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

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He was about to reply that he would,
when Mariana asked if it would not be
better for him to defer i. until her father
returned in the evening,
: As the young man thinks best" was
the answer of her mother. Perhaps the
recital of Jour adventure will occupy some
time." she continued addressing Rodolph;
''and if it should not, | see nc reason why
it may not be deferred"
6 As you please, madam said Rodolph,
In pleasant tone of voice. have no
objection to give a repetition of my ad-
venture"
1t is not, certainly, necessary" she
said and the subject was dropped. They
however still conversed together pleasant
ly for time.
At length dinner claimed their atten-
ton. After that was finished, the trio
walked out to view-the surrounding neigh
borhood-
q Deep waving fields and pastures green,
With gentle slopes and groves between;1
and also 10 enjoy the fresh autnmnal
breeze The sun was shining pleasantly
its rays not being too warIn-the birds
were chirping merrily on the trees. g the
cricket sung sweet from her nest in the
wall ~ the cattle were lazily feeding in
the adjoining pastures, or lying down on
the ground to rest and, in short, all ma
ture appeared IN a state such as should
please the depizens of earth.
They strolled together in pleasant con-
verse, until the g god of gladness," fast
seeking its home in the distant west, warn
ed them of the lateness of the hour; and
they accordingly returned to the house.
Evening made its appearance at length,
and soon after its approach the limner ar
rived home from his work
He greeted Rodolph in a kind and cor
dial manner, and said it gave him pleasure
to think he had thus far eluded the grasp
of his blood thirsty and tyrannical enc
mics
After they had partaken of the evening
!, meal, at the request of Madame Alison,
Rodolph commenced relating his adyen-
ture in the following Words
: My place of residence, when / am at
: home, is at a small town about three
leagues from this place My father owns
a small house and farm, where | have re-
sided the greater part of my life. My
; mother, two sisters and one brother, com
pete the family. ] am the eldest child
dUu am tNSHtN years Vi age ut
whole period of my life Within my remem-
brance, with the exception of two or three
years spent at school in the vicinity, |
. have been at home aiding my father in
ti!ling the ground, and in the cultivation
] Of his iields of grain corn, and other pro
: duce which [ will not enumerate. and
; which materially has aided him in get
t ting comfortable livelihood While at
Il, IL r III J
S cation which, at the most, is but small
e But it is not necessary, | think, to give
= You history of my life; and consequent
t ly [ will begin with that portion of i,
+ which materially concerns that which
= brought me here.
q q Yesterday, strolling with two Of my
e companions, in wood some three or -four
:. miles distant from my own place of abode
e in quest of game, with which the wood:
s now generally abound, we had just sue
c ceeded in getting quite large number o
@ the feathery tribe and were on the poin
n of returning home, when three men, whom
IS we had all seen before, and who, by th
splendor of their dress, would have beer
e known as officers high in the service o
n Gesier, the Governor, came up to US anC
is requested or rather demanded us to Civ
e them portion of what had cost US u
l. little trouble and Inconvenience to shoe
Is with our arrows. We did so, and wit
4. good will, too; although we thought the
4. might have acted little more courteou
,r to US. Their want of courtesy, however
d did not much dampen Us /; and we wer
u enabled to share with them our game, an,
N then have enough to carry home for ou
lie own use They were about departing, a
ID we thought, when, not seemingly contente
1T with what they had received, they turne
10 around and haugbtily asked us to civ
,e them more. We gave them more, sur
n posing they wished to have sufficient 70
c. good feast Again they demande
re more; and, finally, they declared we ha
d better give them all we had, as we coul
C. easily shoot enough more to answer 70
II ourselves We deemed this the height {
presumption in them, as they offered n
le equivalent. and stoutly refused to Civ
to them up the whole. or, indeed, any NOR,
10 telling them that we had experienced to
or much trouble to lose the whole of ou
re days labor.
se Give up the game instantly, or c,
IN pect to receive a severe punishment e,
d. claimed one of them, whose name | kue
e. was Sarneu, and who is. as you perhar
a. know. the chief minister of the Governor
ve Do not think, even for minute. that "
are to be trihed with be added, after
v moments pause.
,y "' You shall have no more of mine, sal
e [, resolving to keep the remainder at a
oy hazards. My companions reiterated m
Id assertion
Finding that they coa!i not by threat
o. induce US to yield up what was of rigl
IS. ours, they were determined to resort /
or force to accomplish their ends and, ther
he fore, drawing their swords, they approach
of cd US for that purpose.
so Ny companions, either being intim
nj dated at the sight of weapons, or thinkin
ve resistance would be madness and woul
ed Ito, much more trouble bring them tba
fe the loss of their game. quietly yielded
IN up, but instead of following the examp