The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-11-18

seen the house, dim, indefinite mass
glide swif ly past ne, unrecognizable in
the darkuess, utterly silent, and prezu
mably deserted If I had supposedfha,
it contained Two helpless women I should
hardly bavc remained there to study
the sublime
Thus much quickly learned Of the
case Of the Barnards, and erdeavored
to combat the unaccountable agitation
| which appeared in the voice. Of the strong
farmer by counting the chances Of res.
cue.
i, is full three miles to the bridge,
and i've to the rapids; we mus, un oupt
edly catch them above the bridge Be
sides the neighbor will hear them l
only wonder did not
Twas rainin' and BLOWN altogether
too hard sold John. the elder Of the
bfesbren. And, what's more that's
jest wa,'t likely to lie the wust ont l
don't like some neighbors.
What do you mean John p ! inquired
quite unable to comprehend the event 40.
preheusiou under which he spoke
Them Casses live half a mile below
u.s. he said they'll have the sarchin'
o. that house a. sure as sunrise. There's
three thousand dollars in my desk, bu,
| don't care nothin' about that. ] dp'no
as the man would do anything wrong
bat tell ye, Squire, + do hate to have
him anywhercs uear our EN- l woudnt
"a mentioned it; you didu't know that
Seth Case used to be rourd after her
afore she went off He come agip only
t'olher day. and told him ho might a.
we'll hunt after the moon. He went off
dretful mad
1t was only my knowledge of John
Barnard's strong. steady good sense that
gave any weight evon to an emotion so
unaffected and powerful as that under
which he spoke bu, could not help q
considerable additional feeling Of fear,
which increased as | considered the char.
acter these Cases.
They were thrif.less. halcoutlawed
wTetchss. such as haun, many country
towns iD Connecticut rustic short boys
living by hurting, fishing and miscel.
!aDeous thefts by land and river Seth,
the younger and more dangerous, l re
membered well as kind Of ogre Of nv
boyhood-a ragged d,rtv, villainous youth
always tormenting us,his cleaner fellows,
aud notorious for truancy and boyish
wickedpess. He had grown up into al
evil and dangerous nan a long, lank,
shambilg raw boncd fellow with small
head. deep set dull eyes, a weather beat.
en- face. COARSE straight hair, round shoul.
ders and a down look. Clad in dingy,
lll.htting gay garments, he aud his broth
er prov ed and prowled, seemingly all
day, and all night, l.. ", d. on mountain
or in hidden meadow, or pond or stresm
in sun or storm-rhey wore alwavs
prowline, yet lever g. SEEMING to have
found anything aud il was perhaps. in.
stinct more than proof or the lack Of
other explanation. that charged upnn
them every theft and nameloss misohi T.
Thoy had been concerned in divers
b avis, moreover and were as little spo.
ken TO or deli with az might be.
This food was such an occlsion a. was
won't 10 be their harvest aud who could
doubt that they had been out ever sine
the waters were ur, ca'chine limber and
waifs--that they had espied the fugitive
dwelling, explored it aud pocketed the
money2 What their treatment Of the
two women would be seemed more doubt
ful for although the brutal, do!ged vii.
lainy Of she men was cxtrcma, 80 that
it could hardly be conceived that one
OF them should have admire d The delicate
beauty Of Emily Brnard. both hum m
nature aud that ve-y admiration Justi-
fed the trust ths','hs invol II try travel
ers would escape i'll usage and be rescued.
We had been half an hour al 'af, driv.
ing headIong southwark through impene.
trable darkness and a roaring northeast
storm Of rain and wind My thorough
knowledge Of the river had been useless
and it was only fortunate guessing that
kept US in the current, under the double
impetus Of the boiling food and Of the
four strong arms Of the brethren.
we ought to see a light on En6eld
Bridge, l said.
Heavens aud earth = groaned Eliph.
lot tho house could never shoot the
bridge with the wafer up here =
l was looking straight sonth with
strainiDg eyes Before | could answer
q vast black mass seemed to spring up
within the abyss of tho darkness before
us.-Is WAS the bridge.
Heads down 7 I shouted. and as our
god fortune would have il we shot thro
like lightning, just touching the pier as
We swept pasr. Ths, touch, however
risked our lives, and caused the loss oil
two more by cripling our CHASE 1, snap
ped the two stsrboards oars which the
rustic oarsmen had unshipped, short of
a. the row looks and oarsened ,he Drank
skitf 20 that she shipped water on he
other side. But little more and aul
dangerous race would have been ended
under the black beams of the old toll
bridge.
We whirled helplsssly through snt
surg d f,r moment into the eddy be
hind pier
J.hnsit still Hand your oar to Eliph
slet. Lif pull ashore We must see th'
bridge.k"epcr, and get somo oars
Sure euuugh,' said John and obev
ing my re,dler commands. We snccssdeC
with co, siderable difficulty 10 reaching