The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-07-16
ter him the sooner we shall hunt him

GDfNA AsSai t's---o es-NAHN2s yttu ufrl
left the cabin and passed 50 near t,
where i stood that by raising m,
hand i could have touched them
But fortune favored me. and the dark
ness which succeeded the moons de
partare hid me from their sight
Waiting until they were out o
hearing, | stepped to the cabin dool
and tapped
The latch was raised and a voie,
demanded. who's there
A friend one, at least, who ha;
not the power 10 harm Won" | re
piled
The door opened wider. and the
woman scrutiniZed me closely.
Il am sick. hungry and sorely
pressed by my enemies; / am the
spy for whom the reward is offered
am in distress. You can save me
or deliver me TO tbe hands of your
husband, or those who have gone il
pursuit OF me-
The mother and daughter exehang.
ed glanees, bnt neither spoke, and
anxiously waited the decision.
The woman who opened the door
motioned me to enter / did so, and
seat was placed fer me by the daugh-
ter, whose sympathies were obvious
ly enlisted
we can give you food, but pro-
lection can avail bat little after our
fathers RETURN said the woman.
Can you not conceal me !''I earn
estly asked Heaven viii surely re-
ward YOU
The mother looked At the dsugh-
ter and they conEersed together in 3
low tone
We will do what we can" said
the former briefly. as she placed food
and drink before NE and signed fer
NE 10 eat
DO not talk. she added quickly,
as endeayored 10 express nav graf
itude. There Is no time TO lose,
and food viii do more good than any,
thing else. =
/ did not wait for a second bidding.
and the nutritious beverage soon had
the effect TO renew ny strength and
inspire fresh courage Ny head
felt less giddy. the cheerful FIRE
warmed nv stiHened limbs, and i
would certainly have fallen asleep in
nv chair had not a dream lest the
men should Suddenly return caused
me too look often anxiously toward
the window
4 ley viii be gone two hours -
said The youngest, as If 10 reassure
me o. that point.
/ gnihed my thanks, and looked
at the fair speaker so attentively
that a crimson glow stole over her
making her still more
| forgot for . moment
nv illRess, the danger | had incur
red, the risk | now ran, everything
in contemplating her symmetrical fg-
are, regularity OF features and the be-
aevolent kindness that beamed from
her eloquent ewes Ny rapture was
Of short drraiion. the barking Of a
dog and the exclamation of my de-
.iyerer. Won are lost brought me
to nv senses
Father must be near, for that Is
bis dog
] started 10 nv feet and looked
nurridlv about for some means Of es-
rape besides the door which | had
The girl shook bcr head. and the
,olor fed from her cheeks by reason
1f her terror. j remained where /
was. knowing the result would be
equally fatal II | veatured 10 leave
be cabin.
The voices Of men came nearer
md nearer The young girl stood
,pell-bound for an instant, then |
;prang towards door which opened 4
nto a closet.
Go in quick she whispered, /
and hide yourself behind the
-iothes."
! obsved. and the door was quick
y closed and fastened upon me,
While nv deliverer, with uncommon
elf possession a. / afterward learn
d placed herself in the chair / had
1st vacated, drew up 10 the table,
ID which food had been placed, and
eating. She mad hardly
lone 50 when her father and his COM
'sniOn entered the cabin both look
ng somewhat iilhumored and dIsap-
'ointed-
What are YOU up and eating for,
1 this hour. Nellie.n asked the for
ler, regarding the Young lady with /
look Of astonishmeAt and displeas-
re. f
Waiting for Won 20 long made me
ungrv,7 was the unbesitated reply I
We'll, and 50 are we hungry, girls;
0 get Us something quick, for we've
OF 10 ride a dozen miles Yet that is,
the fellow don't disappoint Us
gain Confound him, we might
ave been on the right track By this
me if the horses had been round 10
me" be muttered, ss Nellie busted
erself in placing food before them.
In the meantime the mother, who
ad left the cabin before the men re-
lrnea, had entered the outbuilding.
8d was preparing q comfortable
lace in which | could conceal myself
ef0re her husbands return.
Before the men finished eating, she ;
eurned. but started back in alarm al
srceiviBg what a change in affairs
le fast twenty minutes had wrought.
ellie caught Der usual presence Of
ind.
We'll ?r she said interogatively
1proaehing the table.
We've had to wait for horses, and
Re rascal VIII give Us the slip if We |.
1nt make better time, returned ker
lsband moodily Il
Il saw, Dan" he added, with an
lpstient gesture, haven't you most
,ne eating p
Shouldn't wonder, " replied Dan, /,
iShing back his hair and buttoning /.
: coat, I'm ready" Il
We'll go then, as soon as / get my !
her hat from nv closet" And ap- :
my place of eoneealmenL ,
e speaker stepped in and eommene- {
The search for bis hA. ! crouched !.