The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-29
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A FALSE LOVER.

AZ the hamlet Of u dorf. on the banks
of the Rhine, not far from Bonn, there
vet stands .he mill which was the scene
Of the following, adventure: -. -, 80
One Sunday morning, the miller and
his family set out as usual to attend SER
vice nc the nearest church in the village
,offHeasel, leaving the mill, to which the
house was attached in charge OF his SER
yant-maid Haenchen, ,.abold-heafted a girl
who had been some time in his service.
The youngest child, who was still too
little to go to church, remained also I'M
der hes care. .i.,.,,5.5 .-.,fi5., .it -
AS Haenchen was bllsily., engaged in
preparing the dinner for the family. She
was interrupted by visit from her adj
miYer, Heinrich Boiler, He was an idle,
graceless fellow, and her master. who
knew his character well, had forbidden
him the house, but Hacnchen could not
be licye all the stories she heard against
her lover, and was sincerely attached to
him. IFr,I I. ...4t.l...f.
On this occasion she greeted him kind
ly, and not only got him something to
eat at once, but found time in the midst
of her business to sit down and have a
gossip with him, while he did justice to
the fare set before him. ls.l.
AS he was eating. he let fall his fork,
which hfasked her to pick up for him;
she playfully demonstrated, telling him
she feared from all she heard, he did lii
tie enough work, and ought at least to
wait upon himself. In the end, how
ever, she stopped down to pick mp the
fork, when the treacherous william drew
a dagger from under his seat, and
caught her by the nap ofthe neck, grip
ing her throat firmly withhis fingers TO
prevent her from screaming. tner. with
an oath, he desired her to tell him where
her master kept his money, threatening
to Kill her IL she did not comply with his
demand. l5"f~fs --,lE.EsaR
The surprised and terrified girl in
vain attempted to parley with him.. he
still held her tightly In his choking grasp,
leaving her no choice but to die or be-
tray her master. She saw there was no
hone of softening him or changing his
nurpose. and with the full conviction of
his treachery, all her native courage
| awoke in her bosom. r'a
Affecting. however, to yield to what
was inevitable, she answered him inla
resipned tone, that what must be, must,
only If he carried off her masters gold,
| he must take her with him too, for she
| could not stay to hear their suspicious
| and reproaches. entreat.ng him at the
J same time to relax his grasp of her
4 throat. for she could hardly speak, much
| less do what he told her, while he held
! her so tight. Atlength he was induced
I to Quit his hold on her, reminding him
| that he must lose no time, or the tami-
| " would be returning from church.
She then led the way to her masters
! bedroom, and showed him the Golfer
w ere he kept his money. "Here, she
| said, reaching to him an axe which lay
| in a corner Of the roem, "you can open
| it with this while l run up stairs and
| put all my things together, besides the
money havo saved since have been
| here. -
Completely deceived her apparent
! readiness to enter his plans, he allowed
| her to leave the room, only eXhorting
! her to be as quick as possible, and was
Immediately. absorbed in his own oper-
a.ions, first opening the box, and then
! disposing of the money about his person.
! In the meanwhile, Haenchen, Instead
of going mp stairs to her own room,
crept softly along several passages till
she again reached her masters eham-
Der. .uIr. (
1t was but the work of a moment to
shut and bolt the door upon him, anu
y this done, she rushed ont to the outcr
( door of the mill to give the alarm. y
The only beingin sight was her mas
ter's iittle boy, aeiIild offiye years old
to him she called with all her might
S',Run, run to meet your father as. ne
comes from church, tell him we shall all
he murdered If lie does not come back.
The frightened child did as she bid him
and set out running on the road she
pointed out. f.FFBE8HA
b. Somewhat relieved by seeing that the
child understood her, and would make
her case understood, she sank down fol
moment, on q stone. scat before the
doe,. and full of conflicting emotions o
grief and thankfuiness for her escape
she burst into tears.
But at this moment shrill whistle
aroused her attention-it was from hel
prisoner, Heinrich, who opened the
grated window above her head, shouted
to some accomplice without to catch tho
child that was running away so fast ant
to kill the girl. IIaenchen looked a
round in great alaam, but saw no one.
The child still continued to run will
all his might, and she hoped it was
false alarm to excite her fear and over
come her resolution when, Just as th
Child reached hollow in the next field
! 0he channel Of a natural drdin) shc say