Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-06-04

Bradley, without any further trouble. =
fon are only riskiug your own life by your
in erfefeLce -Ir.I
Not so long as have life TO defend him!
was tie answer, Tbep, pointing towards
tbe door, be continued Leave my shop
aud as he spoke be again raised the sedge.
hammer. t l.rr ..-.r. ...e :
They hesta'ed moment but the firm
dcmeaUor of the smith awed them into com.
plinnce with the order. f..etr
You'll regret this in the morning, Brad
ley, said the leader. as be retreated
Go J was the reply of the smith, us he
pointed toward the door. .a.
Bradley followed them menacngly to the
entrance of the shop, aud watched them
until they disappeared from sight down the
road. When he turned 10 go back into
The shop be was met by the fugitive, who,
graspipg bis hand, exclaimed
. Oh how shall ever be able to thank
you, Mr.. Bradley
| This is no time for thanks, Mr.. Peters.
unless it is to the Lord /: you must fly the
county, and that at once
But my wife aud children
Matte and will attend to them but
| you must go 10 hlght
To night ....,....
Yes. LII the morning-if not sooner
they will letuin with large force and car.
ry you of, and probably hang you on tbe
fist Tree. You must leave to night
But how ? ....
Matte will conduct you to the rendtz
sous Of our fIieuds. There is already
| do k,, IL
mountains and join The Union forces in
Kentucky. They were to start to.nigh,.
They have provisions for the journey, aud
will gladly share with you. ..
At this moment young gill entered the
shop. and horriedly said:
Dear father what is lhe trouble tonight?
Her eye resting upon The fugitive, she APP
preached him, aud, in a sympahiz'ng tone
continued All, Mr.. Peters, has your
turn come, then, so soon?
This was Matte She was fine rosey
girl, just past her eighteenth birthday aud
he soul daughter of Dradley's home aud
heart. She was bis alI---his wife had been
dead i've years He turned toward her,
and in a mild bat firm tone, said:
Matte, you must conduct Mr.. Peters to
the rendo zyous Immediately we will
call Mt the parsonage to cheer his family
Qnjck mo time is TO be lost. The blood
hounds ore upou the track. They have
scented tleir prey. and will not rest until
they have secured him They may return
much sooner than We expect. So haste,
daughter, aud God bless ye.
This was not the Fl st time that Matte
had been called upon to pe' form snch an
Office. She had safely conducted several
Union men, who had been hunted from their
homes and sought shelter with her father,
to the place designated, from whence they
made their escape across The mount aius
into Kentucky Turning to the fugitive,
she said -..
Come Mr.. PeterS-do not stand upor
ceremony, but follow me. .....
She left The shop aud pro ceeded but {
short distance up the road, and then turned
off in by path through strip of woods
closely followed by the fugitive. A brisk
walk Of half an hour brought them to d
small house that stood alone in a secluded
spot. Here Matte was received with a
warm welcome by several men, some oi
whom were engaged in running bullets,
while others were cleaning their rifles and
fowIing- pieces. The lady of the houSe--n
hale woman Of forty-waS busy studing
tbc wallets of he men with biscuits She
greeted Matte very kindly. The fugitive,
who was known by Two or three Of the
party, was received ina bluff. frank spiIi,
Of kindness 10y all. SAYING that they would
make him chaplain of the Tennessee regj
rnent when ahey got 10 Kentucky.
When Matte was abou. to return hop1
two of the patty prepared to accrnpa
ny her but she protested -warp,ng ten
of the danger, as the enemy vas doubles
, abroad in search of the minister. Bat
moi withstanding. they Insisted, aud accom-
: panied her until she cached The road,
g short distance abc1e her fathers shop.
S Matte hur' ed on /: but was somewha
) surc Used, upon reaching the shop, 10 fn'
9 &c vacant. She FASTENED into the house
: t:ut her father was not there. As she re
i turned 70 the shop, she thought she coult
hear the noise of horses hoofs claiteripl
. down the road. She listened but tht
/, sound soon died away. Going into tn
shop, she blew the f:e into o blaZa-the
behtIa that the things were in great cot
e fusion, and that spots Of blood were upo
Q the ground. r.. t gI a.1
She was now convinced that her lathe
= had been seized aud carried off bnt DO
without a desperate struggle on his par
e As Matte stood gazing at the pools {
blood, a wagon, con tanning two persons
f; drove np--one of whom, au athletic youn
e man OF Eve aud twenty years, got out on
u entered The shop.
Good evening. Matte Where Is you
e father? be said. ..t
Then, observing the strange demeant
!, of the girl he continued q afa
,, "a Why. Matte, what ails youI Whf
~ has happened? aH1E
The young girls heart was too full f'
F.! her tongue TO give utIerance, aud, 'hro'
ing herself upon the shoulders of the youl
., man, she sobbingy exclaimed: a--r q
They have carried him of! Don't "
e. see the blood? lu.fs q. EtI9-utH a7
Have they dared TO lay hands upon 20
< father /? The Internal wrelches I.r.
O. Matte recovered herself sulicie ntly
I'll narrate the events Of The evening. VIII