Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-08-18

had nothing worth taking, panty. no doub,
from prudential moiives-had never bat
word to cay against him; and instead Of as
sisling the police, always gave hlmdue warn
ing Of any movement against his liberty
This is the reason of,he long immunity which
the brlgand, Of wallachia enjoy. !. is moi
uncommon for them to live to rrecnold age
and when they do close their career wunG, II
il generally in some skirmish. They arc
rarely taken and tried.
Lcrk soon made his guests quite Al home
and showed them, a' an especial maR Of his
confidence. a crcyicc in the rock. which had
formerly bccn open. but had cradnlly hccn
filled with earth, and through Nhrh he w,s
making back entrance TO his ieircat. "l
know where it comes out" slidhc. "l, is
righ, on the top " the rock, at lplace mac
ecssiblc except TO birds. Then will place
a rope ladder, hy which | can swing down
when | please TO the pirn on the other side,
which I could not rsaeh except " an hours
walk any other way. So II an ever hard
pressed, fit; aud twill be hrd matter
to catch me. The earth all goc. down the
hole you have crusscl, aud llcr is no trace
it,"
Mchal, on the first opportunity, employed
I~nk to GO and brins prles, fam village
down IN tho plain and h.. marriage with Flo.
riora was duly celebrated a, thcsnrrancc OF
the r'cn. llr now began to join Lenk in hi,
excursions and lhcy lived as comfortably
A. frccboolcrs NAV. II would be- mistake
to suppose iha, Floriora pinned in hls state ~
existence She thought hcr hus,lud's call.
,nr juslGablc, and indeed noble nd proudly
compared her own independent coIIiion " itl,
lha, To which she vas To ln,, h,cn cun.
dcmnsl When Michael rcmaucd many
javS absent, she icli keen Misery, AMI rc.
GREETED that 4 more quiet lui lad no, been
,ouch'afcd to her. Bui, when sie slw him
from the entrance of the cave, coming back
With a lamb m hi, shoulder, and Iruk fl.
lowing, driving a bullock ladies' With spoil.
her eyes pli.rcocd and she lcgrcl with as
much JOY and cIulla,.on to the rrck Of her
lord, ,s II he hal been a chicluiu n many
men, returning covered with laurel, from the
vars.
In due time a son was born 10 her. and her
cup II happiness vas Gull. l,had been de-.
creed tia, bilirrs SHOULD b, again mixed viii,
it, One morning Link was abogi to 60 forth
when he deserted hugh, objects na'hinr far
down the glen, and his keen cyc discovered
,ha, they were the weapons or soldiers. lie
al-sGVSStdp tdp'gGG'Gdo TIA! g.sEcRS a4as .iiH az,
uourccd the hci to Michal, who Was standing
in smiling happiuc's waiting until his liulc
vii, should succeed in unhs'cninr the grasp
by winch hi. boy had rs, hold Il his black
beard. The two blndiui made ready their
arms. and waited fnr the near approach uf,h
soljicry.
There vcr abou, dozen, but they halted
a, respectful distance, and nan moved 10.
varl. the entrance II the cave. ani c,horicd
,hc iuma,cs 10 surrender 4 scurrful larch
was the answer, bu, tho defender. or the
cave did not frc on the herald br-lusc they
Jaw ,ha, he was = peasant soon ancr, the
soldiers began To pour yollcy after ,ol'cy in.
To the cave; they were answered with effect
There was very liulc danger 10 Icnk and
Mchnl. but some Of the halls rch5unlcd into
the chamber where Forior, sat She was
therefore, obliged 10 take refuge in the Gre
vice and which lad by This lime, been CON.
rletoly opened.
When the comba, had continued sonc huurs
TIC bcsicrcr'. who knew that their firing had
produced no effect, as the guns s'iIl answered
from within. drew "a, and seemed 10 consult.
The new plan they hll upon, has often been
adopted IN that kind Of warfare Some ol
them climbed the face of the hill. armed with
sharp axes, ana began cutting away tie brush
wood and throwing down the vast m1ss oi
dried wood which had been ar,umulatinr
there for years. They had resolved IN smoke
out their enemies. l.enk now arplluded him.
,clfon the idea of back entrance. and when
the bonfire was lighted, the whole party made
preparations for an escape. Bcin: perfectly
confident that there was no danger they went
up the steep passage laughing. reached the
summit Of the rock, iokri about the foolish
police who were roasting themselves iha'
scorching day at the entrance nf the cave,
eoughed a little IN the smoke which filled the
air. displaced the ladder, and prepared To de-
scend into the valley. Lenk went down first
and sa, patiently at the bottom stesdylnr the
ladder. Floriura followed llhen came Mcha
with his boy firmly strapped On his back. H'
w As only half the way down when a shot wat
fred I.enk fell dead; Fioriora was seizct
by man who rushed forward, and a volle,
wa. aimed a, her unhappy husband. Th'
missiles clsttered in the rock around, hut h
was slightly wounded, and the child escaped
unhur. he looked down and saw whole
a whole group o: enemies waiting. His fire
impulse was to cast hlmse u amUnr them, fo
/ he though, that Florlora too, had been mur
dered, as we'll as Lsnk. But the love Of llf
was strong, and he had revenge within him
lie saw a ledge Of RICK a, no rrei, distance
and by desperate leap. in spite Of his bur
den. gained il. The men below stood below
,us.sirnrk- Anniher desperate leap. A shO