The Van Buren press., 1860-12-07
VAN BUREN, sARKANsAs-FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1860.

ouo ietie year, Or until can return 10 you 7
from California; - g.eA 4 sAss
Savills was not much of novel reader.
though she was a tolerable scholar. consid-
ering her limited opportunities, aud was
great reader of everything but romance. for
which nature had gifted her with but little /
taste |; she therefore. did not faint mr.
scream, nor perform any fine laiyish vaga |
ry, when her lover asked her the unpoeticai
question. if she could teach school. She !
was, it must be confessed. a little started at
first. but 1t was at ths novelty and unsx-
pectsdnass OF the proposition. In Two silor;
minutes. partly enpioysi in calming her
emotions AMI partly in weighing the import,
/ OF the question: she reach.f her deticate
little Arm ~ high ~ she eoald. 50 as TO
EprAss hsr .siay ia,ssss IN. -Raskxulrsx
his ear down 70 her lips. and whisparai in
! tone OF calrA resolve. b.ealiins IN every
syllable, the concentrated devotion OF her
| soul. F
| 81 can do any thing-dare anything.
suffer anything, while know that you love
me - .ss
! Whether Frederick MARSHALL kissed the
sweet lips that whispered this res Dive. so
blended with high energy and unsel6sh
/ affection, is . something l do not know.
The probability is that he did. 1t matters
not. The next week, through the aid OF
kind and influential frienis, Savilla was
duly installed a. the village schopi 'nistresss,
With thirty little en- bryo mea ann women
under her sway. a. mast ie,ve her IN
her school soon, to follow the fortunes of
4 her lover: may as well 10 her the justice
] to say that in her high aud holy calling. she
| /, har
town OF her friends most sansuiae expscta-
tions Ii it could with truth be said Of
Bonaparte that ''he was bora 10 comman >"
with equal truth could it be said o.. Savilla
Van Dorm, that " she was born to teach
school u ~ cl7
And now to my hero, for hero you wiA
find him TO De. il you have enough patience
to travel with me to the end of this story.
and no ! for California Having scraped
together soma three hundred dollars from
the wreck of his fathers estate, he took a
solemn leave of his besrothel, and set his
face manfuily towards the golden land.
II. took the overland route, and after a
Journey full Of vicissitudes and hardships,
ne foui himself, at the enl of four months.
On the western slope OF III, Sie:ra Nevada.
HIS arrival in the mini IL region, on tie
bnDpsr waters OF the Yubs, WAS early in the
aa;umn Of lS19. In company with Il com
panlon with whom he hal traversei thS
prairies, and between whom and himself 4
warm friendship had sprung up, he oeSar
the toilsone bat hope-inspired labor Of ;
gold seeker. Fortune was propitioas. Th'
two friends in n very few weeks, had tn
indescribable pleasure Of dividing pile o
; to-il--.. ,.t:, f..,r thousand dollars, between
tnem. With Two THOUSAND dollars IN n!
purse, each was struck with the suddeI
fancy of visiting some of the young cities
Just then springing into existence in tn
lower country. ami investing tasir newi y
acquired capital in the msrcanti!s lin.
: Accordingly, they visited Sacraneato; bull
house, which you would call hut iai.
in stock OF -four, bacon, corn meal. pots
toes. picks, spa les, shirts. trousers. aai tn
thousand other commodities, which in thos
! days. Were esteemed essential items in
! California merchants stock in tral,; aa.
for time, all went on swimminyly.
Alas, for our young tralers tn. terri
pls hood of February. 1850. came upoi
them, like a thiet in tae nigat, subm.rgia.
the whole :ity, aal destroying all tnal VA
p.rishloie by watef, oi thsir MERCHANDISE
rnis was n sal blow to tl,ir nopss. Bat
,hoayn b.r.it o, their wealth, ta,y wcr,
still rich in neath ami energy. Eariy ii
the spring OF 1850. they oetook them onc
more 10 the miniay region. Again iortun
snilsi. The mouth .. Novem ,er ioun
them crowned with success, each with fou
: thousan dollars IN COLA dust. as his homes
: . ani we'll earned pjrtion OF their JOINT toll
4 In. h.x 4 tn
ceeas ot their iaoor in acotnm srcial venture
Each bought and mounted male, and to
gsther, with buoyant hearts, sst out 70
Sacramento. Marshall piaa:i ths mail
bulk of his gold dust in sort Of valies
which was strapped to his saddle, retainin:
g five hundred dollars in a belt securely las
t t!,ened arouai ais waist. Hi, companion
! dill not Sc, proper to take the same precau
ton. but ca rried all his gold in his valise
; attached lik, Marsa4ll's. to MS saiiie. Vi
$ the secoal evening OF th.ir journey, an h1u
, before the setting of tn. sun, as they wer
: slowly urging their way through d tiicul
$ mountain pass. they were su ideniy attacks
: by banl Of M,xicau robbers. who. as j
n their usual wont, fired upon their victim
I from an am BUSH. AT the first volley Mar
5 shafts comraie fell to the grouni pierce
i by three balls, each sufficient OF itself {
k produce instant dessh. Oas ball. alona
n struck Marshall and, though tina edo;
was neither fatal .noc dangerous. It cause
n him to isll from MS mule. His presence o
: mind, hover, did not forsake nor desert him
III He drew we'll tried revolver from his pock
}. ,et, and awaited the approach Of the bal
s it'll, who rushed forward, with exultant
} wells, to secure the plunder. Three of tn
j, villains fell before the fatal revolver, bsfor
the survivors could fairly comprehend tina
!. they had still living enemy to contsn,
n with. Tney hal committed tn, mistake o
= supp ,,ing in their hnrriel movements. tina
:. botn travellers hal fallen dead az the irs
b fire. Marshall, half sitting half rcciinin,
It on the ground. almost beneath the body o
n his mule. had successfully plantei for,rti
b ball in the breast Of one of the miscrean:s
: when a shot from carbine entered hi
:, bo.ly and stretched him, to all appearances
+ dead. in ths mil lie Of tho road.
&c Wa.thsr ths villains wsre IN too grea
u hsste to search the DO lies of Their victir
+ or having searehsd his co,p..aie frs. = =
+ fading nothing. thorghs Il ussle :. - -
. time in searching A.sahall. ar fro., ;.ns ss
!. ever other motive. ,aoy If. his siye huair
j. dollars of gol... dust pn'l;.I.r,.s, .' IN
It ssizel the two NAL. -. and leaving the tu