Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-30
IRONTON OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1854.

Has no body pair Of skotesf shout.
ed Turk, striking his forehead with
gesture OF wrath and vexation.
Il Ihave,' answered one Of tho mob but
| shall not Try them on the ice such
night as this P"I''''. "
BE quck--give them 10 mel! exclaim.
ed Turk, in a tone Of fiery impatience.
The skates were produced; The eager
Colonel tied them on; and then swoar.
ing dreadful oath that he would bring
back the preachers scalp or leave his
own, he began tho pefilous chaser, Oh,
there is no daring like the courage in.
spired by the passion for revenge! "'.
In the meanwhile, Mills had np.
preached the opposite shore, when he
discovered the startling apparilion Of
armed men on the bank. He knew at
glance what it meant. The mob, 10 pre-.
vent any Of the Mormons from escaping.
had stationel a guard beyond the river.
He instantly turned his course down the
stream, when q whole platoon let off
their rifles; but the distance was too
considerable-a hail Of bullets ratified
on the ice around him, without doing
him injury. ''
Il will foil the fends yet,' he said to
himself; and put forth all his strength.
He fled away; but soon became consci.
Gus that SOME one was pursuing hun.
He slackensd his velocity, and wheeled
about so often as to obtain n view OF his
enemy. But the latter was still too re.
mote for an accurate survey, ana the
Mormon uttered loul prayer:
Sod gran, mo that it be Col. Turk
and | ain willing TO die!' '
On rushed the pursuer-on, still on,
like an avalanche. The noise Of his
iron skates could be heard above ths
roar OF the northern blast, and his dark
form loomed in the glittering moon.
beams, large in statue as a giant. As
he drew nearer the young preacher, he
smiled venomously. Mills recognized
his arch prosecutor, and he laughed out
right laugh that rang over tho frozen
river like the wild scoif Of some demon
when he saw him unsheath his cleaning
knife. The Mormon Immediately pull
ed his from its scabbard, and started off
so as 10 avoid the coming shock, which
might otherwise, through the mere force
Of the collision, prove fatal TO both.
And then began series Of rapid an.
cunning evolutions TO secure the a,lvan
tagc in this terrible method Of combat
the most terrible ever conceived. They
marked the smooth surface Of the ict
with circles, eIlipses, angles, squares
parallelograms, and almost every pos
.ible figure ofplain geometry, but eacl
seemed a perfect skater and could no
find tho other at fault, or take him un
prepared. They passed repeatedly with
ia three feet Of ench other. AMI mad
quick thrusrs which pierce. to the bone
And still the cold grew more intense, an
the wralhlul wind howlel on, whil'
their manuuvres and flights somehow
carried them farther down the river
whore the crusty ice was thinner, AM
cracked fear(ulIy beneath their tread.
Finally, the Norman took the desper
ate resolve TO terminate the strife by sa
crifcug his own life so as TO make sur
Of tha, OF his loe al the same time. Il
the following rush he no longer turned
aside to avoid a direct collision, an
frustrated the attempts Of the lyncher t.
that end, by sworving slightly inwar
from straight line.
Thoy met at full speel.a the sh oc
was like the crash oftwo adverse comet:
AT the moment of their fall the crack
ing ice split beneath ,heil weight wi,
a dealening roar, and the will waters
boiling and Kissing like hell, swallow
cd them forever--lhe prosecutor and hi
victim both victims now!
But the river still rolleI on its way t
the sea; the st, RS all shone as bright an
beautiful as of oil, in the morning Q
creation, when tho angels Of Go chant
eI their birth song; and the wrath(u
wind Of winter howled on over tho ic
grave Of the enemies--ensmies no m ore