Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-10-07

comfortable living at home resolved upo,
emigrating West, where he possessed
large tract of land. lie accordingly star
ed, built himself house, or rather a cal
IN, and returned for his wife, who gave u
cheeriully all the comforts Of a refined SC
ciety and a tasteful and pleasant home, [
become the cohpanion of Indians an,
bears. Tle nearest village was seven raile
from them, and the family consisted onl
OF her husband, herself an infant and
little colored girl, brought by them from
her native State. Her husband, durini
the first year or two OF their sojourn, wa,
obliged to make frequent journeys from
home and during one of those absence
she was awakened after midnight by
noise from her babe, which seemed lik,
that of strangulation. She hastily pickle,
| it up, took it to the fire, and saw that i
was apparently choking to death Sh,
had never witnessed a case of the Group
but the little black girl, who remember
at home seeing her own little brother
have it, at once pronounced it to be tha
disease. The lady had not provided any
remedy in view of this complaint, so prev
alent among children, and could only heal
a
her little handmaiden. The child grew
worse. Halfwild with terror lest it should
die for want of medical aid, she madly
asked herself what could be done Her
husband had taken their only horse-she
had no one to send after physician-she
must 90 herself. Hastily and warmly
wrapping up her little one, she started
upon her sad and fearful journey. The
season was October the night cold though
not dark and alone, listening but to the
struggling breath Of her infant, and fear
irg only lest the aid she sought might be
found too late, she hurried through forest
and over strange roads, and reached the
hamlet III time to save her darling, A
more self-possessed and less impulsive wo-
man would have been likely to have rea-
soned upon the proprietv of the journey,
the possibility that the child would die on
the road, the probability that the doctor
might be from home or thEt people might
declare her crazy; but the woman of heart
and impulse though in ordinary times,
timid, nervous and weak, could, strength
ened by her affection, become utterly
Indifferent or oblivious TO the perils that
beset journey through a gloomy wilder
ness and an unknown country.
We know personally a lady in Delaware
whose father was Sheriff of the county in
which he resided iiis dwelling was at
tached to the jail. On one occasion, a
man who had been committed for horse
stealing, set fire to the prison, calculating
that the doors of his ceH would be opened
and in the confusion lie might escape
The flames spread rapidly. They reached
the Sberiti's apartments, aud the inmates
had barely time to escape themselves,
without thinking of tte prisoners. All at.
OLce it was discovered that the keys were
in the burning building and that the
prisoners could not be released withoutI
them, when Miss Celia R resolute-
" made her way through tho smoke and
flames, found the keys, and set free all
who were in danger.
Many years afterwards The same lady
WAS on a visit TO her brother, when his
house was set on fire by servant girl,
Ii was night when the alarm was given
She was up reading, and instantly flew to
the room where the children slept, to see
that all was safe there. She found the
smoke bursting forth, but felt her way to
he bed Of the little ones. She found one
child on the floor half suHocated, and
pore him to place orsaiety, andreturned
or the other. This, too, she carried out,
Inmindful of the fierce blaze raging a
'ound her. Once again she startled back
o rescue a little black hoy who she be-
ieved was sleeping alone. This time,
overcome by the heat, she fell with her
ace to the floor, and when aid come was
quite iusensible. Roth the children died, |
nd her life for time was despaired Of
,ut she still lives, bearing upon her face |
md arms traces of danger bravely encoun-
cred, aud suffering patiently borne most
precious and honorable memehtos Of cour- ,
ge, devotion and sei-sacrifce.
This lady was, and is, of most excita-
lie and nervous temperament. The sound |
# a door swinging or its hinges would be
o her an insuiferable annoyance, ald the
ong continued tapping ofa foot on the /
loor would cause not only an imploring
ook, but probably eStoFt cry Of annoy
nee,