Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-06-15

Il was in that very instant that the ruff
fan Dieth 4 had succeeded In squeezing
himself through the apperturs In the wall
and ( ting safely lodg d In the Interior
of the great drum-wheel. His dismay,
however, wls indescribable when he be-
gan to be whirled about with its rotation,
aud fond that all his efforts 10 put a stop
to the powerful machinery which SGT II In
mo ion, or to extricate himself from his
periious situation, were frultless. His
cries were most appalling his shrieks
were truely fearful his curses and i'm
preca tions were horrible to hea-. Ham,
chen hastened TO the spot, and saw him
caught, like a reptile as he was, 10 his
own trap. II need not be added that she
did not liberate him. Sh, kaew that no
would be more frightened If he kept
within his rotary prison and she knew,
so, that unless he attempted to eseeps,
there was no danger of his falling out OF
| IL, even thongh he were insensible aud in-
| animate all the while. In the meantime,
| the wheel went round and round with It's
steady unceaslng motion and round and
round went the ruiiian along with IL,
steadily and increasingly, too. In vain
| did he promise the stout-hearted girl 10
work her no harm; In vain did he implore
her pity on his helpless condition In vain
did he pray TO all the powers OF heaven,
and adjure all the powers OF hell, to his
/ aid. She wo lid no. hear nor heed him I;
aud, uuheard aud unheeded Of them like
! Wise, mutlering curses he Was whirled
round and round In the untlring wheel, un-
Ill at last feeling and perception failed
him, aud he saw aud heard no more. He
fell senseless on the bottom of the engine,
but even then his inanimate body coutin-
ued to be whir,ed round, and round, and
round, as befure the brave girl not dariI <
to trust TO appearances In connection with
such william, and being, therefore. afraid
TO suspend the working of the machinery,
or stop the mill gear aud tackle from run
at their fullest speed.
A loud knocking at the door was short
ly after heard, and she hastene1 thithe-
Il was her mas er and his family, accom-
panied by several of their ueighbors. The
unaccustomed appearance Of the mill s.i.i
In full swing on the Sundty, had, as sh'
anlicipa ed, attracted their attention
aud they hid has'eae home fiom churcl
for the purpose of ascertaining the caueI
Of the phenomenon. The father bore hi
little boy Ia his arms he had cut the cord
wherewith the chi was tied, but he wal
unable to obtain any account of the extra
ordinary circumstances that had oecurre,
, from the affri1 GIFTED Innocent.
Hannchen, In IeW WOfus, toiu all ant
then the spirit which had sustained her a.
long and so well while the emergency last
ed, forsook her at once as II passed away
I She fell sense'ess into the arms of the mil
, ler's eldest sou, and was with great Diff
Guilty recovered.
The machinery Of the mil was at one
' stopped, and the inanimate ruffian drag
| gel forth from the gre It whee' The 9th
er rutiian was brought down from his pii
4 son. Both were then bound, and seat o.
. to Bonn under a strong escorti and, in du
y course came under the hands Of the tow
9 executiUner.
a 1t was not long till Hauncheu became
A bride. The bridegroom was the miller
son, who had loved her long and well, bu
=, with a p,ssion previously uurequlted
e They lived thencefjrward happily tJgethC
!, for many years, and died at good ol
q age, surrounded by a flourishing famll,
A To the latest honr Of her life, fhls brave
hearted woman would shudder ss she tol'
Is the tale of her danger, and her deliver
+ ance.