Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-10-26
q am l[rs. Page, sir. What is your
Lnsinnss with me ~

admiration for my mother. She must
have been stunned as l was, but hel
scOrnful retOTt came instantly.
That excuses YOU from being u gen.
tlemen, I suppose, sir; but it does not
compel me to listen to your impCrti-
nencc, BE good enough to remember
/ that you are speaking toa lady, if YOU
wish to have Il hearing.
IN have my daughter the angry
voice responded, and the loaded end OF
Il whip thUmped upon the floor, That's
all the hearing want from You, mad
ame. Where's my daughters
i know nothing of your daughter, aud
nothing of you sir my mother return
! ed, Indignantly. What is the meaning
of all this insOlencc =
1T means that | want my daughter,
hang YOU y the man reiterated. She is
in your house, ,and YOU know it. You
I harbOrcd her, and encouraged her disO-
/ bedience; but you'd not prevent me from
getting her again, neither you nor that
rascal from California, hang him I'll
stop here till doomsday, but III have
her.
stop us long as you like, sir, my
mother said, with naughty contempt
( Il will not order you out of the house,
but neither will listen any longer to
I your coarse insOlence. leave you TO
: your own good company
There was a vOlly of Oaths and furious
/ threats at this, but heard my mothers
rapid step approaching me, notwIth-
/ standing. / was CrOuching near the hall
door, listening in an agony of terror and
indecisiOn; the crisis had come but my
! boasted courage and skill had not come
with il. She opened the door, and shut
{ - Ill, 1n6 nG cI1n lsnVV
{ tHave you heard it all, EmmyY in a
breathless whisper.
Every word. Oh, mother what
shall we dO?'
Run down the avenue to the upper
gate; [ think they will come back that
Way, from something [ heard Esther
say: and you meet them and give them
warming before thew are seen from the
house. I'll set Joe to watch at the foot
/ Of the lane, and stay myself to let him
search the house, if he likes. InSOlent
brute he shall never see Esther again,
/ if 1 can help it, sho added, with flash
ing eyes.
/ tNGrcru ] echoed, with returning
courage; and snatching my sun-bOnnet
/ from its peg in the piazza, l started with
/ flying feet on my orrand. 1t was llalL
/ mile from the house 10 the gate, but
accomplished the distance i'll a fraction
/ of time; and all painting and breathleSs
with my intense excitement, rs We'll as
I the rapid running, ! climbed upon the
log fence and seated myself to look out
! for the lovers. Only u cOrn-tield which
Law right and left of the road was be-
4 tween me and the woods, 50 there was
nothing 10 prevent my seeing them as
soon as they emerged. ! watched with
( hawk-like keCnucss, darting quick
glanccs from right to left, for l did not
/ know at which side of the field they
would make their appearance. The
woods bOrdered it on both sides,
/ Minute after minute slipped by, how
ever, and there was no sign OF themi l
/ grew wild with impatience and fear. If
/ L had only known where to find them,
so that l could have flown to give the
warning, it would have been an easy
/ thing. I wOvld not have cared for dis
/ tance or fatigue, but waiting and sus-
pense were intolerable, and grew more
/ so as the time went on.
| NV back was toward the house all this
while, and had never looked behind
/ me in the intentness Of my vigil. But
suddenly ] heard q sound which made
me start and turn quickly 1t was 4
gru1r cough and heavy step and there,
! NlllllIl IGL GllNo VI oLCONA tAAftt AAttNS
ful Mr.. Morrison. / jumped down from
! the fence and backed up against it, like
Il cat in q corner. He came straight to-
ward me.
Why are you about here Looking
for Miss Cox, eh?' with an insulting
emphasis upon the namG "Thought ]
didn' sec you, little miss but l Watch
ed you racing down the road, and |
guessed what you were after Catch a
weasel asleep, and then you'll fool me,
my dear. Now I'll keep You company,
since your fine lady Of Il mother won't
give me hers
He folded his arms upon the tUp-lO@ of
the fence and watched me with 4 sneeT-
ing triumph. l gasped with rage, and
glared at him with all the fury l could
put into my eyes. If 1 had been PAN
thcr I would have sprung at him but 1
wasn't even cat 10 scratch him. was
nothing but helpless, bewildered, des-
pairing little girl, and there was not
straw of hope left for me to grasp at.
So l thought i'll my first confusion, at
least; but suddenly caught Il glimpse
of something fluttering between the
stems of the trees on the very outer edge
of the wood, at tile right-hand side. 1
knew intuitively what it was, and a
lightning inspiration flashed through my
mind. | leaped past the man, and rush.
ed into the field on the lcft-hand side,
shouting aloud:
'I'll go and tell her! 1 wont stay
here with you, and YOU Needn't Try TO
Gatcl me, Tor you can't"'
The iuSC succeeded as | expected. lie
dashed after me i'll hot pursuit, truly be-
lieving that | had seen Miss CuH rs in
IaoI 1 1a1l anI Ngps 1I1uninu fn u1aaf
and warn her. But ho made his mistake
OH The last suppOsitiOn. ! rail- with all
my speed, 50 as to put the greater dis
tance between him and the unconscious
people on the other side Of the field and
had the satisfaction of getting into the
woods some rods ahead of him. Down
the smooth, piney path ] sprang uimbly
as Il hqIe, ana hU followed after me With
long heavy strides, Out-distauced at first
by my lightness of foot, but after While |
beginning to tell upon me. His strength |
did not flag, but mine did; 50 1 slackCn- !
cd my speed, and as if sullCnIy and re-
lUctantly, suffered myself 20 be caught /
ut last. He grasped my shoulder rough !
Is, aud with 4 shower of angry Oaths de- |
mandCd "What Wis running him such |
race fur?iI
| answered sUllenly that ! didn't tell |
him to follow me.
"NOu know where my daughter Is, |
and you ran to give her warming" Inc |
asserted, furiously. "Tcll me this min- [
ute where she is.p
"f slIan't do ii, y / said dOggcdly. /
"Shau't you? Well see about that" :
lie controlled himself with an evident (
effort, and still grasping my arm with
one hand, with the other lie broke of .
stout rod from Il lcallcss syramQrn over
hoad,
"NOW..-shaking il thrcatcnimgly be-
fore mU-"J'll wear this out over your
shoulders, you obstinate little mink, Uu-
less you tell me what ] want tu know
''T'm not afraid of that Stick | said,
dcfiamuy, though | trCmblCd in secret,
knowing that | was entirely il his pow
or, ''(Uu dare not strike me, "
"rl show YOU what | dare, prcacut-
~" lie returned. Are you going To F
tell me or nOt?'
''Tell YOU what? don't know what
YOU are talking about
'.Nes, you do" giving ne a shake.
"WheUo's my daughter, and that man,
Ashley" Tell me this Instant
"Woll, if you must lnOW'--I icrlCd
the words out With pcttish unwilling
ncss-"thcy're over yonder at the old
mill" i
"How do you kuow?" Il
because they said they were going TO
stay there all the morning."
"IIang them :" with q bitter imprCca-
ttOn. where's your old mill ~
"DOwn that patlT across the brook;
beyond the hill on the other side
"Narch lown that path, then ~ he y