St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-04

who appeared dressed in robe of
lowing white, and stretched her arms
towards him with sweet smile. and
an indcscribablc gesture full of grace
and tenderness.
He knew not how long he slept, but
when he rose it was with renewed
strength, and making sandals of his
hat and vest, he proceeded on his way
once more, taking the unconsumcd
portion of tue snake as provision.
That night his mother appeared
to him, and pointed in a particular di-
rcctl"n, smiling hopefully. Rising.
with strong faith that he was nearly
at the end Of his pcrilous journey. he
struggled on until the afternoon, wher
he saw for the first time a human hab
itation it proved to be the house of a
friend, from whence he proceeded to
Albany, and thence to Schenectady.
Here hcfound his wife and child living.
with some relatives, and the meeting
between them may be imagined, but
no pen could describe it. For a long.
time she had suffered all the horrors
OF the most fearful suspense, and it
was not until the night upon which he
had seen his mother that she obtained
a glimpse of relief. On this occasion
she dreamed that she saw him striv-
ing to make his way through a dense
wood towards her, while a white hand
appeared to be lifting aside the thick
! branches to aid his progress. When
she awOkC it was with firm belief
that they would be eventually re-
united, as the event proved
Return we now to Frederick. who
suffered even more than his brother.
He had made many efforts to no
purpose, to find Jacob, who, when he
fell, would not permit Frederick to
stop and help him, and in seeking him
had run many risks. At length he
crossed the Sorel, killed an o.. made
some .jcrked beef, and for seven days
travelled along the eastern shore of
the Champlain without i'll luck. But
on the morning of the eighth day he
awokc sick pleurisy was upon him
"a fever III his vcins-pain in every
limb. 1t began to rain, also, and there
he lay, this other young hero, not far
from his brother, who at that ycrv mo-
mcnt, i'll that very ncighborhood, was
nursing his rattlcsnake bite there he
lay, knowing not that any one was
near him, for three days on the earth,
in the summer rain, and his blood all
on fire. For three days, VIC say. he
lay thus helpless. On the fourth dav
he was better, and tried to eat little
of his beef, but it was spoiled. He
managed, however, to crawl to q frug-
pond near by, put aside the green
coating of the pool and drank. He
caught frogs, too, and feasted, though
not Frcnchman in any of his tastes,
probably. There he lay for fourteen
days and nights, and having resigned
all hope Of life, he put his hat upon a
pole, so that it might be seen from the
lake. 1t was seen by Il ship passing
at the time, and was found by his en-
cmies helpless and spccchless, and
carried back to his prison again, and
not only to prison, but to its deepest,
darkest dungeon, and there for four
teen months, he lay in utter darkness,
and irons 50 heavy that they ate into
the flesh upon his legs so that it came
of to the bone. And what did that
young spirit 10 ? did it break down
under the weight Of captivity and suf
tering! Not so it was not of such
stu!f that the spirit of our fathers was
made. lie thought of his home. of his
brave father and brothers, Of his fair
sister, and one not fairer, perhaps, but
still dcarer, and wondered if they had
survived the cruel chances of the long
and bloody war. Then he longcd to
he free, and determined to live and
escape from his prosecutors.
vt last chance offered he with
others was transferred to an island
above Montreal, in the rapids of the
st. Lawrence. There he organized
plot for escape which failed, but final
ly Jumped with a companion from the
island into the rapids Of the great
river.
Our hero and his comradc swan for
four miles through those rapids, navi-
eating among the sharp rocks and
fearful shoals with their best skill.
Landing Oh the north side of the st.
Lawrence, they fought a club battle
with Il village full of Canadian French
men; conquered killed a calf; and
seizing a canoe, tried to cross to the
south side Of the river. They were
above the rapids Of the Ccdars, where
no canoe can live long unguided, when
their paddle broke i'll the mid-stream
and once more destruction seemed GER
tain. \ fallen tree, in the branches of
which they caught, saved them, how
ever and crossing the next day be-
low the falls, they struck into the for
est to seek the Hudson.
For twelve more days they toilcd
on, almost in a state of insanity, dread
fully lacerated, and living entirely on
wild roots. At last they reached
Schenectady half naked, and looking
like wild savages here Frederick
hoped to find Miss Ellis to whom he
had long been devoted, and also some
members of his family. But on i'll
quiry he found that his father had re-
moved back to Marblctown, Ulster
county, his Youngest brother had be-
come a major in the American army,
and Miss Ellis, his bright, sparkling,
beautiful Mary, had gone no one knew
whittier.
Disappointed, and sick at heart,
Frederick waited only to obtain clothes
and means to pursue his journey, and
then took his way to Marbletown, the
residence of his father, feeling angry
with himself at not experiencing the
joy he should, at knowing that his
family were alive and well. The
young soldier who had shared with
him so many dangers, and from whom
he had now become inseparable, ac-
companied him, and together they APP
preached the home of his early child
hood, Ii was auitc dark when thcy