Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-08
The Peril Of Martha Warren.


a .lou, or rur ,ruaNoostc RIVER
Goodbye, Martha. God help youl /
shall bc back in three days at the larthest %
The hardy White Mountain pioneer, Mark
Warren. kissed his young wife, held his
two-years-old boy to his breast for a moment,
and then shoulderiug the sack Of corn which
was to be converted into meal at the rude
mill, forty miles away, trudged off through
the wilderness.
Martha Warren stood at the door Of the
log cottage, gazing out after the retreating
form OF her husband. An angle of the
dense shrubbery hid him from her view, but
still She did not return to the solitary
kitchen. It looked so dark and lonesome
there she shrauk from entering, or perhaps
the grand sublimity Of the view spread out
before her held her attention and thrilled
her soul with that nameless, unexplained
something that we all see when standing
thus face to face with the works of Cod
The finest and most satisfactory views of
the White Mountains is that which presents
itself from what is now the town Of Bethe-
hem, on the road to l.ittleton and Franconia.
Mount Washington, the king among princes,
is there seen in its proper place-the centre
of the rock-rihbed towering, bald,
blue and unapproachable.
Far up in wild clearing close by the
turbid water of the Ammonoosuc, was the
cottage situated-a place wild and Hrie
enough for the nest Of an eagle, but dear to
the heart Of Martha Warren, as the home
where she had spent the happy days Of her
young wifehood. When she had turned
from many patrician suitor, in the fair old
town of Portsmouth, TO Join her fortunes
with those of the young settler, 1t was with
.ne lui, anu Peiieo' ul'ue,s.''iuiiS =, Vl tile
trlds 'hal lay peiore her one "oulu "aiK
IN no pam oil roses lor years 70 come ,iiuSn
ol heI lile nhus' "o sPen, III 'i'o e'o'nai sun
tud1s' Where siience was proAel oniy y tne
VIVA Wl'us VI 'he lores'' ',ie sH'leA VI cue
rver over the sharp rocks or the dlsmai
now oi 'he sea-'hou'heu "oll' a'ai III 'he
Wilderness
Inc necessary absence oi her husband sne
dreaued most IL was SO very siooiny 10
close up her hoors at high., ana SIT uowll py
her iohely hresiue' WIN t'ie consciousness
that mere was no human ovlhg nearer 10 ner
ihah tne settlement Oh i'ord Iiiii' ten mics
away through .he pa'niehs Noous,
mere was niue 70 lear from ihu,aiis' al
thougN lew oil tile scattered uloes ye'
aoaineu over 'iiese pil'"e'a' nun'ins Slounus' ,i
ihey MeIu ,n,aHy u'sl l"S,u !" "e iliehu,y'
ana ME- "aIIehs k'hu heHIt naturaiy
piohlPteu her 20 many "v.s ol i'lesusni
toWar's tne"'' "n" Il" l"o'ial never io'seN
ngn'n' ~, a.
ino Pu' l'o n'N. Y'",VN """y ,9n 'ne
ca're'i io'e'r"h vi '''' uo'',i ,ii'a''' oiu u'oun-
tam the Isi'oW sun PeSleu over tne rocNy
W"lf ""u MA ,''' '"'"eu AWAY ''9 P''
lU'n'a'ue 10, VI nel SlnP'e uoincseo uut'es, ~
lnr uay "as a 'oils one put l. Wore 'oMalu
evening aiu we s'oa'nl'4 oo'nes i'uoll sooner
~ ~, t'ose S9lu'ss ',' III a''y o.nel piaoes
lhe sull's,i inueu on, oi ,ne uisla1su ~.
windows tnoush ~ "ouiu llluiiiihe the dis,
.aht mountains lor some tiile Eet ana
marina went out IN the Seanty garden 10 IN
male the odor ot the sweet Plnks on tne
ineasf' ro't Sh' ma nlo"sht iroih her "iu
nome
ihe SlnoS perfume oalIieu noI paoh ~
memory 90 t,'oNe Ials away III .ls p@s', sPe,t
WIN Aihu lflehus' anu chee,eu uy p,isns
young ngP" pu' tl1usn Vne ,housnt ol
nome ana k'ndre" hlane net sau' not ipr /,
moment aia sne regret uhe rare she hau
enos'h' A"Soipeu III 'eouSn', shS h"' no h9'
puNel'eu 'ne "us'nuo ul Nnaiile' ncI i'''ie
10y now Sn' "a" Ml'n Sas"o u',easl'iess ';.'.
uiat ne ntu ie,t inc peu oi peplSriiiln''
"he's ne h"t "een pay l'ls' anu was np'
!" pe S'eh, 'Ne u"t'eu nis na'He' nu' on's
eehu "nu u9 'oal ui ulS sMohsh INet lo'
Plled' ohe Ne" PACK 10 ti'e h1uSei tne IAN,
| lope remaining 'nat ne hiight nave retuIneu
tni'ner lol MS P,', N'e.'n uu, Nv, '"e @i''e',
| "" was moving "' '''' "'uu""' ou' "o ''s"S VI
Nuarils'
,'h itantic h'''te sue sei'cneu ,,t cleal,
ing nut W'thout success iieI heAt l'ousht
vas ths river ! hl1ce Is h,sht, save wiiets !.
he,h'" WIN Sl"'S "i ""i'e i'''" -,
hoNei on nut ie" IVus peiole ner' 9he
hurileu Gown w p''uN' oa'ilhs out
"Sharlie' SnMhe .., >.
Inc emu sina'i VOICE. a. some mus uis,
tanc'' replied olle followed the SOUND, and
10 hef sorrow Sa" hef ooy.hls goldeh nan
and rosy cheeks clearly dehned against Tie
purple t"iliSht shy-siahding ON the very
edge OF a huSe' detached rock some ten
ieet RON the shofe' Out III tue sweeping cur
rent ct the ilYer
ms rock called ny the settlers ne
! fuIplL was good situation ioI casting iish'
ing ilheS, ana MARX warren had nfidged the
narrow chssh between IL and the shore with
couple OF he"h ioSs,
Ailured 10y some clusters oi ianing hre
weed, growing on the side oil the Pulpit
Sharhe hAa crossed over ana now stood
mere iega'disSs 3i danger mugnlngly hold
,Is vul ,ln nolal treasures 10 ms ihothef
Marina now over Tue iran bridge, and the
/ ueNs instant helI inc chllu IN her arms
1pyiu' o1cuuse sue hau louhd nun unlh
| Juieu' ana hlehtaIy resolving that the log
sn"u'u pe IenloNsu 10 prevent lurther aeel
uen'' sne turned 70 retiaee her STEPS pu'
the slsht mat met her eyes iro1e her win
horror to the spot
confronting her on the bridge, not SIX