Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-06-15
No report followed AID the seconds
ooked al each other in ssience.

No report followed AID the seconds
looked a each other in ssience.
Now, tell me Mark Brigham, why L
should not sisyi YOU who attempted to
assassiuate me ? said dste miner.
The shot was aecidental-indeed it
was returned the trembling gambler
: Spare me, and / win rstura every dol
lar you have lost-give yos all l possess
Let me tell you nov why I Should
slay you. 1t is not fofkhe dollars you
won from me, fer | dc tiot value them
not for your cowarily aaempt.to murder
me, for I Iekpseted it. stea-4
Ten years ago you stole a young girl
by the name of Jane Farley from a
boarding school in Rochester, N. Y, and
under promise of marriage induced her
to elope to New Orleans. Her parents,
who lived three miles from the city, did
not know you, for you were not resi-
dent of the place, and never visited the
family but once. You did not marry
the girl. You made her your mistress
the mistress of cumberland as such
she became mother. Shame prevent
ed her from communicating with her
parents, and they are still ignorant of her
fate. Three years ago she accompanied
you to California. Her brother, who had
become man, and vowed to terribly
avenge the dishonor of his sister should
he ever meet her seducer, followed short
ly after unaware of her presence here.
One night her heard her name pronounc-
ed in the street. He followed her to
a gambling hell, and recognized her and
by her side her seducer, whom he had
seen but twice before. In venturing his
money, he found ready means of bring
ing about an encounter in which he de-
termined to kill you. He met you ir a
room alone. You attempted to assassin
ate him. Do you know me now?'
Mercy spare mer said the gamb-
Ter, and
'On one condition. replied Farley.
Name it.
That you marry the woman you have
dishonored, and abandon your thieving
vocation
8 / consent-but when?
This very hour
i PROMISE said the gambler.
But your promise is not sufficient
replied Farley. 4 viii have better
guarantee. This pistol shall not leave
my hands, or I your side until the prom
ise is fulfilled (; and, by my hopes of
heaven, if you hesitate in the perform
ance, or show disposition to escape,
will put ball through your body
Placing all the weapons in his pockets
except the pistol which he held cooked
in his hand, Farley released the gambler,
and ordered him to send for Jane and a
carriage. Through the half-opened door,
which the seconds had opened in res
ponse to knock from within, Brigham
repeated the order of his astonisbed
friend. Learning that no blood had been
shed, the latter left the house, aud in a
few minutes Jane was in the presence of
the silent combatants. She requested an
explanation, but was told that all would
soon be made clear, and the whole party
entered the carriage and were driven to
the residence of clergyman on Stock
ton street, where, at ten o'clock at night,
with pistol ready to use upon the BRIDE
groom should he falter, Mark Brigham
and Jane Farley were made man and
wife. The unshorn miner then called
ber sister and as she hung upon his neck,
she thanked God that the same hour had
sent her husband and brother.
Brigham sent for his child, which had
been left in New Orleans, purchased a
tract of land in Los Angeles county, and
is now wealthy and respected resident
Of that region Of the vine and fig tree
Farley is still miner in 'Old Tuolum.
me- and 'Old Kaiutuck,' as the world
reverently learned to call him, was killed
by the Klamath Indians in 1855.
WHAT is Love love puts a mar
upon the use of all means TO enjoy tn,
fhsnx loroI T.. 49, Il n