Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-08-10

oy PstitioniDg fOr divores. Little did be In
agihs contact With ssephs Dillo6. and be
would have gave COL thousand. As be STALK.
ed alOng the aisle, surrounded oy whispering
people. aud with such remarks as 'sThat 4
E'sGsle. the fOrgsF--Yon is Dillon hirHsal-E
There viii be aghts't ringing iuhis ears. II
he could have been translated % vome other
SPOi--even to The study Of bic iruscabls old
father. ig Lsr.sags5 VI Eo b8fg q lss .vena
a''Gs@ge-oh, George 7t' tsrss5 as
EAsdale had crossed The threshold and taken
pace beyond, when be Was noticed and reoOg-
n'Eed by Ellen, Who would have embraced
hun, but she perceived bis companion: AghasG,
and trembling in every limb she had almost
fallen upon tie sWard. when she was caught
and suppOrtedby Dilien. sa.ro..4 -
a"Vil,ian do yOo not kuow'yOur wife Ser.
claimed the daring stephe Is he confronted
Easdale ga s4 II hsHss si a Is tF-it.D
e. "Begohe, gallowsbird--Ikn knew that Il vas
lie that you were shot IN Mexico Shooting
amt g'Our destined death bplsss lslei ssT
"Nor yours, craven. Your kidney is 700
yellow for = daring crime You could kill in
The dark. but You cannot face man in day."
i4eome, my friends. !" eKpOstas,ed an agita.
ted voice, do not violate the sanc.ity Of Gods
house and the ordinance oflhs Sabbath thus "
And the reverend pastor pushed aside the
crowd, which had already snCircIed the ene-
mics and strove to allay the quarrel. ''iia3 b.
"a Ny gray haired friend, this IS our own af-
fan" said Dillon.
Forgive each other as ye would have Gods
blessing
Never, 50 help me Heaven. He must
apologize to this woman for the wrong that be
has done her-here, now, or | will avenge it
ere be leaves this spot Ny personal insults
are forgotten til another time. What do you
say. william? Win you make the amende hon.
orable 90 - "'. "'''
"Begone with your precious burden. IN
see you id before I'll accept terms from
an uPstart vagabond."
Then you'll be d-nd yourseH''-and
a blow from Stephe's rude, double jointed fist
sentthe bankers son FEELING against the church
wall-his lazy had already escaped from the
dangerous spot. 80 '.i7 '-7- Z. go H'ioA 7a
"'0h H-n" exclaimed Rasdale, as recov
ering from tie stunning effect of the blow, he
sPrang forward displaying knifelin his hand.
In the meantime the insensible form Of Ellen
had been snatched from the arm of Dillon, BY
aperson in the crowd whose face Is a familiar
one, as we have often seen it on the deck of
the Uni Brothers, and Stephe was thus left
unburdened, almost on equal footing with his.
now infuriated foe.sR saT 1ys.Ba is.tl ID. dHal
a."0h men--Oh, brothers. for Gods sake do
not shed blood" shouted the parson. as. str
tempting to keep the foes apart he presented
himself between them. 5isoyc
ss'Part Them ! Part them, p shreked Eas-
dale's lady companion. e.e sar,tt.,ak
A confused murmur ran through the crowd
but no oone interlersd perhaps from fear ofin.
Jury assla1e1 ,s1gusn Is soH .u5l
q Out Of my way detard"--and Ihe. peace
maker was roughly thcowu, aside. s..,.,. ,sI
Take thai, for George Easdsle," and the
knife was driven full at Dillons breast: but il
did not enter, the miniature which he wore
there saved him. In moment Easdale was
seized by the, throat thrown upon the sod.
DillOn's knee upon his fsrm-and the knife
wrenched from bis grasp cleaning above his
head. 'aa ln-7H uz.rsg ..H 20 o.
That's for Ssephe Dillon" afs ss.s
Again the knife empurpled with blood des-
cended into the bosom of the libertine. A
That's for Ellen Darling n, .-.v y
And-ihe boatmsn released his hold of the
prcstrate Easdald--srose and gazed around
with calm countenahce. upon the horror iyen
group, that stood within the shadow of the
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