Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-10
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would save her. TO flv to her relief
Soon after breakfast, May caught
glance of her new ally, coming. punctual
to hi, appointment. c,relessly fishing
along up the brook to the old place of
rendezvous, where he patiently awaited,
behind the Intervening shrubbery, the
coming of his mistress, who soon found
all opportunity TO steal away unobserved
and approached him. Entrusting her let
ter 20 his care. to be given into the post
masters own hand, che informed David
that she had determined TO get delay Of
the time set for the wedding, long enough
to allow Ashley 20 reach there previous
to the day TO which she was in hopes o (
getting the wedding postponed This
was her first resort; and if this failed.
she must make use Of The means which
las. nights adventures had given her. for,
as much as the delicacy of her feelings
recoiled a: becoming the public accuser
of Cow. of crime of which she was
fearful that Martin and perhaps Others
would be implicated, she believed this
the only way left her of ayerting the now
doubly revolving destiny that awaited her.
With this. and commissioning him to get
some :rifling articles at the village store,
she dismissed her messenger with dircc
tions 10 return 10 the same spot on his
return.
At Martins return TO the house for his
noon meal, May feeling herself impelled
by the necessity of immediate action, and
making no effort TO overcome her reluc-
tance to any further negotiation with one
who had acted so treacherously towards
her, gave him TO understand that she was
acquainted with all the steps he had taken
as preliminary to his bestowing her on
Cow, and besought him and his wife in
the most moving te.ms. to relinquish their
cruel purpose. But she hesought them in
vain. They replied only, as she had an
ticiPated. by now pleading not only her
conditional promise. but Martin termed
her after consent. and insisted on her
yielding without further ado. Perceiving
any more entreaty on this point useless,
she then begged postponement for few
weeks. Blu. this request received even
they had manifested no surprise when
she apprised them of her knowledge Of
her pubishment and the appointment of
the day of the wedding. believing doubt
less. she had heard it from some neighbor.
and being well pleased probably. that
they had thus been saved the task of ma
king 10 her an announcemen which they
must soon make, and which they could
hardly put OH the face TO make; although
they had shown no surprise in this or her
subsequent request, yet the momen: she
spoke of delay. they started. exchanged
glanccs of suspicion. and without assign
Ing the least reason for refusing to listen
20 what would have been. OH their as.
sumption of Ashley's deser:ion, neither
dangerous to their purposes, nor unrea
sonable in itself pointedly denied her re-
quest and in such bitterness of express.
sion and unfeeling abuse, as drove her
again in tears from the room.
He will have it So said May, after
sitting awhile alone, indulging in grief,
and revolving in her mind the different
chunces now left for her escape from the
threatened fate, there is no other way
short of exposing Cow and bringing him
to justice, and # it involves Martin, the
fault is not mine. gladly for all his base
ness and cruelty, gladly would | save
him from disgrace. and perhaps "a prison,
for having given me a home. once "a kind
home, however, the bad passion may
have twisted his heart But he will have
it so; and now for the speediest method
of bringing ,he character and crimes of
that dark villain, Cow. TO light
Such was the stern resolution to which
our heroine had reluctantly arrived
Gladly. as she said, would she, in remem-
brance of the past, and even in rorgetful-
ness of the present, have averted from
the head of the foster father the infamy
which she had reason TO believe would
fall upon him in consequence of the
measure that she had now been driven to
the alternative OF adopting--joyfully
have flown on his return from the noun
tain--imparted her discoveries, and thus
have saved him and herself from the con.
sequences of Cows villainy, had sne be-
lieved him only to be the innocent dupe
of the other S artifice. But this she could
scarcely believe. for from the great init
macy obviously existing between the two,
from the par. Martin had taken relative
to the forged letter, and from his char
acter for intrigue. low cunning and ava
rice. which she knew to be his leading
traits. she drew the partially erroneous
conclusions. that they were confederate,
not only in entrapping her. but in coming
money and duping their other associates.
Under these circumstances. therefore.
every measure of this kind, she supposed
would be useless. and might perhaps, be
the means of defeating her own objects.
Towards nigh: shrewd David returned
from the village. and his employer again
met him alone at the usual place.
We'll, David. | have had more troubles
since saw you--I have entirely failed in
my attempt 10 gain time--but you delv-
cred the letter--and there was nothing i'm
the Office for me?
Yes Mo-
%, if there could have been one! /
did not much expect one however-but
did you remember my little errand'
The silk thread? Yes. Miss May,