The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

rods. The foremost ANNA! came up to the
young man-the heavy paws were planted on
his shoulder-now, Seth. Peters, D stout arm
and q brave heart will only avail you-the ak
comes down heavily-it has done its work well.
Do you see the bear sink back with a grrwl of
terror aud pain, while the hot blood gurgles up
from its cleft throat.
Its mate sees all this, and with a responsive
howl Of terror and despair, ruslles back to the
woods, and Seth is safe. nj. <414.iF
Lefty, Lefty, they are gone" The voice
swells loud and triumphant 10 the ear Of the
poor girl, who still imagining the bears are
pursuing hers PUSHES on in the'direction
Of her home. She pauss moment. But
that clear, stsoag triumphant voice sends .
new tide Of hope bounding through \ soul,
She turns back. sA few moments ll n, and
her white face steals up close to, 81 -, ~
ha stands there watching the last Of
lih heaviDlg the huge frame Of theI #. &
" LEFTY. let Us thank God sfor this grcatidc-
~liveynnce." gsT9 ne
They knsecl down there together, and the
sad moon and the sweet spring stars look on
them, as the yonugg miller's voice sends up its
thanks to the all Father. fa8 ssS isAeg
But Lettyy's fair head droops lower andlower ;
and when Seth looks once more 10 her face,
the blue eyes az. not answer him. Poor Lefty,
the terror had been too great for her. No
wonder she has tainted with the great joy Of
deliverance from death.
Suddenly across The fields breaks the sound
of many voices. There is . quick stamping Q!
feet. Jason has given the alarm, and friends
and ncighbors arc rushing wildly othe rescue.
In less than five minutes they find the miller
seated OIL the dump earth, with Lefty lying
ro,,..1a., - Is. (, u,,,. nrI AZ .l,,.3 I,n, /, - NL,,
feet d Hs39 s. s,l5
Oh bat there were smiles and rejoicings
that night at the widow .Pease's, where, but
for the brave heart of Seth Peters, there had
been wailing, despair and death! 1T was long
past midnight When Cyrus and Enoch returned;
and somehow their faces did not look SO bright
as when they left, and they settled themselves
down YEARLY by the fire, saying, "What,
mother, mp watching for us all this time?
| Well, we haven't killed The bear after all u
" No. but we have, here, you see ~ was the
woman s response; and then, to their ~ejacula-
tions Of doubt and surprise, the old lady de-
tailed the whole ~story--indfed, she had sent
Lefty off to bed half an hour before, for the
exclusive enjoyment Of this pleasure. Cyrus
and Enoch listened in amazed silence, and at
the conclusion thus briefly and characteristic
cally expressed their opinion Of the miller's
heroism g Wal, now, if that don't beat
everything all hollow!" ~
Thirty days, had passed. IT was q wild,
sobbing night, with one of those storms that
furrow the sweet face of April with wind and
drench it with rain. fAls5
This, time the miller and Lefty Pease sat
alone together, in the rudy birch freight Of
the old kitchen, while the storm moaned and
battled without.
Wei, Lefty, how did you get on with the
sugar boiling r asked the Young man, drawing
his chair q little nearer the girls.
oh, nicely, l assure you, though / couldn't
help starting and looking round every time
the wind stirred the branches r and Lefty
shuddered, for even in the dancing freight
she seemed to see again those wild eyes glaring
upon her. "Oh, Seth how can I ever be
grateful enough to you for taking care Of me
then 2" ci /
The miller drew his chair still closer to hers,
and his voice trenbled in its deep tenderness as
it answered, " / should like to take care Of you
always, Lefty" fA.a
The girl must have forgotten at that moment
how very nicely Mrs. Williams, the merchants
Wife, sounded, for she laid her hand in that Of
Seth Peters, and the birch flames were not
ruddicr than her cheek, as she whispered, "Yer
mGy, Seth"
And through all their happy after life, we
are very certain, Lefty Pease never regretted
marrying the miller Instead of the merchant!