Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-20

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ply. spoken with an effort to be calm.
The idea Of good news. was in their
minds so intimately blended with intel
ligence of their children. that they cried
almost simultaneonsl ly-'has she come?
Have they comet IL was the father who
asked if they had come.
They have. replied the young man.
opening the door anI calling Mary here7'
Mary was embraced with frantic ca
gerness by her parents; ana when Saliie
coming forward fell upon her knees. and
sobbing bitterly. begging in piteous ac-
cents for mercy and love. She was rec
oSnzed even in her savage garb, changed.
strange and hideous though she was. and
the mother clasped her to her bosom
| tightly as if she was never more TO be
released. while the father Joining his
hands. lifted them above his white hairs.
and with awful fervor and pathos utter
ed a prayer of thanksgiving. and OF sup
plication. that as his children had been
restored 10 him on earth. even so mi ght
they be led to join him in Heaven.
CHAPTER XI.
! We skip score Of years The lndi-
an war was over. The march of en-
/ pire had been westward and the wilder
ness was subdued. The hum Of the civ
ilized occupations Of mighty people,
arose instead OF The rustic Of forest leaves
The generation of pioneers was fast pass
ing away, and the old hunters who sur
vived. told the wild tales of their adven.
lures to wondering grand children, by cosy
fresidos.
TIE changes Of busy time were vast
and numberleSS. OF The Campfeld sta
lion there was scarcely vestage. Peo-
pie in that neghborhood pointed The Gu
rious 10 lew shapeless heaps of rubbish,
rs oil that marked the spot where it had
stood. lis buiiders-ihe bold and gener-
Gus rangers, the hardy fellows who had
reared its rude walls and watched them
well-the beautiful girls whose habi alton
ii had been, who were stolen from lis guar
dlanship ahd strangely restored-ihe old
and young, the iniirm and the hopeful
what fate had swollowei up each OF
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grey lived but q few
years after the finding of their lost ones.
Their worldly work was complete. Their
great sustaining hope was fixed beyond
The clouds ol earth, and they were gath
cred home rs ripe corn, in the good time
OF .he Lord. The old man had selected
his burial place, and his wishes in respect
to it were relgloasly observed. He and
Mary his wife, were buried side by side,
on "a hill that overlooked the station and a
long shining reach of the river. Others
we re lad hear them. from time 10 time.
and llie pioneers tombs are yet respected
by the piow. A pair of oak trees stand
oveI The graves, and showers OF purple
acorns and scarlet leaves. are their yearly
offerings to the departed. Around are
wide corn fields whose ranks Of tall stalks,
pumed and gorgeously ,ass!ed in the boun.
teous summer time. clog the west wind
with richest incense shaken from their
dropping cress.
Poor Sallie survived her parents but
one round of the seasons. She lived to
see her son respected where known among
his race. and to bless bis marriage with
pretty Patsy Milton, whose heart he bad
unconscloasiy wou, by the kindness and
courage displayed during her captivity
Sallle became most enthusiastic Chris
lian, and prayed, sung and shouted with
q ihrvid, passionate abandonment, such
that The backwoodsmen regarded her near
" as the Indians had done, as one who
was vouchsaied glimpses of the brighter
world. By the vehemence of her style
OF worship she was bes: known, and by
lrreverent Youngsters was familiarly call
ed shouting Sallie Grey Peace be with
her perturbed spirit, she too, sleeps we'll
beneath the twin oaks.
William Grey returned to Pennsyiva-
nia, and found her in whose keeping he
had leit his heart, true as the most exact
ing lover nigh, desire, and ready to go
with him into the new country giving
up The dear associations of childhood, iha,
she mi ght cling to him-willing 10 abide
with him in the wilderness, making his
peoble her people, lie finally became n
prosperous and prominent citizen of the
commonwealth of Kentucky, and lived
long within sight Of the monum entail oaks !
that cast their leaves and acorns over the |
graves of their parents; and now he rests
beside ihem-lhe fever called diving"
over.
1t was not long after the return of Pat.
sy TO the station, before John Johnson dis
cover ed that he was no match for the tall,
good-looking semi savage. that Mary call
ed cousin Richard, though what the rela-
lionship was, (as from all appearances
there certainly existed some tie of con-
he could not learn or plausi-
bly, conjecture. His rival, when civil
zed in dress. was conloundedy handsome
that was sure,-and there was q glow
and sparkle in his black eyes very like
those Of Mary, the potency Of whose
glance over lhe tides Of his heart percep-
tibly augmented, rs he learned that Patsy
was for another. John was keenly sus-
coptible and enthusiastic youth, possessed
of temperament that on an average was
an elastic and happy one. There was a
vein Of philosophy in his composition wor.
thy of high commentator, which led him
to reason that il Patsy could not be his,
some other fair one should. This consid-
prevented him wasting energies