Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-02-27
TIE DOUBLE RESCUE /;
THE STRENGTH OF LOVE.


screening the pane with her hand fro,u th
bright freight, she attempted, but in vain
10 penetrate the storm and darkness without
'.tiod grant be may be near" aud with thi
hear, felt petition she turned from the win
,ioS, seated herself, aud took up her knitting
Cheerful, homelike was tue aspect of thai
humble apartment. Mar the Gre, whose
brisk blaze filed the room with ruddy
slow, and streaaed far up the gidc ch imuey
sang the waiting tea kettle; while neatly
spread supper table occupied the "entre ol
Ske zoor, which WIS secured almsst TO snowy
Rhiteness.
The face Of the only inmate Of the dwell.
lag, the female above mentioned, wore an
anxious, troubled expression. Ever and
anon, the rude blast ratrle.l the latch on
.ae outer door. she paused 10 her work, and
raised he- eyes full Of hope and expectancy,
then, when only the grooming of the neigh
boring forest trees met her listening ear,
sighed, aad again strove, By attention to
her employment, to coEine her thoughts,
aud calm her spplehensions.
Slowly ard distinctly the tall clock al the
back part Of the room, told the hour of eight.
Tie young woman put aside her task, and
ence more went 20 the window The tem-
pest had not IN the least abated, but ragged
with the fury of . thousana uncaged lions,
aud seemed still increasing. Fearful in
deed was that evenings eleuleata, warfare,
over that bleak Canadian plain,
'Yet be comes uat --my husband, Mer-
eiful Heaven be-friend as. Tears gather
ed in the eyes Of tie geatIe, devoted wife,
and feltlike raiR upon her agitated bosom.
For some moments she stood indnlging their
aow, until her heart, like lightened ship,
rose 10 its wanted place upon the bllows
which had threatened to overw!ielm it.
Hope repeatel her whisperings, and, in
imagiuatien, the Young wife beheld the
ufdy forui Of her beloved, nobly hzssast-
ing the storm, and step by step nearing has
honle in safety. Already she seemed pour
lug Tor him the fragrant, Streaming beverage,
aud listening to this expressions of thank
tulne>s tor surrounding blessings,
She turned to the table, cut another slice
from loaf Of inviting appearances, and laid
it upon the already laden plate After re-
pleiiishiag the fire, she resumed her seat be-
fore il, aad gazei into the writbing flames,
that hastily embrseed the fresh fuel, aud
with serpent-like hiss swallowed the snsw-
fakes, as they dropped into It's red, open
jaws.
The minute hand Of the clock had iraver-
sed half the distance around the dial plate.
!he evening was fast waning, but the absent
sne was absent STILL About uoon of that
day he had had left home, ou foot, intending
70 transact business in village Eve miles
distant, and retayn By nightfall-
AT that tim. no signs of an immediate
storm were apparent, bui as the day drew
near its close, the clouds began to gather
ihick aud heavy, and the snow 20 fall in
huge, feathery fakes. Faster aud faster it
descended, till ali the air seemed filed by
one nnglfy avalanche. Three hours had
passed. and the storm god IN all his terrible
fury was yet abroad.
At length, caiInEess could be maintained
by the WAITING wife no longer. Hope aud
trust faltcred, died within her bosom. Start
ing from her chair, she paced the floor,
.wringing ber hands in agony, though her
eyes were fearless, and her pale lips mute
as if scaled in death.
Eaiuly did she endeayor TO persuade her
self into the belief, that the ferceness Of the
storm had prevented her hasbaod from
leaving the Fillage--sle could not be
deceived. He would never voluntarily
abandon her thus 20 loneliness and awful
.uneertainty--no; the assurance was Al. too
aGsoubtea, that the cold and the tempest
had ogerp4serei Lim on his say, and he
had sunk amid the drifting SHOWS to perish.
No wonder that her cheek blanehed to
aaarble hue. aud Der eyes greg sild With
terror Suddsnly she paqses, while every
feature speaks desperate resolve See, she
hurridly envelopes herself IN cloak and hood
aud nov with 6rm step moves TOWARD the
deor. Upop what's she determined Surely
she viii not expose that fraii form TO the
strife iha, RACES without That we're an
set OF insanity. 4l -
But yes: she Iifts TIC latch, uneloses the
door. ca fire fast4rtss "a furious gust drove
p5Ftidn Of The noas'whicii had accumula ated
aeaiass the Fshalst6 the opposite side Of
the raoal. Unable 70 compete witdits rage,
tbc ae6aised wife sh, ak back, with low,
tr6nnisns moan, aud applying hei whole
sffen5H q rhe door forced it again 70 its
tlaee, betseto siletssif and the rough
efsllst EitSfnt