Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-03-20

yard.
The latch raised easily and | entered,
and Ii ,hting another match, what was my
horror to discover the forms of three men
lying upon TIE floor; but believing them
asleep was about to withdraw when
voice said quickly:
"'Great Heaven! you here p
Instantly | turned the blaze upon the
speaker, and with amazemcnt discovered
one of the young officers had met in the
inn, bound hand and foot. while by his side
lay two others, the one | was to meet the
next morning in deadly combat, and he
that was to have been my second.
But no need had to dread that NOR
rows meeting. for both my en- my and the
one that was to have acted us my friend
was dead
dead ?"
"Ycs. Juanita, they had been cruelty put
70 death by the very band that was soon to
seek my life; for, like my guide and my
self, the other purity had become lost in the
storm and had happened upon the same
house.
This was quickly told me by the young
officer, whose life the bandits had spared,
to tortur: from him upon the morrow a
confession as to when richly-laden COM
missary train WIS to cross the mountains.
Instantly | severed the bonds of the
young officer, and rising to his feet he took
~ 7 I.,fT o,,I 4nfrn4ln,.
were consulting as to our future movement
to save the poor guide, when, from tho
stable yard, came loud cry for mercy,
few shots. and groan of agony, aal poor
Pcpc, we knew, had been cruelly murdered.
"'Let us away from here, or our fate
will be such as his se,. there are q dozen
of them cried the Splniarl.
"And leading the way, dashcd through
the window opening upoa the shed, just
us cry arose among the banlits to seek
nc.
''Out upon the roof, of upon The ground,
we hastily scrambled and at full speed
rushed on in the darkness, milo aftermile, ur-
til my poor companion ". Is brok II down and
could Como further; but then day sht broke.
and | discovered 4 small cot nctr by, and
arousing the inmates, we asked for shelter.
which WIS checrfully given, Altnol n dolth
there met our gaze for upon Il sno"-white
bed lay youn., and beautiful woman. who
had been thrown from her horse the even
iny before and killed.
cone glance, and my companion recog
nizod her. S..ic was the wife of the young
officer with whom | was to engage in a
ducl.
'Hcr story had been t ,ld to the inmates
Of the cottage ere she died, which was that
her husband had gone to fight q duel, and
she was Fastening after him to prevent it,
accompanied only by guide. when her
horse hrd fallen ani crushed her beneath
his ~. .ht.
".'l..nt -, never did suffer rs then, and
to atone for my having been the cause of
all this misery, had the body of the beau
tiful wom2n horne back to her home, and
from there buried il state, beside the
crave of her beloved husband, for the fol-
lowing day the young officer had talon
with him II number of soldiers and gone to
the house of the bandits, and though he
had found the place deserted, except, by
the dead, he had brought back with him
the corpses of his friends and my unfortu-
nate guide.
"And, Juanit.., to atone yet the more for
my sin, took to my heart the baby child
a little girl OF one year-of the dead par
ents, and bringing her to America, reared
her rs my ward"
and am she that was that little or
phan grip asked Juanita, in low whis-
per.
"Yes, Juanita +; and each year you have
grown to womanhood, the tendrils Of my
heart have clung more closely around you,
until, now, my future without your love
must be dreary blank but yet fear it
must be so, for now that you know the
story Of your life, feel that you will"
Glove you ten-fold more. my dear, noble
guardian, and never, never leave your
And with the passionate vehemence of her
nature Juanitl sprang forward and clung
closely around the neck of the man who
had 80 well endeavored to atone for the
past
"You will be my wife, then, Juaaita ?"
asked Clarence Kane, after pause.
"Tes. Never have | known other love
than that Ifeltforyou; and mingled with it.
has been that l would hold for mother,
father, brother, all.
"My poor, poor parents, sleeping in far
away Spain, know, feel that you would
not blame your daughter, and | pray that
from Heaven you look down in kindness
and give us yoar Blessing, as | hope God
will bless us too
"Amen !" said the stern and fervent
voice of Clarence Kane.
And one short month af' erwards, all Bal
timore, heard with surprise that the hand
some guardian and beautiful ward had been
quietly married, and sped away to spend
their honeymoon in the romantic valleys
of Spain,
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