The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-06-03
From the Detroit Enquirer.
LONG CHERISHED REVENGE.
A TALE OF THE OLD WORLD AND EARLY
MICHIGAN.

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mong its dusty archives many a tale of love
of sorrow, of blightcd affection, of bitter re-
morselcss persecution, and of long cherish
ed vengeance, which needs not the pen of II
Warren or Dickens to invest them with
even the attribute interest which can mark
the widest narrative of fiction.
In the year 1885, there came into the coun-
ty Of I.apcer, Michigan, a German from the
province of Wurtumburg by the name of
Ulrch bringing with him young and at
tractiye wife, to whom he had been some
years married. This lady, when a girl, had
been belle in her little ncighborhood in
Wurtemburg. and had been sought in mar
riage by more than one anxious suitor, and
among them was one DauIn, by whom she
was courtc.!, and to whom she had extended
such encouragement AS lead him to iix his
affections upon her with all the icryor of the
German heart. Da,m was man ofunustal
strength of mind of stern and impassiye de-
meanor, of great depth of feeling, but; as the
scqual will show, of most implacablc disposi-
tion when his animosites had been aroused.
He loved the girl with that intensity natur-
nj to men 50 constituted and having few or
no ailinitics to others, owing to his reserved
and morosc disposition, he commenced by
lavishing his hours of leisure, and the earn
ings of his industry upon her alone. Tn
lik, her lover in all respect, the girl was at
tractvc, fond of society, and unstable in her
affections; and, when the wedding day came
10 which Daum had Ion. and impaiicntly
looked forward as the consuninatiOn ol bliss,
after the wedding guests had assembled, She
told him that she loved him not and could
never be his Daum sold out his estate and
removed at once from the scene OF Iiscomiit-
IRE. TO distant province.
Time passed ON, and the lady, was again
wocd aud won by a light-hcartcd aud come
ly youth, her former sutor's superior in
personal appearance, but bis inferior in
wealth and intellect His court,hp was
followed by marriage, the news Of which
reached the sclfbaniShcd Daun, reused cv.
cry latent feeling Of range and jealousy of
his strong heart was capable. aud hc return
ed to the scene Of his former happiness in
S,igaicl bv the sole dcsirc-.tw reccDgc, lie
skulkcd about the nciglborhood. living hid
during the daytime for the most part, but
watching every opportunity To way'ay and
destroy his rival.
\, length they met in wild, narrow
mountain pass. a deadly and fierce struggle
took place, at the termination of which bl.
rich was left upon the ground slain ns his
assassin supposed Daum fled, and Ihich
recovered and returned to his wife, pale,
bleeding and faint. The officers of justice
sought for Daum in vain; lac had fled h.
England, where he spent the nest six year-
of hi, life.
The circumstances had passed away from
the public mind and the parties most inter
cstcd had ceased to tlink of them, or to feel
any apprehension of Daum'- return. Five
years passed on, and the married couple,
with their children, joined a party who were
rmigrating to America and settled down IN
the county of Lapccr There they resided
in quiet, comfort and happiness for three
years. The wild farm bad began to assume
the appearance of cu'tiva,ion--thcl log house
to Ice cncirclcd with crccpcrs and Towering
around the door, the old German hound lay
watchful at the gate, and the truant sweet.
heart. now n concly matron, sang at thc
wheel the sweet songs other Fcdcg!and. Al
was peace in this Sequcstcrcd home, when at
the close of bright day in August, 1888,
knock was heard at the door, which was
answered. ny thc "o'lhh' WI" uP"n "I,'H""E
1t, met face to face her ola snltor. Inc re-
cognlt'on was instant ana mutual, no, a
word was said between them, but while the
heart Of one Of them sank within from very
fear, that of the other was rouscdtJ phrcn-
Nv which made itself manifest in a wild
gloom Of long pcnt up vengeance.
The husband was absent, having gone up
or n distant hunting excursion III pnrsnl; "i
deer, and all that night, with doors ana Wln-
dowS barred, n slccplcsS, tcariul, trembling
watcher awaited MS return ne came not
and his step never again crossed that thrcsh-
hold. Precisely one year To uhy from tnc
occurrence just narrated, Mr. Thorn, an Oh
resident OF Lapeer county. was walking one
hamy Sunday morning upon lhc horhcrS "i
one ol those hcah'l''il niue iahcs WHICH He
cmbosomcd among the lowering openings
of that county found upon the beach, just
within the waters edge, a human skull y,
a loss for its appearance there, he followed
up the steep bank which oycrhangs the lake
and upon its verge found the body to which
the skull had belonged. y jury was at
once summoned to the spot, and the remains
were at once identified 10y the hali'iran'lc
widow, whose wounds were opened aircSh
10y the discovery which shut ont forever th'
last ray "i nope WHICH h"" H'lS'i'" III "''
breast lora long sad year.
The cause and manner o' the dca'h "' the
murdered man were inad' obvious hy AN cN'
animation oi the SkclctonS-a r'''c ha'l pirrc-
ing through the vcrtchral column from DC
hind, lhad passed out through hch"hc' Inc
murdered man had never known VINO "'
what took his liir. lie lay aS he lrll, upon