The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-06-03

Sally said Mrs. Parker starting up in bed
'it's them, cutthroats.an aud robbers come tc tr
, their hand on us-;',js.b s. ai13s9s gef tssB
'f Just SO, Nancy replied Miss Price, spring
I ing outeof bed and hurrying on some of he
clothes, sand you know what we always sal,
we'd Go in case they did come .BsafbaI
'It's awful, though, amt it2,, returned sth
: other in tone of considerable alarm and dis
mays as, she hastened to follow the example o
her sister. "Oh, my poor, dear children! i
we should fail, whatll become of, them?'sa.
'sDlc, L spose, like we will,', said the
maiden aunt "But it won't do to fool ava,
4 any time in talking we've got to actt-ane
that, too, before the scoundrels get in od III
go and speak 'em fair, and keep Ren1ff from
breaking in if 1 can, whilst you rua and &c
the powder. - ilsi.. .,.s6 a.. L. szet, el7
Will we need a light y asked Mrs Park
] yes but I'll tend to that yoa won't wan,
any to get the powder with cause it amt our
selves we want to blow up. -. r.-.f &
|; Withthis both hurried out of their bed.
room into large appartment, which occupi-
cd nearly the whole of the front side of the
dwelling, and was used, as in customary in
/ farm houses, as sittng-roo.a, dining room,
and kitchen. From this apartment a door
led outside, another into the cellar, and a
third into wing of snail dimensions, which
was much newer than the main building, and
| was principally used as q Sind ef a work, shop
and store room sytsss
Who's there? aud what do you want p
screamed out Miss Price, as soon as she reach
ed the kitchen, W lille her sister buried down
the cellar stairs to get the powder. So
Open the door, you angel, and we'll tell
you, was answered from the outsiae, accom-.
panied With asiaugh that was neither .acrry
nor musicial.
sWaIJ ,o,, ou,,bt 70 toll ,,as,,b L = -, 49,, "a
what you want afore we open The door, cause
we're only two lone w men, that don't like to
let everybody in at his time of night rejoin-
ed Miss Price, as she busted her. elf in light
ing candle.
1Oh, wore real gentleman. We is-iust the
kind to sui two sech ladies as you, said the
same voice Come, be quick now, will you
cause we're Citing tired of waiting, and some
on US might tlke notion to stave the door in,
dye see p rs ~
By this time Mrs. Parker had reappeared
with the keg of powder in her arms, and,
lighted aud di ected by sher sister. whose
sharp features expressed a desperate deterni-
nation, she hastened to place it in the shop
room, about half way between fhe door open
ing from the main building iatf it and anoth-
er that led to the party outsidf MissPrice
then took down the loaded zrife from the
hooks on which it rested, and, having reprim-
ed it from horn, hastcned to set the candle
on the floor, a little beyond the keg of pow er
SO that the light shone full upon it, :,
oh, my poor children! God help us all r
said Mrs. Parker, in low, agi:ated tone.
1t VII all depend upon one single shot,
Nancy, returned her sister, with compressed
lips and an unquailing eye, as she placed
chair in the doorway, between the larger and
smaller buildings for her rife to rest on
while she. sig hted it, | don't hardly. 'speot
I'h live through it, whether our plan sue
ceedS or not she added, solemnly $50 Just
kiss me good bye, Nancy ~
The sisteis now embraced Mrs Parker |
giving away to tears and sobs, but Miss Price
remaining firm and outwardly composed
There, Nancy pursued the maiden sister,
as f she were giving directions about some of |
tic ordinary affairs of lie, l'we'rc as ready
now asiwe can be, spose-so Just run and
shove back the bolts of the shop: door, but
don't make any noise about it, and then hurry
into the bed room, to your children, and pray
Tor all of us If God Is pleased to smile up
on our hopes, you and they most likely will |
be saved, and my poor life ain t much matter /
one way or tother.y . s1f 'i1 ai D. ~ $40
oh, Sally sobbed Mrs. Parker, show can
see you give yourself up to die for ne and
oh, that's nothing, Nancy. I've got to
die sometime, and 1 don't care much about
Twin except for you and the tile Las, and |
you can often kiss 'en for me, and tell 'em
about aunty William, that should have been
mine, he's IN Heaven, you know, and may be
when die / shall meet him again. But,
come! come! there amt no more time to talk
for already them scoundrels are ii wing to !.
break down the door, ts 7.931i4 ~
This was literally truesg The party outside,
becoming madly impatient at the delay of
those inside to throw opensthe door to them,
were now in the act of battering it down, and I
loudly cursing and swearing at the occupants 7
u the dwelling: Mrs. Parker hastened to
uado the b5lts of the wing door, which for
some reason the assailants had not touched,
ond when she got back to her sister, the lat
ter Was knecling before the chair in the door
way, her rife rested and pointing at the
keg RtHeaA ai, st..
, Go, Nancy-go-and God bless youp
Aud you, Sally p sobbed the other, as she
again kissed her and hurried away to the
room in hich the innocent children were
still sleeping, undsturbed by the noise, and
OF their danger.
'Ha.low outside there = now called ont
Miss Price, in a loud tone /; what are you
trying to do 49,
Break in, you---she witch 7 cried one
of the robbers.
We'll, cant you wait for me to open the
doc p - s.'a ta%7
( Not unless YOU quick about it
well, can't get that 'era door open but
Sother ones all right; come in that way, will
you r
The pounding ceased: and moment after
q voice exclaimed, 'Ah, here VIC are ! and as
the door swung back dozen men came crowd
ing into the room - =. th
. The foremost had but just barely got a
glimpse of our heroine, sighting her rifle, and
was in the act OF springing aside to escape
being shot, when she Cred the whole charge
directly into to the keg of powder, which in
sttaphfttly exploded with tremendous report,
tysiqPFiipg the wing all to pieces, considerably
5latterlpg the main building. and Killing ten