Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-20

/ q g0t my haDds upon you while the smart was
in my head, you might have got bitter taste
of Sails muscle. However, you're safe nov,
and III tell you what this thing all neans -
The king don't seek your lifs-ho don't went
to have she laws executed on you; so be gives
you this chance Of eScape. But, mind you,
you mustn't tell any body that you were let of
on purpose, You must make i appear that
you escaped BY your OWn vita. And-Ono
thing mOrs--you mustnt come back to the
camp again. You'll be In danger II you do"
"HoldlP cried the youth, as the villains were
about 70 tuTn away. "If il iS as you say, Why
DO you leave these bonds upon meln -I,i.. ~.
Because we were 90 ordered The king
said you'd get clear Of them easy enough
Perhkps they're TO save him from speaking
falsely when be saws, be can't imagine how
va got clear" Saul gave low chuekle a.
he ceased speaking, and then hurried away,
his companion following close behind him.
Fabian listened ill the sound of retreating
footsteps was lost in the distance, and then he
turned his thoughts upon bis present situation.
It was strange, and, for GWhile incomprehenBi.
Bile; but finally he fancied that he could, at
least imagine something of its meaning. He
had been len there to die Of hungOrl No one
ever tTaVersod that path save the Gipsy hunt
erS, and they mightbe kept away until he had
starved! As these thoughts came upon him,
be strained upon the bond that confined his
arms; but the tough thong was proof against
his utmost strength. 10 little while be tried
again; and be thought that the bond gave lie.
tie beneath the stIain; but he was soon sstis-
fed that twas only the sinking Of the thong
into the flesh that had caused the apparent
lOOseRing.
BE sank back once more against the tree,
well nigh exhausted; and he now noticed that
the moon had Tisen. With the coming Of the
moonlight his spirits for the while seemed to
revive and be tried to set his wits upon some
expedient whereby he could cast of the lath-
inRs from his limbs. He was thus engaged
when his ear eaught = sound which startled
him. - ...
Hsrkl what's that low, frightful hOwling
that comes breaking through the foresti II is
the voice Of the blood. houndsl Hlrkl why do
they howl 80 eruelly-so vengefullyl Why
seem they 30 eager and 80 hot bTeathedi--
Harkl they are Gloss at hand, and their howls
are changed to quick, snufiDg cries. Hal
Eee They are her,l The moonbesms stream
in through an opening in the leaf canopy, and
reveal the hounds, not dozen yards away.
As If he had read it upon. hery scroll did
the whole truth unfold itself to Fabisn's mind.
Thus could Mohommed gain his destruction,
and the people Of the camp should never known
the murdeTous villsiny Of the deed. they
would think he had escaped from his prison,
and fed to the woods, and that the dogs had
there OysTtaken and destroyed him!
But-would the brutes take his lifel
The yOnth's blood seemed to freeze in his
veins at this query came to his mind. He now
remembered remark he bad heard Jasper drop,
only few hours before, in the kennelsysrd,
while the dogs were so uneasy. The h0ands
had not eaten hsOrsa for four Gnd-tsOsRty hours!
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