Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-11-13
s2.-r - FALLS. IOWA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1868


fused my whole body, and my parched tongu,
Glove 10 my palate; to my last hour I shal
not forget the horror Of that picture of death
which rose before my minds eye that night
The pain Of my arm grew more excessive
every moment; II hung by my side like 1
leaden weight. But. strange to say, even with
tho grim terror Of death before ,ne, wilt
desire began to creep over me to lie dowr
upon the snow and rest. Had done 80, nc
doubt, the last sleep would have followed =
But luckily just then faint glimmcr of ligh
caught my eye, and with the eagerness O
awakened hope hurried toward il. In ,
few minutes | found myself at the open doo1
OF wretched cabin, on the hearth Of which
. wood FIRE was burning. a,sataB layfaT
90 Halloo was the greeting received
from rough voice. who the--are YOU
and what dye want here such night d.
this? uRl'a oHf .7 'aEhE07T sH3 "?e r'fS
Gf" The wood which burned on the hearth
Was fresh and, damp. and filled the cabin will
smoke as well as with .. pungent odor. Il
took some little tmc to discover. in the fal
corner from which the voice proceeded, thu
figure Of man large, with dark, scowlina
face, and bullet-head, covered with coarse
black, matted hair,
=" l hurriedly explained to this person nv
mis-adventure. He rose and pushed TO-
wards me the stool on which he had beer
seated. ,fi.s.l, r.. ~. .,.-E......... - :
:" Sit you down, man. he said somewha,
less roughly !; you look weak and 1 broken
arm Is no trife. Though what We car, do 70,
you. hang me If know. But what errand
took you out upon the moor such . night q.
this p =
." was going from Longley on important
business, to Farmer Carston's.' - a'.
:" From Longley to old Carston'si' he
exclaimed. 'Whewl Why, man, you chose
avery roundabout way to got to your jour.
ney's end 7 '"t
Roundabout, What do you mean
asked. g.if rna .awaa1Ts W. -'~ -. -
So mean that Carston's is nearly in the
opposite direction was his answer. sAnd
you have been steadily walking away from Il
for the last half hour at least - : b, III,
-" And how far am from il now '...i..,
:" Some four good miles at least ..,. ".
:" Here was . discovery; but what was to
be done I asked the man to guide mo q
Carston's, and offered to pay him we'll.
!" Not for oil the money they say old
Carston has in the bank, he answered,
r;ah. WV" W1p. !" r. over tne moor TO-
thicL von cc,,ldn,t 600 . r.nS .,ss.s 70 ."ns ~ =,
would hs =. much ss ,s SI,u III. o'.ole you; IL
Men have met their doom upon that moor
outside, before now on such night as this.
"All this time the pain Of my arm was
growing more intolerablc, and help of any
kind was impossible thars. What was to
DO? Stay in this wretched place till morn
hr;r. ch.noa ~ "a r" m ay.sn' shoulu
n..;r. A"''' was "o AFTER
C. Al, vo,, ..n ao ..;, 49, -.
al you can oo, sald tne man, Is to
SJ th". - ~ 80 q. wnsni ana % tnank,
...;s..sti. .a =. Ill. o sAe sne'e. OF even THESE
th;s IT, Ill, =. vi, Ge" ~ - 'esl,ul h,ght as
49,, 49, ~. I," "s" ~ - 'n's l"!erns' sno"
o ,morn;n. ~ r. , ~, oy IN .ne o1o'n l'se'I before
@ MI" a van. any .h'nH 20 ca. you
and in that room made Won NAV " ,;e So'.n na,,
on the str.v mi morn;nu ] yoa .". msy no cowrl
do look most horr;hiv ho..n' % "' you
Sally, up with YOU lass and as, ,s fb r. I'LL
one WI - - "' '''' ''AoN JAIN
ar turned IN IN. o,ho, oo-r,. ,,..,,,
fire. to which thess wnrds nv. .ss.a oss,ue .n0
ana now h.ha,J -. ~ IS "o:e auuressed'
woman sitting be.;d. id 1 ch;IS nS' ,haa tae, young
upon the pro,,nd trrnsd .nS .s'sep
ewes fixed mon ma Nth u .ou"u ner
elsre. She was miserable c,sI s' .sS' Ca, eIse, y,
sicklv and thin. vet hs, fscs sS", Su 'J'seu ~
trace Of much nsrson.i ha.n,u e"oWeu St .ne
delicateiv fair. eva,w ss.,,,ra @ ,, one was
moulded. and her i,nr S J;s,s,as "as osau.ilu'ly
= Golden tinoe sctusliy ,l;s,anaS nsM, VI
Of fire. Bu1 rh.t str,ce me ,,,os. .S. te osAo L
was the hungry wolf,sh niara ut nel
40 unns,nrallv vi,r1a--fas.snaa -. u' eyes'
me that wild asg.r InnL ,a.S. "a' apon
sick with a vague faelng Of dr..dI "a "Jc.' ,,:s
like. e y N''0 ~'u u'''
oThe woman d;d not .no.,.
to large chest At the Other end ~ .hS I' . wiz
(almost the only article of S,rr;tr,a - ro,. ~.
place. except a ricketv deal t.h1a .nd . is - zig
of stools. and took from i = isros III ~ ~.
tie and broken Gun o. >-'''~ wv
"'Come,' said the man ,ak;r. ~. an,
and the bottle. and pour;nr som" of .hs onr sup
tents of one into the other vo,, Ala o Nc. Io y"
pect perhaps. 10 sac anvtb;ng Ill. ,h;s ~ ).
shepherd 4 hut on tho moor NJ ,nst.... " /. "
came to us some wsv Trv q. ~" ic. y
in good and Won could not t.ka ho,to,. n,..
tonight. y f"S''s
Most eratsfplIv d;d 7 s.;vo ~. - 49,,
drink or the contsnt.. "a o.na. @ .up snu
dial more welcome Ths hiooS go, 90 '.o. .o.'
ing warmly thronvh INV sh;.s-;nS - cssn..
again. and for = while even for.o. ,ha ~..o .~
cessiye pain of INV broken arm nao,;n;a.
the bread which the mar ofFsred ma : d,...
nearer to the fire. took tho n;stoi fr,. =, :,
breast pocket and laid Il ON tba aro,,ud % h.y hy
side inc !; and o. stooped to do III. % ths h.r No.
Of gold struck against The stool with : IN mns; @
cal clink OF the Coins within NV Wv" "us''
1.-THE next moment. when 7 r.;.sd nv
head. found the terrible ~ 40 &C tha ~a y
fastened upon me With . oi.rs ,nor" h,nn." %U...,
and wolfish than before. I w.. st.r,lsJ lJs'y ~
almost MECHANICALLY thrust the hsa ;nto ,nv ,av
breast. She turned awav mutter;nr so sors.
thing .bont INV h.d .nS :s. sums.
room of the cabin In the mesnt;ms ',s ~
man sat down at the other aida Of tho ara '
where the child Was sleeping. and Ths hsd