North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-02-15
THE PERIL OF FMARTHA WAR
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A STORY OF THE AMoToosCCK RIVER.

shall be back in three days at the iarlhest "
The hardy White Mountain pioneer, Mark
Warren, kissed mis- young wife, held his two
year old boy to his breast for moment, and
then shouldering the sack of corn which was
to be converted into meal at the rude mill
forty miles away. truigej off through the
wilderness.
Martha Warren stood at the door of the
log cabin, gazing out after the retreating form
of her husband. An angle of the dense
shrubbcry hid him from view, but still she
did not return to tho solitary kitchen 1t
looked so dark and lonesome there she
shrauk from entering; or perhaps the grand
sublimity of the view spread ont before her
held her attention and thrilled her soul with
that unexplained something that We all feel
that standing thus face to face with the works
OF His fingers.
The finest aud IN st satisfactory view Of
the White Mountains, is that which presents
! itself from what is now the town OF BetLla-.
! am, on the road to Littleton and Franconia.
Wount Washington, The king among princes,
! is there seen in his proper place the centre
OF the r3ck-ribbed range, towering, bald, blue
and uaayYTaachabl,.
| Far up i'll the wili clearing, close by the
! turbId waters Of tie Amonoosuck. was the
/ cottage situated--a place wild and erye
enough for the nest of an eagle, but dear to
the hear; Of Martha Warren, as the home
where she had spent the happy days of her
young wife hood. When she had turned
from many patrlcan sntor, in the fair old
town Of Portsmouth,, to JOIN her fortunes
with those oi tie Young settler, it was with
| the ull and perfect nnderata nGng of the tri-
ais, that lay before. She would walk in no
paths of roses for years to come; much of
! life muct be spent in the eternal solituies,
/ where silence was broken only by she winds
of the forest, the shrek of the river over the
sharp rocks, or the distant howl Of the reds
rnouthcd wolf afar in the wilderness.
! The necessary absence of her husband she
| dreaded most. 1t was 50 very gloomy to
close up her doors at night and sit down by
her lonely tiresde, with the conscousness
that there was no human being nearer to her
| than the settlement at Lords Hill, ten miles
away througe the path}css woods.
There was little to fear from Indians, al
though a number OF scattered tribes yet roam
ed over these prlneral hunting grounds,
They were mostly q isposcd to be friendly
and Mrs. Warreu's kind heart natural ~
prompted her to many acts Of friendship to-
wards them, ana an iadlrn never lorscts q
benefit.
The purple mist cleared away from the
Scared forehead of the domi at old mount
ain, the yellow sun, peered over the rocky
wall and Martha turned away to the perform
! ance Of her simple domestic duties. The day
. vas long one, but it was toward evening
and tie cleaning cones much sooner in these
sohtudes than in any other places. The sun
! light faded out OF the uaglazad windows tho
1t would iliuminc the distant mountains for
some time yet, and Martha sent out in the
/ scsHty garden to inhaIe the odor of,the sweet
| pnks on the one III eagre root she had bro't
| from herfold holue
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