Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-05-25

cal spurred hack for the woods, clcsel,
followed by his guilty comrades
But eyes thu. flashed like fury saw
TIM, dislard act, and beheld the brave Len
OK foil to the ground, apparently life
less corpse, and n wild shrek of agony
mingled with a snout Of revenge, fell faint
ly upon tho on, laws ears and warned
them that ali hope Of mercy was past
Il few moments brought the party of Lin
Scon TO the spot where the bleeding Ed
gar lay, and while Ada halted her horse
and dismoun,ed beside the bleeding youth
the enraged settlers pnssed swiftly forward
in pursuit ofthe foes.
I'm The course Of m hour the parties
reached the timber, when the baDd of out.
| laws entered the shelter of the barrens,
their enrsged enemies were not three hun-
dred yards behind them. Conscious iha,
TO fight such unequal numbers was bu,
to die, The robbers immediately separated,
each one taking caro- of himself, nnd the
open wood presented scene of intense
excitement md uproar, as the pursuing
/ party niso divided in the chase OF individ-
ual outlaws. and the sharp crack of rifles
broken upon the quiet stiffness around. -
Ere pursuit was over, one half the robber
band were slnin, md the rest utterly scat
tered, 50 much so ,ha, they never met to-
gesher again.
In the hea, Of the pursu. :he cabin in
which Lenox had killed Cole, was discov-
ered and Wilson Lincoln had dsimonn,ed
y, h.. 10
Of the chief sill lay stark and still where
he had fallen md the box under the couch
had attracted The attention of Lincoln
He drew il for,h and broke il open. A
bundle of papers fell from it, which uron
examination. proved TO 5e full confes-
sion of Coles in which he exonorated his
partner from guilt ia the forgery, and com
ple,ely cleared the accused Lenox from
any participation in the crime for which
ne had been tried.
Carefully putting the paper in a safe
place upon his person. Wilson lef, the
Cabin, remounted his steed and rejoined
his comrades assembled, two OF whom
had constructed rade litter of bushes, de-
signed 20 convey the wounded Edgar 10
The settlements; and the party returned
where Ada still lent over the form of the
exhausted youth. She had bound up the
wound and s.aunched the flowing of blood.
He was placed upon the roughly nade lii
ter, which was carried between two horse
men, and in this way The party reached
the house O. AR. Lincoln jus, as the sun
went down in the west.
Tho old man had been in state ol III
certainty bordering on despair, The entire
day, and completely exhausted himself by
impaiiently pacing the ioof of the sitting
room. He had sent word to fremont
where the court was in session, Of the ab
duciion OF his child and aSke postpone.
men, OF the trial OF Ed 4 r Lenox for one
week, until he could be able to discover
her whereabouts. Under these circum
stances the request was instantly granted.
bu, word sent him in reply, thu. his bail
was probably forfeited to the State as ,h7
criminal had no, made his appearance to
undergo trial.
This. added 10 the absence OF his Gaugh-
ter, had almost crnzed The old farmer, who
henped imprecations alike on the head of
Lenox and the ruffian who had carried Off
his Ada. and as the day rolled by. and
night came On npace. lie became complete
lv exhausted, and throw himself upon the
bed, where he sooI, fel, into q quiet sleep
During his siumbers the party arr we'd
n, the house, and Edgar was conveyed in
to il and laid upon a bed, while Wilson
instantly SC, of for surgeon TO dress his
wounds, and Ada, with light step and
beating heart tripped notselessly into the
room where her parent lay asleep.
In the miis, OF fearful dream, in
which the old farmer though, he beheld
his child struggling in the arms Of n
powerful villain, lie eel, warm hand
laid softly on his forehead, md he awoke
and beheld ,he smiling face of his daugh
ter ben, over him, and he fel, warm kiss
from her lips rs she pressed them upon
his aged cheek With mu.mur orthank-
fullncss trembling upon his tongue the old
man arose from the bed and folded his re-
stored child TO his bosom. while tonrs drip.
ped from his eyes flashing upon her flush
ing face. And the first warm greeting
over. he returned to the sitting room and
bade her relate 10 him her adventures,
which she did, dwelling with minute dis
tinclness upon the noble devotedness of
her preserver, and his wounds received at
the hands of her capturers. but making no
allusions TO his name. When she had
finished her story her father exclaimed-
And who is ,ha, gallon, youth 10 whom
we are all indeb!ed!
Il almos, fear 10 mention his namc,' re- !,
piled Ada irresolu,ely.
Nay. nay. speak i, out. though i, be my
dires, enemy could freely forgive him
for this noble nct continued Lincoln
Father. his name is Edgar Lenox.'
The Old farmer started and turned slight.
ly pnle, then look Of joy stole over his
countenance as he fervently exclaimed
'Now see rough it ALL This morn
ing while | was cursing him for his non-
appearance at Court. he was perilling his
life to rescue my child. Load me to his
room Ada that may thank him in person
!of his service.
With a countenance radiant with hap
piness. the fair girl skipped in from, o! her
father. nnd both soon entered the room
where Lcnox was confined by his wound.
The young man turned iis pale face. hag.
oard with snfIering towards ,hen No thov