakville, followed
9l1eS ma NJ VIII hal % 81 4 o;u
rather from curiosity than necessity
In an hour, Brutus Lion had arranged the
transfer Of the liabilities and again mounting his
horse he galloped furiOusly towards the Crags
saying
"Now to purchase the freedom of this poor
girl, before another writ of attachment at the
suit of some other creditor is served upon her
He reached the Crags, threw himself from his
horse and entered the sitting room
What a scene Of misery met his eyes! A
corpse laid out on tressels in the midst of the
room Ii was covered by a snow. white sheet, that
.clngi9g clese,y 70 the body revealed jts deatbly
rigdity. By'm Sue sat one so1tary mourffer,
clothed in black, her arms extended over the
body, her head fallen upon her arms, in on atti-
tude and expression of hopeless grief!
Brutus approached reverently-
E" Miss Somervlle :"
The mourner did not seem to hear.
My dear Miss Somervlep
"Oh " moaned Susan, without moving
My dear Miss Somerville, am grieved, deep
ly grieved to see you Borrowing thus y
The mourner raised her head, revealing face
frightfully ravaged by grief.
Look there oh look there, She is dead
dead! They said it was disease of the heart -
enlargement of the heart They were right I!
Oh, yes! they were right! Her heart filled and
filled with sorrow, till it could hold no more, and
then her strong heart broke-n broke, Anna |
Anna ~ and, with oonvulsive but fearless sobs,
down went her arms again upon the form of the
dead
Tears filed the eyes of Brutus Lion At any
other time, and under any other circumstances, he
would have left the mourner alone with her dead
but now, for the sake of the living he was forced
to intrude upon this sacred sorrow. In order to
shorten the business as much as possible, Brutus
before leaving Peakville, had taken the precau.
tion to get bill Of sale drawn up ready for sigma
ture, and to draw his money from the bankers
80 that what he now had to do was VERY simple
to make Miss Somerville understand that Zoe
was her property, to gain her consent 70 the sale
and her signature to the deed Again he rever.
emily addressed the mourner--
"My dear Miss Somerville, am very, very
, sorry for the cruel necessity that oompels me "a
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fellow-creature depends upon my gaining youl
attention. Can you give it me for few, very
| few minutes2n
Means only answered him.
Brutus laid his hand upon her hand, TO attrac
her attention, as he said with deep earnestness-
"Miss Somerville, listen to me The vital in
terest of Zoe Dove hangs upon this hour Tn,
happiness of her whole life depends upon m.
gaining your attention for few minutes. Viii
you hear meW
And taking her hand, he led her unresistng t,
the seat at the window.
! Then, sitting down by her, he told her tn,
whole story Of Zoe, as the reader knows it, III,
| told her in a very few words. Susan heard il
with all the apathy of deep sorrow. She express
cd no SURPRISE she feh none Her deep grie
shut out every other emotion. Brutus now pro
| posed to purchase Zoe. He had to repeat thin
proposition several times before Susan, pre-occu.
| pied by her sorrows could be made to understand
and receive it. Then, speaking slowly and bro
kenly, like one trying to break the spell of an
over-mastering thought, she said
{" But if she is mine, as you say, will free her
at once"
"But, my dear Miss Somervile, that will not
do. To emancipate her would require time and
trouble In the mean while, another writ of at
tachment, at the suit of some other creditor, would
oc oVI'Su Vu anu your DchcNoicue utblRns
defeated. What propose is the only safe way.
II is very easy Here is the deed You have only
TO write your name at the bottom, and she Is
mine-she is safe. Come, Miss Somerville do
it," pleaded Brutus, putting the pen in her list
less fingers, and laying the deed before her.
Well, well as you think bestn
And, scarcely conscious what she did Susan
Somerville wrote her name at the bottom of the
bill of sale, and Zoe become the property Of
Brutus Lion.
Susan Somerville tottered back to her seat by
the corpse threw her arms across the body, drop
ped her head on them as before, in the abandon
meut Of profound sorrow.
Brutus Lion sprang into his saddle and gallop-
ed towards the Lair.
That evening Gertrude FASTENED to the grotto
and brought back Zoe in triumph TO the Lair
That night, Brutus, Gertrude, and Zoe, were
grouped around the kitchen fire
"Now, then, dear Gertrude, remember your
promise, that as soon Brutus should return you
would explain this mistake"
Gertrude looked at Brutus; and Brutus taking
a. Ls,,I ~ Nna i'll 10. oln