The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-06-17

his secret, and work it himself; but
he neither knew how, nor cared to
mime; nor did he wish, to BE-, in close
contact with men. His wife was
the sole companion of his hearts
choice.
Tie was, like the writer of this
sketch pardon his misanthropic ego
| tism--he loved the wilderness and
its gloomy grandeurs, the rocks and
h'ils, aud lakes and rushing streams;
but he liked not the haunts Of men,
nor them. nor their ways.
! Having come with such speed,
Bencdetto did not wonder, when he
arrived at the place of rendezvous,
That Cha,npc had not arrived Z; and
! he sa; down beneath, free. by the
side of a spring which surSied from
| under rock. and after drinking
from it, and LAYING his brow with its
cool waters. resigned himself to pa
tience, ana waited the arrival Of the
tardy miner.
| For full mn hour he lay there drca-
milv, and then he began to feel less
easy, and often laid his ear to the
earth, hoping to distinguish, the
sound of coming footsteps, and US
often he raised ii. while a look of M
easy di-appoin:nrnt settled upon his
face At last he got up; and sirode to
and fro. growing each moment more
and more inpatient Finally. after
waiting full two ho,,rs--tn him it
seemed d:,y-his impatirnce mas
tered all other feelings, and shout
dering his rife, he fastened towards,
his home. not pausing to look for
game, OF even to raise his gun to
! that which fed aside from his hurry
! ing Ynet
When Brn"drtto reached point
! whence ne could see his house. from
! which, wheu she heard his We'll known
/ shout of return, his sweet wifn ever
! ran 10 meet him, he paused for mo-
m"nt but he was too GREATNESS 10
( cry ont, and too anxious t" - on 10
| wal: for -br,ati,--and on he sped like
a ciased btit stntircd deer, Who's
! hope OF safety lies il, a"mcwell known
Iuke or river, where .hc hsnhas win
! lose their scent.
| IL. approached nearer and n"arcr
I AZ every leap, and wondered why
! N.rn--a noble Mt. San Bernard. that
+. always watched by her side in his
ahsr.ncc-hid not rnn forth, :,s usual,
to meet him. II" saw the dog. how
{ ever, apparently lying. nslccp before
! the door. ftt more fearful, -erc
I. { Al 1
covered, from The -ashcs on it. body
that i; had been slain. Where was
I she whom he would have died To- de
f.l,dl
With Wild CIV of an,icipa,ire
arnu7 calling upon her name, Ia.
rushed INTO the lturt-., to gave upon a
: scene of horror never to be cfi:crd
from hi uina--no. no. ateRo.h ocean.
of blood were shed III rcven-.,
/ There lay all that ne h.,d to love
in life. There, strrtcs,od upon the
floor, her face. horribly distorted with
the death agony, garments rem, in
the terrible struggled which had en-
dcd only with her iitc---ucad To him
and suffering.
B,, near her Law tn" head villain
in this ap.a,iiu1 f.arnlv-th. wretch.
whom it were II libel om humanity 10
call nan-and FROM wound in his
low brow still oozed til" dark current
of his has, life \ pistol which he
had given 10 Louisa was still clutch
ed in her cold hand and though she
had persisted her Sell.-tic All Seeing
Eve only know, how ho.r;h!y-sh,
had sent one Of the vile crew 10 his
account
rur .pe in-.ant Eoncdrtto was
struck literally dumb with horror,
which may he possibly imagined
never Justly described.
helm, viii, Il Veil of rage more like
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