Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-05-01
MARTHA WARREN.

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the farthest."
The hardy White Mountain pIo-
neer, Mark Warren, kissed his young
wife, held his two-year old boy to his
breast for moment, and then should
ering the sack of corn that was to be
converted into meal at the rude mill,
forty miles away, trudged on through
the wilderness. 900
Martha Warren stood at the door
of the cottage, gazing out after the
retreating form of her husband. An
angle in the dense shrubbery hid him
from her view, but still she did not
return to the solitary kitchen, it
looked so dark and lonesome there,
she shrank from entering; or perhaps
the grand sublimity of the view
spread out before her, held her atten-
tiOn and thrilled her soul with that
nameless, unexpected something that
we all see when standing face to face
with the work of His fingers.
The finest and most satisfactory
view of the White Mountains is that
which presents itselffrom what is now
the town of Bethlehem, on the road
to LittletOn and FrancOnia. Mount
Washington, the King among the
place-fhe centre of the % roar orih.
he'd - ranoa towering. hold hIna and
unapnroachabIe >
Ear mn, IL, AZ ,,,;,a o,. ,,..b
the turbid waters ate oftha az ,n,snuoosr9 T,ooe y
was the COTTAGE sitnatodN q rla no ,r;i,i
and prie enonoh for the rest ~ on
eagle. but dear to the heart of Msrtba
Warren as the homa where Che % had
snent the honnv davs of her vo,na
wifehood When sbe had nrnaS
from many n natr;oian s,,;tor IN tha
fair old fo,,n IF ports,,o,,th 60 M,
her fortnnes with tbosa of Tic ,,o,,nar
settler IN was with The f,,i a "a us ,,a:
feet understopding of tba trials tHat
law befora her S6o ,vn,,,d o wall, i'n, a.,
no natb NJ roses snr ,,oors to non,n, ~
mncb nf Iife ami mist ~ bS e snert ~ IN oe, tha,
eternal soIitudas whoro s;ianoa ,,os
broken only bv the wild winds of The
forest the sb riek of tho r;var nyor tho
sharp rocks. or the dismal howl Of the
red-mouthed wolf afar i'm tbe wilder.
ness
The necessary absepca .of ber bus-
band She dreaded most n was 90
very pjoomv tn close nm bor innoIv
fireside with the conscionsnass that
thora yos no hnn,n,, bo;,,r ",". S.
than the settlement NJ T,nr5,s Hi
fen miles away throuyb tha nothiass
woods f'A''
There was little to fear from tho In
dams, aIthongh . few of tho soottnrnd @
tribes Vet roamed over these @ e nr;rnevoi
huntinO yro,,nds Thev wera n,nsti,
disnosad fo ba fr;e,div and Mr. S W.
ren,s Lind beart nat;,roIIw nron,ntnd
ber to many aots Of fr;and tn,i,o ~
thom and an Tnd;on newar fpr%otS "
i.indness 'e'' :"
Thn n,,rr,o n,ist o,oorod o,,o,, c.,>,
tho scarrea forabeaJ nf tha a. Sn,y, ;nomt
old mountain. the ,o,Io,,, s,',, ,an~ad
over tho rnoiy ,yoii all" nJ outp orpeu
tnrnod av,ov ~ tho ,nenua''ao cru a oii', ns
bor s;n,nIa onoost;n @ Rti ioJ n'na va
was was q inn% one bnt uI H. Uos tavariS v uay
a; " ionS o,s, ou. ~ was towarus
soonar H. thaSo | ri, ,SS"a S ttS colnes
otbar ,,Inoas rhn s''',f;5.,,t sn nl,. ~ ony
80 ~, - p,,,osIo,od ,,,;,,d iaueu out
would ;iinna;no +had;st" snouSu ~
fov sn,,,n ,i,,,n ,,ot s n,d ny. ii1uiitalns
nnt IL, 81 y ,ine ~ ai,u N."I.iin WehC
odor nf tho s"nacyt Sn tS5;,f, " ili,aie .ile
% ouoi VI 'iie S"eet plhks on the meagre
ho,,o "e"' iioin iei oio
e Tho Sn;o,, norf,,r,o ooru,o5
IN ,nonInr,y 49, ~ iio thnandn Gaii iou liet oaeh
mast snont w Nyith IimS away smaS IN .n9
nhonred Inv, hr;mht ,rn,', u ue' u' m'! I,lu
thounh ~ ~ thaSu,yt hiSS yoanS 20 hopes. put
JroS ,noda bn % saS ~ ot tonie s anu NH.
did sho ranont thn o' foto co. ho iiioiiienS nS
M oiu sue tttpeiI 'he lnte sne had
'r had nnt rntiood DIu .ha ah ih rnougtft sne
i;a har littia 49,, VI. "useitce Ely, vi Cnur-
,,o ,o, n,e NO. ,noasirS s.S oS how sue saw wItil
haS AZ nannarm,int t,"S ,"Sa ne iiad leii tne
nIoyinP ia ,rasno r witeiI &c S NC liau peen
ppaIiomd paIIiI ~ FL aiu on mae Iot h W pe seen. ohe
thn Suniion Iii r;,,n,' W. ty uhiy e emo anu
haci, to tho hn,sa ,'oG' az ca; oie new
mainimn on tO .iiI that ,Jus % the iain. nope re,
tLithar for ~ 80 ~ n' ,, We ie.ui iieu
~ at'thei tha ;ndp ~, h,s pc. A ti..en was mewihg
lie '"' '"' i'' ''sh' Vi Niiar-
with frantic bosto oho soouo,o,.,o
c,aorina % hnt y,i,hout % sue e aeelciieu % 1ne
newt thnnnht ",as VI. ~ 'uoues .', pi,r Gr
as the nioht aweyyhnro 4, v' ,'n snni'oh nioh
will snofs of white So "9 ad ,eoneI
on hnt few ysraS hos'nn IL hoS % eu
bnrried doun tho 'I,v ~, iiei. Hne
q Charl,o. Char,;o ~ o"i'N' c"iii's
Tha ohiId,s a,Iioc >. nan, n
tance raniiad Sbo 'Vn enuoI no.ie us
somnd and IN her snrro, r ., ,onauWeu ,sa ,' ane
b;s noi dan In ho,r w. ne, oS sp,low M snw llep poS
deti G ned oaa;nst % "u tho 'oSy . iace cienriy
skwNstapJin" ON ,6 tbo Parpie r owl,ghs fsh y
hnygo Jotaahps vi % nie very euge OF the
n,nSS, uS' tha I.n Shnra iovAi ",i soine zen ieet
cnrrant u % of % tha r;vor Uu. III 'ne sweeping
mis- rnci, oaI,ad h,, uo oo..,o
urha PnInii ;, u weu oy y lne ,. settiers
for castinp hsbinS ,inseo soou and S,duat,oi Mapl
Warren had bridped The narrow
chasm between il and the shore with
couple of hewn logs.
Allured by some clusters of flaming