The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-09-22

Iauu w iucr uiStuay, Lucy recOSntZed luis
las q spot which they had passed long ago
They were walking in circle, she saw
At this thought her frmness finally gave
way. .q5s. .7elE 7 Bsi...s 4r5 sir
| She paused therefore, and looked in
lagony around. Yet still mindful of her
younger sister, she gathered Maggie, with
motherly care, under her own shawl. in
lorder to shelter her from the wind. that
blew through the glade fercer than ever.
She had scarcely done this, when q clap
of thunder. breaking almost immediately
over head, went rattling down the sky,
earth aud heaven shaking under the con-
cussion. as if nature was dissoving. 1t
was accompanied by fash of lightning
so vivid that everything for an instant
seemed to swim in light. Lucy was blind
ed by the glare and stunned by the thnn
der The horror of the moment was in
creased by the gloom which fell on the
scene, accompanied by q sudden cessation
of the wind that was indescribably awful.
Maggie thought the world was coming
to an end, and whispered as much, cling
Ii ing wildly. to- her sister. Then bursting
into lond isobs,, she. exclaimed. "f mother
was, only here!" and hid her face in Lucy's
bosom o,,f ,..,-.,..,..... ~. i 80.
3 Lucy was scarce less terrified than her
sister. The very ground seemed stillireel
| ing beneath her. The rain, toe, now be-
gan to fall in torrents, as if the fountains
of heaven itself were opened. Wasn't
| it Just like what she had read of the day
Of Judgment? Her limbs refused to sup
port her, and she sank to her knees, drag,
ging Maggie with her, Yet, she made a
last effort to cheer her sister. - -,
.Don't don't cry So" was all she could
say, clasping Maggie and sobbing as she
spoke. Then her little remaining forti-
tude gave way, and they both wcpt to-
gether, clasping each other convulsiyely.
Meantime Mrs. Carr, after bustling
through her work, like thrifty house
wife as she was, had seated herself in her
low, ereaking rocking chair, with her bas-
ket of mending before, her Occupied
thus, she had not observed the gathering
storm, till roll of distant thunder start.
led her. = = = -
lqisieDeaf me,n she said, starting to -hel
feet, them children will get wet through.
81 She hurried to the door, as she spoke
and began to look down thesillage street
in the direction Lucy and Maggie hai
taken. Bat she could sec nothing o.
them. Over the neighboring mountain
however, hung thick, black clouds, otht
sure precursors. iu this region, of a vio
lent storm. 80 ta 9Gig395 8 aGag bed
Eilj Directly she saw couple of neigh
-bors coming in from the fields that lay be
tween the village and the foot of tn,
mountain. Throwing her apron owe
her head, she ran outand asked ifathey hat
seen her children. i5sg odW a43aEl9 I.spK
The answer was in the negative. A
! yet, however, her anxiety was only snf6
{ Eeient to excite ifritability. aaae. M Hs9v'
iip"Lucy ought to know better,n she said
{ sharply, "it's time shs was home long ago
I'll make her remember another time,
|, reckon" nl-+..s
One of The men looked uneasily at tn
) sky, o moment, and then passed on, shak
ling his head. When out of hearing, b
said to his companion: ~ /" n'.a - 2
} "I've, heard tell OF children being los
| in that forest. Twenty years ago, whe
the settlement was new, they say bo
! starved TO death there I wonder If Mrs
| Carr would scold her little gal in this way
Eif she knew it might happen tonight I
ther own children?D ~ '7os 'ia''.7 99'
It was only passing reflection, an,
had escaped bis mind altogether, whe
!, Two hours later, as he was prepal ing I
/. Fgo to bed, fatigued with . hard day
i labor. there came q knock at the dooi
|. The visitor was his fellow workman.
!, "It's true what you said about thos
/ children, were the words Of the intruder
: They haven't come yet, and the mothe
/, lis taking on like one mad. She says the
), will die before morning, even if the par
!, Ethersi don't catch them. And it's likel
enough on such a night. 5a
IksaHisa host had been too much stunne
Thy the intelligence to speak. But hi
. wife now pushed forward, her eyes wild
-Iopen with horror. 10 y3ia SIT l..a 1as,ss
What's that you say?" she criet
. whose children are lost1' = ...4r
( Mrs Carr,s.' - - s $. :
, Not in the forestf' = 49, 8
Tie visitor nodded. - 49,. o,a ~, -; .,'.',. :.
i The, wife gave ., quick scream, an
! glanced inyoluntarily at her. own littl
! one, whom she had been preparing fc