Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-27
TO NEWS LITERATURE EDUCATION
uIymuuth 9hiu, gaturhay Mnening, 9ay q, 1851.
o fash their pale faces before the living

10 hash their pale faces before the iiving
eyes!
These are problems which every one
will solve for themselves. But the young
attorney saw, crthought heTaw snswfu
group gathered aroaqd that coffin Of fire
as it floated away g. eternity. There
was Wagnon, with his gigantic features
all distorted by the death-agony; ah6Pol.
lock with that pale smile which csmnaea
ly characterizes corpses perishing BY gun
shots.
But who are those in the very centre
Of the ghoslly circle-lhose with their
faces baptized in cloued blood !! Could
he cietit his eyes that witnessed the APP
palling ,errors. His Mary and her babe
were parces of the vanishing panorama.
He saw no more. Uuering wild cry
Of mingled rage and anguish that s,srtled
the very wolves from their covert. he
leaped into his saddle and turned his
horses head homewards.
All night, with whip and spur amain,
he rode like a madnan and the first
gray twinkle Of daylight cleaned in the
east, when he bounded to the earth on
his own threshold. lie paused to listen /;
all was silent within save the song of the
cricket chirping on the hearth. The
tranquil stiffness seemed TO soothe him
and res'ore the reign Of reason, as he mur-
mured--
'She sleeps well. was weak indeed
to credit the feverish halucinaion.'
He knocked at the door, but there was
no answer.
MARY, dearest. awake |, isl. Open
The door TO your husband
Yet there was no sound, only the crick.
cts sung on. He tried the knob Of the
door with his hand. 1t was safely lock,
ed, and he said to himself
All is right, but she sleeps profound
ly.'
He struck again fercer and louder
once, twice, thrice, and then with Eolf
hands, fairly shouting
Mary, dear, awake-open I am re.
turned =
Blu, the cricket alone replies with it:
morning music.
The cold sweat begins to roll from hi.
forehead as he trcmbed in every limb
and then, making one desperate effor
with all his strength, he dashed the shut
ter from its hinges. 1t was perfectly darl
wilhin-dsrk and silent as the centre O
a grave.
He groped his way to the bedside, ant
threw his arms around the beloved ones
Oh, joy! they were there! He coule
feel their figures beneath the sheet-th'
full blown rosa of queenly beauty. ant
the bud folded in her bosom. He stoope'
down for kiss of tenderness. Avaun,
the lips were Of ice.
Ho for candle! 1t was kindled in
momen,, and the ligh, revealed i, all.
The woman and child were literally tor
to pieces by volley Of ball and buck>hc
that had been fred through acrevice bt
hind the bed!
Blu, the bereaved uttered no lamenta
tion not so much as tear bedewed hi
glass eyes. He tossed his wild hands to
wards Heaven, and swore an awful oatl
He turned to depart, but as he was goins
the cricket on the hearth caught hi
glance. lis chlrp seemed 10 his frenzie
ear the croaking Of some fend in torture
Black devil. wha, does thou here 2 /
shouted hoarsely, and ground it beneas
,, his heel. .... ..
! All that day and the following nigh
Albert Willis hurried to and fro over III
country, detailing the horrid tragedy, ar
arousing the people 10 vengeance; and Il
next morning full eight hundred me
thoroughly armed, mustered at The cam
> ground, two miles south Of Fayettervill
whence they Immediately marched
storm the stronghold Of the legalized ou
laws.
: AS they entered the village they m
9 Governor Yell, who happened 10 be pas
ing through, and he instantly advise
them not to venture on an attack, as Il
grocery fort was garrisoned by fifty me
with countless loaded muskets, besid
four or FIVE cannon taken from the publ
= arsenal: and the news tended very mue
- 10 cool the ardor Of the citizens, althout
> . they still proceeded.
They moved forward in solemn colun
: till within thirty yards Of the grocer
= which had not previously shown sign
: human life, and where, in fact, noth
9 was to oe seen but the old wooden wa
yawning with empty ports holes, and ,
. four black cannons peering through th'
= rude embrasures.
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