St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-11-11

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without renewed his threats, saying, that
| ifshe would not open the door to him, he
would kill the child, and then set fire to
the mill over her head. & put my trust
in God, was still the poor girls answer.
Sin the mean while, the ruffian set
down the child for moment, to: lock
about for combustibles to carry out his
threat; in this search, he discovered i
mode Of entering the mill unthought Of
by Hanchen. It was a large aperature in
the wall, communicating with the great
wheel, and the other machinery Of the
mill !; and it was point entirely sunpro-
stected, for it had never been contemplated
that any one would seek to enter BY 50
dangerous an inlet. Triumphant at this
discovery, he returned to tie the hands
and feet Of the poor child, to prevent its
escape, and then stole back to the apera-
ture, by which he intended to effect an
entrance. The situation IF the building
prevented Hanchen from seeing anything
Of this but a thought had meanwhile
struck her. 1t was Sunday, when the
mill was never at work. if therefore, the
sails were seen in motion, the whole neigh
borhood would know that something unu-
sual was the matter; and her master,
especially, would hasten homo to know
the meaning of anything so strange.
'tBeing all her life accustomed to the
machinery Of the mill, it was the work Of
a moment to set it all in motion brisk
breeze, which sprung up, at once set the
sails flying. The arms Of the huge engine
whirled round with fearful rapidity; the
great wheel slowly revolved on its axle !;
the smaller gear turned, and creaked, and
groaned, according as the machinery came
into action; the mill was in full operation.
It was at this moment that the rufiiian
intruder had succeeded in squeezing him
self through the aperture in the wall,
and getting himself safely lodged in tie
interior Of the great drum-whecl His
dis1lnay, however, was indescribable, when
he began to be whirled about with Its
rotation, and found that all his efforts 10
put a stop to the powerful machinery
which set it in motion, or to extricate
himself from this peyilous situation. we've
fruitless. In: his terror, he uttered shrieks
and horrible Impressions. Astonished
at the noise, Hanchen ran to the spot, and
saw him caught like rat in his own trap,
fran which vas no part Of her plan To
iiberate him. she knew he would lie
more frightened than hurt, if he. kept
within his rotatory prison, without my
rash attempt at escape and that, even if
he became insensible, he could not fail out
Of it. i.
ain the mean time, the wheel went
round and round with its steady, unceas-
ing motion; and round and round he
went with it, while sense remained, be-
sieging Hanchen with eutreaties, promises,
and wild, impotent threats, which were
all equally disrfggarded, till, by degrees,
feeling and perception failed him, and he
saw and heard nd one. He fell senscless
at the bottom OF the engine, but even then
his inanimate body continued to be vhirl-
ed round as betolF; for Hanchen did not
dare trust appear noes in such a william,
and would not yenture to suspend the
working k~lllg OF the my or stop the mill gear
and tackle from 31nning at their fullest
speed. NJ
cat length she beard q loud knocking
at the door, and Fl Nv to open it. It was
her err: master and hi family, accompanied
BY several of his neighbors, all in the
utmost excltementhnd wonder at seeing
the mill-sails in fiji swing on Sunday
and still more whe1 they had found the
poor child lying b pnd upon the grass,
VINO, however, was 100 terrified to give
them any account d what had happened.
Hanchen, IN few words, told all and
then her spirit, whi|h had sustained her
through such scenel Of terror, gave way
under the sense Of safety and relief, and
she fell ffaintings id their arms. and was
with much difficulty recovered. The
machinery Of thf mill was at once stopped,
and the inanin}fFe rattiian dragged nom
his dreadful prAbn. Heinrich, TOO, was
brought forth fl IN the ,niller's' chamber,
and both We're, il q short time, sent bound,
under a strong escort, to Bonn, where
they soon after mtA the reward of their
crimes. Fl lE5N.Ms.u -. +5.I.f. .sl
"The story Of fills extraordinary pres
1 eace OF mind contludes by telling us that
Hanchen, thus etectually cured of her
pe"chont for her,qnworthy sutton, became,
eventually, the wife Of the miller's eldest
son, and thus lied ill her life on the
scene seen OF OF her imminent danger and happy
| deliverancc. >t.s' 2l5
/. !. Az NJ ENCOURAGING STATE or AFFAIRs.-1n. q
recent debate in the United States Senate, the
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