Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-08-23
CHAPTER III.

/ HAVE come at last to set YOU free.
Rodolph,n were the words of young Mari
anna to the youth, when she had opened
the secret panel and bright smile IL
lumined her features she stood in his
presence. " [ have come at last to set
you free The Austrian captain and his
detachment of men, leaving four soldiers
as guard last night $50 that no one
should escape from the house, or if any
one should enter seeking shelter, he might
be captured went away with the remain
der. 4 little while ago they again re-
turned, and have departed now taking
away the four men with them, because
they supposed you to be somewhere else.
They left US few minutes since, and are
now quite a goodly distance from this
place. Therefore you are free to come
forth; there is no longer any danger to
apprehend. | am sorry you have been
obliged to stop in such a place SO long as
you have already"
Heaven be blessed that am now once
more allowed to breathe its pure air in
safety |" said he, leaving the place of his
gloomy incarceration, accompanied By the
gentle Mariana. her whom he had al
ready learned to regard with feelings
nearly akin to love :" and" be continued,
grateful for the favors he had received,
''may Heavens choicest blessings ever
attend you aud your good father and
mother, for the kindness you and they
have extended in my behalf One reason
| have. Mariana, for regretting but little
what has befallen me. That is should
not have become acquainted with you, but
for what has taken place. There is no
wind, however i'll, but blows good to some
| one My nisfortunes. at least, have given
me an opportunity Of making your ac
quaintance and the kindness you have
shown, the interest you have manifested
/ for my safety claims my warmest ac
knowled dgements and, believe me, shall
not soon forget it."
You are grateful, Rodolph, for the
| feelings we have shown In consenting to
shield you from danger" said the young
maiden in reply; but, am sure, neither
my mother nor myself have done more
than we ought to do at any time when We
see a fellow-creature in distress, or wher
we see one of our fellow -countrymen plead
ing for place of shelter, in order to Sc
crete himself from horde of the inva
Il utIS VI uiS CUuHefS, NHOh hS ma uGNS
offended in asserting his own rights
Mariana was not little pleased, new
ertheless, at the gratitude expressed BY
the youth His thankfulness, so sincere
ly shown, not only by words but BY
grateful looks, gained her good will ane
favor
perhaps, after all, Mariana" said Ro
dolph, as they were ascending the stairs
perhaps you think it but small favor
YOU have done in shielding me from tht
clutches of these tyrannlcal arblters o
Helvetia's present fate-men, if | may 81
call them, who, had they been successful
in their pursuit of me, would either have
murdered me, or caused me to be placed
in vile durance, to drag out weary lif'
in some gloomy dungeon. Whatever yor
may think, my gratitude for what you have
done shall never be less. You have saveC
my life-preserved my liberty ~
At this moment the two young persons
entered the presence of Marianna's moth
er; and. after some previous conversation
chiefly in relation to the events of tha
day and the preceding one, the wife o
the limner requested Rodolpb Gt it wer'