Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-07-01

I 'haIS no IIIGuuSuip pS udu entrusted his
secrets to no coufdents; nor did any one
know anything of him beyond his name
In his observation of things around him
he could not fail to see that the eyes OF
his comrades were all directed to one
point; aud, at length, he too learned to
gaze long aud earnestly at the same bright
light, till his eyes and reason became a.
like dazzled by its far-reaching rays-
But Mary Blenham was not a girl who
could be woOed by mere look of admir-.
alton, however strongly expressed and
/ besides, In common with the rest. she felt
a strong dislike or rather a want of lik-
ing for Dor Wilson, which efectually pre-
vented her from being impressed by the
various devices which he used to attract
her favorable attention Sometimes. too.
when alone in her little room, the current
of her thoughts happened to flow in that
direction, the image of Marion Harvey
would by some unaccountable freak of ma
ture, arise before her. eclipsing all other
forms, and filing her mind with itself a
lone
But, to return to Marion. whom we left
toiling in the river The night, though
rather stormy and exceedingly dark, was
/ very close and warm, and when he had
/ retired to his room that evening. and
flung himself upon his bed, near an open
window, overlooking the river, he had
/ found 1t impossible to sleep, and lay for
hours IN unwilling watchfulness; though
we will not undertake to say that, during
this time, a joyfully welcomed shadow
did not fit before him, nor that the form
D W not Haf ,f -
/ Still, even these thoughts pleasant as they
must have been, at length ceased, and he
turned and gazed out Of the window -
Suddenly the noise of something moving
upon the water reached his ears it was
| the faintcst possible sound yet his nerves,
excited by his long watchfulness. were
| painfully sensitive. 1t seemed as if
boat, propelled by oars, was slowly NOV
ing up the river. and yet it was hardly
loud enough Full of curiosity. he arose.
and yet dressed sprang lightly through
the window, which was bu5 a few feet
from the the ground 4 short, swift and
noiseless run brought him to the beach.
but the impenetrable darkness checked
( his vision Nothing could be seen or
heard. lie knelt down aud placed his
ear close to the water; the sound that had
attracted his attention in his room again
perceptlble though apparently much far
ther up the river. and growing momentar-
lily fainter and fainter He determined
to follow the adventure to the end. and
ran, with silent steps, along the sandy
beach. stopping from time to time to as
certain how much he was gaining upon
the chase. At length, after a run Of more
than two miles, he reached the little sen
/ try box, where the western end of the
river chain" was secured. The sentry
was not there. lie again stopped and lis
tened. The sound was now below him
lie had consequently distanced it His
curiosity and suspicious were now at their
height. bat it was evidently necessary to
adopt some other mode of satisfying
them for, were he to proceed as before.
he would have to traverse the shores of a
large cove or rather bay, which runs back
from the point a distance of some three
miles while the boat. for boat he suppos-
ed 1t to be. was going but one, even with
out considering that he would probably
be stopped by half dozen sentries upon
the route; but then there was no guard
here upon the most important point on
the river. 1t was inexplicable Marion
! Harvey was. however quick at coming to
determination, aud probably mentally
exclalmlng. like Cato, I'm weary of con-
lectures; this must end them The threw
off his clothes. and, as we have before sta
ted plunged into the river from the north
ern side Of the point. A few moments of
fast though cautious swimming placed
him in what he supposed would be pretty
nearly the track of the approaching boat,
then resting upon the chain beneath him
which as it was low tide he could very
easily do--he waited anxiously for its
coming. Nor was he long in supense -
The measured and stifed stroke of muf-
fed oars propelled = large boat almost di-
rectly towards him; his eyes strained to
their utmost, and becoming accustomed
to the darkness, could distinguish this
much. but all his efforts were unable to
give him an idea of how many or who
were in it. A slight ripping in the wa
ter in front it. showed that one of the
crew was endeavoring with an oar either
to touch the bottom or to discover some
/ thing in the water ahead; the next mo-
ment he felt slight shock in the chain
/ on which his feet rested and a voice
. W uiIu c''uiiNC0 Oh ~AiSCL1 -dhtllidi " lis
ears. exclaimed, in a subdued tone.
I The chain, sir
/ 'Ah have we reached it at last?' re-
piled a voice in the tone of one accustom-
I ed to command. Eaglestone = it contin-
ued. keep q sharp lookout upon the shore,
while l go forward and examine this ia
nous guard chain. MIR. What's
your name 2
The name is Of no consequence, sir p
hastily replied the voice of the first
speaker Can me anything; say Jones.
Its very easy to hear over water, and l
should not like my American friends to
know how l am spending the evening
Well, then, Mr. Jones, in what direc-
ton does this chain run2
The way that I hold my hand. sir; ov-
er there you see--or rather you don't see
the sentry box at the eastern end -
That is my post, when l am there
So. hol Mr. Dor Wilson, no wonder