Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-10
w HOLE NO. 1877.

could get word with you before the folks
wero up
'Forgets! that ain't David Bu:ler-bu,
how it rained yesterday! ached nll day 10
be going
But have you really started for the viii
lnge?' How did you get away so very ear
lyP
What, ! tells you how it was.-moih-
or haunts me oil the time, to know what
for goes ali these times, and last night
she promises 10 say nothing about il, SO
l tells her all-well then she gets into
talking; says Miss May is poor injured
orphan and God will project her. Then
after she goes to bed, hears her in tho
night crying about il, nnd praying like
Then she gets Up afore day und says sho
can, sleep, so she gets me some break
fasl and tells me 20 go right off,
II was right, perhaps, David, that you
should tell your mother, and l feel very
grateful for her sympathy sold May.
brushing away the tears that had started
during this simple recital of the in,eres,
of her wrongs had awakened in The bo-
som of her pious ani imp retending neigh
Dor, 'bu, do you still feel willing to go and
do as last directed you.
Il goes till | wears my eet off to ny
knees to save Miss May for Nj. Ashley,
was the heroic reply.
Go then-there may be time enough
vet for all, go my littlo friend and may
kind heaven grant you success
We willnow change the scene of our
little story. which the events of this day
were destined 10 bring to n fearful iermina-
tion.
On q road deeply embowered in the
heavy forest. about fifteen miles south
Of the Harwood settlement, and half that
distance from the village before mention
ed, solitary horseman in the afternoon of
the day so momentous 10 the fortunes OF
our heroine, was pursuing his lonely wny
towards the Econes we have just left. Tho
day was one of uncommon sultriness even
for the sultry month Of August, and the
traveller, occasionally plucking q fresh
bough from the overhanging branches TO
keep off the flies that were swarming o.
round his vexed horse, and singing him
at times to madness, seemed 10 look with
compassion on the foamy sides OF the
suffering animal, and often appeared 10
repress the involuntary motion which no
frequently made TO urge him forward a,
a quicker pace. IN is cruel at length
said the rider seemingly addressing his
horse. 1t is cruel in me 10 thus force
you on at this rnte in this sufTocaiing air
merely to satisfy my selfish feelings-you
have no loving and loved one in prospect 10
incite your steps to speed. Lo saying
he threw the reins loosly on the dripping
name of the horse, and for the next mile
amused himself with watching the flies and
endeavoring with q sort of malicious pleas
ure to strike down The most determined of
their band. ns these little winged tormentors
were settling or their wincing victim, and
ollen gouding him into lrOi.
Arriving now to where another road
from the eastward fell into the one he was
travelling, Ashley for such the reader has
doubtless already anticipated, was our irnv-
eller. making his way to the settlement in
tending to take his mistress ty IN agreea-
BILE surprise. i; being considerable sooner
than she had reason TO expect his return
ashley, we say, ni this point of fintorsec
ton was joined by another horseman.--
The man wns considerably past the prime
Of life, and his hair, indeed, began 10 bo
slightly sprinkled by the frost eff time;
while his features really handsome and COM
mandlng. wore something Of the pensive
and thoughtful cast. Bowing with respect
ful ense peculiar 10 the well bred. class
i,Of hrc nd
he very evidently belonged he fell in by
the side OF of ashley.
Our travelling fortunes seem TO unto
here said the The stranger as languid
simle played gently on his lips.
THAT smile thought Ashley, and those
features too, seem familiar TO mel must
have seen them, or something like them
somewhere, though certainly | know not
this man. md he unused awhile, but vain
ly, in trying to recall some moro definite
remembrance, or TO account for the i'm
preston thus received. After some COM
mon place conversation about roads, dis
tnnces and The like, tho stranger observed:
From some of your remarks sir, | am
led 10 conclude that you ore a residen,
somewhere in the vicinity--may ask how
far you proceed in this dircctiona'
Il am going TO Harwood settlement. as
the place is called-it is my residence.
now something ncar twolve miles distant
replied Ashley.
Indeed, said tho stranger, wi III evident
interest, l do TOO, propose going 10 thar
place.
DO your asked the other, throwing on
enquiIing glance on his companion as if
conjeciuring his probable business. apro-
prietnr OF lands in the noighborhood, l con-
cludo we may call you. perhaps about 10
bscome purchaser
'Or perhaps a curious traveller in search
of the novel and picturesque among your
wild mountains, 0vasively said the stranger
with good natured smile.
That smile again' said. Ashley TO him
self; and he began TO feel an uniefinable
interest growing in his bosom towards his
new acquaintance.
DO you know resumed the elder trav.
eller after few moments silence, do you
know family in your settlement BY tho
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