New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Dimock's home.

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and lights that had awoke Hitty it mid
night in the house at Greenfield had be-
come so far an institution in this lonely
dwelling that now they disturbed her
sleep no more; for it was received Gus
tom, that, whenever Abner Dimock's two
visitors should appear, the cellar should
resound all night with heavy blows and
clnking Of metal, and red light as from
a forge streamed up through the door
way; but it disturbed Hitty no more;
apathy settled down in black mist on her
soul, and she seemed to think, to care,
for nothing. ~ go, o. ,~..s scI, h.v@;
But spring awoke the dead earth, and
sleeping roots aroused with fresh forces
from their torpor, and sent up green sig
nails to the birds above. A spark of light
awoke in Hitty's eye, she plannd to get
away, to steal the boat from its hidden
cove in the bushes and push off down the
friendly current of the river, r,-anywhere
away from him! anywhere! though it
should be to wreck on. the great ocean,
but still away from him! Night after
night she rose from her bed to hazard the
attempt, but her heart failed, and her
trembling limbs refused their aid. At
length moonlight came to her aid, and
when all the House slept she stole down
stairs with bare noisless feet, and sped
like ghost across the meadow to the
river-bank. Poor weak hands! vainlv
they fumbled with the knotted rope that
bound the skiff to crooked elm over
hanging the waterfall in vain for many
lingering minutes; but presently the OBJ
durate knot gave way, and turning to
gather up her, shawl; there close behind
her, so close, that his hot. breath seemed
to scar her cheek, stood her husband,
clear in the moonlight, with sneer on
his face, and the lurid glow of drunken
ness, that made a, savage brute of a bad
man, cleaning in his deep-set eyes. Hit
! ty neither shrieked nor ran; despair nerv-
ed her,-despair turned her rigid before
his face. Ia oaem@ce 7ss.g1so aaa'
s:Well," said he, sswhere are you go
ing!' ssQ .seaz 'SaaZ
II am going away,-away from you,
anywhere in the world away from you'
answered she, with the boldness of des-
peration. ,sa.8 Sa5otl o~"....,.
"Ha, ha! going away from me!-that's
a id good joke, amt it! Away from
your husband! You fool you can't get
away from me! you're mine, soul and
body,-this world and the next! Don't
you know that! Where's your promise,
{ eh?-sfor better, for worse!'-and ant 1
worse you cursed fool, you! You didn't
put on the handouts for nothing; heaven
and hell can't get you away from me as
long as you've got on that little shiny fet-
ter on your fnger,-don't you know
that!''s '' aa&-|. Oh 40 Ea94) s2iAHa19 x
The maddened woman made quick
wrench to pull away from him her left
hand, which he held in his, taunting
her with the ring that symbolized their
eternal bonds; but he. was too quick for
her. 7+ s's .5 - 20 .'a.,.l =. !, % ..-.
s'Hollo!' laughed he, sswant to get rid
Of it, don't you! No, no! that won't do
that won't do! I'll make it safep', p',sgaad o.
s:And lifting her like child in his arms
he carried her across the meadow, back
to the house, and down flight of crazy
steps into the cellar, where little forge
was all ablaze with white-hot coal, and
the two ill-visaged men she well knew
by sight were busy with sets of odd tools
and fragments of metal, while on bench
near by, and in the seat of an old chair,
lay piles of fresh coin.a They were gang
of counterfeiters. :e.ans'''>E ,,', :. !.
Abner Dimock thrust his wife into the
chair, sweeping the gilt eagles to the
floor as one Of the men angrily started
| up, demanding with an oath, what he
brought that woman there for to hang
them ALL 5..isg s trsw .,raio, raog ..@ae- he
"Be quiet Bill, can't your' interposed
the other man. "Don't you see he's