Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-23

The precious beverage was manufactured, and
'$hree glasses filled to the hrim.
~ bit Of sugar, if you please said the
stranger, g ! had like to forget
Emma went to the pantry, small 'raom in
the sMth east corner Of the bnusa, and distant
some fifteen feet from where Frederick ard the
stranger were sitting, to obtain this desired ar
ticas, AS she entered zinc pantry, the window
sash was raised gently, and little billet slid in
upon the sill at first, she hardly knew
whether to regard it ia favorable light, OF
otherwise, but aftr a moments hesitation,
pickedit up, and white choppiug the hard ma
fplo sugar, from tho tub, with one hand, read as
follows:
=" Miss EMMA Howard Your Hfe depends on
your following these directions. FTederick IS a
rilaie, and the pcddir his eocompbce and The
hoase is surrounded By robbers aOho will murder
or abtud you. They will seek to drug you, but
drink nothing which they ofer. Make an excuse
to 60 down cellar, then leave yourligh and go
through the old doorway i'm the south cast COR
ner-tben keep close to the wall till you get to
the south west corner Of the house, then creep
causiousiy, on your hands and knees, to the old
gate, in the high wall, on thesouth side, where
sthere is Just roomto crawl through, and where
RI will meet you Yeu hare no time TO lose
Without knowing why it WAS so, she placed
implicit confidence in what she had read, and
determined to follow the directions. With a
trembling hand she dipped the sugar into the
bowl, and carried it to the stand, where thetwo
villains sat. The three tnntblers were placed in
a triangle en- the stand, and to the excited i'm
agination Of Emma, the one nearest herself was
filled with a much darker potion than the
Others.
"A little sugar was added to each, and with
The remark from the stranger, that it must lie
drank quickly, he and Frederic Immediately
drank of the glasses nearest them, and reached
the other to Emma.
She raised it to her lips, and without tasting
drop. deelarcd that it tasted sckish, and was
TOO sweet.
IA little acid some like, said the stranger
!" Would vinegar to? suggested Emma.
I" Well enough-yos Get some,
An order which she FASTENED to obey, with a
heart beating wildly with hope, and a face as
pale as death
On a little shelf over row of barrels, in
one corner of the cellar, she left her light, and
hurried, las directed to the south east corner,
where she found one of the old rotten plank
broke IN, leaving an aperture of sufficient size
2 for her to get Through. With the lightness Of
a tawn she cpept along close by the great wall
across the south east,corner, where she stopped
"a moment to make sure of her course before
,vonturing farther. From this point, evidently
in the read in front, was distinctly visible
against the western horizon, which had not yet
,deepened into the darkness of night, a covered
carriage, and couple of men on the ground
beside it. To the east, all was deep darkness
and profound silence.
Breathing silent prayer for her deliverance,
she fell upon her hands and knees, and crept
cautiously to the old gate in the 'wah, where
she found her deliver as promised land the two
Ihurriedly passed down the valley, Ito the road
leading to Slocum's tavern, undressing that,
,.ln the distance of forty rods came to another
road on the bank Of the river, that led to the
mills half mile, below the. tavern. Several
times had Emma Intercepted her mysterious
companion. but he,never spoke, but pressed on
as though both their lives depended en- the ra-
pidity of his movements.
Emma fight YVES discoveredsin less than ten
minutes after her departure, and the very car
rage which she had seen in the road, against
the western sky, containing three stout men,
was driven rapidly down throughSt. Aubln, to
the mills, where che horses were refined in to
walk, and went,slowly up the river.
Unconscious Of immediate danger, and strong
in the hope of speedy safety, Emma and her
com anion walked hurriedly on, when, at dis
lance of not more than quarter Of mile from
the mills, while ascending short steep hill,
shaded on one side by high bank, and on the
other by a thicket of .bfrehes and aldcrs. EN-
mas companion was suddenly struck senseless
bv blow from an unseen hand, and she her.
self gagged and thrust into a. carrirge in wait
ing, and driven rapidly--she.knew not where!
fro BE CoNTINUED.)
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