Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-17

death. and she devOtedly thanked HEAVIER
for the preservation. A faint groan is
suing from the ruins short distanc,
from where she lay, now reached her.
1t was the poor wretch who had causet
all her trials. now lying wounded ant
buried beneath the top of the same tree
that had spared his intended victim -
but before she had time to indulge in the
mingled emotions which this was bring
ing over her. she heard voices. Present
ly lights appeared on the pond. and q
boat with several men ehot along the
shore directly against her. 1t now paus.
ed in its course. and some one repeated
loudly her name. Did she hear rightlyq
Else why did the tones of that voice
thrill through every fibre of her frame7
She shrieked in reply. and tried to move.
but her benumbed and worn limbs refus-
ed their office. The call came again,
May! May" "Oh. Ashley, Ashley" sh e
articulated in broken and agonized utter
ance. The men sprang on the shore and
in moment more she was clasped in the
mute embrace if her lover.
Once moro and for the last time change
we the scene of our eventful story to
the place where we commenced Il, at
the dwelling Of the heartless. despicable,
but now detected and self fabased Martin
Need we attempt TO describe the disap-
pointment of the excited lover. as burst
ing into the house at the head of his
companions just as the tempest struck
it. he made the discovery which the in
mates ma lie but moment before, that
his alliance was missing. The utter dis
conjecture Of Martin and his congeniel
helpmate at this unlocked for Interrupt
tion of their plans. and detected at the
eve Of consummating baseness! The
Consideration of Cow at being seized
and secretly ironed on the spot? the
bitter upbraidings of Ashley on the
heads of the guilty and shrinking pair
for their treachery towards him. and their
oppressive cruelty and wickedness to-
wards the unprotected child of their a.
doption, The feverish Impotence with
which he paced the floor till the storm
should abate that he might fly to the
neighbors. 10 some of whom it was sup
posed the poor girl had fled for refuge
The hot haste with which he mounted
his horse the first moment OF the fury Of
the TEN pest would permit.and rode from
house to house in the eager scarch?-
the blank dismay and agony Of heart that
overwhelmed him OH finding that no one
had seen her, and that she was sheltered
by no house in the settlement! the
prompt rallying of the startled inhabit-
ants-the dancing Of lights In every di
rec.ion, as they anxiously continued the
search, in house and barn. field and for
est, through the gloomy hours of that
dreadful night The CONSERVATION of the
distracted lover. on coming to the fear
full ruins of the avalanche. at the mad
dening thought she might be buried be-
meath them-his hasty return and pro-
curement Of boat to pass round the in
surmountable mass THAI blocked up the
road-the extra JOY that thrilled his bo-
som at the discovery Of the lost one. and
the exulting ,hrob of the heart-gushing
happiness with which he and his compan-
ions bore back the living prize. together
with the dying wretch who had caused
her misfortunes, to the nearest house for
resuscitation and rsfreshment before pro-
ceeding homeward. Need we attempt to
detail this? What reader of Imagination
so dull that he cannot better fill up for
himself, picture SO difficult for pen to
delineatef
1t was daylight. and beautiful balmy
morning. The scene from Martins pre-
sented in every direction gloomy pic
ture Of the desolating ravages of the tenn
pest. Fields of grass and grain lay pros
trate with the earth. Fences had been
swept away by the unexampled rise Of
the mountain rivulets. and their materi
ais lay strewn at random over the black
ened herbage Of the vale. Each solitary
track of the open grounds. left for shade
or ornament had been hurled to the earth
in the fury of the blast. And many
veteran hemlock and princely pine of the
surrounding forests, whose giant forms
had withstood the power of the elements
for centuries and whose towering tops
had served from time imme mortal as the
familiar guides Of the wodsmen starting
from their homes. had been rent by the
lightnings or overthrown by the winds.
and were no longer to be seen while far
in the distance at the north a broad whi
tish belt marked the fearful track Of the
avalanch down the mountain.
Within the walls OF the home was as
senbled group of persons as variant and
dissimilar, in character and feelings, as
the singular causes that brought them
together. On low bench in one cor
ner of the room. snllen aud silent sat
Cow. heavily ironed and closely guarded
by one of the stout athletic assistants Of
the sheriff. In another place sat Mar
tin and his wife; with their eyes cast
dejectedly on the floor. listening meekly
with deep debaseness of demeanor to the
remarks of tho clergyman, who, having
remained through the night, was now
mildly setting before them, not only the
wrong Of the deception which had been
practiced on him in hiding the circam
s tances of the projected marriage. in the
advancement of which, he had been un.
Willingly enlisted. but the great henious-
ness of using such arts to compel poor
unfriended orphan under their protec-
ton, TO violate those VOWS to her lover