Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-12-20

the ha,chci ON either side. lie had receive,
many kindnesses at the 'brick house, and lil
lie 'Suss' was a great fa'orltc with him. ii,
wen, 10 her. and long was their secret talk
Every ,lay. for three days, did he come an,
II, and smoke, and listen to the pcrsuasions o
the eeile sluaw.' Atlasl he seemed 10 com,
to her views. for. on receiving the hes, blank
, e, from her own bed, pIllow-easc full o
, hour, ncw knife, huge pouch Of tobacco
flask Of powder aud strip Of lead, which
the naughty glr pulled from the roof Of III,
house with her own hands, be lch, struck ln
tn the wools. and was seen no more TIL,
next storm that came. told tina, the lead Wa,
gone, bot where gone, none knew. WhC
could steal ~
Just at the closc of a snl,ry summer day
two oilicer, were walking sm.in.am On the
heights Of Quebec, discussing the news Of 10,
laie victory which Wash,na ~ had obtained
IN New Jersey. They wore amusing them.
selves at the whipping he Vas abou, TO 10.
sci,e, evidently greatly mortified that the
boo, had been on the wrong 'oo, of late.
What would YOU give me for hs neck,
said one, should Lord Howe catch him"
jus, as much as ! would for the neck, ol
all congress, when We have oorc subducd
them, said the other
Howe thought he had the tagged army oi
Washington, once 50 hcmmcl ~, ,ha, be-
could uo,c,capc, bu, Iu the morning he was
not there ,hs theatre had spectators, but no
actors"
'FiHi nor igHoiin Arcii
Qm crrjctoi mccHO, Gud,r, irogado',
as Virgil ,ays, though I've frgol,en the
whole quotation, replied the other,
With your honor's leave said voice nearby
Far' houd ,gHai,i' Argn,
Qm &C. croi,bR rrso' aud,rs irasadoi,
h ra1t0 hf'us ,.,or pio,nOr3uc ihoair0,'
as Horace, not vmc,l says.
Who are your
i am your honOrs humble servant
'Oh my Young friend, the prisoner whom
! begged 90, OF the hospital, aud gave HIN
unusual privileges, even when be Won't give
u, his word ,ha, be Won, run away Il be can
We'll. ! stand corrected as ,o NV quotation
and n,y author, though shnolJ never expect
a haclw"odsnln 10 b. able to quote the clas
Sc. But why have YOU 80 lOug refused to
ri,c your word, and bc treated as a prisoner
Of war"
'Bccsu,e, sir, am not prisoner Of var
l-,as captured hr from the seat Of var, o
peaceful cr,.lrn, hs your hired Indians, al,
Moo,chcad Lake
we vii no, dispute abou, that Wmic }
iceI sa.r, ur YOU, shall lasc care that YOU
de- uo, get away
YOU hlr, just acknowledged, ~, thai NJ
de- sometimes c,r1pc whea YOU least expect
H.
The omccrs lookad each other ani pas'cD
on. The Young mau va, .gi, alone. iic"a'
pale, sad and evidently iu Ioor health. From
,ac Iony heights OF Qush-c, o, 'unlowu beat
Of the drum, be- cast hs eyes down on th'
glorious 1t. Lawrence, and then turned east.
ward aud sen, hIs thoughts thick AND i's'
through the alno,t u,ominahie forests that
las .n ,ha, direction. H. had l.l the parade
rrouuj. and Was making hls Nay To the prison
ward, when a land b5rAoucd h.m J,ulud su
angla Of the wall.
Ne want sec YOU
WHO arc YOU /, IS DARK cannot ,sr
YOU
Ne know you-know your molncr-snoN
Saar-kuow brick house-knov Su'l lIo"
long tore door shu, up
'Pcrhap, twenty muulr>-pcrhaPs ii,''n.
Good Ne walk this side street, YOU
'to,hcr Keep hccs eve, on mg, and where
mc GO
The Indian shuiIlcd oil, sing aloud, Van
kcc man mad. ssy whip me, BE- catch me-, mr
sc, canoc, and be- no find me- Sohc I-id 'hc
appearance Of having insul,cd a prisoner, aud
rha, prisoner had the appearance Of following
him iu hi. resentment. Dcwn the hill Ice
wen, faster and faster, ,iIl he reached the ~.
Lawrence. where lay canoe. In II stepped
the Indian, barely pointing to another, which
las near 1t, and pushed a0er him as If IN .
racc. Dowa the r,cr they went lIuIe way,
aud landed beyond Point levy They lcaPcd
ashore Jus, as they heard the alarm sounded
from the heights across the riycr, slgnNinf
the escape Of prisoner or Of a soldier, The
Indian paused a moment, and listened and
said. white man too much noise--loo much
parade. lusc trail while he drum lie led
the way among the bushc, as fast as the young
man could follow. How Ear they went that
night, the prisoner knew not When morn
ing came they were by the side OF a rl'er'
lust below some beautiful falls. For more
than mile they had waded IN the river :
edge, 80 as 10 conceal their footsteps. Here,
iust under the falls, vas an opening from the
water. which led into cave. They crawled
pp. and y ere soon on a platform, high and
dry. with q sufIieiency Of light. The young
man was greatly exhausted, and lay down.
leaning upon his elbow. Tie Indian set dow"
before him. (pediJu, infOrfi',) Dol, upright
/ Ills head was shaggy, with hair long, course
and turning grey, like the name Of the moose.
His only clothing was dingy red shirt, and
trousers Of untanned dcer.skin. His mocca-
\ sins were th,.skin Of mOosc's hind leg cut
OF little below the joint, sewed up at one
end and drawn on and fitted to the foot while