The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-12-27
"Who are your" dem IN led the startte

''Willi I'M Hallig,n. LAZY; come to bi |
you an eternal FAREWELL" A deep, low
voice responded
"Bro,her Of him in whom every feeling
Of this young heart Is centered, and ev-
er will be, give yon widows welcome
sit down, Willi.m."
"Lrdy, | dare not, for time is pr, ion"
I'll wv often have sent for you WI
liam ~
"Ani think you, lady. tha,>a whisper
from you would not nave brought me here
at Midnight? Bound, however. by Sc
cret vow, dared not see YOU un il C me
TONIGHT to say farewell"
"Where are you going, William -
"That Heaven AMI acct len, on'y en-
decide. The money, which he whom we
both lament bequealhed me. was. months
ago, transmitted to America, an Their
sail 10 claim it,"
"Ineen prot &c ion. Wil!i7m. That har-
dened wre,ch-he who robbed me OF my
husband. rode past my window yester-
day."
ale win never repeat the offence" re-
turned Long William, calmly. But time
hnrries forward. an u'on a few m;nu'rS
with M" life AMI denh may derend,
Should the promised in AM be a ~. give
him this. as a dear ,ncmcn'o." an lie took
a gun from beneath his grea'-c"-t. and
laid it on the table" Tell him that a
eros. is filed deeply in the barrel that
sped"
Whom-in the mime of heaven? ex-
claimed the lady, in alarm.
"The SLAYER Of his father! And now
farewell, foreverH'
He fell upon lis knees. caught tie la
dy's hand in his. and %, verrd it with XII s.
es. A low >hri'l whistle was herd be-
meath the win low. ut is lie s;gn -
Nav He;.vrn bless AMI comfort you.-
Lady farewell !orever!''
Before tie wor'> were heard dis inc.-
~. he vanished rs he entered. Az knew
that the hornci e o. G org" P.nber'on
was Ii umc Vadd;gh, an, in u wild C, m
mmni'y.
"w'h WHOM, -"v"n = v'r''r'
his memory is sin han led down - owe
who did ..,he State some ser, ice He
sought the b. ckwco's of Ne Illinois. led
hunters lie, AMI died in AM milan
wiewam.
1t is on'y Necessary 70 add. 'l;' lie
family of the nr>crnnu'cns duclist hive
been extinct for thirty ye.rs. while the
descendant Of the vic imi>ed hri9egro' m
is prosperous in worldly circumsf nc~>.
The circumstances mn,'er which ! wit
messed this fatal encoun'er were purely
accidental. had been s'onping at the
same inn where poor R-w"> passing
his honeymoon. an had o ten a 'mirrl y
couple, whom nature. i won seem. hid
created for Oh o,ler. The tv nirg
when the wick1i deei took nj ce-iur
Pemherton's Fri, nd gave the f;,l,r signal.
and Rvs shot before re rli>r' lis
pistol was in my bed no, m. m kirg
trifling change in toilet. rrrn ,torv 20 IN
excursion along the cliff, when wi lout
the customary kn.ck nnon lie door, in
rushed the cl,"mberm -
"Sir! sir :" she excl lined. in voice
of wild alarm IS run down >t;irs for G od'S
sake! they're going to shoot Il e h =
some gentleman
Before could ask question. or M
prehend what the frightened girl meant,
pop went apistol in the garden. jumped
to the window-it overlooked tlr bow
ing-green-and there upheld by lie gar
dener and boy. saw gentleman in
the agonies of death. Halt undrcase', |
hurried Down stairs, and svw lie two
men mount their horses and ride o'iv
from the yard, md on reaching the scene
of action, found that with poor p.
suffering was at an ind, and ii Z WIS ,A-
tinct.
Thirty years after he sad event. l was
marching wing of the ID through
JOLn>iown. where we were 10 hal, lrr
the night, when received visit from
the squire. 10 invite me to dinner. and :
fer me bed. Both were willingly ac-
copied; for the village hos'lerir WIS III
kept and sadly overcrnwded. Or irqu'-
ny, found that the gent en- 70 whose
hospitality was about TO he inl, bted.
was the son o. poor R, whom Rad
seen shot at East Port and. as the re-
minecence might be unpleasant, kept it
to myself. Twas most kindly en,ertaine |
and after superior those days a favor
ite meal In ireland-was conducted by a
gray-hairei attendant to my sleeping
chamber.
"Have You been long in he family ?"
enquired.
Il have lived in Jamestown under
three generations
''Then yon remember some f.mi'y
changes in your Tine. Julr:'
"Ah mary sid he old MN; = some
for the better. md oilers for the w.r>.."
'You lived with the father o.. Mr.
81 hive lived with the best m,Ste-,
and the han lsomest man that ever fell in
. wicked duel"
II saw him shot,
The old min started. crossed hims, #
devou' y. and poured .t,t a surplic;.'i. n