Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-11-18

| have him. thank GodI Bat quick; time
is precious.
Speedily and deity they gave him aid;
and at length, a half-unconcious figure,
still wrapped in the banner, was brought
down IN safety.
They bere him into the Adam and Eve,
laid him in warm bed, and poured by de-
grees little wine down his throat. Un-
der this treatment, he recovered his con-
sciousness, and began to thank his deliy-
erers. Suddenly his eye fell on mirror,
hanging on the wall opposite the bed, and
he exclaimed:
F Wipe the hoar-fr off my hair. and that
yellow dust off my cheeks
| IS In TRUTH his curled locks were white.
his rosy cheeks yellow and wrinkled, and
his bright eyes dim aud sunken; but neith-
er dust or hoar frost was there to wipe
away-that one night of horror had added
forty years to his age! ra a--
e In the course of that day, numbers
who had heard Of Gabriel's adventure
crowded to the inn and sought to see him,
but none were admitted save the three who
sat continually by his bedside-his weep
ing young sister, the brave Arnold. and
Master Joss, the most unhapp5 of all; for
his conscience ceased not to say, in voice
that woald be heard; You are the cause
of all this. By way ofa little self comfort.
the sacristan used to exclaim at intervals:
If only bad hold of that LawrenceI IL
once had that Oukar by the throat But
both worthless kept out of sight; nor were
they ever again seen in the fair city of
Vienna.
'Ah!' said Gabriel, towards evening. tTs
all over between me and Annie. She
would shudder at the sight of AN old
wrinkled gray headed fellow like me-
No one answered. His sister hid her
face on the pillow. while her bright ringlets
mingled with his poor gray locks; and Ar
nolds handsome face grew very sad at the
thought-'The poor fellow is right: there
are few things that young girls dislike
more than gray hairs and yellow wrinkles
L have one request to make of YOU all,
dear friends said Gabriel, painfully rais-
ing himself on his couch--'do not let An
ME know word of this. Write to her
that | am dead, and she'll mind 1t less,
think; then l will GO into the forest, and
let the wolves eat me if they will. want
TO save her from pain
A fine way, indeed, to save Annie from
pain, cried : well known voice. while
light figure rushed towards the bed, and
clasped the poor sufferer in close and
long embrace.
My own true love- you were never more
beautiful to my eyes than now. And pre-
tend that you were deadl A likely story,
while every child in Vienna is talking of
nothing but..my poor boys adventure. And
let yourself be eaten by wolves No, no.
Gabriel; you would not treat your poor
Annie so cruelty as thail
A regular hailstorm of kisses followed;
and 1t is said. how truly | know not
that somehow in the general melee Arnold.s
lips came into wonderfully close contact
with the rosy ones of Gabriel's little sis
ter. Certainly he was heard the next day
to whisper into his friends ear: A fair ex-
change is no robbery, my boy; L think if
you take my sister, the least You can do is
| to give me yours.
1t does not appear that any objection
was made in any quarter. Love and hope
proved wonderful physicians; for although
Gabiiel's hair to the end of his life re-
mained as white as snow, his cheeks and
eyes, ere the wedding day arrived, had
resumed their former TINT and bright
ness. A happy man was Master Joss on
the day that he gave his blessing TO the
two young conples-the day when Ga
briefs sore tried love found It's reward in
the hand of bis Annie.