Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-04-29

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sWhy do You stand here =? After them-aE
ter them, for they need your help There are
shrieks, yonder; away-awayl 1t is Saul Of
Laurel Swamp, that commands you. / have
work to do, work to do; must go this way and
that way, and there is no rest for my head this
night"
with these words, rapidly and vehementiy
uttered, Oneeyed Saul strobe away and in Al
instant was lost to view. .@.
CHAPTER vs..
I5=a 4 IN THE SWAMI. gFla {
Casting anxious looks behind them, the fair
fugitives saw the flames of their burning home,
and groups of men struggling IN the lfghtef
the red glare. It was a mournful, thrilling
spectacle; and they hurried on to escape it,
Jude, who had proved courageous and active,
encouraged them by preeept and example
Ruth Haviland, being q little behind her COM
panions, heard the footsteps of pursuers and
admonished her friends of the fact, who needed
no new stimulous to excite them to the greatest
effort of which they wereeapable- They reach
ed the Swamp and took shelter in It like fright
ened birds. The laurel was well nigh impene-
trable; i~nnummerable vegetable arms were
stretched out to oppose them, o network of
vines and branches disputed their passage
Their hands were laceratedb by contact with con-
tinuaily projecting points, and shreds Of their
garments were left upon brake and briar. Urg-
ing their way along in the darkness and terrible
intricacy, they soon and u~nwillingiy became
Separated, while their attempts to find each
other involved them in new labyrinths. Torn,
bleeding, fainting with fear and exhaustion,
Jessie Burnside sank upon the earth.
For a time her physical and mental faculties
were in such a whirl of a tempest, that the
consciousness of everything around her seemed
slipping away from her. There remained with
her only a heavy realization of something fear
full and shocking. AT length the chillness of
the ground and the night air cooled her fevered
system and restored her coherency of thought.
She raised herself and supported her head on
her hand. Her disheveled t~resses, her disorder
ed garments, and her lacerated person reminded
her of the ordeal through which she had pass
ed. There was a lattice-work of change of her
circumstances. When the sun went down last
she had a comfortable and beloved home; now
she had none, but was a hunted, prosecuted
fugitive, covering in a darksome swamp, the
resort of wild beasts and lawless men. She
could not be so selfish as not to think of her
companions. Where were they? She shudder-
ed at the possibility OF what might have befal-
len them. A painful recollection in regard to
her brave defenders added u~nspeakbly to the
distraction of her mind. Far off in the depths
of the swamp she had heard the shrek of the
panther, the how Of the wolf. and the dismal
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up = m HoSI inoense irom ene iah,ny neaasa-
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upon "ou' OF ias'' s1A' 'ae FOSSIL ssficAen, suo
uisapPolnseu minu e1Fns' Inc ins'lncss soo
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yone = snapo~ queseos, tnat ne alone can
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AeeNeS.u' anlcVeu auu worio-crusned soul. Prayer
20 nm MACS ner calmer. A strange balnny
innuence, unexpected and sweet stole int hef
peing. one would not, sne did not quite oes-
par.
There was a sound IN the laurel hedges She
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Working tner way throngA the tangled rssssee
IN the direction OF her covert Their progress
was $40" ana oiineui1 one neafo muteered
curses ana imprecatlons aer !eors were I'M
measuEaeiy increased lof me voice ci Martin
ansa s was % ooious' ana FADE so many DIS
agreeable impressions upon her memory, that
she could not but recognize its slightest tones.
She shrank and eouaned to mother earth for
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protection, as che startled partridge hides itself
peneasn the bough or In the friendly brake, to
escape the the hurting shy OF the hunter.
Discovery appeared inevitable, for the crack
ling OF limbs and the struggling and the low
breathed curses came nearer and nearer,
"Pcrdition seize these bramblee.:' exclaimed
Vantassle. "One can neither stand up nor lay
down, go forward nor back"
Jessie heard the speaker east himself reckless
ly upon the ground a few yards from her. The
laurel bent and complained beneath his weight,