The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-02-06

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rue TIE DAY that u did.nt pay me for uhim
appIe.murphey Hey d'ye bear, ehf 4
DO bear answered Mr.. Coleman, bot pray
What are apple-murphsysf rrAitys, you
fool Sc. aDd haven't We niyir visited The
ogd country responded Zekc. Int VIC
won't t4Ik no more, said Wall, make thom
ay here tonight, tomorrow ihcy viii be
shut mp with tbe boy and girl by ioye,
How shall Wo get them therc you know
the distance must be Eve Or six miles 81
least, observed Wall, make them WAX
aloug and II they dout toe the scratch
drop gAem with q ball, answered Keke.
This a. . natural consequence made the
women shadder, 81 curse the rcnark
would eause e.. Morning came az last,
and a wrctched night bad been passed
with Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman aud Aunt
Susan. The weather vac serene, a few
neccy clouds hoated Ia the sky. A gentle
breeze with the breath Of early flowers
passed through the trees, that were Just
being clothed with their holiday gath OF
living green. II would have been a COR
geous spectacle Tor the captlyes under
/ other circumstances, for they admired the
romantic, but the thoughts Of their chill
drcn continually worried them more than
their own condition. The two base con-
spirators urged them along, and - eN-
claimed, hurry up II sc would have com
pany, theirs a boy and girl in the Indian
prison Just beyond here. What arc they
TO your There is plenty Of 0 lot you
al and then YEN have plenty OF company.
The boy and girl, calculated Mrs. Cole
man, do You know their names, sir, in
t~errogated Mr.. Coleman, who would not
let them know that they were his children
for fear they would then make them go
In another direction. Faith didn't stop TO
learn their names, but they have got IN
lniun TO rule over them that's sure. No
more was said until they arrived at the
cave. But what was their surprise to find
il empty. No one there. Nevertheless
they gained ingress and concealed their
prisoners. aud then shouted at the top of
their voice. They received a response
from the supposed Indian, who was now
destitute of his costume and the men
were fearfully surprised. Yet they with
their careful scrutiny identified him TO be
one aud tho same man. Who have you
got in my cave here, asked he, of Zeke
and Wall. Old Coleman and his wife and
another woman huntin' after the children,
| spose, don't know whether they are his
children or not, all OF the same name
You are too late answered the keeper of
the cave. Why eagerly asked Wall. The
children have escaped. Escaped! Yes,
escaped. When? Last night, How did
it happen? No matter about that they're
gone. Well YOU surprise me said Wall,
we took you to be an Indian when we
saw you yesterday morning, how does
this happen? | have different garbs for
my mountain life. Zeke and Wall were
almost losing hope in their confederate.
Let me see the prisoners spoke the eX-
Indian, so he opened the cave. Now a
scene cf CONSERVATION prevailed. The
owner Of the cave folded his hands IN his
bosom, looked gastly at Mr.. and Mrs.
Coleman aud exclaimed: My father, my
mother! know you after all these long
years. What gracious Providence sent
YOU here? In pursuit of our dear lost
children, answered the mother. The chill
drenl What, your children! My God,
have |, have | thus been abusing my dear
brother and sister, so horribly? Yet it is
even so, O God! But they're gone, you
will find them at home. But my thoughts,
} the thoughts Of running away from you
and leading the life that | have, and o,
the thoughts of 50 abusing those dear
/ children as | have for two days It's toe
much. die for it," lie raised a pistol
held it to his throbbing temple, in an in
= slant he was gone. Life was no more &c
him. The father and mother were wall
, ing ia bitter anguish. They remembered
their long lost forgotten son, but he wa
found, and how? Reader YOU know
, Zeke Connolly and Wall snifin had wit
! messed the whole scene. Their strong
hearts had been softened. They compre,
hended it oil. II Is needless, perhaps, t.
add that james and Adele Coleman
reached home in safety. Zeke and Wall
after searching the cave at the request c
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman, but finding moth
=, ing Of value, carried the corpse to th'
a, residence of Mr.. Coleman, and the ia
p neral services were very impressive, a
- how could they have been otherwise
+ We now draw a veil over the scene tina
. followed and let the intelligent readers
, draw their further conclusions in thci
own minds.
- THE END.
by the circumstances OF his life jus
previous to bis death Il was aseeriainc,
! that be was not Melville, the Trapper
d which exciting narrative was pubIishc,
4 in the Mont pclier 1rq,9 d Patriot, on.
% year ago.
BEHIFS.
Married by the Rev. J. summerbcll
Jan. Both. Mr.. Carl Carrie TO Miss Surdi
, MIA Davis, daughter o. the Professor,
s who although not in the }casf consentiu.
II 10 tbc match, waited for them at N
depot 20 sec them start on "thcir train.
The newly married, learning this au.
knowing how very complimentary he !
when ia a passion, and also fearing il