Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-03-26

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tantifs f1riK house ana III inmafss' Il
- ned ieSborheod u sslssrraRrah, which
ais dramatic shasasssrs asirpasses sas
ssoEg Of aMnyy, the Maid af saas Inn4's-~
IL this Once agol, siaa. In Bar
UIen, Ga y Wild winters night, farmer
and his faa1fy servanss wsrs cnsnforsaf fss
seated axouaa d psas Gsm, wlssa che wiaa
Wa bowling terribly asoand shs husse.
and the drifting snow was eioQ1iug nm
the doorways. The farmer knew that III
sou ard the sesvaat giri were much as-
saehed 10 each oasses, but he would nus
consent 70 thslr magxiage. Whiss shsv
were all sitting round che fre on thai
winters might, he thought Oh a plan by
which the servans girl sssoald be got rid
Of 10 he said shat If, bafoxe tao next taays
shs xould bFing hina skaD shas was In,
saddall Churcsl,sshe sbuaid hare his son
Tor Q husband. The girls lore was 20
ssroag for the young man, that she Joy
fully agreed 10 the gwoposal, alsh0ugh il
vas quite seven miles 10 SaddalI, and the
road thaxe&o Lag oxer Eeinn- an Turic.-
She kneM sE& Faaa #eu, an q ali Iss dan
gas& and diEacalsies even by daylight
whseh would now be immensely INCREASED
hyk The darkness of the night, the fierce
wind and driving snow, and the slippery
rocks and swollen torrents But she did
not shrink from the a&aager, alsGi nc once
made ready and wens on her way. The
farmer took coed care shs went alone.
and that his son did not follow her. The
brave girl went over hill and glen, bat
Ting With the snewssorm, and tracking
hsg path with thegreatsst difficulty. She
passed safely over the southern side oil
Beina- an Turie, and BY midnight reached
sAdasll Church. Ess ttoer was Open
hurst open perhaps by shs vioaaace Of the
wind. She knew tie place where the
skull vas kept, and she groped towards
IL in the dark. As abe hid so she heard .
great aad peculiar noise, made up as ii
seemed Of load moans. There was
trampling of light feel over the pavement.
and she heard forms rush past her then
u moments silence, succeeded BY more
mysterious me ans and sounds. Eal Il
TsTr.Eied bat net aishea4sened, Ehe
araTe girl kept her parpose steadily in
view; and cropping towards the skull, she
seized IL with both hands, and made for
the church door. The tranpling ct feet
and moans continued, aud the Eorns pur-
sued her. Grasping the skull, she gained
the door and pulled it TO after her. As
sing did 30, shs heard rush azainss il
bat she turned aud dei. By daylighs she
had segained hsr loseris home, aad half
dead With fatigue and excitement, placed
the skull in the fsTuer's hands, and
claimed the fuifiIment 1T bis PROMISE
The farmer was takeas aback by Seaing
the girl, having hoped that she would have
persisted amid the snow and wilds. He
would not believe that she had really been
to Saddell, and taken the skull from the
eharoh oB such night; SO he at once set
out for Ssddeli With some of bis men.
expecting to be able to tiiap~ove the girls
story, by finding the skull still in It's
place in the church. u hen they got
there and opened the church door, they
found @ithin the baiiding-~not the skull,
bat a uEm6er Of iii GeeE, wbU, having
found the door op-n, had sought shslter
from the violence Of tn, stogns, The girl
bad told him oi the SQUADS so nd heard
within the chagch. uere WAS their
cause and as much as as wished it 9TH
erwiss, yet it was snp5Ssibis for him to
,iisheIievs her tale. There was nothing
for him 70 DO bat to yleld with the bess
grace he might. He gave his consent TO
the match; aud, TO make assurance d0nb-
ly sure, the loYer took his brave girl to
3addeIl Chureh the ysry uext day, where
she replaced the skull ia its old position,
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