Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-02-26

lie resumed his trampng up ana down,
and / went back to my patient. She beck
oned me to come close, and whispered
Save nv child the living one mean
hide her oh, hide her from him When
he demands the babe, give him the poor
little dead one-he cannot hurt that And
he viii not know there was another. Oh
hide and save my child
Master, was used to queer doings but
this was little the queerest. Buff l was
TO conceal that second child in order to save
1t, il was necessary to stop its mouth, for
it was squalling like wild cat. So took
vial of paregoric from my pocket and give
it drop, and it went off to sleep Ike an
angel. / wrapped it up warm and lay 1t
along with my shawl and bonnet, in dark
corner. Just then the man wrapped
Rgain.
Come in, MASTER said /.
No. bring me the babe he said.
4 took up the dead infant. Its mother
kissed its brow and dropped tears upon its
little cold face; and carried it to the man
outside
rs it asleep p the william asked me.
Yes, MASTER said |, as put it, well
wrapped up, in his arms, very sound a
Sleep
So much the better, said the knave,
walking away.
Il bolted the door and went back to my
patient. With her free hand she seized mine
and pressed it to her lips, and then held up
her left hand, pointed to the wedding ring
upon her third finger.
Draw it off and keep it, she said; con
ceal the child under your shawl, and take
her With you when you go; save her and
your fortune shall be made
Il declare, master, hadn't time to think,
before / heard one of them wrctehes rap ct
the door.
Come get ready to CO. he said.
She also beckoned me. | hastencd to
her. With eager whispers and implorins
gestures she prayed me to take her ring and
save her child.
But YOU, said I-'who is to attend you =
Il do not know nor care Save herP
Tie rapping continued. / ran to the
corner where / had left my things, put OH
nv bonnet, made a sort Of sling around my
neck of the silk Handkerchief, opened the
large part of it Ikea hammock and laid the
little sleeping bahe there. Then | folded
my big shawl around my breast and nobo
dy was any the wiser The rapping was
very impatient.
i am coming said /.
Remember whispered the poor girl.
Il WILL said I, and went and opened the
door. There stood t'other william with hi:
head covered with black Grape. dreamt
of nothing but bIackheaded demons for sil
months afterward
q Are ycu ready p says he.
Yes, your worship says |.
Come along tben.'
And binding another silk handkerchie
roBnd my eyes, he lead me along.
Instead Of my mule carriage stood neal
the horse block.
Get in' says he, holding the pstil to my
ears by way of an argument.
got in. He jumped up upon the dri
.yer's seat, and We drove like the wind II
another direction from which we come, il
course, for there was no carriage road there
The carriage whirled along at such a rate
it made me quite giddy At last it stopped
again. The man in the mask got down anC
opened the door.
Where are you taking me p says
BE dniet,' says be, or and with thai
he put the pistil to my cheek, ordered nj
TO get out, take the bandage from my eyes
and walk before him. did so, aud saw
dmly that we were in o part of the eoun
try that was never at before. We wer
in dark road through Thick forest. o
the left side of the road, in clearing, stoo
an old house; dim light was burning in
lower window.
60 on in there said the william, putin
the pistil to the back Of my head As II
door stood ajar l went iu to a narrow, dar
passage, the man oil the while at my bacl
He opened door on the left side, and mad
me 90 into a dark room Just then the ul
fortunate child, that had been moving res
lessly began to wall Well it might, poo
starved thing
Whats that P says the miscreant, upd'
his breath and stopping short.
se1t aint nothing, sir says i, and ,hush-h-
20 the baby. But the poor little wret'
raised squall.
What is the meaning of this ? says ;
tWbere did that child come from WI
the demon doa't you speak p and with th
he seized me again by scruf of the ne'
and shook me 4lgH
'Ob, Master, for the love of heaven don
says ], ,i'this Is only poor, unfortnet infa
as its parents wanted to get euten the wa
and hired me 10 take care olr And ha,
had it wrapped up under my shawl all q
time 'cept when I was in your house, VIII
Iput it to sleep in the corner.
'Humph aud you had that child co
cealed under your shawl when l first sto
ped yea IN the woods p
'In course, Master, says L
'Whese Is it p
Master says !, 9t's--it's a dead I
eret I for haddent another lie ready.
lie broke ont into rades seornful leng
and seemed not half 10 believe me and y
Aol Il care shout nnlkIlQnlnG nc TOO eLa.