Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-09-09
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waxing epers from the grave. r;a,3. From
the Easements We. discharged at III" same
) moment oar 1nuskets, provided with doubleas
! charge, and hail Of bullets ratlled about
! the head Of the gigantic snake, who affofdS~
j led US fair aim. Yet still She continued VI
TO play her gamb6ls quietly among tbeina
trees; nay, Sic didnot give any sign, byisa
which we could Judge, that size was sensibleos
1 of our attack. After a few niouents sspettam "a
in this manner with no better; effeet,s we 10
/ found that our provision Of afnnnition was ,Hs
Exhausted: besiacsaw we were ourselves too 81
much fatiguea 70 eohtiheea any longer an
attempt, which afforded US so little prospect
Of producing any advantage gsifassxS
f. BY this time the day was drawing rapids
I y to its clese By dint of turning the pain-.d,
Pful subject frequently in M y mind, andsw
making every possible conjecture, q, oneu1,
means of soaring the Anaconda had osug- a,
Egested itself, which appeared to me well wor7oY
thy of attention; but in order, to, put it ia
1execution, the darkness Of the nightwas necrsw
essary. i bad often read in. books of tray.,yk
els, what powerful aid had been sdsriyed,M
From fire against the attacks Of wild. beasts; az
and .howalions and tgeEshad eftenforgottens1b
their, thirst for blood, Sand ibetaken them-,iw
s.lves to flight, like the most tmid ,animals,ass
when scared by frs-braud whirlinground, ,esa
or the blaze Of a flaming heap of sstraw,-liyy
Armed with such weapons, was determiL-dT
ed, as soon as night should set in, to rap-4i6
4 proach the Anaconda, and put her ,courageaog
to the proof, even though the faithful Zadi IA
should be the only one Of, ,suf6cientcouragssa saeI
4 to assist me in my adventurous design. sdT
n The night arryed--an awful stiffness ss
| s.aiopod III or,upd-p, Orr
ever, still was, walchful;l for, from time, To- ~,
ftine, we could hear the rustling among the
branches Il passed the twilight in endeay- III
'Eorings to comfort Louisa with the prospect All
4 of q serious attack to, be made upon The ,,i
snake next day, from which (assl assureds,h
fherl u much better success might bel expoctts,z
fed, but Judged it,prudent TO conceal from mi
heriour s7lghllyA enterprise, the effect of,rf
(which, appeared even 10 nlyselftoo upcer- p,
tain to make mo venture 10 ground upon it q
any promise Of adyapiag agea Besides, jhericL
ssEexhausted strength made il absolutely nec-s1y
lessary that she should pass some memeutsl,si
lin tranquility; q stale which seemed to -me,qd
abs oluley incompatible with the iumulis fqi,
lexpeetulion which rhe knowledge Of ourstl
proposed adventure would naturally excilsoda
!. an her bosom. 1884 sib saias8El sfs 10 oil
: +! At7iength sign given by ,Zadi, nader
me aware that all preparations were con-ss
Z lpleted Louisa was reclining on a couch p,
u with her eye closed, and seemed to- have
4 fallen into kind Of lelhargy. stole sofi-5oi
. hly from tho apartment and was on The s.8
4 point oc quitting the,house, when means sgi
i suggested itself 10 me OF communicating $40
my design 10 my ,friend, even. before ,,hsi ,as
arrival OF the speaking trumpet, which, ls
expecled from ColumboqsI l. recollected, zoo,
j, ti,al had lately taught Seaield common Fi,,
n European trick of combination, by which =
-dtwo persons, separated from each other
i (havingI FIRST agreed upon their measures r,
Ecould convey their sentiments without, the rg
Tfhelp Of words: cerlain number Of blows r
corresponding with the Lumber of the ,-5
place which each letter. Of the -four and s-
twenty hold in the alphabet, enabled the DDS
j, striker 10 form WORDS and sentences by aiE
{ which the hearer without. other cemmuni.
cation was made aware ofthe slefs, which
without his knowledge it had BEEN settled gu
) for him to take-this lriAe had but laielyasl
: served usto puzzle Louisa, andpass away
the evening hour: and halter myself with -
the possibility, that itimigh still exist in
Seaield's remembrance. AT any rate | r
resolved 10 make the trial without loss of .
, time. and the. Stiffness of night seemed 10 az
!, afford me the mos. favorable opportunity
T for executing my plan with success. .l0s 5A
T. a thin smooth, board, well calculated for4a5
,ireverberating sounds, and strong ham.nor
tner were easily procured. With these, 10
has,ened to my balcony, and began byo~f
striking as many blows us the alphabet re-. as
:, quired, Chat is, ono to A-=lwo to B.
tw enty -four to z, &c.,) tlllsfI shad gone
through it regularly. ItfIsted that this or- af
Derby manner proceeding would awakena7
his attention, and having completed the al. iag
phabet, Itold him (in the same manner,) s2-
!, il he comprehended my meaning to strike u
three blows wtKinlhe pavilion as loud as.
he possibly could Oh heavenly powers!
| had not long to wait. 1t was not long
before three faint sounds informed me that
. was understood, and never did music s7
sound more sweet to my earl hastened
, to tell Louisa that | had found means of ai
communicating with her husband, and that ~
was going 10 command him 10 be of good
= cheer in her name and for her sake. A
, silent melancholy smile. conyulsve pres-
sure ofwy hand, ,were my reward; and Iia'
+ now hastened again to the balcony 10 as.
sure the poor prisonerthat | was laboring 19i
for his relief; that Louisa was we'll, and 90
i begged him to be patient and composed;7 /.
i and that requested him. to keep up his
n spirits, since he might depend upon 1T, ,7'y
!. that i would either rescue, or perish in ga
:, the attempt. Il concluded by desiring him 70
!, to assure me TO confde in the actively of ~
v my friendship, by repeating his former l
i signal now suffered my hammer to rest
: II listened-again, more audibly than be.
4 fore did hear the three wished for blows -
i given form within'the pavilion, and now 50
r 6astened TO, prosecute my nightly plan with
fresh spirits and renovatsdyigor -
dI, Excitedby Zadis remonsrnhces, about
n dozen ofahe ebrayest among thedomestics, 20