Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

his teeth cenched. and his bright eyes
swimming in a halo Of FIRE. Suddenly
he made bound for an adjacent window,
and Notwithstanding more ,han twenty
endeavored 10 seize him, he effected his
escape from the house.
'Chase him-sho0t him Take him.
alive or dead ! cried Turk, in a transport
of rage, setting the example BY commen.
cling the pursuit himself
The flight of Mills was directed in a
straight line for the river and his marvel.
lous agility, added to the start he had first
got, soon plsced him at some distance
ahead, They fired both rifles and shot
guns at him as he ran, but happily with.
out effect. When he came to the river
side, he stopped down and hastily fas,en-
ed on pair of skates, which he had car.
ried in his pocket for the last few days,
to be ready for any extraordinary emer-
gency and then taking the ice, skim
mered over the frozen stream with the
swifiness of the wind.
Has nobody pair Of skates 2 shou-
ted Turk, striking his forehead with
gesture of wrath and vexation.
Il have answered one Of the mob,
but shall not try them on the ice such
nigh, as this
BE quick-give them to me " ex
claimed The Turk. in tone Of fiery i'm.
patience.
The skates were produced; the eager
Colonel tied them on. aud then swearing
dreadful oath tha, he would bring back
the preachers scalp or leave his own. he
began the perilous chase. Oh, there is no
daring like the courage inspired by the
passion for revenge!
In the meanwhile, Mills had approach
ed the opposite shore, when he discovered
the startling appari.ion Of armed men on
the bank. lie knew at a glance wha, i,
meant. The mob, TO prevent any of the
Mormons from escaping, had stationed a
guard beyond the river. He instantly
turned his course down the stream, when
who platoon let off their rifles but
the distance was too considerable--a hail
of bullets ra,lIed on the ice around him,
without doing him njurv.
Il will foil the tiends yeti he said to
himself, and put forth all his strength
He fled away, but soon became conscious
that somebody was pursuing him. He
slackened his velocity. and wheeled abou.
SO often as 10 obtain view Of his enc
my. But the latter was still too remote
Tor an accurate survey, and the Mormon
uttered loud prayer
God gran. me that it be Col. Turk,
and am willing TO die!'
On rushed the pursuer-on, still on,
like an avalanche. The noise of his iron
skates could be heard above The roar Of
the northern blast, and his dark form
doomed in the gli.tering mo 'nbeams large
in statute as giant. As he drew nearer
the young preacher, he smiled venomous-
| ly. Mills recognized his arch persecu
tor. and he laughed outright laugh that
rang over the frozeu river like the wild
scott of some dem when he saw him
unshea,h his gli.,ering knife The Nor:
mon Immediately pulled his from its scab.
bard, and started off SO as to avoid the
coming shock, which nigh, otherwise,
through the mere force OF the collision
prove fatal TO both.
And then began series Of rapid and
cunning evolutlons to secure the advan>
tage in this terrible method of com Dat
the most terrible ever conceived. They
marked the smooth surface Of the ice with
circles, ellipses,angles, squares, lriang les,
paraIel!ograms. and almost every possible
figure of plain geometry but each SEEM
ed perfect skater, and could not find the
other at fault, or take him unprepared.-
They passed repeatedly within three feet
of each other, and made quick ,hrusts
which pierced to The bone. And still the
cold grew more intense, and the wrahful
wind howled on, while their man euvres
and flights somehow carried them farther
down the river, where the crus,y ice was
thinner, and cracked fearfulIy beneath
their tread.
Finally the Mormon took the desper-
ate resolve TO terminate the strife by sac.
ri6clng his own lite so as to make sure
Of that Of his foe at the same time. Ia
the following rush he no longer turned
aside to avoid direct collision, and frus.
,ra,ed the at,emp. Of the lyncher TO that
end. by swerving slightly inwards from a
straight line.
They me. at full speed, and the shock
was like the crash Of two adverse comets.
At the moment Of their fall the quaking
ice split beneath their weight with deaf.
eniny roar, and The wild waters, boiling
and Kissing like hell, swallowed them
forever-,he prosecutor and his victim :
both victims now!
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