The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-01

love appeared. lie felt certain that some.
thing must he wrong, and he deter minCu
In approach the hnu>r. lie stole up eau.
tinuSlv, 81 nS not tn he seen, until he came
near window. lie rni>c,l his head above
the Sill and looked in. AS he did 81, he
encountered not the face Of FrcclnVc, but
the grim, SCARED viSage nr Seth Pinch0n,
WIN. with instructive readiness for cmr,-
gcncicS, grinrd him hv the throat the mo.
ment he saw him; at the same time, Lc
called out for assistance. Derrick was
not To be captured Sn easily he returned
the gripc 0f the veteran by similar gasp
of the throat, and Enr n moment il Was a
question who should Slrnnylc the other
tIr>t. During the struggle Derrick fairly
dragged the old >ullicr out "f the wn,inw.
and they fell upon the ground, where the
battle RACED tminu>ly, until Ehvn, Arl f.,
aroused hv the nniS', came to the assist
nncc Oi his Snn.in.law, accompanied hv
one Of his workman. and hv the combined
vHhrtS Ur the three. Derrick was over.
powered. lie was taken into the h"u>,',
confined in nm upper room, and told that
~ hr seemed 81 anxious Iu ste the inside
of the dwelling, he should have chance.
The Indian fighter had been tn0 watch.
fnl for the young man. lie had observed
him lurking about the premises for dav
or Iwo, aud had been on the lnnk. .uul E,r
him. Ills boasts respecting his intended
wife had reached his ears, and he had a
welcome prepared for him whenever he
should cruSS his path.
EI,p,.,ss.,. Ettl., al 4
effect of this proceeding, lie knew iha,
TcuniS was not man tn permit his friend
10 br seized with i'm, unity, and his heart
sank at the i'lca oi the fury or the hard
headed Dutchman. hut his grim conir,.
crate was ms "bdurate and impcivinu> 10
fear rs TruniS himself, aud he insisted
that Derrick should be kept in tlurancc
lie even suggested the proprirIy Of hang
ing him IN the spot. IN his wars against
the IndianS he had acquired habit nf
l"ing these things which he found it ,iiI
ticuh IL break. Nothing was >,tllrd vx.
rrpt that time should he taken To tlclihcr
atc. seth Pinrhnn, with that keen +, li>h
inr >;rllc which had become II part uI his
nature, Icnnvd nutr t. rcuniS in char
actlS aS >uir and dnwn tight aS his ,Nn
blows, mIumiug him that Deuick Van
Dam had been detected in the net "f u, rak
ing IN the hnu>r uf Ehcn, Zrr Cock, aud
had been SrCurrl; that aS thu iimr was
nv law punishable with death, he PIE.
>umvd that he would he hung. llaliny
prnncd tins cpi>tlc without the knowledge
of Ebcncz =, hr dispatched it, aud passed
the rest "f tac ,lav IN quite II compliment
state oi mind AT the iIra Of the upl,mI
VIII ch he had Inevitably excited at Matin.
rc"ck. lie was right IN his sumSc aS tn
not calculated IN his momp,itulr Of nc.
ti"n. y" >onn,r had he read the letter
than he turned Ia the hra,rr Oi il aud told
him that hc cuu!d nut leave the place.
Here, Ryck, l"rk up the |, lInw in hc
corn cIih. anl set the dog Ia watch h;m.
\ sharp whi>tlr call,d to his side ,lng
With II square muzIlr ami eyes prulrudin.
from fit antl ill.naturr. lie walked Stihv
up, evein= the pIi>,mcr aud Rvck aS il Ia
ascertain the nature of his duty.
do you think can't get out of that?'
said the man, painting I" the place Of con.
incmrnt with II "nntrmptuou> Snrcr.
Try it," replied TrnniS. "Thc dog
will he kind to you il he ca'chcS You at Vt. y
This was all that passed; and Ryck,
accompanied by the dog aS an auxiliary,
hWFrivd the pri>"ner 10 the .oIn.clih, huh
ing him in. The dog quietly Suc,rhcl
himself ON the ground in GlOnt of it, aud
watched the phi onvr through the bars,
Without Winh,ug or removing his cy, :
I, ON utf him.
\ hunicd consultation was hrG with
Ryck, an6 then tire veteran and his M
cirnt hotlv-:uatG sailed out, and long ~.
tnic Seth Pmchnn dreamed that hi> mis-.
i've had reached its destination, Trmi>
was Hn his crrana of rrtaliation. lie Wis
mounted on tall, Iaw.hmcd uottins
seed, aS hcad>trnng and fiery ~ himself,
while Ryck followed him on strong, built
cart hur>r. They we've bnth armed tn The
'cc,h. They tonk their course through
latjng,"wn, nn,il they came 10 the AZ.
mo;r Ir.inn which Is now knnwn a> Burn
RAN. Their wariike appearance created
M little cnnSternaIi0n, for, like the l>h.
maclitc of old, the UutchmanS hand WAS
against every man. II was evident irou,
their equipment that mi>chi,r was on
foot, aud none knew where the blow WwI'tl
fall. They did not draw rein until ihrv
arrived at the dwelling of Ehrn, :rr Cork.
Seth Pinchon, not expecting >n >pcr,'v
II reply to his letter, was absent hut Eb-
cncLcr had deserted them in the ,li>,ancc.
and had a glimmcring Of the natu'c OF
the visit. lie had nO objection I" NEE,
ing the veteran in the field ur NJ .umcn,.
but he had moral Nntipathv 10 bunilv
encounter, and had withdrawn, having
the field to his adversary and his dwelling
garriS,Red by his wife, in whose p,N r,>
he hal such confidence that il j. said his
face lighted up with Snlemn smile ut ,"c
idea oi the reception which would await
the veteran when he vrnturrd 10 a>>ail
the stronghold Of the Cocks.
The loud summons uf TruuiS was an.
Swrrcl hv n Shrill response, telling hial
tn come in aud say what he wanted. Tcu
mis- was man Of few words, aud his tr,
rand was n simple nnr. lie produced The
miS>ive which he had received from Seth
liachnn, read il alnu,l, anl sail: "rhaI
he had come in quest "r Derrick Van
Da,u, who was detained by unlawful
means"
Mrs Cock, like many If her sex, WI,
better at Vitupr'ali"n than at u, n,2umrni
ani aS she conld not irny that she Knew
Whcre the pri>"nrr was, she did not Mt
tempt 1t, hut let LN'Sc upon her visitor lh,
tiNNl gates WI her vnicr, aud inunh.tc,
him With torrent M tnat kMd OC cln
Iuence which had hcrn SO eli cIual il
quenching the spirit "G Ehrnrxrr, a "I 4"
mingin. the whole nvishburnoOd undcl
her domination.
Fur once she was at fault. T,uniS eve,
her in grim silence he Wttcry.l not wnG
but waited until she had got thUmgh an,
paused fur want "i breath, when lie lol,
hvr plainly tina; what >hr had said was u,
answer I" his question, which he now re
pCatrd:
"Whcrc is Derrick Van Danny"
Again the ti,.Ol'vatrS were nprnc,l, an,
"nt came another dcluSc; but the hrcaIl
was giving out, aud the t"rrrnt was les
impcIU0"S AnOlhrr pause fur brcati
a N