Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-01-01

Come. Dora. cried dalbert, not car
ing to trust himself 10 a reply. Come
with me. No falher ever watched over
you more sacredly than | viii until you
give me the holiest of uLles, that of hus-
band. Come
He turned to where she had been
standing, but there was an empty space
He ran into the Hail opened The heavT
oaken door and peereI anxiously out
into the icy night. There were small
footprints in the white snow that COW
cred the sloop. Without another word
he seized his ha; and rushed into the
street like q madm1n.
Oh. how cold 1t was that night. The
snow had frozen on the top into i
treacherous crust that broke at eeerg
step, and lei the fool sink into a stratum
of damp cIingiug fakes. A bitter wind
swept through the streets until the wood
en- blinds of the houses seemed 10 Shig-
er in the blast There was a moon, bat
so obscured with dull heavy clouds that
she only shone as it were by winks,
looking out seemingly ucH- and then
upon the world, when, finding every
thing so cheerless. she wraps herself
ny Instantly again in her feecy vapors
] he policeman were all under cover in
secret places, and nothing stirred Ia
the white, melancholy streets. The
gas-lamps seemed TO feel the droWsi-
ness consequent on extreme cold, and
looked through their frost dimmed pains
as if they could scarcely keep their eyes
open. Il was a night of bitter cold!
And vet something living was still
moving IN The city. Down along Wash
ington Place something dragged feebiy
along, bit what II was no one could
scarce determine in the dun light. Now
IL crouched as a more than ordinary
blast swept down The ghaslly sidewalk;
now it clung forcibly to the ratings aud
dragged Itself along; and againit il would
stop tearfuliy, and listen, like some anil
mai hunted 10 death, listening TO The
sounds OF pursuit.
Al lasl II crossed Washington Park
after a painful and laborlous struggle,
aud entered Fifth Avenue, and there,
where there Is lane lined with stables
II saul; apparently exhausted; sank IA
a dark corner, huIdied and senseiess,
where even the moon could not see 1t.
Ten thousand hakes of pitlless snow
cam8 down upon The wind, and as each
drift few by, II flung frozen aims 20
the dark mass that lay hudied IN the
lane.
Why, the city seemed alive that
night! There was another out, net faint
and weak with railing limbs, but stout
aud swift, atl hot vim eager hope
Down the street he came, tunbiin5 nov
and then IN the deep snow ia haste, bu.
rising careless OF his fall and rushing
on as manly As ever.
The snor viii cover her tracks, he
painted to himself as with head down.
like a hound on the JraIl, he ran along;
1t Is covering them fast. God grant
that may fud her soon. SAe has pas
sed here. These small prints are hers
but tins cursed snow falls fast ard
VIII lose the lrall; foolish glrl-O Do
"a. Dorar
And 50 calling stopping 10 examine
The path, lumblIng u The SLOW and RI
sing but 10 rush on a. ain, went Halbert
klmbaII. He paused al The junction ot
Fuh Avenue ana Washington Park
She paused here he muitered the
track IS faint, but can detect it--and
.ah, lose II here. II is covered with
The snow. Q God. have lost her-she
VIII perIsh-W bar shall dol'
H was standing opposite the lane
where The dark mass lay molionless,
with the patches OF freshly fallen snow
lis outlines. The moon was
hid, and HaIbert looked savageiy up;
Tor the thought crossed his miud at tie
moment that, by the aid of her light,
he might yet continue his search. | DO
believe thai at that moment he said IN
the depths Of his nearI something excee-
dinghy bad about lie moon.
LOST be muruared, and through
my fault. She will die-dle horribly
this bIuer night! Mad girl that she Is!
On, what can do 10 lIuL hers'
\ moan-a very very faint moan
IA the lane. Haibcrt listened, listened
50 eagerly that tie made the silence
seem painful. Again the moan came,
bat fainter than al frs; suil 1t was
enough. lie ran like deer into the
dark lane calling 'D0ray and 10 another
moment he was warming the cold
checks aud wet cur.5 Of the lost oae on
ms bosom.
How tenderly he lifted her up, and
how proudly he walked through the