Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-06-24
Immediately for Van Buren,

OllhYs
NEansell, utterly inca pafitat3d by
the overwhelming calamity which
hadl beE.llen him, from attending to.
his duties, was walking, ignorant OF
Mason's S return, when Kate came, Or
ratll ler flew towards him, and ex-
clai ned, aOh, Edward, my uncle has
applied for a warrant to apprehend
you; and innocent tn pugh | know
you are. that fend in human form,
Yah Buren, has wound such a. web
arobnd YOU, that | dread the worst.
| hive not time to explain: fly In
staatly, and meet me ut nightflll, IN
the Devils Hollow, when | will ex-
plain ALL
lIansell scarcely knew what he
did, rushed out Of the garden and
thrbugh some fields; nor did he stop
till he found himself out of town on
the banks of the riy er. Then, for
thd first time, he repdnted of having
listened to the well meant but un-
wis / counsel of his dear Kate. But
thd step was taken, ahd lhe could not
retface it now. lie proceeded until
he arrived at a thick grove, in the
vicinity Of the Devils Hollow, w(ere
y
he lay completely hid, until night
clio FED upon lin.
He then approached q dark open
ing in Which there Was 4 deep hollow,
Which bad acquired 4 celebrity from
its having been the scene OF a mur-
def some years before, and hence
wqB an object Of supd drstitious awe TO
the farmers Of the vicinity, that he
wis considered a bold man who
would venture thera after nigbtE,ll.
TiIis doubtless. had influenced Kate
in her choice Of s heh a place ,oi
meeting, inasmuch as they would be
secure from interruption.
AIansell returned, and fingered on
the skirts of the grove, until the
sound Of light footstfP ON the
grav9led path which bed to the place.
announced the approach Of the loved
being whom he felt Ihe was about tc
meet for the last time. The pool
girl could not speak 4 W Drd whel
IIthey met, bat bowing b er head upon
lIhis shoulder, burst int to flood ol
passionate tears. BY degrees she
became more calms and then de.
tailed to him a conversation she haC
overheard between Van Buren, ane
her uncle; and gathered thence thai
the former had succeeded in cor
.vincine Mason Of Edward 5 guilt
by an artful com bina ation OF fact'
(which would have IL ado out a Pgt4'l
face case against tho accused -th'
most formidable on E being the find
ing Of a considerable sum Of spccl
IN Mansell's trunk. Knowing tina
he could not salts 4faetorily aceoun
for the possession Of this money
without the evidence of a near rela
/ tive who had departed for Europe
week before, and whose address wa
. unknown, and return uncertain, Ed
f ward, to avoid the horror and dis
grace of lying in the county jaiA
! the intermediate time, resolved O
evading the officers Of justice, uni
he could surrender himself with tn
proofs of his innocence IN his hands
:, The moon had now risen aboy
the hill which bound the prospec
and warned the lovers that it W.
lttimeto separate.
4 @1And now, DEAREST said ne,
D leave you with the brand Of thi'
J upon my fam name, to be hunted Liz
a beast Of prey from one hiding plat
e]to another. But oh, Kate, | be,
: with me the |blest assurance that on
: being, and that being the best love
n of my heart, knows me to be inn,
: cent; and that thought shall comfo1
me- =
IA remarkably pretty speech, al
e we'll delivered!'' exclaimed Vol,
n which caused the youthful pair
n start, aud turn thfir eyes in the q
d rection whence it proceeded, wat
r from behind a solitary tree that gre
S in the Hollow, a tall figure wrapp(
: i'm an AMPLE cloak, walked towart
) them. The;pfaee,t ,tas we haXe peio'
;. said, had an evil reputation, and {
t though Edward md his companit
/ were Of course free from the supe
J. stitious fearswhich characterized Il
e c. puntry people, an undesirable lee
d inc stole over them, as they gaz,
|, Oh the tall form before him.