The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-01-16
NO i5

houhthln now Oegan 70 assume n more
bleak and dreary aspect; she sound Of
wind through the leAaess boughs and
branches Of the trees. seemed 10 be frAup't
with the loud howl Of the wolf aud the
shrill scream Of che panther, aud the die.
tant and Sullen roNr Of The mountain tor.
rents seemed ominous Of solitary and m
} known dangersl To ignorant and uncul.
tivrted minds, the sublime and inscruta.
ble mysteries Of nature. are slways the
oAuso Of superstition and terror, and
more particularly so during ths hours Of
night and darkness.
Lambert now discovered, 90 ths night
began TO Sc, in, that tho courage aud res.
tolution Of bic companions were fast sbb-
ing, and that they would soon be brog't
10 dead stand still. aud he called halt
for further consullation. The result Of
this deliberation was. that esch individual
found or framed some excuse for return
ing home, and Lambert was lef. alone 70
pursue his dangerous aud lonely enter
prise.
He was, however, douhly armed: 6rsl
with the justice Of his cause aud consci-
BUSINESS OF rectitude and second with a
good rifle, ,omahawk and hunters knife.
and with these he pursued his preearious
Journey regardless Of consequences
but prepared 10 meet all events that
might occur. With the assistance Of
starlight reflected from q bright surface
Of snow, he was enabled 10 trace the
footsteps ofthe murderers aud when the
moon arose in full splendor, little be.
fore midnight, he found no further diff
Guilty or uncertainty in pursuing his
way.
After travelling in north western d.
rection twelve or fourteen miloS, he came
to an old and nearly disused road. rum ..
q ing nearly parallel with the one no had
left; this was called the Old Pennsylva.
MIA trace between Philadelphia and Red
stone, Old Fort, situated on the waters
Of The Monongahea river: il was the
first road opened between ERstera Penn
sylvania and the head waters Of the Ohio
River. and the ancient landmark three
chops and blaAe, were still visible BY
daylight on the old trees. These an.
cient roads and landmarks, have been
informed, vera adopted by the old sur.
veyors and openers Of the roads in the
West, TO propiale Heaven in favor Of the
FIRST settlers Of the great Western will
derness, and hence the first was for The
} iathor-and the second for the Son-and
the third for the Holy Ghost, and the
blaze was merely designed to attract the
eye Of the observer. When Lambert
struck the old trace road. he discovered
an ancient or ruinOus hut or log cabin,
nearly opposite him, on the north side Of
this dilapidated aud solitary road The
moon had now nearly gained her meridi.
an, and beAmed with full and unclouded
splendor on the snowy peaks Of the dist
ant mountains, and on the cold aud soil
tary landscape just before him. There
stood in solemn and seeming desertion.
the hut which contained probably. the
objects Of his long aud lAboroua pursuit;
and TO satisfy the anxiety Of his nind re-
specting the actual presence Of the mur.
derers, who would be on the alert and
prepared for defence OF the most deSper-
are character, he had TO make ailent and
cautious circuit round the hut, at some
little distance from it, and 90 far a. poss.
AhAN nMh W hAuhlnIt NAtWs 4 WEhuNuk 10
this plan, he found foot traces OF the two
villains up to the door OF the house, and
that there were no foot .priLis from the
cabin in any direction. These eiFcum-
stances put At rect all doubts and unoeF-
tanties, aud Lambert had nothing now
to do, but ~ act in the last scene Of this
sanguinary drama. TO capture The muir.
derers or two lose his life.
He bad just seen through the chatter.
ed clspboards Of which The door was
made, a feeble light in the only fireplace
the house could boast. The house con
sisted Of but two apartments, which |
were without any PARTITION betWeen-And |
only distinguished from each other BY 8
step OF two down from the west to the |
east room The poor woman who had
resided for years on this deserted road, & !
lived by selling cakes aud beer 80 casual
way iarors, slept in the west room, into 1
which the only door into the house open
ed from the road; and the east room, con-
tanning one bed. as il afterwards appear.
ed, was occupied by the two villains Of
whom Lambert was in pursuit-
After stepping few paces back from !
the door, Lambert gave loud cough or
two to awaken the old WomAn--And bold
Iy advancing to the step, AMI stamping
the NOW from his feet, desired admit.
tance in a feigned voico--snd telling Ter
at the same time that be was . stranger
who had lost his way-that he was near
ly frosen 70 death in wandering about
and that he wished her to fs-hgbt the ere
60 warm himself
She Immediately obeyed, and soon re-
plenished and rslighisd the FIRE, whilst he
remained outside the door. under tho
pretencs OF diSrobing his feet Of che sno
Ibis real object being 70 await ths light
Of she 6Ie. that he might fairly sncount-
eT the villains, whom be had Just heard
talking IN an alarmed and startled tone Of
voice. in the lower room. When he step
ped over the door-sill into the bright
light OF the FIRE, his 6Fst salutation was
the loud report Of muskes from the
lower room, the two balls from which
struck the door-posl An inch or tWo from
his head No time was now TO be lost
ReseFviug his fFe he spFang down 10 che
lower room. yet Tseking with lhe smoke