The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-03-07
SKATING FUR LIFE I'D BE
fnEGE.

L liz tpii|N ~ 'tii til'i's5 SA'e~H - go
dsuou.nent Of on,) IS 50 apropos to the
seasou, rs wc,l = 50 admiralty written,
tl.rt we !av it before our reGdefs, sure OF
their approval To understand the point
it IS necessary 10 premise that 0lier, q
Italf,6reed, had previously murdered a
brother Of The narrator aud pursurer, for
which act this relentless vengeance Is
taken:
Night after night l lay concealed at
the b,,li, awaiting the murderer; was
...mei with pistols and wore skates
Skating was'an amusement wi ca | had
o1eened inSw!iea ascliooI-boy, II faci!i
twin the ar. was o. the last importance
10 nv scheme Of retribution. At length
he came. Il was .an exquisite II gIt; the
white cxpanse around spanked in the
sheen of q Canadian moon, which sailed
camly through a cloulle.s sky. l could
have, shot the villain as he shated ty me
Within City yards, bgtI would not risk
tie clancs, and besides ny vengeance
cr;eI for s.oraer fate than death by ne
s.i-tal. N sooier VI, lie past ny hid
ins place, than, with Sion: Of exulta
ri5a, Fs'artt1 or his track. Olicr swery-
81 moment, to sc who his IErsaor was
t,ien, eatk q, lightning ;rel to d ubIe
a. Ii Lycr again. But | hql anti irat
ii. tbs, ,uI with q cooked p,to' { th'r
hand i tarrol his passage. With 4
csrse h turned and sped witty down
the ice.
And nav the race for lie began
Miieaftcr milo we sweep. along in silence.
An sw:ul porter tous slime it wa,
through which nothing hoke save tn"
hollow b ,om Of the swift stee! cutting It's
way over the impr:soue! river. Tie
moon lit me nobly to nv vengeance. lie
could not escape he, for found vi h
savage gee that WIS match for the
swift footed IndiE. Oii,r became
aware o. this, too, for now and th,n he
won d skate else TO tie woods, look'ng
in vain for a aperture. But no; there WAS
l.ar one outlet from tbs walled i'll river,
ami that was o8er Tie f,t!'s.
faster and faster vet sc skatel to-
wards the cataracL 1t could not be far
81. I.picturcd to myself what o Iier's
thoughts m,-I; Re Did he know whot!i-
crI'> was has..n.r.,y Or had Tint aw-
fnI light vet TO fash on his guilty mind
The half breed made answer 10 my
thought. saw him in the pale skinner
stert capvul,iyelv and throw lis arms in
tho air: but he dared not stop, aud on he
darteL again with . yell Of despair, which
echoed w,,r.l-lkeui the channel. An
other sound came to nv ear. and | knew
what hal caused that cry Of AGONY to
hurst from O,;er: II was the dull thunder
ofthe falls, We were nearing them fast.
stu tie walls OF snow shut in nv victim
and every mouo4t lrssened his frail
Lofcs of cscaDa. One chance was left him
to li,,a,. e me. anil hide somewhere in
tse ,n,w from nv 5 rltiny. Vain hope
III. ,,.p.s &C > bird cou,' scarce have
say'I him
Unarsor and louder ar2v the noise Of
tAe vaier I'll thanked the ALMIGHTY
in frantic nraycr that the murderer was
dohycred info my hand. humllv trust
tbat il ma he f.,ryiyen me now. From
tLs,t,,ne had first started on Oilers
tra.k ". maintained exactly tle same
I;staaso .,,twaen u,-,,arbaIs \ hundred
Or = Iur.ireI and fifv Yards. | stiII
,,r,,s,...I ,,,v Loaded mist. is. ready for any
s,rsf...,..,,, On IN, nart ct thamHr1 srcr.
Al nav ,j,s fras9 81 lba fails came
I,ni anil n,,,:,,.,,s on ,,a err
Enn,har fi.c minute world decide The
limit S,IIe,,, 91;cr t,,y,cI on1 stond
at.kov lIa n.s not .r,n,,I / fIt cor
taf, = ,hat I'll .I,r,, fcr n,beru:sa II,
,.,.,ul.l. bar,, mo. .nreJ s-r,noIL with mo
hafora Witho,f sIa,iuo INV nnco. 7
st.toI low, nm him 5oII:I,, rst,,
:, c.ah hand S,iJJ nv nnr,,o7s VA, *
tivsJ ss eyar' o,,I,. to sI1oh, tie william .,
:, Iast r.s,r,., Wlan vse ,y;,h;,,
ut. al. = hin, H., c1w.yJ ,sit..r,'l
,o,,l a:r,;n tnr,a.l sv.;fiv down fine r:,er
WI. ~.lI ~. le.,.sl, I ,.,.r.r.J Lin
,ras.;.,.,' :, ..ll ,.r..o Iat.y q, his track
= bs.t.., =, ,...s ill.,, ,.,or ~ r, cataract
L;.h &c.. ~. ...r, .-...l.l ~, r,;st
- II" S,.av. .j',,.,.ni, NH; h ,l.n srI;,,f.r
81 i.n sntr,s .,,a..5 lit d.r-.j - ,o.n-
Inv i.te.lis..,ry crlI 8, Irn.1,,
Tho i..u..aI ..,.., ~, ~ iaa vs.ar., i vas
},,oi.n l,.-rG.e r,ni. : i,.,r ,...,a,y ., ave-
,bo catara.f. anal f..,,gd could Trace