Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-11-13

mus be weary of your confined and lone
| Iy life.
"Oh, nor' she eagerly replied. a
never should be weary where you are
|, was childish wish. Il is passed al.
ready.
The young Lieutenant approached his
commander with his pIuneI hat in her
hand, and thus addressed him:
Let me escort your wife" said he.
Il shall be proud Of the honor, and will
ensure her safe return"
shall /. be SO Lelia?" said Clifford.
looking into her now animated blue eyes
and eading her answer there. Go then
and make ready with ali possible haste,
for the morning hours are waning"
Let the young maiden who, perchanca
may read the sad but true history tremble
at the consequence of fiiia disobedience.
God sooner or later avenges the viola
ton of his sacred laws She NAV not
like Leila perish by the death sho; of the
Indians, but she may be reserved for a
fate more fearful stilI-the slow wasiino
away Of the heart, under the blightinr
influence Of unlindness or perfdny. As
she has forsa<en her parents, she may
herself be forsaken and betrayed. Leila
was sweet, lovely, gentle and guieless,
bat she yield to the dictates of passion,
and exposed herself to the terrible doom
we have recorded.
Yes, she was indeed lovely. Never
shall we forget the soft, beseeching. pen
sive expression Of her prophetic eyes, the
tones Of her sweet, plalntlye voice.
We are reminded Of the words Of Os-
sian; Sweet is the memory of departed
friends. Like the mellow rays of the
setting sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly,
on the soul
Leila Asw away with the joyous step
Of youth, while Clifford commanded his
riding horse 10 be caparisoned and
brou5a. near. Leila soon retained in a
riding costume, whose dark blue color
set OF 10 peculiar advantage her blonde
complexion black droo ping feathers, was
placed carefully on her head, and heigh-
tened by contrast her transceudent fair
ness and roseate bloom. Never had the
dark eye OF Clifford rested on her so
lovingly, SO admiringly, as il did after
placing her on the back of the spirited
animal, adjusting the slirups aud placing
the bride IN her slender hand, which he
pressed ere he relinquished with a low
er's ardor.
"Lieu'enant,' said he before giving
the signal of his departure, remember
you haze precious charge committed 10
your care-guard it with a soldiers vig-
Hence"
81 will guard il with my life" said
the young soldier, with a bright flush
and beaming smile, lille dreaming that
ne was ullering the words of prophecy
Capt. CItford sto Cd watching the par
~ as long as it was in sight. Leila wa
mounted on i milk white horse, Lie4..
Willard oa i coal black one Again ana
again Leila looked back, kissing her
hand to her husband, and gaily smiling.
When he could no longer catch glimpse
Of the black plumes waving in the breeze
Of the morn, he turned away with a
sigh.
SHOULD any evil befall her." thought
he, Il never should forgive myself for
suffering her to depart. Bat impossible
the Indians are d-.,en from this vici-
nily, and she is nobly guarded"
In the meantime Leila went on her
way rejoicing, lhoughless of danger and
exhIerated, by exercise. The young
Lieut.. charmed her by dwelling d on her
husbands praises, which we re music to
her ear. Then he talked 10 her of his
mother and sisters, till her eyes over
flowed at the remembrance of her own.
All at onUe young Willard drew his
horse nearer to hers and bent his ear
in u iste ing aui,ule. They were pas
sing a dense thicket, and he heard kind
OF Kissing sound, which was followed by
"a fierce savage whoop.
Leila struck with deadly fainting,
threw her arms round the horses neck,
and buried her face in ths flowing name,
Young Willard sprang to the ground
with the speed of lightning, and taking
Leila from the saddle tried 70 place her
IN the ammunition wagon, where she could
be sheltered from the amouscaded fire OF
the Indians. who were now raitling their
zho. from the thicket. Before he could
reach the wagon she received death
wound in the bosom and he fell wounded
aud gasping at her side.
The soldiers, in the mean time, dis
charged a voIiey on the sheltered sava-
ges which probably sent them into a
deeper covert for they ceased their fir
ing. leaving behind them Two youthful
victims to their indiscriminate vengeance
Thank heaven that, inundated by the
fierceness OF the soldiers, they had not
!