The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-27
WHOLE NUMBER 265.

HOLE NUMBER 265.
weight, Communicating q wave Of motion to
| the viLes around her. A voney of soaths fol
> lowed the remark. =e
| he You're in bad temper; lCap,n.' said another
) who proved to be Simon Arrowsmith.
who wouldn't be IN bad temper to be
! bafhsd in this wayT growled Vantassle.-
4 Twice the gal seemed to be In my power to
might, and twice ] have been eefeated by that
unknown devil One eyed Saul of the Swamp
1 It's the gal-theres where the shoe pinch
les. The loss of the silver plate is what
TROUBLES me- Twas fools trick to set the
|, house q Ere and burn it up, arter all. There
; was enough on us to take Laurelwood by
storm. and We .onght to done it. I'd been
Icontent with the booty, and them that prefer
| Ired it might had the beauty, and Welcome
4 WomenHre well enough to do the cookin' and
I ihopsework. bnt as for havin' on EN- aein her
will. .ai can't see no sense in it., though them
ilmay have different views that please Who
ever gets schance to look among the ashes
,iyonder FIRST, n git richly paid for their trou
J lble,' ~ - ,s55.- s. t-.t
J "A greater treasure than al the plate OF
! Burnside House has slipped through my fingers
his night. Simon ,Arrowsmith, who, IN the
fends name, IS this One eyed Saul, who is sch
a terror to soar fellers all along the Sanfee, es
Ipecinlly 10 the neighborhood Of this cussed
j sw amp?'
4 Its morefn can tell. Cap'n; but I know
4 that he fights like hurricane, and is never
, still. First you hear of him at ons place.
then at another long way off He goes from
lpint to pint like racehorse, and alters leaves
his mark on the hinder men. He has a bnrn-
i, in hat. f,nr.lH frf lak
he puts his eye on for vengeance, for they don't
live long arter. Jim Pollard has got some
thin 10 do, reckon. I'm glad it wasn't me
that drew his shame from the hat on the night
we crossed our sabres over the red blaze and
!, Iswore--we seven---to stand by each other to
f the last, in all cases and under all circumstsn
lces.' y ,rsa 3 . 5ssas'sail sacEs
\ Poor luck we've had, sneered Martin, the
/; we had the advantage in pint of numbers
There 8 seven on us matched agin seven; we'll
S see how It aend ri5e SAD
n A dozen of Us seem TO be NO match for
s four, to night returned Arrowss:ith, rnoroseIy.
5 IJwonder ifany of our seven got their quiet
: us7 Satan takes care of his own, they cay.
i. Wen know to night when we meet at the
cypress tree. got broken skull, and NO.
ticed that two or three others had some ugly
e marks; but it is my opinion that the seven will
e altuf up at the proper time. Some of our
2 friends went under; the bodies of few were
) burnt in the house / suppose, but it is the
: fate Of war, and can't be helped. It's Jessie
Burnside that worries me the most
III Imagine the feelings of the young girl
Picture to yourself her terpidation. hertremb-
d ling horror, at the proximity of villains whose
r religion was Passion and Plunder, and whose
q depraved instincts hurried them to the com.
% mission Of enormities too shocking for the
3 mird to dwell upon. She was like the dove
f hiding ftom the hawk-tbe hare shrinking from
e the feeth of the hound.
L esAif hope Of the gal isn't lost yet said Ar
rowsmith, hopefully. 'Herrick and Langford
5 folldred 'em youknoWg gaf esi5
y How fur could they foller 'em through these
Internal meshes of woodi' -
= sAs fur as the frightened little bodies could
n tgo. How do you think they could fight their
way through such difikiities as thesef Why,
they'd leave some of their clothes at every
step, aud wouldn't have q rag left on 'em by
the time they'd gone dozen rods. Think
u how the pretty dears must have torn their
:, soft feshr gof s,,azIt = E4sf a
u AFRO Ssmith laughed, as If the idea was .
3 very pleasant one. s1
They couldn't go great ways, that's GER
9, tain replied Martin rehectively.
= IS They may be thin ten yards of us!p assert
J, ed Arrowsmith. with confidence. a5
q The effect of this remark was anything but
i agreeable to Jessie, for the distance was much
e less than the rufian had named.
: + we might look about some,' added Ar
!, rowsmith. They'd be APT tosnuggle into the
= u fpst hidin place they come to; that's the way
e of the critters. When they're frightened,
they put their silly head under the flst bush
Q they fnd' 20
., You forgot that Tom Hutter, Paul Hazel
2 hurst, the tall Yankee. and the niger, start
e led after EN- the minute we took to our heels.
g They've found 'em. I'll warrant, and that arch
q rebel Hazelhurst, is whisperin' fine things in
Z Jessie's ears By this time. The days II be
u long and the nights restless till I've covered
p sleep till he ceases to stan atween me and
!. Jessie Burnside 'tl p
u at isn't best to let out any secrets Oap'n for
ie we don't know what ears may hear us.
A twig broke beneath the slight weight Of
- Jesse's person. The circumstances added
D fresh terror to her situation. s
ie What was thatf whispered AFRO Wsnith.
IT 1T wasa noisef said Vantassle, suddenly,
whose bad temper made him reckless.
10 Il know it was a noise, but it alters takes
s somethin to make noise. What did tell
10 you? Your beauty may be concealed hero.
r about; push ahead and see' ssf
~ Jessie nearQ antasSle parling the Iaurole
7e and pressing slowly toward her. Her heart
OF beat violently; she believed if, hes paused be
u could hear it. The crisis fher fate, il seem
eil ed to her, had arrived. Should she spring up
g and attempt to fly, or remain silent moment
p, longerl She chose the latter Vantassle was
= within three yards of her. ies7ao
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