, 1872-12-26

you not felt the speU.-the awful fasci.
nation OF great and terrible passion? Here it
Washer eyes fairly blazing, her hand trem-
bling. not with weakness, but surcharged power;
the glittering weapon raised, exposing its mur.
derous half-lnch ca!ibre; its shining percussion
cap and hammer, drawn back in dreadful threat
ening harmony with its mistress. No witness Of
this scene viii ever forget the scathing, burning
words that then hissed from her lips as she said
Sand you would break into lady's bed-cham-
bar, would you? Ia there ono OF you who ia
tired Of life, and covets death2 Then let him
come, for, By al that is sacred by my o,on honor,
he man dies that puts his foot in this door"
Then, derisive1y, she added. "Cone, do come.
Were is the hero that would break D lady's
doy?" And nth "hah! hah!" sounding
i1 4al1 n,aniacal she stood awaiting the result
1ne aards shrunk back before the power OF
Pass1ol and desperate determination thus dis
playea, Nor vers they cowards- 1t was but to ap-
parent bat this was no nero acting. Death for
one was sartain, aud they did not wish to harm
nor; ASa'u and again, for thirty miles, at sew
eIai iiand15sss, they would go back and try par
that mnrArous, cooked DorTingcr, and tha
solemn docl+Ation that g the man dies that en-
te,s my rooN"'
At Delawer> after several vain applications,
from her room, 'lressed, quiet, AMI dignihed, as
nothing unt4aal had happened, and, with
weu-atfected co(ytosy, invited the guarda to
eaI enter. They did enter, and yon may imagine
fher eons5ernat9i 60 i =, finding that - the bird bad
co5ery, the Ca2saa vas called, then about 8
O'Clock a. m. He c.uld give the guards no COM
fort-men seldom ind sympathy when outuitted
by nwomao-but he pl.ced the boat at their
service for Thorough and exhaustive search.
The landing OF the Stern OF the boat at
Calhoun, instead Of her bou, was now
recollected and understood It was all plain
now, and the collusion 4 the pilot and mate Oh
watch Was self-eyidenl The captein charped
thom With it. They did pot deny it. He repri-
manded them severely, lough it was observed
that they wero not dischaged, for this-cersain-
y IN act Of mercy, thoug maybe, at the e1-
pense Of justice.
But to return to this have, heroic vomsn,
The thrilling episode over, ,he lay there, weak,
almost fainting, but giocihd-at least in tha-
writer's estimation. But aehort time before
she had appeared like theaten;ng, destruc.
tive thunderbolt, surchargel with power,
and and desperate, ,unt'lnchins yill-now weak,
a Rss s 6or huna bm5 sa7s5 as5 6s Se
womanhood, IN all its beautiful tenderness
md gentlenoas. returns, and. IN the reaction
from the terrible excitement of the ordeal
through which she had passed The Law utterly
exhausted-almost dead. Hor little infant was
scarcely more helpless, but the heloism she had
ELECTED from all on board the most watchful and
tender care. She fully recovered ine fow weeks, :;
and rejoined the husband her brayers had saved,
and the writer had the pleasure Of Meeting
them, happy in each others affection, and on
thei5 a2 I way y, t. where they hoped tie wrath
them.
Whatever We may think of the husbands sin
and Of course noue will fail to condemn it-yet,
certainly, all will Join mo in doing honor to tbis
bravo and devoted woman.
Bow1Sa GaEEs. Dec l6, 1872.