Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-01

maj leaped upon the back OF the lattef, uhu
embracing in his huge jaws the hinder part OF
the short, thick neck of Pellet, the snagger {
bones cracked like fagots in wise. lie re-
laxed his hold upon Herbert, and the weight OF
the dog brought him down. Pellet uttered
groan and expired.
The snaggers by this time had become essen
TALLY weakened-some were dead, some wound
ed, others had fled to the woods, and a few
were endeavoring to maintain their ground,
cheered on by Moll, who for her sex, Sabnes
party seemed inclined to spare. But when she
perceived the fall of Pellet, and noticed how
much her own ranks were thinncd, she aban-
doned the hope of successful resistance, and
thinking only of one remaining opportunity to
crafty her malgnity and revenge, she hurried
toward the place occupied by Mrs. McDermot
and Alice, which was just behind some shelly
ing rocks near the lake shore, to which point
they had stolen for the purpose, so far as they
could in safety, of witnessing the ARRAY
When Moll came in sight of them she pointed a
musket at Alice. The devoted judith inter-
posed her own person between the two. Mol
took deliberate aim, and just as she was about
to fire, a bullet from the rifle of McDermot,
sped through her heart She leaped convul-
sively in the air, and that was the last OF Moll.
Her own musket was at the same time DIS
charged, and the fatal message it sped was
lodged in the person of the faithful Judith
Hartman, McDermot, Clovis, William Belden,
and others hastened to the spot, whence Alice,
y affrighted fled. As if unconscious of the steps
she took, she had precipitated herself over some
projecting rocks into the water.
"The BARN The barn ;" said judith
pointing toward the lake.
Several persons rushed thitherward, and
reached the shore just in time to catch glimpse
some rods distant from the point on which they
stood, of the last widening ripple, and the form
of Alice in the waters below. Clovis and Will
lam Belden plunged in. Presently the body
rose to the surface apparently liteless; and th'
dog Sirius, more thoughtful than the rest, raj
along the shore till he attained the point near
est the object of their endeavors, thence swim
ming toward her he seized upon her dress jus
as she was settling in the water again, and bor
her, strangling to the shore.
In the mean time the ARRAY had ceased
Some of the snaggers had escaped in the ada
ofL cno,,rn1 tho wounded n
either party were receiving such attention a
could be bestowed, and the dying judith ha
been removed to more convenient place, wher
her husband sat by her side piteously bemoan
ing her fate. Alice, apparently lifeless, ha'
been brought into her presence.
"The BARN the bairn " said Judith, ant
opening her eyes she caught glimpse of Alice
" Puir, puir BARN. she continued occasionally
in languid tone, till her speech failed.
Fortunately Judith fingered through the tw'
succeeding days, and Alice had become so fa
restored that she was able to render many deli
cate and obliging services to her dying friend
and none were ever more kindly or loyingl,
bestowed. Judith was sensible to all her cares
and when she saw that Alce's life was relieved
from peril, she seemed to indicate in her look
that her last, and strongest earthly wish wa
indulged. When she died Alice, Herbert, llar
riman, and they who sympathized with TIN
family of the latter, mourned as McDermo
did, with bitter sorrow. But none seemed t.
measure and comprehend the worth of the de
parted Scot So exactly as Alice did. In he
mind she reviewed all the eventsrelating to he
acquaintance with Mrs. McDermot, from frs
to last; the kindness, the sympathy, the aid o
the latter, and when she thought of the las
disinterested act in the life of her friend, sh
mournfully deplored the fatal interpositon ant
the kindness of heart that prompted it,
Hartman and Sabine recognized each othe
when they met, and the former, warmly clasp
ing the hand of the latter, gave vent in tear
to those expressions of joy and thanksgiving
which his tongue could not utter.
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