The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-12

me in about an hour and take her
down to the gate yourself. When you
get there tie her in the shrubbery,
where no one can see her-you'd bet
ter give me White Bess. You will
start at nine; / will meet you at the
gate. Now, Pete, if you breathe a
word of this or let any one find it out,
you'll be the murderer of your good
young master. If it is all right, you
shall be rewarded"
/ Pete looked at me solemDly.
:" don't know what its bout,
misses, but I'll do it, he said. ,r91
/ I was satisfied. Pete was a IMAM
of his word. lHqwHi6 ats5
/ 1t had not taken me five minutes to
say what I had to say, and be back in
the house, up in my room. Snatchlng
the piece of music from my -bureae, l
rushed down stairs again. sls ~
When I re-entered the parlor, Twas
sure that no suspicion had been ex-
cited in the minds Of either. Rattle
| or Clara by my absences. SIDa
At last the time came. Gilbert
Rattle rose and begged us to excuse
him moment. He had left some
thing in his room, which he wished
to show u.s. q He would be back in a
| few moments. -sl.FJ
When he was gone. I felt like one
on the verge of preeipice. IF he
found nothing Rupert was safe, and /
need not take, this midnight journey.
Suddenly it began to rain, and the
| lightning flashed into the room again
and again. Clara grew pale and rest
less. 4tfsfda eaf1 fsarog haze 4-U
In about fifteen minutes Rattle
came down. ,-,.l eI.,Isf -. So .Tses.4 .E
We'll. he he said SAID - I've had pretty
It was an, old miniature set round
with pearls and rery pretty. l wanted
you to see it. l must have lost the
While he was speaking [ felt as if a
hand of ice held my heart.
His face was slightly flushed and |
caught the triumphant glance which
he gave Clara when he entered the
room.
1t still continued to storm, and the
thunder was loud and almost inces-
SAINT. !, - ~ Il 800
d Ileaned my head on my hand for a
little while; then. rising, I said, as if
in pain, g I must beg You to excuse
me- The thunder has made my head
ache very badly. Good night n
Two. at least of the three were glad
to have me go, now that they fancied
they held in their hands the means
whereby to put my love out of the
world Mr.. Noble. alone expressed a
regret, and offered to send Auntie
Sue up to me; but [ declined the at
tendance of the good old " nanny !"
with many thanks, and went out [
never saw them again. sii1V .1as75
10 Going up to my room L gathered
up few valuables with trembling
hand, put my purse in my pock ct,
and throwing over my arm the skirt
of my riding dress and a jacket, which
articles i wished to use as disguise
for him, should occasion require it, /
stole out Of the house, and ran swiftly
through the rain. down to the, gate. /
was. in an agony of fear that Pete had
started without me, for it was half
past nine. But no, the faithful fell
Flow was waiting patiently at the ap-
pointed place. aA - 81 -
In less than five minutes we entered
the forest road--our horses on keen
runa4aW s4 aaa ss5 - ssi-a
|, [ was good horsewoman, but the
| terrors of that ride [ shall never for
get; the frequent flashes of lightning,
/ the rough road, the risk which a
woman ran in those, lawless times, at
that hour of the night, were fearful.
At last we reached Blankville, and,
refining in my horse little way from
the station, [ sent Pete in search of
Rupert. In three. minutes. the two
came riding UP to me, and in as
many more / had told him all. EsrFy I
sno,.A God bless you, my brave -dar-
I lingt "iwas my reward . e'sa ID01F j
! .hi.:.Ye s, those papers were there, Isa-
1 BEL he said, 'sand of course [ can
never again enter that house. We
must ride ito the next station, six
miles further, and take the supltrain
for MITE From there we can escape
to the Union Ines . ~ q
Ridingsainto the wood, Rupert got
down ,fomI his horse and put,on the
riding-skirt WHICH / had brought him,
and the sjacketysnd amounting, we
rode son.-~-W reached NJ IS safely,
and from thence, to<thes Union lines.
! Once, two men stopped us, one Of
them catching my bride and stopping
my horse Rupert had given me a
pistol: as the mans hand arrested my
progress, | sought my pistol and
fired. The hand ! dropped, and
without word I dashed on, fol-
lowed by Rupert, who had disposed of
the other, and pete, who was.shaking
with fright. g
z amsMrs. Rupert Noble now, and l
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