Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-06-14
MISCELLANY. re. ... ,
LONG CHERISHED REVENGE.
a TALE OF THE OLD WORLD AND EARLY MICHIGAN

hH Hi0tNty VI ChDOuiCo SiuOuB
its dusty archives many tale of love, of sorrow,
of bighted affection, of bitter remorseess perse-
cution, and of long cherished vengeance, which
needs not tie pen of Warren or Dickens to
invest it with every attribute of startling interest
which can make the widest narrative of fiction.
In the year 1895, there came into the county OF
Eabeer GermaA from the province of Wurtem-
berg, by the name of Ulrich, bringing with him a
young attractive wife, to whom he had been some
years married. This lady, VIXEN girl, had been
Aeiie in her little neighborhood in Wurtemberg,
and had been songht in marriage by more than
one anxious suiter, and among them was one
Daum, by whom she was courted, and to whom
she had extended such encouragement as led him
to fix his affections upon her with all the fer
"or of ftheGerman heart Daum was oc an unusual
strength ofmind, Of stern and impressive demean-
or, of great depth of feeling but, as the sequel
will show, of most mplacabe disposition wken
his ani.nosities had been aroused. He loved the
g1rl with that into nsity natural to man SO con-
stited, having few or no afinities with others, ow-
ing to his reserved and morose disposition, he
commenced by avishing his hours of leisure and
tAe earnings of his industry upon her alone. Un.
like her lover in all respects, the girl was attrac-
tive, fond Of society, and unstable in her affec-
tions; aud, when the wedding day came to
which Daum had long and impatently looked fer
ward as the conservation Of his bliss, after the
wedding guests had met, she told him that she
loved him not, and never could be his Daum
sold his estate and removed at once from the
scene Sr his discontinue to distant province
Time passed on, and the lady was again woed
and won by u light-Aearted and comely youth,
ker former suitor's superior in personal appear
ance, but his inferior in wealth and Intellect
His colrtship was followed by marriage, the news
of which reached thc self banshed Daum, reused
every latent feeling of rage a., jealousy, of which
his strong heart was capable, ard he returned
70 the scene Of his former happiness instigntcd by
sole deSrc---tor wreng! He ek,lked about the
ncighborhood, lying hid during the day time ior
the nostspa t, but watching every opportunity TO
way-lay and destroy his rival. At length they
met in a wild, aafrow mountain pass, deadly
and fierce struggle took place, mt the termination
Of which, Ulrich was left upon the ground slain,
vs. his assassin supposed Daum fled aud tlrich
returned to his wilc,:pslr, bleeding and faint
Fhe officers of justice sought for Daum in voin
he had fled to England, where he spent the next
six years Of his life. ..'....
The circumstance passed away fro,n the public
mind, and the parties interested had ceased to
think of them. or to feel any apprehension az
Duum's return.
Five years passed on, and the married couple
with their children, joined party who were cmi-
grating tc America aud settled in the county of
Labcer. There they resided in quiet comfort and
happiness for three years. The wild farm had
began to assume the appearance of cultivation
the log house to be encirclcd with crcapcrs and
Towering shrubs, the white haired children play.
around the door; the old German hound lay
watchfuily at the gate, andthe truant sweetheart
now comcly matron, sung at her wheel the
sweet song Of hcr tader-land. A II was peace in
in this sequcs,ered home, when at the close
Of bright day in August 1898, knock was
heard at the door, which was answered by the wo-
man, who, upon opening it, met face TO face, her
old suiter. The recognition was mutual; not Il
word wus said between them; but while the heart
of one Of them sank within her from very fear
that of the otlcr was reused to frenzy which
made itself manifest in a wild CLEAN Of long pent
up vengeance. a=ves'a aas ...
The husband was absent, having gone upon a
hunting excursion in pursuit of deer and all that
night with doors and windows barred sleepIess,
tearful, trembling watcher awaited his returr.-
He came not, and bis step never again crossed
the Threshold. ..a@arn" -t s.. ..
Precisely one year to day, from the time OF the
occurrence just related, Mr.. Thorn, an old resi-
dent Of Labeer county walked upon balmy Sun
day morning upon the borders of one of those
beautiful little lakes which lie embosomed upon
the flowery openings of that country, found upon
the beach just within the waters edge, human
skull. At loss to account for its appearance
there, he followed up the steep bold bank which
overhangs the lake, and upon its verge, found the
body TO which the skull belonged. jury was
summoned to the spot; and the remains were at
once identified by the half frantic widow, whose
wounds were opened afresh by the discovery
which had fingered in her breast for sad long
year, -8.amss41 ya..l Al- -ar# -}3
The cause and manner of the death of the MUIR
Z dered man, were obvious by an examination OF
the skeeton-a rifle ball piercing through the
yertebrai column from, behind, and passed out
through the jbreas' bone. The murdered man
had never known who or what took his life. He
lay as ne fell upon his face. With his undis.
charged rife resting by his side, and upon his
bleaching skeleton the hunting pouch, belt, knife
I and powder horn, which he had brought with him
from the old country home. Autumn had deep
ened into winter-wintcr into spring -spring had
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