Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-06-23
VOL. VINO. 81.

disturbance ne experiment was 9
least worth trying, and he resolved to risl
it.
After considerable searching, aided by
/ the faint light shining in at the loopholes
/ and by the sense of touch, he discovered
a place where his operations promised tc
! be most successful But the first blow
! resounded so loudly through the empty
I structure, and among the adjacent cabins
that he threw down the implement in des
pair.
Stop dat noise dar 2 cried Andrew
authoritatively. 'Massa Boones down
by de gate
i must abandon the attempt said lie
Bland, thoughtfully, for new and more
feasible plan had suggested itself to his
mind
You may keep the money, Andrew, and
say nothing about what has taken place
De bes' ting you can do I | knew YOU
could not do muffin IN dat line, replied
Andrew; and wishing the prisoner good
night, he walked with the silver safely de
posted in his pocket, singing in the hap
piest possible frame of mind for he had
made some brilliant additional improve
ments to his poetical tribute to Dinah's
optics.
De nightingales war singin' loud
De moon war walking frew de cloud etc
The moment Andrews voice had ceas-
ed to be heard, LeBland fastened to sound
Ebony's feelings in regard to his impris-
onmeut, and to ascertain so far as he was
able, whether he could reasonably expect
any immediate assistance from Mr. Ais
ton.
The result was satisfactory he soon
discovered that Exquisite Ebony had re
ceived his Instructions and was ready to
favor his escape, providing that it could
be so adroitly managed that he could
not well be suspected of having any di-
rect agency IN the same.
While low conversation was going on
between the Frenchman and the negro.
Mr. Alston himself cautiously approach
ed the block house.
Here's Massa Aston, said Ebony.
Yes, I am here, my friend said the
person referred to. How do you find
yourself2
I find myself prisoner and very poor
ly treated replied lie Bland, rather
haughtily.
You speak truly; but you are aware
that no efforts of mine were wanting to
protect you from this indignity2' asked
Alston.
4 freely admit you speak in my favor
but is spcaklng all that friendship de-
mands in such case as this Is not ac-
tion also required g asked LIE Bland
i am ready to work with youhea aid /
hand; but what can l dog When and
where shall my services begin 2
dom. Let me not be pent up aere, while +
evey moment seems an age 20 me, and /
while I appear 20 hear each instant the /
cries of Rosalthe and for my
apparent unpardonable tardiness to meet
her reproving glauces, am ready to +
pluck out my beard with vexatiOn my
serve and save the best wo- /
man, drives me to the confines of madness /
And yet you come and say, i am your
friend l spoke in your behalf Thrice /
accursed are these unyielding walls they
hold me from action when it is most need /
ed Perhaps 1t is already too late; the
pile may be lighted-the fagots even now
blazing IN the flames mounting to the
skies
Hold for the love of God exclaimed
Mr.. Aston y our words torture me be
youd endurance, The shrieks of my idol
lied girl are in my ears-her agonies pen
citrate my soul
'IsIt not so with me, also2 Am not
a lover Is not Rosalthe the being of my
idolatry Who talks of grief Who com
plains of sorrow 2 returned lie Band,
with impassioned earnestness.
Il
though he had done all in his power to
prevent bis friends Imprisonment, he re-
ally began to feel as though he had done
little or nothing. Here was an excellent
gentleman who was deeply enamored of
his daughter. His daughter had been
stolen away by the savages. and the anX-
ious lover was prevented from flying to
her rescue by an unjust Imprisonment
Was it strange that he resented the iujus
tice which had rendered him inactive,
while the object of his alteration was in
deadly peril No; all this was natural
Any man similarly situated would have
exhibited the same impatience-thes same
burning solicitude-the same fevcrish
longing to be at large.
Mr. Aston was subdued. All resist
anoe to the plans and purposes of the wi
II Erenchman was gone. He stood out
side the block house, looking more like
condemned and guilty person than did the
individual within. lie was ready to pro-
nounce judgement against himself. He
reflected upon the gigantic schemes which
had danced through his brain, teeming
with visionsof unbounded wealth. Should
aaIl those grand speculatious be allowed
ITO fail Should he shamefully desert the
man who had raised up the golden fabric ?
The answer came to him in powerful no
not for a moment He would stand by
him through SANDER and detraction, thro'
imprisonment and danger.
Ny excellent lie Bland, what shall l
do p be asked, at length.
You ask me what you shall do ? Do
what your better nature is bidding you at
this moment Do what love to your child,
and love for common justice demands
Demolish these walls open the door