The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-10-02

gift, and IN sure he would give me nothing
10 do me harm. I'm sure the very man you
were speaking about to cousin Robert the 9th.
er day. that is Je4n Paul, is a smoker, be-
causcI saw him once at Wicmar, when as
a very little boy, and he had quite the lock
of smoker"
"And his breath Of one too, Mary, eli ?
But" said the schoolmas,er with grin,
"good- by TO you both must 60 and see Mr..
Screed the Minister" N..I
"Woll isn't be a queer old coz that, Ma
ry % said Fraur, taking occasion from the
departure Of The dominic, to follow the pretty
Gshcman's daughter INTO the house.
81 see nolAing more queer about him than
you," replied Mary. He is avery sensible
man." ....
"Ob, that is because he spoke against
smoking +! Well, I'll tell you Mary, if you say
you don't Ike smoker, III try to give it up.
But if yoI say you don't ike ne, I'll smoke
ill have made myself as brown as thalf,,ch
hanging above Us !"
+" You peak great deal Of stuff, Fraur'
! said Mary laughing, good-naluredly. But
don't come near me with your nasty breath
again. Come, now,-se. there's father COM
ing down the town"
"Oh, he yon't be here for an hour at
least" said FnQr, snatching kiss from the
round cherry lips OF the pretty maiden, and
runsipg 10 the door 10 avoid her remol-
STRANGE.
"What about the press, cousin ?" interro-
gated Frahr as old Robert Foster came up.
9" Have YOU heard any thing Of The men ?"
" Nothing, boy-nolhing SIMON Heriot,
the old herd, saw the last of them yesterday
afternoon; Ihey seemed % be making for the
head, but the cutter was evidently coming
dom before the wind f ON Berwick"
3" Bat, mayhap, they have taken refuge in
some vf lhe creeks ebout s. Abb's, returned
Fraur.
If that's the case, Fraur, they will cas-.
Gp, yet. lad, because the cutter seems out tn
sea, and could not see a single boat betvixt
Berwick bar ami he Bass -
A f.w hours after the conversation Te have
rccit,d had taken place, Fraur Foster, we
give him lis familiar name) was seen to walk
raIdly down from an avenue ut the head of
the village Of Coldingham, in the direction of
The cross, round which, il being the grey Of
the evening, the WORTHLESS Of the village had
assembled for th,ir accustomed crack.
Fraut FHs kuo9n 10 be young Glau Of IN
teliigeHce considerably bey ond that Of tbc ma
joriy at his years, and was in consequence a
welcome eqmpani-n at these cross-n.eetings,
where the affairs Of the ma ion, and things in
general, were freely discussed On hi, oc-
casiun, however, Fraur Foster was neither so
gay nor so communicative as uSual--he was
evidently embarrassed by somecircumstances
which he did not choose TO make known, but
which our readers may have some conception
of when We tell them shat not long after Fraur
had joined the loquacious group, Mary Fos-
ter was seen to bear down with hurried step
and We eau assure our readers, with beating
and agltated bosom, towards her home.
/ As Mary entered the house, it became at
once apparl Mt TO the anxious eye of her moth
,r that something was wrong
"What ails YOU, Mary dtar?" she inquir
cd. "What has become of Fraur ?"
1 neiH er know nor care what has become
Of Fraur, mother, lie has tessed me out of
my patience TO day altogether. can stand
it any longer said the pretty girl, bursting
! into tears, al so.bing painfully.
I "What has he done, my dear, that you
are so much hurt by? Surely Fraur would
/ never" ...
"What has he done? He teased me about
/ the schoolmaster until"
Until you quarrelled with him, | sup
| pose" added her mother.
! And then he said lie would 90 out to sea
! tomorrow, and be taken by The press gang,
and left me-" said Mary, growing yet more
clamorOus in her grief
At this crisis the culpable party himsefen-
tered, ard sat down in silence By the fire.
" You are not going oIt with the boat to-
| morrow, Fraur ?" Inquired the mother
to tho + Iirgr n tho ~ ,tlrye
as. usual, surely" said he, some = hal tarlly
;, SO mus. to bed" And he rose and lef.
the apartment. .,
Long before noon, the next day, a report
spread like wildfre through The village of
/ Cyldinghan, that Fraur Foster, and those
who had left with him in Fosters boat early
in the morning, had been taken by the crew
OF the cutter, which was fast buaTHg cut TO
sea. The villagers ran in scores TO he beach,
and among them, with feelings distressed in
no ordinary degree, ran Robert Foster. The
cutter, sure enough, was far out 70 sea while
at q little distance, along the rocky shore,
Fosters boat was seen drifting with the tide.
OF its late occupants not trace could be seen,
The day Was spent IN fruitesS search among
1 the rocks and creeks into which the boats
were often run in such cases for protection.
and the villagers returned with heavy hearts
in the evening, to talk over and exec'ate the
events of the day. Great was the GRIFFIN the
household Of Robert Foster that light. The
old man amentcd for Fraur as for a son, and
| Mary's griefkuew no bounds, The family o.
? the fisherman had, however, retired to rest,
f epdeavoring to seek the aid Of Morpheus to
overcome Tue grief which was SO 70 gnant to
their waking feelings Robert Foster, though
f a quiet man, had seen much of the world,
and had CLEANED much wisdom from Lis cx-
perience of its trials He was mau Of thought
5 and lay medilating, not without sadness Of
heart, on Tie events Of the bygvne day, when
pistol shot reyeIberated on his ear and ere
:. Il.